| 单词 | sack |
| 例句 | Against a corner there was a stack of burlap sacks with fancy black lettering: POTATOES. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He made a bed for Furball out of empty sacks and filled a bowl with water. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She rose and with the sack over her shoulder hobbled up the hill. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Portia opened a paper sack she had placed on the kitchen table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He poured the contents of his sack on the floor in front of him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I filled my sack and headed for my treat. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He settled the sack around his shoulders and put the skiff on her course. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes when Sounder scratched fleas under the porch, she would look at the hunting lantern and the empty possum sack hanging against the wall. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I buy the cheapest sack of porridge meal I can find at the market, and a little hope pierces my soul like sun through clouds. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then began the massive waves of poor and half-starved and ragged immigrants from Europe, arriving with everything they owned in the world in bags and sacks on their backs. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed the sack and fled from the Abbey. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I would start off carrying the sack and pretty soon it was a burden just to drag it with me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. went up to them all friendly, with his hand stuck out, but I kept loading the wagon and looking at the patterns on the sacks. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I said give me a little bit—” “No. Not that. About Pilate and a sack.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Colin Vole huddled piteously on some dirty sacking in a corner, while Mr. Abram Vole and his wife battered away at the door with their paws tied together. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z While the pirates body-search everyone onboard, other pirates ransack our small boat, taking diamond rings, sapphire necklaces, gold nuggets hidden in sacks of clothes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked like a sack of marbles, but when Virgil reached inside, he realized they were medium-sized stones, like the kind his mother used in the garden. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z And I couldn’t help but wonder how much blood could actually be contained by the 160-pound sack of skin I walked around in. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I had a couple of pairs of socks in the sack and an extra shirt and pants. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After a couple of years, when the tree was completely shot away, Lee replaced it with four gunny sacks of sand and the same antlers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They whispered about unclaimed bodies in sacks and shallow unmarked graves. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He came up to me when I was loading the sacks of flower and he said hey Charlie I hear your a very smart fella—a real quiz kid. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I pulled out the sack and rested it on the ground, holding it open for Denna to look. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The tug-of-war, sack hop, and three-legged races were over, and a languidness had inevitably crept over things, so that here and there grown men slept in the grass with newspapers over their faces. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He dragged me out of sight into an alley and dropped me like a sack of coal. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z From inside the shadowy stairwell, the stranger emerged with that bucking sack hoisted on his shoulder and a half-eaten turnover in hand. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And at this level of experience one’s bitterness begins to be palatable, and hatred becomes too heavy a sack to carry. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Tom’s father was determined to make the killing mercifully swift, and once the apparatus was completed, he repeatedly tested it with sacks of sand. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The onions must be harvested, packed into the rough sacks that Mercy had sewn, and stacked ready to be hauled into Hartford or bartered for goods when a sailing ship came up the river. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z That night about first dark, he and I lifted the cage onto a wheelbarrow, covered it good with the croker sacks, and wheeled it around the house through the pecan grove. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The sound of the empty cotton sacks dragging over the floor and the murmurs of waking people were sliced by the cash register as we rang up the five-cent sales. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Without answering, I grabbed up my gunny sack and left. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He had quarreled with his father and climbed out on a winter night with a sack of his own belongings, and some he had stolen, tied to his back. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then he told me I should keep taking good care of her with no more long journeys and left behind a sack of meal and a bottle of vitamins. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I nibble on the last clump of cooked rice from my sack. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Cat,” she asked, “are you drownt? I’d open the sack and let you out, but I be sore afraid of the eel. Cat?” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A windmill swung its giant arms in slow obedience to the wind and a farmer passed them carrying a sack of grain to be ground. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z She grabbed the empty flour sack from the counter and stuffed it in her pocket behind a horseshoe. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Yes. Dad was sacked on Goose Fair day. Uh...some weeks ago.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I asked again as I wiped my face, curiously watching my mother wrap what remained of last night’s porridge with old newspapers and put it inside a brown gunny sack. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day, a man comes to the house, delivering more food sacks, with Mrs. Krawiecka’s blessings. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Dusk was approaching, early because of the sullen lowering clouds; when I took up the sack, not full today, the stones rattled loosely inside. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z We put each bundle into a canvas sack, then into a second one for good measure, and tied up the neck with more fishing line. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z We loaded the sacks, climbed in, and lined up the car behind the contratistas red pickup truck, waiting for him to lead us to the cotton field that was to be picked. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z His one eye looked up at the lantern and the possum sack where they hung against the wall. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He tells us a story about the Great Hare who created different kinds of men and women and put them in a big sack. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I put about twenty of the best chunking stones I had into the sack then lifted the end of my mattress and pulled Mr. Taylor’s sullied knife from underneath. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z As he started down the stairs he saw a white man carrying a large paper sack and he drew close to the banisters so that they could pass each other. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She made a little pillow with stuffing from an old mattress and cloth from a white flour sack. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Finally I picked up the sack, and with the gun under my arm, I left my camp. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z You hang around the gate complaining and accusing and they sack me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z As he walked down the steps with his sack thrown over his shoulder, he ruffled my hair. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z When he headed outside, someone seized him and tied a burlap sack tightly over his head. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I stuffed my sack through the hole, then myself. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z For weeks after that Jethro had practiced secretly at punching an old horsecollar, a sack of oats, anything, even the thin air. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The herbs shift rhythmically in my sack like the seeds of a maraca. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She shakes Teluman’s hand, offers him a sack of coins, and then makes her way out the forge’s back door with an appraising glance in my direction. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z "She said not to look at her when she comes in. She just arose from the sack. Have a cigarette. Are you smoking now?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He reappears with a bulging sack of cans and bottles. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “If you need more water, you can find it along the way. The priest told me so. This food will be your breakfast tomorrow morning. Do not forget the sack when you go away.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Beans scattered, a turnip rolled into a mud puddle, a sack of flour split and spilled its precious contents in the snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He watched as the guards picked Citra up and carried her, limp as a sack of potatoes, outside where, no doubt, an ambudrone was already waiting to take her to the nearest revival center. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I push the sack farther under the bed, but something falls out. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z There were the three canvas sacks closed with copper wire, and inside of them the seven thousand two hundred fourteen pieces of eight, which continued glowing like embers in the darkness. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z On all sides were crates and boxes, sacks and bundles and packages. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Helena carries the kasha sack, and we start our slow ascent to Tatarska 3. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Old Granny was always glad to buy from me, and at first I would make straight for the corner of the street where she sat with her gunny sack spread before her. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'm taking sack time while I can," he says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He started pulling fruit from a sack, digging through the rest of the food. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z You’d fill up the sack and bring it in an’ put it in the rabbit cages.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I lured those fool cats right to me and into those infernal sacks. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Thor jumped into the cold water and swam out, hauling his sack behind him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z It’s as if sacks of meat have been tied to my limbs, to my torso. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z "Sorry," Stanley said as he tried to sweep the seeds back into the sack. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z A deep sigh escaped from the sack and the wind turned chill. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When he thought we had enough, he told me to cut a sack half in two for him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z An hour later, the three girls set off with large cloth sacks to hold the sweet fresh snaps. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She was near a street corner, standing still, not even trying to hide herself, her sack of food dumped on the ground beside her. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z In the dying sunlight the people dragged, rather than their empty cotton sacks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He prepared the ground, and she dropped in seeds from her sack and covered them with moist earth. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She had just been thinking about a sack of wintergreen candy she had bought there the day before. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I washed your rocket things and put them in a paper sack in the cupboard,” she said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Kilvin brought out a small sack and lay it on the table as well. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z That’s where he lives ever since the funeral, lying like a sack of nothing on the TV couch. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When she reached the pile, she picked it up and put it in her sack. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z So I packed a small dull knife, half a ball of string, and Ben’s book into a tattered canvas sack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Over his shoulder he carried a gunny sack, lumpy and full. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Nudging the sack with the toe of his boot, he felt something hard inside. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “What you got in that there paper sack, boy?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He hurried in and set the flour sack on the floor, and slid the books onto a clear spot on the counter. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The cloth sack still covered her head, but it didn’t seem to be cinched around her neck. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And now he has jumped more than a dozen times and filled the sacks along his back with air and he cannot go down deep to die where I cannot bring him up. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Kino had a rifle across his arm and Juana carried her shawl like a sack over her shoulder. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “I pull down about a hundred sacks of Galleons a year!” one of them shouted. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They stood among rumpled leather sacks, and they clung desperately to rope handrails on the sides of the raft. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z In the year ad 70 the Roman Army, exasperated by years of rebellion in Judaea, sacked the city of Jerusalem and destroyed the Israelites’ Temple there. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I go straight to the market after the factory and buy what’s left, which is a ten-pound sack of small potatoes, some carrots, and four onions. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I thanked her kindly and stuffed the lot into my sack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The punching man lets go and Bad Leg falls to the ground—his body like an empty potato sack. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The commission asked farmers for ten thousand sandbag sacks—gunny, feed, or flour. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Inside, around the aquamarine fountain, hundreds of stiff, waist-high sacks foamed over with silkworm cocoons. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We couldn’t understand why, if the state was willing to give us packages of meat, sacks of potatoes and fruit, and cans of all kinds of things, our mother obviously hated to accept. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z His friend shoveled their spoils into a burlap sack. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I can feel the stuff I don't say rotting inside me like mildewy spuds in a sack. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He daintily sewed their hoods from white sacks of flour but could barely move his fingers after their visit—his fists swelled for two days from beating the man’s face in. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On Otterwill Street, a man pulled a cart filled with sacks of potatoes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They had already started gathering, and half a grain sack of mistletoe was still hanging against the side of the cabin. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Moss peered into the sack that contained my sleeping bag and dolls. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She picked up children like sacks of grain and carried a large stick wherever she went. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In one hand he held a sack of melted chocolate. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Aeolus received them hospitably and when they left gave Odysseus as a parting gift a leather sack, into which he had put all the Storm Winds. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Take out one sandwich from the sack and share it with your sister,” my mother said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But none of those could hold a candle to my troubles, weighing down that clothesline like a sack full of bricks. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Then two of the men hoisted her up by knees and shoulders and carried her out of the room like a sack. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Grandma would sympathize with me and make one more thing out of the flour sacks or secondhand material or even cut up her own clothing to make me something new. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I stopped by a father and son loading burlap sacks into a cart. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As soon as their eyes had gotten used to the dark, they searched for the sacks the girl had mentioned. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z After several minutes of consulting his book, he opened his sack and handed us a red thread. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Minutes later the senior food server returns, carrying a large white sack filled with take-out containers. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I zipped the kimchi back inside my puffy green lunch sack. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Reaching behind, he felt for the sack that contained his first solo haul. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Billy Steen, who bore no resemblance whatever to a football player but had become one through sheer will, fighting off an offensive lineman four inches taller and fifty pounds heavier to sack the quarterback. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z If they served as soldiers, they had the right to sack and loot Muslim towns and cities, which would gain them wealth and prestige back home. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z We rode in silence for a few miles, bumping around on the feed sacks. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The maitre d’ pulled sacks of potatoes and onions out of the service elevator and climbed in himself. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Instead of hauling her back to her feet, or scooping her up like a sack of cabbages, he turned and ran. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It was filled with a sack of rice and not his usual work tools. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z You could tell from the piles of luggage, the boxes containing radios and kitchen appliances, the sacks full of things like disposable diapers. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Hazel picked a nobby purplish starfish from the bottom of the pool and popped it into his nearly full gunny sack. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The stranger planted a boot on the sack’s loose edge so it couldn’t go far. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There were many peasants with baskets and sacks upon their backs. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The sack cushioned the line and he had found a way of leaning forward against the bow so that he was almost comfortable. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They pass around some sacks of vinegary wine to wash the funk from their mouths. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They had put a sack over his head. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the town, in the fields, the cotton would pop into bolls and travel into sacks, picked this time by white hands. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He got out his tobacco sack with its meager jin- gle of silver and bought the men a drink to keep them talking. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I asked, huffing under the weight of the sack. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The proud ones wrapped up the bread, some in old newspapers, others in clean or dirty flour sacks. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He removed the bottle of Crown Royal from its purple velvet sack and set it out for the guests. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then he took the lantern from the nail where it hung beside the possum sack. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Billy found a sack and rubbed the pony’s legs violently and he rubbed the chest and the withers. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Lefty squeezed through the narrow paths between the cocoons, holding his own sack. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then from his sack he took out a music pipe—a recorder, he called it—and began to play the same melody, after which he sang the verse again. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I saved a piece for later, tucking it into my canvas sack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Arriving home, I dumped the sack of candy out on the bed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A few round, knobby squash had spilled from an open sack and were rolling aimlessly around on the floor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When you sacked Rome with the Visigoths, you could smell the smoky scent of the burning city as well as the barbarians’ b.o. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “I be sore afraid to open that sack, but I can’t just let you be.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She carried a sack, and he carried a hoe. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z They were stored in sacks or pits dug in the ground. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t of been caught dead in an apron made out of a flour sack, whereas Mama had on one that still read Try Skylark Self-Rising Flour right across the chest. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z While we spread tow sacks on the floor and then feed sacks over them, the children asked questions about my own children. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They could fill the sack with onions, and the three jars with water. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “No. I couldn’t find any blanket. I laid some sacks over his back.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Some wore bedsheet or towel robes, others were in costumes made from feed sacks. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z So I put a big sack of potting soil in the seat and try again. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes he had looked longingly at the lantern and possum sack, but something inside him had said “Wait. Wait and go together.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the sack from her and tossed it over a shoulder, then set off toward the middle of the square. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She was sure the only reason that Hollick wanted to see him was to sack him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled out a pound sack of grain. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Lifting the sack of meal to the back of my old mule, I started for home. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Hated her for spooking and dragging me into that wagon wheel, for bouncing me around like a sack of rocks. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Inside the old city, mountains of stone blocks, sacks, shutters, branches, iron grillework, and chimney pots fill the rue de Dinan. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He tied the sack around his waist, leaving the front opening between his thighs. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z One of the glass jars had broken in the sack. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Serving trays and forks and knives went into the sack. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z They were too busy carrying a huge plastic sack between them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z "I used to smoke a pack a day. Now I eat a sack of these every week." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I pulled the sack from my pocket and unfolded it. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z We took our muskets from the sack and affixed our bayonets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In the morning she returned to her platform alone and spent the day in bed with her arms around the grain sack. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, something ran out of the sacks over his hands. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I told her, “I ain’t good at mathematics, ma’am, but I’m real good at rememberizing things. Plus I got me a pencil and some paper in my tote sack and I’m gonna write ’em down.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z On the backstretch, his old contract trainer, Russ McGirr, saw the young man whom he had once purchased as a bug boy for a bridle, a saddle, and a few sacks of oats. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The sack wouldn’t hold her extra clothes, much less her books. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The vacancies have been filled and the sacks of straw in the huts are already booked. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They found her body on the path that led to the well, an empty mud pot beside her and the gunny sacking tied around her waist. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z After wrapping up the bundles, he helped me put them in my sack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He wondered if the shovel and sack might have rolled down the hill. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z About the theft of her sack of bones? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z We did find some mango orchards and were able to each grab a bunch for our sacks. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Good. And I sneaked these spare robes out of the laundry,” Her-mione said, holding up a small sack. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z My head, my back, my shoulders—I felt like a 142-pound sack of broken shards of glass. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I rubbed him with a sack and I gave him hot grain.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Dragging the sack on the floor behind him, Papa stooped over, moving his hands up and down and around imaginary plants, pretending he was picking cotton. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The centurion fell like a sack of rocks. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Scipio jumped up and hung the empty sack over his shoulder. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He removed the burlap sacks from the bushels of oysters and began carrying one of them into the store. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her dead child dropped from her arms like a sack of flour as she pointed at Cersei. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He screamed himself hoarse, then just when Dad thought he had calmed down, he gripped Dad around the waist and flung him like a sack of grain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There were separate sacks for boys and girls of different ages. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She had combed her hair with the carved wooden comb that had been her mother’s and which she had added to her own small storage sack after her mother’s death. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached and took the sack from my shoulder. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I noticed for the first time the pile of big croker sacks by his chair. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They explained how they’d been tending their herd that morning and discovered a giant sack in the road. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Diggers and tractors sit alongside heaps of ripped-up earth and sacks of building materials. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Ben shoves the sack of food into the rucksack and ties it shut. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Sticks the pajamas in his sack and tucks her into bed and heads for the next hootch.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Papá pointed toward the woman’s daughters, who were still holding the huge plastic sack between them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The parrot flies across the room and returns with a small leather sack in his beak. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z If it weren’t for the ropes and the sacks it could be a kind of dance, a ballet, caught by flash-camera: midair. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Hagrid had come striding around the corner of his cabin wearing a large flowery apron and carrying a sack of potatoes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “There’s a sack of gold waiting for me there. Maybe ten sacks.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I wanted to drop him into a sack and boot it out the door. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I pour flour, salt, more salt, pepper, paprika, and a pinch of cayenne into a doubled paper sack. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Day by day she sat beside her tom gunny sack selling handfuls of nuts and berries, growing progressively older, more ragged, less healthy. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked, to her, like a boxy sack on which a bored person had haphazardly stuck sequins. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They marched toward the entrance of a huge superstore, where two columns of stacked dog food sacks rose like lumpy towers. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I picked her up, not in front of me, like Prince Gallant out of some storybook, but over one shoulder, the way you carry a sack of potatoes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She put the food carefully into the cloth sack, and then the two of them went out into the Avenida Revolucíon. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He cursed again and tried to rise, managing only to get to his knees before dropping like a sack of potatoes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He could no longer use his webbed hands to propel himself forward; he worked his flippers furiously, but Ron and Fleur’s sister were like potato-filled sacks dragging him back down. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Someone shoves a sack over my head while someone else pushes me against the wall. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She spat on the spectacular pile of coins, put them in three canvas sacks, and buried them in a secret place, hoping that sooner or later the three unknown men would come to reclaim them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z When he got to the top, he carefully walked to the middle of a plank that was laid across the trailer and emptied the cotton sack. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Well, in that case, we’re coming,” I rearrange the sack and look at Viola. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It was like balancing a sack of gravel on my head every day at school and not being allowed to steady it with my hand. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z His pockets bulged and over his shoulder he carried a cloth sack that swung heavily behind him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z My load was heavy now: the sack, the gun, the filled bottle; and it was hard to see in the dark. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z They yanked him off his feet and threw him to the ground like a sack of potatoes. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Unobserved, we arrive again at our sacks of straw. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Gitano laid his sack carefully on the floor and sat down on the bed. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The companions dusted their feet and the hooves of their steeds with a black substance Gwystyl distributed from a moldering sack. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I sacked all I could and tried to store it, but my mother would growl and make faces because of the stink. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart felt like a sack laden with stones and dropped into the deepest sea. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The Turks carry large plastic sacks and thick sticks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He disappeared into the mill for a second, then came out with a sack of flour over one shoulder. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Miss Love had fixed a sort of padding out of clean feed sacks printed in bright red and white checks. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z There was something familiar about the woman up close, though Ekon couldn’t put his finger on it as he fell back against the sacks. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z But by lunchtime, everyone was whispering about Edna and Jamie’s troubles: a week’s worth of detentions and sacked from Sunshine Buddies. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I get one of the bags we used to move from Mickiewicza, which is really an old potato sack, and stuff a blanket inside it, along with my hairbrush and Helena’s doll. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I put the Preacher’s gun back in my tote sack. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Einar left a pile of rocks beside the base of the path and told her to add one more to the sack each day. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Lee’s wife grabbed the baby and carried him outside, while Lee rounded up a few valuables and some food and put them in a cloth sack. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z As long as they were on me, I could forget about everything else that swirled around inside this 142-pound sack of dehydrated failure. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He emptied the fifty frogs into it and covered it with a wet gunny sack to keep his charges happy. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Styx peered into the sack in Bobby Gene’s arms. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z In a spate of loneliness, I felt about inside Bear’s sack, found his recorder, and played a melody. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I clasped the sack to my chest and looked up at Anatole sideways. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Had to ride in one of the wheelbarrows as I now had neither trousers nor shoes—they hid me under the same sacking they’d used to hide the radios, stinking of onion and cows. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Can we do something about these sad sacks, DJ? We used to have a camp full of rock stars here, as I recall. I think we know what they need.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It didn’t show nearly the restraint it had earlier, and practically pounced on it, snapping up the smoldering sack in its great wide mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They put four of the unbroken jars in the burlap sack, in case they might be able to use them. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Lefty noticed their metal lunch pails and, embarrassed by his paper sack, held it behind him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The young man waved back and sang out with a smile, “My gorge fills with hate for you, you ancient, decayed sack of manure!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Moody, quite unconcerned, was now loosening the ties of the large sacks he had brought with him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Lady Seymour grabbed two of the sacks; the coins within clinked together as she rose to her feet, coughing. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Two sacks, one rupee...three sacks, one-eight…” the overseer’s voice kept calling, monotonous, slightly weary. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Four men are sitting on rough burlap feed sacks, playing cards by the light of a kerosene lantern. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The sacks, as they pass, seem strange: they look as though they have been sculpted out of gray clay Neumann Two raises his chin. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Before they sacked my city, took my identity, made me this” She looked at her clothes in disgust. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Blowing breast feathers off the bangs covering her forehead, Stella emerged moments later lugging a bulging sack, which she carted over to the rust-colored stump. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And then — it seemed like about a second later to Harry — Bagman was opening the neck of the purple silk sack. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She nods her head, mute, and takes the sacks to the table. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z On her way out she waved her handkerchief at the nurse and turned her into a crocus sack of chicken feed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The sack the woman had been toting fell when she got hit and everything in it was spreading out willy-nilly on the sidewalk. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Or perhaps it was abandoned and sacked for religious reasons—archaeologists have advanced several hypotheses for the city’s demise. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This was a storeroom for vegetables and sacks of rice and other such things: dry enough, but bitterly cold. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She carried a white puppy and a rice sack knotted at the mouth. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z To reassure them, he left his sack and waterskin next to a cypress. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Piggy crouched, his back shapeless as a sack. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “We could follow the tour. Keep our babies in little sacks. Papoose style. And sell weed.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At length, however, he reached over and took up his sack and rummaged through it. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed the lunch sack, picked up my fishing gear, and worked my way down to the river’s edge. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z A normal spleen is a soft sack with a drippy red center, which reminded Dalgard of a jelly doughnut. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Pilate carried the sack, Milkman a small shovel. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I had my fishing gear in the back of the truck and my lunch sack on the front seat, R.C. showed up, looking ragged and red-eyed. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z She packs my lunch sack into my schoolbag and picks up a big stack of files. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Even if I threw the sack of resin directly in front of it, it might turn around to resettle itself on the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Lupita,” he hissed, and he gestured for her to give him the sack of food. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I had to escape the maze to recover it, but I couldn’t find the way out, and Dad was pursuing me, sealing the exits with sacks of grain stacked into barricades. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z My shirt was nothing more than an old burlap sack with holes for my arms and head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She clutched her black bag and the gunny sack that had to be burned. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z This time the sack was filled with food. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “Destroying Brose's calculator hasn't got a thing to do with my dad getting sacked, sir.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z A whole sack of bread, just for us! Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Soon I'm dragging a few plastic sacks down Peach Street. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I'm told it's not as glamorous as it sounds, but in terms of fun for the entire family, I'm fairly confident that it beats the sack race at the annual IBM picnic. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z They go to school, hand you change at the store, take your order at the drive-through, and sack your groceries. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Bod, in the sack, was uncomfortable, being painfully slammed against the famous writer Victor Hugo’s back and occasionally banged on the ground. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The greasy brown paper sack was stuck behind the bib of his overalls. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He replaced the sacking curtain and left the storeroom. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Held her so tight that she winced, her shoulder still a sack of broken bone. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z When the doors swung shut behind me it was as black as the inside of a sack, with only a faint hint of reddish sympathy light coming around the edges of the door behind me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The white man with the walking stick tied a blindfold ’round Madame Sabbar’s face then pulled a cloth sack over that so’s we could tell she waren’t seeing a thing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Two leather sacks hung from a big pole across his back. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He saw her kills, one after another, the way the light went out of them, the way they collapsed as if they were sacks of stones. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We stepped outside, me swinging the sack of food. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I thrust the rest of the sacks into her arms. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He walked over behind the candy counter and shook out one of the quarter sacks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I swung myself over the fence and fell to the earth like a sack of logs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She has aunts and uncles in Bastrop chopping cotton with the short hoe and pulling the long sack.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Gum Baby sank to the floor of the raft and fiddled with the empty supply sack. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He lifted the sack, and spilled its contents on the marble. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then, near the bottom of the first sack, William saw a strange book—it looked beat-up and flimsy, as if made not in a monastery but by some amateur hand. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Finally I got a burlap feed sack from the barn to put my stuff in, though it barely filled one comer. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The man ain’t expecting it, and he goes down like a sack of rocks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z As he tried to cover them up, he unearthed a corner of the sack. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He set the sack on the porch and it made a peculiar thud sound. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Sefia wove among vendors hawking mangoes and passion fruit, sacks of coffee and catches of silver fish. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The great bulging sack he had brought back with him from Giant Country lay at the top of the pit. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In answer he went out to the wagon and brought back a sack with a small lump at the bottom. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z But when Miss Celia told me to take a dozen peaches home I pulled out a sack and plopped twelve right in. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Of course,” Sirius muttered, pacing up and down, “of course, he’d want to pin it on anyone but his own elf . . . and then he sacked her?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Styx pointed to the brown paper sack in my hand. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I held the ladder steady for Roberto while he climbed it carrying the sack. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Janie took a big needle and ran up a longish sack. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “I thought there would be a little sack buried here,” I whispered. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He had on his back a huge sooty sack stuffed full of bundles: Father Christmas, who pops down the chimneys of old Earth. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He would give his family fifteen more minutes of sack time, he thought, before he would wake them up. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He guided me to a booth with grain sacks piled against it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z One day Uri went off by himself and came back with a sack of coal. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Doc swung his heavy sack of starfish to the ground and stood panting a little. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I pay him, and he packs up the items in a sack that can be tied on my back. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z To learn that they contain chlordane or dieldrin one must read exceedingly fine print placed on the least conspicuous part of the sack. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The cough was near constant, stiff and phlegmy like a sack of bricks slamming against my insides. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Z stuffed Sairy’s box in his sack and set off in search of a Tiller box. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Drew Dunaway, one brown arm casted to the elbow, was taking a few sack lunches from a volunteer and slipping them into his backpack. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Stanley held the sack in front of him, cradled in his arms, instead of over his shoulder, to keep the jars from clanking against each other. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Greenland Supermarkets sacked Dad 'cause an expense account was £20 short. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z A sack of flour, maybe, or some cheese rounds at least. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached for the sack with my best clothes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Many objects exist to be exchanged and consumed: sacks of grain, for example, are turned into bread. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The boy hauled a gray sack that bulged as if it held pumpkins. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Sometimes she would stand and look at the hunting lantern and possum sack where they hung, unused, against the cabin wall.... Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Her floral print cotton dress hung on her rail-thin body like a discarded flour sack. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The sack had a drawstring, which they pulled snugly around the hen’s neck so her head could stick out. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He rolled a skinny little cigarette in a brown wheat paper and offered the sack to Tayo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 Jesse and Leslie and the little girls climbed happily into the back and sat down on the old sacks his dad had put against the cab. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Horace said, “Why, she’s right here!” and he put the sack down and untied it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z ‘And hungry. What you got in that sack for lunch?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Signora Divino slumps into a chair and remains like a flour sack, limp, mute. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Tales of them tying their victims in potato sacks and throwing them in the river and stories of their torture chambers frequently circulate among the villagers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even half empty, my sack was heavier than anything I’d carried before. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z When they came out, the sacks were full and heavy. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Biddy run outside, then come back in with a paper sack. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But night after night they came home with an empty brown sack. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He did have one small sack of coffee, but he wanted two silver talents for that. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Many sit with their backs against the sacks at the front of the car: they look like scarecrows shipping west to be staked in some terrible garden. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I took a rag out of my tote sack and wrapped the knife in it so’s it wouldn’t bang up ’gainst none of my chunking stones. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Poor farmers who gave sacks of potatoes or corn for treatment or medicine. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Empty potato sacks and orange onion bags cover the dirt floor. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z From the top of her sack juts a sheaf of withered greens. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She kept doing me that way till finally my heart was flopping around inside my chest like a catfish in a wet sack. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing this as an opportunity to prove to Papa that I was grown up enough for my own cotton sack, I followed him and Roberto into the field. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The cellar door was outlined with daylight, and it illuminated, dimly, bushels of potatoes and apples, sacks of flour and grain. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the supplies, held in crates, burlap sacks, and plastic bins, are piled neatly in a pyramid in what seems a questionable distance from the camp. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “The night my name came out of the goblet. “Getting his comeuppance for sacking Winky, isn’t he?” said Hermione, an edge to her voice. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Apparently, he would carefully open a stuff sack and it would fly out, like joke snakes from a can. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z That evening, after supper, Papa unfolded the sacks for picking cotton and laid them out in the middle of the floor to prepare them. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z We are allowed to take one sack each. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Bod was just glad the sack smelled of nothing worse than dusty wood. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z They yelled again after the Pats recovered from a sack and, on third and eighteen, scored a touchdown. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He thought the rope would have to be cut, and was annoyed to find the sack hung by wire instead. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She is always sucking her teeth at what I’m wearing or making some comment about my weight, even though she’s more floppy and misshapen than a sack of laundry. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A giant sack of candy made no difference. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The bottom fell out of Herbie’s sack on the porch, but so what? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He motioned toward a pile of crumpled jute sacks lying in a corner. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He opened a sack tied to his belt and put the chess piece in. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave the girl a look of annoyance, then turned and rifled through the sack of fruit that Nailer had gathered. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I thought he would pull a special treat from a large sack he was reaching into. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t have many neighbors to give them to, so Dad put them in a burlap sack and drove to a pond made by the mining company to cool equipment. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z There were canvas sacks of com—some to be ground for home use, some sold outright to pay for the coffee and sugar, nails, axe-handle, and tobacco that Jenny had written on a list. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo removed a sack of already ground and dried mealie meal from the storehouse. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess I ought to be more upset about all this, but last night, as an I’m sorry, Leroy came home with a sack of early okra. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Lupita threw a leg over the tailgate and slid down into his arms, clutching the cloth sack to her chest. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “He broke up with her. Janae really liked him, and he dropped her like a sack of dirty laundry. So I see how you Darcy boys do,” I say, crossing my arms. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Before the game started, I never chopped so many lemons in my life and that’s when I wasn’t carrying big sacks of sugar. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Here I took the pups out of the sack and sat down in the warm sand. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We stop at a tree with a small burlap sack hanging off a branch. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Once dressed, the fake Harrys took rucksacks and owl cages, each containing a stuffed snowy owl, from the second sack. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Since there were about fifty pounds of beans in that sack, it made enough noise to raise the dead. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z At the back of a truck, people in reflective jackets carry boxes of vegetables, sacks of food and bags of flour into a large tent. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I glanced over at Roberto, who was emptying his bucket into a sack. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Yes,” said Hermione in a heated voice, “he sacked her, just because she hadn’t stayed in her tent and let herself get trampled —” “Hermione, will you give it a rest with the elf!” said Ron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “How can you eat me? You’re too full to eat—all of you are. Your bellies are as heavy as sacks of melons.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z While Zero was getting himself situated up there, Stanley attached the sack to the shovel by poking a hole through the burlap. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Grass bits spewed into a white sack ballooning behind the motor. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I pushed back the gunny sack hanging in the doorway and there he sat in the sprung armchair, staring at a flask of something on the counter. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Broken shingles from the roof covered the floor, there was an empty sack in a corner, some broken earthenware shards, perhaps from a dish or a plate, and a few bones gnawed clean. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z There were some more biscuits and jerked beef in a sack in the wagon, and a bottle of wine Mr. Bogardus had given Father for a present. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As he handed the sack to me, he said, “Well, there you are. Good-bye and good hunting!” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z All except a sack of peaches had been marketed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z When Shin pulled it over his short, bony frame, he disappeared into what felt like a burlap sack. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z More like a moneylender with a hooked nose and corkscrew payos, one gnarled hand clutching a sack of money close to his heart and the other hand outstretched for more. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z That’s when I realized Miss Peregrine was still hidden in the sack that Horace was carrying. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Beyond, the tops of the keeps and towers still stood as they had for hundreds of years, and it was hard to tell that the castle had been sacked and burned at all. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Soldiers heaved the corpse like a sack of corn onto the wagon that would bring the body to its first stop on the journey back to Washington. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed my tote sack and pulled three chunking stones out. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z This sack allowed its liquor to escape, and it gradually flowed over the whole road. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z They twisted in the air like sacks of flour and limped off in pain. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Taking my pups and bundles from the gunny sack, I used it to gather leaves to make us a bed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She picked up the flour sack and took it to the barn cellar outside. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z In front of. the Palace he had a drink of the whiskey, inspected the damp sacks of frogs, and agreed to the transaction. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He set the beer alongside the bulging lunch sack on the seat between us. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z It was hard to believe the little potato sack on Dad’s chest could be me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Take it,” he said, and he thrust the sack into George’s hands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “In here,” I told him, and opened up the burlap sack. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “I have an idea,” I said, adjusting the strap of my travel- sack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Otto pointed at the writhing sack by the time traveler’s feet. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z A cloth sack was wrestled over her head. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Igentle set Hope Too-mah-ee-nee in the empty tote sack and tied her ’round my back, same as the women in the fields. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Illuminating the bags of food, the sack of silver and tableware, the thick wool blankets of the North, the gold glittering on the drowned girl’s fingers, shining like stars in the crackle of the campfire. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z After class, I went up to Miss Riley’s desk and pointed at the little sack of potassium chlorate. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He untied the food sack from behind the saddle and walked over to the tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Beto watched them walk in, and he was going to ask Cari what she thought they meant, but then Naomi came out with the grocery sacks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In addition to the big red chicken there was a sack of carrots which had fallen from a vegetable truck, half a dozen onions which had not. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not say where she was going with the meal sack she had swung over her shoulder. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened the hatchback and heaved the sack of balls into the backseat. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Wasn’t never that hard to start with, but when that sack starts getting full, it is heavy. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We already knew where we were going, so I didn’t need to say a word as we collected the shovel and sacks and began, single file, across the island. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Kabuo, staring back, set one sack on the floor, hauled the other up onto a chair, and took the hat from his head. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But Pascal is always more interested in poking through the flour sacks, and he sometimes takes small handfuls of Carnation milk powder. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I was up on top of three pallets cutting the hemp rope of the sacks of sugar. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the bacteria were only in the jars which opened easily, the ones he was now carrying in his sack. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z She stood in the bathroom and combed her hair, then she padded to the kitchen pantry and pulled out a dime-sized lump of brown sugar from the sack on the shelf. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “But last year I picked without a sack,” I replied, trying to hold back my tears. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He then picked up his empty cotton sack and flipped it over his left shoulder. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The woman reached into a bloodstained sack and drew out a trophy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We had a small feast of the broth with kasha, which was more filling than good, the rest of the bread, a pot of marmalade Mrs. Diamant had been saving, and a sack of apples. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The German turned to look at me with his cold blue eyes, then nodded to the Jewish policeman, who carried a sack. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z And we children sat huddled shoulder to shoulder on the blanket, reaching into the grocery sack full of bologna sandwiches, which we hungrily ate salted with sand from our fingers. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Speaking of, there’s a sack with subs on the floor. Grab the pop, too.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He dumped Chicken Little into a burlap sack and tossed him next to some egg crates and boxes of wool cloth. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I go back inside for my gun, slip the leftover food from the saucer into a little plastic sack, and set off up the hill, the sounds of my sisters’ shouts and giggles behind me. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He tied the lunch sack under the bedroll and pulled the bridle back over the mare’s ears. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z More than once I considered dropping the sack and running away. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Milkman felt upward along the sack until he found its neck. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Ridgeway was in the vicinity to visit a neighboring planter, offering as proof of capture the heads of two runaways in a leather sack. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He carried her back over his shoulder, like a sack of potatoes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z We’d hung the sacks of beans on hooks in the hallway, just inside our secret entrance, but a few seams split under the weight. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Papa carried his own sack to the weigh station, but Roberto emptied it because Papa had a bad back. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Doon’s sack went in the pointed end of the boat, which they decided must be the front. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When Doc’s car came back to the laboratory, Mack and the boys secretly watched Hazel help to carry in the sacks of starfish. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t make a sound, he dropped like a sack of rocks. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z One moment the sack was flying through the air, and the next thing Stanley knew the sack was in his hole and the seeds were spilled across the dirt. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Ben goes to the pantry and starts throwing dried foods and fruit into a cloth sack, then he goes to the toilet and takes out a small medipak and throws that in, too. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z A mass of snowy hair was arranged like a small sack on top of her head. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I had gone for but a short time when I realized I’d lost the sack of food Goodwife Peregrine had given me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The 33rd President of the United States handed Bod over to the famous writer Victor Hugo, who threw the boy into his sack and put it over his shoulder. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He pulled a gourd of water out of his sack and offered it to his wife before drinking some. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He retched, and then began to vomit, all over the sacks, the sick coming down his nose and choking him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “But don’t make it too late, as you have to help Miss Volker sack up bags of cookies for tonight’s dinners.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Whenever I went to my cousins’ house for the holidays, my mom would drop me off with a bag of tomatoes, onions, and potatoes and a large sack of cornmeal. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Stanley still managed to hold the sack of jars in his left hand as he slowly moved up, from ledge to ledge, crisscrossing the rut. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Mine is a sack made of a sheet and some rope. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He handed Father a sack of tablets, bottles, and ointments. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z They returned the toys to the cloth sack and handed it to my father. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z They were amazingly lively despite their half-starved appearance, and once seized and thrown into the sack, they went after one another with ungodly shrieks. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It took over an hour to pack everything into the bulging sacks. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The sack looked to be about half full. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Lupita pressed the old cloth sack with their food to her breast. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I filled my sack to the brim; I could hardly budge it, so people helped me carry it, marveling over how vivisima I was. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We then emptied the bucket into a burlap sack. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He motioned to Angel, left the paper sack of groceries on the bottom step, and quietly tiptoed up the steps. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a wet, dirty sack on the porch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Meera unearthed a crock of honey and a big sack of apples. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One of the men comes back in from his car with a heavy sack in his arms. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The walls were ten feet high and made of supplies from his root cellar—sacks of grain, cases of ammunition, drums of honey. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I came into Tahlequah from the northeast At the outskirts of town, I hid my flour sack and provisions, keeping the gunny sack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Er...er...it was a poor mending job on the fence, sir. Don’t worry—I’ve sacked that worker already.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Taylor and her ball sack are gone, and Garrett’s already left for a piano lesson. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Going back, I lugging the sack over my shoulder, we stayed in the shadows and alleyways until the final dash across the moonlight to the two-brick space and onto the other side. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z With a swift movement, Omakayas reached down and scooped the bird into the small carrying sack at her waist. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “There’s a sack in the garage. And a shovel.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Max comes, too, because he’s curious, and I empty my sack with a flourish. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Each evening I had to take sacks of packages to the post office for mailing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There, lying in some tall weeds, he found the shovel and the sack of jars. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Monsito, the boy who helps us carry our sacks, always takes us to the best stands, where everything is fresh. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z By the time he finished covering another sack with roses, he was as excited as a little boy digging worms to go fishing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I pocketed the whistle and opened the sack on the kitchen table. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I sacked up my dogs and waded the river. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When the lunch break came, Arlin took her lunch sack from a pocket in her tool belt and went off to meet some friends a few tunnels away. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Caesar made a quizzical expression at her bulging sack of yams but didn’t speak. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z That was where Ibni got the gold, from the leather sacks, heavy with trash and gravel, brought in each week from the mines in the southern desert. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z For two saddles, a handful of bridles, and two sacks of oats, he became for all intents and purposes the property of Freddie Johnson. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He unzippered a pocket of his windbreaker and brought out a paper sack; inside it were the recently purchased rubber gloves. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She wants the fattest chicken they can find, a sack of rice, two onions, six brown eggs, and a refill of lard. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe better not to talk about it right now,” replied Jinny, setting her sack of snails on the table. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The grandmother pushed a sack of food into Jinjoo’s hands before quickly rushing after her son. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z His shirt, made of what might have been a feed sack, was covered by a huge yellow vest decorated with red tulips. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When she wasn’t packing water, she was out digging prickly-pear roots and hammering them to mush in a sack, then binding the mush to my leg for a poultice. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Running wasn’t easy because again I was carrying a large sack. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Grown-ups talk in tired, edgy voices about Zick’s Coal Company and take us along in the evening to the railroad tracks where we fill burlap sacks with the tiny pieces of coal lying about. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sure,” answered O’Brien, thumping down a plethoric sack by the side of Matthewson’s. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fool, you bring that rooster in your raggedy little sack?” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I held out the small sack I’d spent most of my money on two days ago, before all my troubles had started. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z All around him, suspended from the tree like misshapen fruit, were other new items: stolen shirts, socks, a length of rope, a tin cup, an extra blanket, sacks of food. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Her stomach felt like a pitiful empty sack. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “Aibileen, I have an old coat for you and a sack of clothes from Missus Walters’ house.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Her sack of rocks was so heavy now that an ordinary person groaned, trying to lift it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He just goes around lugging this sack, into restaurants and through city parks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A half an hour later we were resting among the piled sacks. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Beam work, sack dragging, cinder blocks. All that core work you taught me.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z At the door, the father took down a lantern that hung on the wall beside a possum sack and shook it. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Moreover, she could not believe that I was serious, since I had just had a tailor cut a tightly fitting blazer, unconnected with the sacks that Americans draped on their shoulders. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z She wrapped six gingersnap cookies in wax paper and tucked them into the top of my lunch sack. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z She set a sack of coffee beans on the table. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We shaded our faces green with a broken eye shadow that belonged to Dora’s mother, and my mother gave us two burlap sacks that had once contained basmati rice, for collecting candy. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z With Hector gone, the Greeks were able to drive the Trojans far back from the ships and Troy might have been sacked that very day if Zeus had not awakened. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Just then, a piteous little cry rose from the sack nearest my feet. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One of them held a set of Torah scrolls in a burlap sack, saved, perhaps, from one of the ghetto’s synagogues before it burned to the ground. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Nigel picked Rufus up like a sack of grain, threw him over his shoulder, and strode back to the house in such quick long strides that I had to run to keep up. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “What an outcry there was! The Principal had me up and threatened to hand me the immediate sack. I’m a marked man.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She was clutching her burlap sack to her chest, and her mouth was set in a severe line. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Split watermelons, ripped sacks of cornmeal, cucumbers gone soft or moldy in places. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He had a sack of bread dangling from his right hand and a big wheel of cheese under his left arm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Walking over behind the counter, he reached out and got a sack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I got the paper sack in one hand, Mae Mobley’s hand in the other and we trudge across the steaming black lot. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He would drift around, playing pool, easing his solitude with occasional women, sacking the hiding places where Úrsula had forgotten her money. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I also bought a large sack of candy. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I raced through candy shops tossing boxes into a sack and raced out to the usual chorus of “Stop! Thief!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z As we left, I turned back in time to see him shovel my letter into a mail sack, his hand wrapped in newsprint. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “You carried oil of vitriol knocking about in a sack? It is infinitely dangerous, my boy.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Leaning against the table was a shovel, and on the table was a trowel and a sturdy empty sack. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “Soon?” she asked Einar, after she showed him how she could hold herself raised on the branch with her arms taut and unshaking, even while wearing the sack of rocks at its heaviest. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I ran to the side of the palace and took up Bear’s sack, then rejoined him. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z And if they had rolled down the hill, it is doubtful that he would have found the sack and shovel side by side. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Grunting, Trey lifts up, grips, and turns me over like I’m a sack of potatoes. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z On top of that, he’s fighting inside a thick hide that fills a dog’s mouth like a wad of loose sacking. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Gitano put on his black hat and stooped for the sack. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk turned away to open a brown paper sack for the cabbage woman. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z With my help, he flipped the sack over his left shoulder and held it in place with his right hand. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z When he reached the end of the dirt road, Mr. Trepid got out of the car and retrieved his shovel, trowel, and sack from the trunk. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He dropped the sack, and onions spilled around him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Curiously enough, they went on believing this even after the mislaid key was found under a sack of meal. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The burlap sack that I came with four years ago was still there. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a cool night, but carrying the heavy sack has us grunting and sweating like pigs. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It kept them at bay—until the sack slipped out of my hand and went sailing into the creek. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She rose before dawn each day and lifted sacks weighted with stones many times with each arm before she put the kettle over the fire. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He dragged the sack away and hooked it over the side, so that the Chicken’s body was half in and half out of the water. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He dropped the sack and reached for the file. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Papa and Johnny had put their cotton sacks down. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This time, he drew from his small sack a long, thick band of indigo ribbon for Angeline. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z A trussed-up chicken stuck its head out of a sack and watched them mournfully as it was carried past. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry,” I said, mortified as she leaned down to scoop up the scatter of potato peels and marrow bones that had fallen from her sack. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “It sounds good” I said looking into the sack at dozens of glittering eyes. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When we went up there the first time I saw those little dirty diamonds in a sack in the back of the airplane. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I crept inside the opening, taking Bear’s sack and hat with me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z There were no more sacks, only a pile of the straw, matted up in the corner nearest the door. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “We could have done better if I had my own sack,” I thought to myself. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z But as I trudged along, I couldn’t help staring at that sack of bread. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She had dropped her sack along the way, lost her course in the black water. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I was sitting at the breakfast table, waiting for my mother to finish packing a sack lunch which I always promptly threw away as soon as I rounded the corner. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She carried an old lady’s giant sack of onions up some steep and crooked steps. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z All the way to the airport, Pa had tried to act like he was dropping off three sacks of wash at the Laundromat. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z All the pickers, except me, had their own sacks and their own rows to harvest. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The old woman introduced herself matter-of-factly before pointing to the sacks. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z In my living room, I have grocery sacks full of letters and birthday cards. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever he can kill he brings home in a sack and skins right away, then hangs in the shed out back. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z As for me, with his heavy sack upon my back, I had to struggle to keep up. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The soil had a lot of clay and there were some sacks of chicken manure to add to it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sybil had dyed some burlap sacks to make a carpet, which Cora laid on when she got one of her headaches. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z All at once, the door swings open, blowing the sack against my cheeks, and I hear running footsteps down the hallway. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The girls' dolls lay scattered by the sofa; the groceries Parvin picked up this afternoon rested in burlap sacks in the kitchen. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Lefty, meanwhile, carrying a sack of cocoons, was on his way down the mountain. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Cockerell picked up a sack that had been lying behind Capricorn’s chair and gave it to him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I hopped down off the wagon and grabbed a burlap sack with all my stuff. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A little sack hung from the corners of his eyes and rested on his cheek-bones; a loose- filled bag of feathers hung from his ears and rested on his neck beneath his chin. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z She reached over the back of the seat and brought up a paper sack. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z She pictures three-hundred-pound sacks of refined white sugar deep in the hulls of ships. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z With a gleeful chuckle, Hold-Your-Nose Billy dropped the ransom note and the golden crown into a dirty linen sack. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z I then approached the man where he sat, moving quickly when I saw he had untied the sack that lay by his side. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z If I was off in the Store’s favor, the eagle-eyed women would say, “Put some more in that sack, child. Don’t you try to make your profit offa me.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She crept up to the bag and found the scrawny, scruffy orange cat tangled in the soggy sack. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Or as if their heads are sacks, stuffed with some undifferentiated material, like flour or dough. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hey! How come your daughter is seventeen years old and if you put a sack over her face you couldn’t tell she was Japanese from anybody else on the street?” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, the ground feels slick beneath my sneakers, and my sack of clothes thumps against my back as I slow to a jog. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She took one cat to each house along the street, leaving Call and me to mind the sacks, slightly out of sight. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The big, raw-faced outlaw grabbed Prince Brat off the ground and took the heft of him as if he were weighing a sack of potatoes. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z The cat falls Like a paper sack Of fruit. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A pregnant woman rests her heavy sack against a barrel. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He pulled the Rambler into a country gas station, left Ben with the car still running, disappeared into the dimly lit depths of the store and returned carrying two paper sacks. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In the bottom of a big plastic jar of bolts and screws and miscellaneous hardware he found a double handful of gold krugerrands in a cloth sack. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He was dropping them into Arul’s sack when the rich girl bounded out of the house and flounced over to us in her frilly dress. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I knew then I had not yet earned my own cotton sack. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z We bent down and tried to put a bit of the clean grain back into the sack. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z During the day he had taken the sack that covered the bait box and spread it in the sun to dry. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The sacks under his eyes turned hollow and black, and he padded through the shadows fruitlessly like a ubiquitous spook. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It seemed they had emptied their entire houses into wagons and carts and the bulging sacks over their shoulders. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The trunk was filled with a silver tea set, a small portrait of a yellow-haired man, something wrapped in velvet cloth, dusty sacks, small wooden boxes, and packets of letters tied in a ribbon. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab him by the neck and shake him like a sack, his head jerks from side to side. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She carefully replaced the gun into the bag and hoisted the sack over her shoulder. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z And the time Digger ran away from home and made a bed for himself on a bunch of empty grain sacks in one corner. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z A sack of pita bread lay scattered on the ground. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Zero climbed down after him, retrieving the sack along the way. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He set the lunch sack between us, and we dug in. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The more recent arrivals turned up with only a sack or a suitcase. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I dodge my way through the chaos to the bedroom and drag my sack from beneath the bed, bringing it out to the kitchen while everyone is occupied. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A month later she returned with a sack, the contents of which she never discussed, which she added to her geography book and the rocks and the two spools of thread. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “One sack, eight annas,” he called; then impatiently, altering his rhythm, “Not there! Behind, with the others!” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a rag blanket and a burlap sack with some straw that I used for a pillow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The shed wasn’t big at all and I leaned in through the doorway and dropped my sack in front of the bed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Sir made a bandage out of a piece of his sack of sunflower seeds and taped it over Stanley's wound. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Bad news for you, fish,” he said and shifted the line over the sacks that covered his shoulders. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the sheriff picks up the burlap sack and pulls out something flat and shiny. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z On a string slung over his shoulder he had a brown cloth sack, which he handed to me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The sail was patched with flour sacks and, furled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They would triumph over the shovel and the sack! Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z From each harvest we saved, and had gunny sacks full of the husked rice stored away in our small stone-lined granary. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a kapo in front of me with four big loaves of Czech bread slung over his back in a cloth sack. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Without a word, Call and I put the sacks into the bottom of the boat and climbed in after them. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They filled a grain sack with coins and bills, leased seven acres of stumps and vine maple, purchased a ploiv horse, and started clearing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He put himself in position with evident satisfaction, raised his arm like a signal-mast and his hand like a coal-shovel and fetched such a blow on the white sack as would have felled an ox. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Arul grabbed the bottle with his bare hands and dropped it into my sack. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Dallas put a change of clothes in the sack and then pulled them out again. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you worry, boy,” said a voice that sounded to Bod like the Bishop of Bath and Wells, near the sack. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Ekon nodded to their sacks, still sitting just a few yards away. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She turned circles with the flour sack, finally shoving it behind Mr. Diamant’s back. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I hadn’t realized how hungry I was, and, of course, Ruthanne had packed us a sack lunch better than most people’s suppers. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Varys gave a long weary sigh, the sigh of a man who carried all the sadness of the world in a sack upon his shoulders. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He upended the sack into the bucket and seemed disheartened by the results. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mrs. Dryver wears fitted overalls with a tight red shirt underneath while Lucy’s in one of her signature sack dresses, but with a touch of blue eye shadow. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Their leather shoes splash through the shining puddles on the road, the sacks of books bang against William's broad back, and Jeanne shouts to the heavens. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "Go home, Mac, like a good guy. Go home and hit the sack." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Here you are...no sacks left. And hurry up, else you won’t be paid tonight.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Shoved in the corners were sacks of treasure, shiny goodies spilling all over the floor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Old instinct made him reach for his chest, where once he’d kept his fingerbones in a little sack on a leather thong. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There were matches inside the food sack too. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Crowds of women and children would flock around me while I doled out oranges from burlap sacks. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Grover and I had to dive behind feed sacks and hope we looked like turnips. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He laid the brace down on the counter, picked up a small paper sack, and filled it about half-full of horseshoe nails. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Its dusty walls were illuminated by a small, flickering oil lamp, and several sacks of what appeared to be flour were pushed together in one corner in a makeshift bed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Joe nods a thank you and shoves the sack back into his coat pocket. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Men stood on the beds of wagons loading casks of wine, sacks of flour, and bundles of new- fletched arrows. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They’d brought slabs of hard salt beef, dried cod, dried beans, turnips, carrots, sacks of barley meal and wheaten flour, pickled eggs, barrels of onions and apples. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When she whined to the policeman, verifying Milkman’s and Guitar’s lie that they had ripped off the sack as a joke on an old lady, she had to look up at him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z We walked directly over to the brightly colored sacks of flour, and Grandma reached above them to the stacked boxes of baking soda. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He dropped like a sack on the stool. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z At the north edge of town, just below the rich Chapultepec hills district, Lupita ran up to her brother with a tortilla and an egg taken from her sack. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I tucked them into my shirt, then gathered my fabric scraps in a sack, slung it over my shoulder, and scampered up the tree. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They eased themselves down from one ledge to another, and let themselves slide in other places, being especially careful with the sack. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The box contained a linen sack filled with straw. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Looking at me, he said, “Shell a sack of com. Take one of the mules and go to the mill for your mother.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I manage to roll out from under the sack and make it up to my knees, a man is gazing down at me in concern. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Basta picked it up carefully, holding it together like a sack, went over to Meggie, and stopped in front of her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The cat-o’-nine-tails biting into his mother’s back when she failed to keep the pace with her sack. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On this wagon was a sack, holding 30,000 gallons of wine, and consisting of leopards’ skins sewn together. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Friar Hugo came out and dumped a bulky sack next to Mrs. Churchmouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z When she heard her brother’s quick, returning footfalls, Lupita picked up the sack of food she had left on the chair beside the front door the night before. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Instead he walked through the front door like a defeated athlete—head low, shoulders hunched, a sack of disappointment sitting on his chest like an anvil. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Flour in the flour sack, Vermin in the flour. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z I walked out of school the next day, clutching the brown sack, and immediately scanned the schoolyard for Maxie. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “But first I have brought you a pig in a sack.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s get a sack right here,” I say, leaning forward. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I watched as he put my backpack and one meager garbage sack in the trunk. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I go around the room with my laundry sack, stuffing a weekend’s worth of clothes inside. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z With her other hand, she carries a paper sack, and her eyes rapidly apprehend the boys’ uni-forms and the intense whiteness of Werner’s hair and the livid bruises beneath Frederick’s eyes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Jolted from their sugar-cane sacking, barrels poking out, the ingredients of the picnic have spilled out across the floor of the trunk. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Sounder had not died in his favorite spot right behind the porch steps where he had a hole dug out and where the boy’s father had put two coffee sacks for a pallet. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as she turned her back, I tossed the sack lunch into the garbage can. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z By the time I’m able to pull the sack from my head, the corridor is silent. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She threw the dirty rags in a gunny sack at the far end of the room. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The stores had a countrified look; there were harnesses and sacks of feed in half of the display windows. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z An empty burlap sack was draped over the opening. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Pollard built his strength, hit the sack early, and rose well before dawn to head back to the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They pick him up and heave him into the back of the van like a sack of mail. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She had always pictured a troupe of burly men with long black moustaches who would tumble her into a blanket and bear her off like a sack of potatoes while she pleaded for mercy. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I have a great many plans for you, Silvertongue, believe me,” he said, putting his hand into the sack and running the coins through his fingers. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The boys took cautious steps forward while TimeStar opened the sack fully. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I went quickly from him with the sack on my back; running to get to the head of the waiting queue. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Pick it up with my stick, second, put it in a sack, and carry it' clear on up past the Shiloh schoolhouse, let it out in the woods there. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He nodded at me, lifted a sack of sugar off a pallet, and set it on the handcart. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We climbed into the wagon and settled down among the baskets and sacks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They piled extra ammunition and a sack of grenades nearby, and made sure their machetes were within easy reach. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She leaves him a pitcher of beer and a paper sack filled with sandwiches for lunch. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The sacks at the bottom of the pile were damp, and now the damp was coming through. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Then, with a sort of silent agreement, I helped them unload the lumpy sacks from the back of the wagon and pile them to one side. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And the sack with eel and cat was tossed into the pond. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Olive screamed and several of us flinched in vicarious pain as Horace dropped to the floor like a sack of potatoes, loose change and train tickets spilling out of his pockets. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Jinjoo wrapped the remaining six carefully with the cloth and tied them up into a little sack. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Stanley reached down and pulled up the empty burlap sack. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z We hid our sacks and sneaked behind the last row of people. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “There’s only one more I need,” she said, pointing her chin in the direction of the gunny sacks full of roots and plants. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He was carried like a sack once more, and darkness grew about him: whether the darkness of another night, or a blindness of his eyes, he could not tell. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Scipio frowned while he fiddled with the cord of his sack. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Surely it couldn’t be at the two beautiful hound pups sticking out of the gunny sack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The bodies of their loved ones disappeared into sacks and reappeared in the cool cellars of medical schools to relinquish their secrets. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The old woman, wrinkled, dirty, clothed in an ill-sewn sack of sealskin, pointed at the little silken dress and at herself, and smiled: a sweet, unmeaning smile, like a baby’s. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “You can’t just toss him in there like a sack of potatoes,” I said. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She waved the back of her hand at the children, waved again at Lina, and then took off, holding the sack by its neck so it hung beside her and banged against her legs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We stuff everything in, however it fits: jewels, furs, sacks of glittery loot. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Before she had been sacked, Deirdre had commented on it one afternoon in the kitchen over day-old bread. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Clotho keeps on hauling his invisible sack of turnips through the surf. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Papa asked me to stretch out the middle of his sack while he sewed an extra piece of canvas onto the bottom to reinforce it. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Marchantas come up to offer us their wares and, tempted by a sample taste of a small, sweet orange, we buy a whole sack of them, already peeled and cut in half. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked like she’d just had a sack of flour dumped on her head. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He shifted the sack from one shoulder to the other. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Morrie was in a wheelchair full-time now, getting used to helpers lifting him like a heavy sack from the chair to the bed and the bed to the chair. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Bessie bunched her work clothes and put them in the sack under the bed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then they took out the three sacks of gold from the hiding place which was known only to them and their victim. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Once one of the sacks writhed and wiggled its way off the wagon and into the street, but we got it back on and down the path to the Captain’s dock. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In her confusion, she packed riding crops and her wedding veil, a watercolor landscape, and a paper sack of birdseed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He stuffs the rabbit into the sack and rises. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Her Unsullied had finally restored order, but the sack left a plague of problems in its wake. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He could take a hundred-pound flour sack between his legs and scissor it open without thinking. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Each car appears to have a wall of sacks along the front to serve as windbreak. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The reason for this sack is never mentioned. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He shoved the mittens into a small paper sack and placed it on the counter. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z They have amassed quite a sack of coins for their efforts. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Exactly. All biologists want to know why. Just like your mom and Fred,” he said, ripping another sack of ugly from the inside of a fish. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z As fast as I could, I ran to meet him, expecting a sack of candy. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He swung between us like a sack of old clothes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered the walls made of grain sacks and ammunition boxes, of my father’s fears and paranoias, his scriptures and prophecies. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He comes in holding a grocery sack in his hand. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The boy’s mother had brought home the empty meal sack. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In a short time the siege tower, its wheels muffled with sacking, stood completed, ready for use. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Also a big cup of coffee and a sack with two slices of lemon pound cake in it. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Vola rummaged under the sink and drew out a sack of plaster. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He pulled the gloves on, reached into the hole and placed the two dead rats into the sack. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Inwardly lamenting my fate, I lifted the sack and began my life as servant to the Bear. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Kneeling on the ground, Bear emptied his sack. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The canvas or sacking screens of their perches moved heavily in a breath of wind, like banners in a chapel, and the rapt nobility of the air kept their knight's vigil in knightly patience. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And, as if Yishan were no more than a sack of rice, he tossed the boy to the floor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z After weighing Mama’s sack the contratista jotted in a notebook ninety pounds after our last name, which he asked Roberto to spell. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Punching Aarfy was like sinking his fists into a limp sack of inflated rubber. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Tens and fifties of them were flung into the gunny sacks, and the sacks filled with tired, frightened, and disillusioned frogs, with dripping, whimpering frogs. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, two “gravediggers” grabbed him by the head and feet and threw him from the wagon, like a sack of flour. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias and Dunwing pushed hastily past the scrap of sacking that served as a door to the King’s chamber and began their search. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He slipped all four of them, squawking and screeching, into a burlap sack. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “This will be burned, by the tree where the witches dance—” she sang and swiftly put the evil load into the sack. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Until my great-grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z With a nod of her head, she indicated a filled sack of flower heads on the ground nearby. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We have eggs, buttered toast, and a glass of milk each for dinner; there’s a small sack of coal in the corner, and magazine cuttings pinned all over the wall. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z One wanted to know if I had the mother in the sack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The place was, we swiftly perceived, a plantation recently sacked and brought low. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The smarmy guy was oilier than a soggy sack of fries. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Andrew’s uncle pointed to a thirty-pound sack of birdseed sitting on the floor. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Shelly thumped him with both heels and said, “Get up, you sorry sack of beans, before I park that slimy aquarium on your head.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I noticed it wasn’t one of the nickel sacks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z R.C. threw the lunch sack down and kicked it out of the way. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z If not, he’d drop it in the burn bag—a large, brown paper sack standing by his desk. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Having strayed farther afield than usual, I was hurrying back home, lugging my burlap sacks when I came across a dead rabbit. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He saw a grocery sack on the table next to Terry. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Still others were made of tin and cardboard and sacks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In a sleepy scramble I fished the flour sack, my keepsake bag, out of my satchel and checked the contents. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z We were poor enough to get free lunch, but I didn’t want to be the only Indian and a sad sack who needed charity. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Anya set her flour sack and fish down before she shook his dripping hand, wondering what Ivan felt with the water right there. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z First the man was Father Amadi, his soutane flying behind him, then it was Papa, in the floor-length gray sack he wore when he distributed ash on Ash Wednesday. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “I played like a sack of dragon dung,” said Ron in a hollow voice when the door had swung shut behind Ginny. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z So he grabbed a garbage sack filled with empty beer bottles and hucked it at the minivan. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The man’s body was a bony shell inside rumpled clothing that hung on him like a disorderly collection of sacks. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Anya wondered aloud as Mama walked through the door, a large sack in her hands. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Disgusted, the woman’s daughters threw the ripped sack on the floor in front of the twins. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Chickenhound slung the sack down the hole and dived in after it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The sack of loot clattered from his nerveless paws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “We’ll have a little man-to-man talk while the leathernecks get some sack time.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you weren’t out the day before yesterday. You had a half-kilo sack.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The look of mingled horror and delight that passed across Iron Emmett’s face was worth more than a sack of gold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Every now and then she glanced at the back seat to check on the sack. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was sure no one was watching him, Jody went into the little room, and looked into Gitano’s sack. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Without a word he went outside where the sacks of chicken grits were stacked against the show window and commenced talking to some old men sitting on the bench in the sun. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It was my understanding that communists preferred beefy, corn-fed girls with thick ankles and strong backs, all the better for threshing wheat and lugging heavy sacks of rice. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Mace found a heap of sacks and with Nettles help stuffed them to make up three mattresses. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As I looked back I saw he was staring wide-eyed at my sack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As I put them on, he said, “So, little sack of warmth, I think you are a Gypsy. Am I right?” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z We arrange our sacks of straw side by side. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Meereen and Yunkai have made peace.. The siege is to be lifted, the armies disbanded. There will be no battle, no slaughter, no city to sack and plunder.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was skinny and had an okay body, but she always managed to make it look like a sack of potatoes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Smiling, the Thief Lord slipped a black sack from his shoulder. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Usually he carried a paper sack of beers. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Though my basket was hill, I found room for a sack of hard candy and a small loaf of sugar. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Better to have a single perfect diamond than a sack of flawed stones. We’ll make a showcase of her, put her in the courtyard or something.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I’ve got the water ready to heat, and then I fish a tin out of my sack. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A flypaper roll entirely free of flies curled down from the ceiling not far from a sack that hung there too. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He was adding dried apples when he heard a suspicious noise, and moved a sack of dry corn. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I dug into my messenger bag for the plastic sack Mom had sent for Javaneh’s mom. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z More often than not the sacks bore the name of the farm where the corn had been grown. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She was being bumped against the Giant’s leg like a sack of potatoes. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Had it not been for my superior brawn, she would have sacked my wagon. Finally she limped away from the fray, her glad rags askew.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually we managed it by using the strap of my travel- sack as a makeshift rope. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I felt like killing Norton as I plowed into him, punching his face like it was a sack of flour. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Moonface opened his sack and pulled out one of his loaves of bread, and I inched closer. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I went into my tote sack and picked out two good stones, one for my right hand and one for my left. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It was Ultima burning the evil load of the sack exactly where the three witches had danced when my uncle saw them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Jule peered into the sack he held out: four Crunchie bars, Hula Hoops, Swedish Fish, two bottles of seltzer, and a bag of salt and vinegar potato chips. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z "A gold sack or two would have satisfied me and Cutwater," snarled the hairy outlaw. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z I suppose von Linden would be sacked if his success rate were that dismal. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Jaimito wanders through plants taller than he is, tugging with all his might at the vegetables and dropping them, with clumsy toddler hands, into the sack. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z From the truck the man produced a white paper sack and a pair of plastic gloves. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Tarber found a garden out back, and they pulled some onions and radishes and filled a sack with cabbages before they went on their way. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He indicated a brown paper sack resting in his lap. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The Spanish sack of Tawantinsuyu calamitously expanded on this tradition of plunder, which has greatly accelerated in modern times, fueled by the desperate poverty of Peru’s Indian population. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Some sacks split open when they hit the ground, and corn and beans spilled everywhere. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They came toward me as I ran, a crowd of men and women carrying cases of beer, cheese, chains of linked sausage, watermelons, sacks of sugar, hams, cornmeal, fuel lamps. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman raised the sack so her mouth waren’t covered and said, “Alas, I see nothing. The heathen’s magic has left me completely sightless.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Listen to you. Bobby Kennedy is out buying sacks full of votes.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She put the sack down on the ground. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z We padded it with hay and put it in an empty stall in our barn, hidden under some dirty old croker sacks. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Sitting there, I felt so much stronger than he, ridiculously so, as if I could lift him and toss him over my shoulder like a sack of flour. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll start with whatever’s in those sacks,” the Wicked One snarled, pointing a crooked finger at the sacks of books. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Back in the sack they would go, with their heads sticking out of the holes and their long ears flopping. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re going through a lot of food. I see the kasha sack going down every time I come here. You can’t be eating that much. What are you doing with it all?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then all thoughts of fruit drying and Deen and who was right and who wasn’t were forgotten as the three girls sat down on the fruit sacks. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z One man was working fast, sacking the pouring grain. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the sack of coal and led me into the house. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He towered above the long row of full sacks lined up behind him. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Styx tossed the last cracker wrapper back onto our paper sack. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It turned out to be an empty sack of sunflower seeds. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Pa told me, “Elijah, put the knife in your tote sack, and be still.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z When they came back, the BFG had a sack the size of a small house slung over his shoulder. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A boy with a high, square forehead grabs the sack with the dried herbs and throws my Beny More album like a Frisbee against the elm. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like having your head put in a sack. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z She was hunched over, pulling new ones out of a sack and cracking them open. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Moody dropped his sacks at his feet and turned to Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I pulled off the sweater, under which I was wearing a rain slicker I used to go sailing in, a kind of canvas sack. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z And then they were spilling off the end like potatoes dumped from a sack. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The Turks tip their plastic sacks onto the sand: tire tubes and life jackets. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z His head was wrapped in a flour sack with a black hole for a mouth and a long trunk for a nose. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I shoved the stuffed sack—and then myself—through the bars. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Then we walk over to a young man who has sacks filled with rice and all sorts of uncooked grains. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Now I had a chicken and a flour sack hanging under each arm, hidden beneath the coat. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I dug five of the chunking stones out of my tote sack and put three in my left hand and two in my right. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He then put the sacks into the underground shed. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He is pounced on, seized by the scruff of the neck, and thrust into a sack. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Mama was slung over his shoulder like the jute sacks of rice his factory workers bought in bulk at the Seme Border. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A sack flew out and hit Jonas in the shoulder, knocking him over. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The jostling, the bumping of porters and sidestepping of sacks made him tense. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Never was she so thankful to have a sack full of weapons. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She carries a paper sack full of withered greens and seats herself amid the rubble. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I did the same with the sack of flour and carefully slid my arms with the strings into Mrs. Diamants enormous old coat. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z And for some time, the sack I carried felt lighter. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z We take the sacks he gave us, slide off the seat, and hurry back down the street while he drives away. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Ishmael stopped in at the Amity Harbor Restaurant and asked Elena Bridges to put two cheese sandwiches in a paper sack for him; he didn’t have time to stay and eat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She slid out of the chamber like one of the lumpy treasure sacks, bouncing along over the bumpy cave floor. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z He leaned over and inspected the sacking closely. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z We were sitting on an old mattress that they used to sleep on the floor, basically a sack stuffed with dried straw. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z What was left in the oilskin sack would be enough to buy Denna a half-harp, pay off my debt to Devi, and still have enough left over so that we could live comfortably for months. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The old man put his sack on his lap and began to feel around inside it with both hands. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z At some point, several distinct thumps travel into the museum from the gardens or the streets beyond, as if someone is dropping sacks of cement mix out of the clouds. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Weighing the half-pounds of flour, excluding the scoop, and depositing them dust-free into the thin paper sacks held a simple kind of adventure for me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z While Mom contemplated me, I held with crossed arms to my chest the sack with our four quarts of precious ’shine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes remembers her own exodus, the watercolor landscape she wrapped in brown paper, her wedding veil and riding crops and the sack of birdseed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And then a man opens the car door, puts some heavy sacks in our laps, gets in the driver’s seat, starts up the engine, and we’re off in a blast of exhaust. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Her arms were wrapped around a small bulging sack. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He hated making her work so hard, but he felt like a sack of billiard balls. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We begin the slow, painful walk to the ships, him with his cane and me carrying a sack of his belongings. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The sound, mocking and cruel, came faintly to his ears, as though muffled by sand or sacking. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Caton appeared and furtively handed me the nozzles and nose cones in a cloth flour sack. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The equipment of the expedition was slight: some long-handled frog nets and some gunny sacks. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I ducked my head, tightened my grip on the sack, and walked on. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled the mystery pistol out of the fancy holster and put it in my tote sack. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He and Harry had bought a hundred pounds of unshelled peanuts in two burlap sacks. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She put the meal sack over her shoulder. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The cats must have exhausted themselves fighting, for the sacks lay almost quiet at our feet. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped her near the top and tied his jacket behind the saddle, over the bedroll and sack of food. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘Then, Master Elrond, you will have to lock me in prison, or send me home tied in a sack,’ said Pippin. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The Dothraki sacked cities and plundered kingdoms, they did not rule them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z On the raft Calypso put food and drink in abundance, even a sack of the dainties Odysseus specially liked. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Buford was toting a bag like a mail sack tied to one of his legs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I felt like I’d been tossed out on the side of the road like a sack of unwanted kittens. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Anya set the flour sack by the door and shuffled forward. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z But it sounded Congolese in the way it rolled out with equal weight on every syllable—a pig in a sack—as if no single word wanted to take over the whole sentence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I say, taking the heavy sack from him. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I’m back downstairs, my sack is pretty full. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare at the sack, start twirling that pencil in my hand again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His hair was a cap of coarse red-black wire cropped about his ears, and in one hand he held a sad cloth sack. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She pretends to hug the sack of apples. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z She rose and slung her sack of cookies over her shoulder. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Staggering up the stairs, he remembered Pilate’s back as she got out of the Buick—not bent at all under the weight of the sack. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached in my tote sack and pulled out ten of the chunking stones and set them on the table next to me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z As she spoke, the familiar and unmistakable squinch-squanch, squinch-squanch of the DYNNE’s heavy footsteps could be heard plodding over the hill, and when he finally appeared he was dragging an incredibly large sack behind him. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z When he returned he had a sack of catfish heads and some green bananas. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t suppose they’ll be happy about that old book in your sack, then, or the dagger in mine.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He came to sack a city, and Hizdahr’s peace has cheated him of his plunder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Most of the kids in the Home keep their things in a paper or cloth sack, but not me. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I speared a damp rag and shook it into my sack. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z A sack of flabby something hung from his loins and rested on his thighs when he sat down. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z They almost got me, but I swung the sack over my head and made them duck. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They took a hemp sack and a bucket and went seeking, working their way across the sand, out along the spit that led to the island. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z When the Greeks sacked the city she was in Athena’s temple clinging to her image, under the goddess’s protection. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The cookies that were always in the sack with the bread, we just gobbled down straight. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “So, the hemlock if you please, Doktor. A large gunny sack of it.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z With my flour sack stuffed with plants and weeds, I wandered along the railroad tracks, letting my footsteps fall evenly on each tie. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She found her way down to the cellar of her house and sat in the darkest corner on a heap of burlap sacks and waited while the hurt waves swept over her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z People didn't buy dog food in the sack like they do now. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had seen the books, but I held the paper sack with his cookies in my arms shielded by the poems. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of them had spilled out onto the steps; groups of them had formed circles on the lawn, laughing and kicking hacky sacks and, in some cases, even smoking right there on school property. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He set the sack out beside the wheat berries and stared at all the food, so casually kept in the ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I picked up my tote sack and went to the door of the stable. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z "Get back there and serve us, you big sack of fat!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z After a time the tumbling sack sank into the reedy water, and all was still. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Zero, who was now carrying the sack, set it down and took out two jars, giving one to Stanley. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Then, as we moved along the road, I swung Bear’s sack around and pulled out his two-pointed hat, and leaping up, I plopped it on his head, albeit crookedly. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The straw boss had no faith in her, having watched her sweating hard to fill her sack as quickly as the children, but she was highly and suddenly vocal in her determination. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They had spent the morning picking onions and putting them in the sack. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Once when he was away Portia came to see him and left a note and borrowed half a sack of meal. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z We huddled in the corner on some mildewed feed sacks, trying to ignore the smell and the heat and the flies. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z This was back when you still had to order a second little burger or sack of fries if you wanted more. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z A pile of old sacks in one corner. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Change of plan,” growled Mad-Eye, who was holding two enormous, bulging sacks, and whose magical eye was spinning from darkening sky to house to garden with dizzying rapidity. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I got up, making sure I took Bear’s sack as well as his hat. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “At least get that sack off. If anyone else finds the ship, we want that hidden.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z They found a little gold, a little silver, a great sack of copper pennies, and a dented goblet set with garnets that two soldiers almost came to blows over. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I opened it and dumped in half the contents of my sack. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He puts a greasy sack on the table. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Her hand nudged the sack of gold on his bedside cabinet as she reached for the bottle and the goblet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Alecto dropped me like a sack of turnips in the middle of the palace garden. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Two fine sons. They aren’t alike. Each one born separate in his own sack.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But Sounder was warm because the boy’s father had put two burlap sacks under the porch for the time when the hard frosts came. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We rolled our mats, packed our sacks, and arranged them on our backs. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Bloodbeard pulled a severed head from his sack and flung it at the seneschal. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The last thing I remember is Boggs spreading a couple of burlap sacks over me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Squirreled away in them I had string and wax, some dried apple, a tinderbox, a marble in a small leather sack, a pouch of salt, hook-needle and gut. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Either they were bulbs she had already planted or they had been in the sack so long they had germinated. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The BFG put an arm into the sack and pulled out a gigantic black and white striped object the size of a man. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She set the cat down and lifted the guitar case and sack out the window and onto the front porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Slumped against a wall are two leather sacks, speckled with the dried blood of the fiends of Malesherbes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It was Stanley's turn to carry the sack. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He pointed to two sacks by the back door. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand why they didn’t just give us a sack of rice and a bag of beans. It would keep this family fed for a month.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Their backpacks hang off them like potato sacks, all lumpy and jouncing on the backs of their knees. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He sat on a gunny sack full of the corn that Robert and Josiah had dried last year, and when he shifted his weight even slightly, he could hear the hard kernels move. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z At the last minute, Flora’s mother had picked up the piece of paper with his poem on it and thrown it into the sack along with him. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z It fit me like a sack, the sleeves falling past my fingers and the bottom sagging halfway to my knees, but at least it was warm. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The boy returned with a bucket of well water and an empty burlap sack. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She had hunted out the seed shops to taste their lichees, various as wines, and bought a sack that was taller than a child to bedazzle the nieces and nephews. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone had thrown the lion a sack of turnips, which he obviously didn’t want to eat. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “We must get a sack first,” he replied. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z His feet are wide splayed, and he swings his right arm more than his left as he walks, as if he were hauling a large and invisible sack of turnips. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I went through the wall at night, and there she was, behind me, with a sack of her own. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z In the back of the wagon, supported by sacks of squash and hills of pumpkins, Shadrack began a struggle that was to last for twelve days, a struggle to order and focus experience. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z As usual, when it was time for bed, Papa folded his cotton sack to use as a pillow. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “It was a large hunt that day. The men had gathered for the distribution of weapons. I had a spear and a sack of food. Katrina had prepared food for me. She always did.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d stopped an inmate from another gallery who was on R without permission and asked him what was in his paper sack. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This time my belongings were stuffed into a plastic sack. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Slimy pink intestines coiled over his wide face and draped around his neck; sagging sacks of stomachs and bloated bags of bowels dangled from his torso. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z In the bottom was an oilcloth sack containing a large gummy mass of black denner resin, at least four times as much as Denna and I had already scraped together. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Delia demanded, reaching for the huge plastic sack and yanking it away from them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Laying my sack down, I started climbing up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I took two of my chunking stones out of my tote sack and put ’em in my pocket. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I’d have to wrap him up in a gunny sack or an old coat and pry his claws loose from the butter. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the workers would leave their sacks at the Store to be picked up the following morning, but a few had to take them home for repairs. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Fired, sacked, given the boot. Take your pick.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Could even say he never wrote that on the grocery sack, that I’d wrote it myself. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Once he’d left, we got to explore the midway on our own, the air rushing past us as we rocketed down a giant yellow slide on burlap sacks. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The old man drew close to the gate and swung down his sack when he confronted Jody. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He probably just shoves them in a sack and dumps them in the river. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z But just to see Bear’s sack and hat in one corner moved me greatly. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Tristran slept on the leather seat of the coach, his head on a sack of oats; he dreamed of ghosts, and of the moon and stars. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I scoop Walter up like a sack of flour and toss him inside. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I covered my sack and watched Mary Hudson. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “Put the squirrel in a sack? Hit the squirrel over the head with a shovel?” said Flora’s father in a squeaky, despairing voice. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z He moved so quickly he forgot to duck the green sack hanging from the ceiling. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I was Rob, and Rob was staring down at two dark shapes—two dark sacks covered their heads, but it was obvious that one was a man and the other a woman. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then I crept out of the potatoes and cautiously poked my tiny head over the edge of the sack. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z With that, he tossed his sack to me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z And after more sharp words, that crab and its leg were put into our sack. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She had declared a blanket pardon for all crimes committed during the sack. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The night before, Joyce, Harry, Rose, Mike, Polly, and Harry Junior had stayed up late, transferring the peanuts to paper sacks, planning to sell them to the race fans. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z After they had had their fill, I gave them a good rubdown with a piece of gunny sack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I crossed my arms and shivered at the memory of Hamlet’s book, with its drawings of the corpse laid open, the vital parts within revealed like a pirate’s booty in a torn sack. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Wesley was carrying a sack about half the size of his slight seven-year-old body. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z At the McIntyres’ a coffin was placed in front of the door, and Mr. McIntyre rose from it in silence, his face covered with chalk, and deposited a fistful of candy corns into our sacks. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Then he took the men and women out of the sack and put them in different places on the earth to live. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Amma dug out a small money pouch from its hiding place, underneath the rice sack. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The hunters disengage the sacks and fling them expertly to the waiting sailors. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I gave him a sly grin and dipped my hand into my travel- sack, bringing out the bottle of brand I’d bought from the tinker. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But when I caught sight of the sack he had left behind, I told myself he was bound to return, if not for me, for it. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Kids in dories chase after them, trying to sell sacks of incredibly good fruit. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Anya lugged her sack of flour to the end of the butcher shop. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z When they found one, Pilate squatted down and opened the sack while Milkman dug. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He was busy removing the starfish from the wet sacks and arranging them on the cool concrete floor. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And then Nate’s uncle fell to the ground like an empty sack. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z ‘Bonk her on the head and stuff her in a sack?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Many of the bettors had asked for a draw because they had to go to work on the docks loading sacks of sugar or at the Havana Coal Company. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There were paper sacks of groceries and clothing, all marked with a red Christmas card. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The sacks, and the names of the farms, had to go. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She filled her pockets with packs of matches, and Doon put all the remaining candles in his sack—in case they arrived in the new city at night. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There was no gyrating sack on his shoulder, so he hadn’t recaptured Witching Hour like he’d said he would. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Pilate darted around the cave calling him, looking for him, while Macon piled the sacks of gold into the tarpaulin. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sir, I saw in the Daily Prophet that Fudge has been sacked...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “That may be. Come in, please, so I can put down this sack.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers were quickly assembling their guns, ammunition, and whatever they could stuff into their sacks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the hold was stocked with crates, barrels, burlap sacks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He left the shovel and sack of jars behind as he continued up the mountain. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z In my eagerness to please, I accidentally complimented chipped baseboards and sacks of laundry waiting to be taken to the cleaners. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z After picking for two long hours, Roberto helped Mama make more room in her sack by lifting it upright and shaking it several times up and down, compacting the cotton to the bottom. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, Kingshaw crawled on his hands and knees back over the concrete and the mucky straw, on to the sacks. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Thank you,” I said as Frankie handed the sack to me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The soil was in the room, too: The elegant table was covered with dozens of little canvas sacks filled with seedlings, and Sarai wondered how plants figured into the Godslayer’s plans to conquer the citadel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z With a powerful heave, he lofted Taran like a sack of meal to the safety of the trail. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z George had filled a meal sack with dirt and hung it to a limb of the tree for a punching bag. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z After the initial bout of bargaining, a dozen men began unloading bolts of cloth, barrels of molasses, and burlap sacks of coffee. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Sam did his best to oblige, offering some kernels from the sack beside the door. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The next time the water truck came it was driven by Mr. Pendanski, who also brought sack lunches. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I sneaked into the kitchen and got one of Mama’s precious flour sacks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry seized the sack of gold on the bedside table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The imaginary sack of rocks got even heavier. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Anya kicked at the sack, trying desperately to find the opening. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Now that it is daylight let him jump so that he’ll fill the sacks along his backbone with air and then he cannot go deep to die. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Helena holds my hand, silent, waiting for me to move, bent beneath the sack. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z So, feeling worried and quite depressed, I took my milk can and my sack and walked to the house, going the long way around. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Their plastic grocery sacks were bursting at the seams. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z A long line of people was moving in slowly at one; from the other, people were coming away, not with sacks but with money. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He pointed back to the stack of grain sacks. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z They hand their burdens to others while they mount, then take the sacks again and loop them over the pommels of their saddles. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He folded the sacks and hurried up the ladder. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Normal schools do fun things. We’ve been such a bunch of sad sacks lately. It’s my job as seventh-grade president to brighten things up a little.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z On the back step, Miss Celia dumps the cake in a paper sack. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z According to Sohrab, many of the buildings were never finished before Alexander the Great sacked Persepolis. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It had been tossed into a sack of rubbish, along with the snuffbox of Wartcap powder and the music box that had made everyone sleepy.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Ba hurriedly took out his cloth sack and gathered blankets and filled an empty bottle with water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z When they went into the hut, their hands were empty; when they set out from the hut, each of the men carried a sack with some small object in it. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z When I announced that my sack was empty, she frowned at me, suspicious, but didn’t say anything. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was in bad shape, but well stocked: big sacks of potatoes and onions, cornmeal, things in cans. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Straight off, Joe caught a chain across his face and dropped like a sack of potatoes—for a second he blacked out. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Reek arrived carrying a boar spear and an overstuffed washerwoman's sack bulging with god knows what. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z To this row he now added the contents of his sack. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He pours out the contents of a sack. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He went inside the house and a little later came out carrying a cardboard box and several sacks he placed in the back seat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He attacked the sacking with his brass screw again, jabbing and pushing until he’d made another hole in the fabric. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Her entire baggage consisted of a small trunk, a little rocking chair with small hand-painted flowers, and a canvas sack which kept making a cloc-cloc-cloc sound, where she carried her parents' bones. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Then he pushed the screw into the fabric of the sack behind him, working the sharp end in, then pulling it back, and making another hole a little way below the first. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “Into the sack with him, Jack,” cried one boy. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She got closer, and the bundle of books under one arm and her flour sack under the other became clearer. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I sat on Plug as if I were a sack of flour. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z His limp sack of bones smacked against the door as I slammed it shut behind him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The phantom Samaritan stuck the book between his teeth, crouched down, hoisted Arnold Jones’s limp carcass over his shoulder, and hauled him out of there like a sack of flour. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I stumbled to my feet, picked up my sack lunch, and started towards the door. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared at the sack of Bull Durham in her lap and watched the way she rolled the cigarette without spilling any tobacco. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She was folding linens, which their mother jammed into a sack. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Swerlin hands me a paper sack of sandwiches for the road. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everybody knows it isn’t worth it. For a lousy sack or two of beans?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually, it’s a rock, a fish, or even a sack of rags. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There are sacks of flour, beans, and dry corn scattered on the floor. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Goldilocks rode in the wheelbarrow inside a burlap sack he had found in the pantry. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He cried out in pain and tried to pull his hand away, but her jaw was set and her head twisted and turned, mangling his hand the way a terrier worries a sack. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We had to keep her out of sight, though, so Horace went back into the disguising room and fetched a denim sack. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Petey held a bag open, whistled, and his drone tools hovered from their racked positions into the sack. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z A porter trotted at their heels, pushing a wheelbarrow heaped high with provisions: salt and flour, fresh-churned butter, slabs of bacon wrapped in linen, sacks of oranges, apples, and pears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Thor ripped off the beast’s head, placed it in his sack, and carried it down to the sea. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z We sit like that for a few seconds until Belén comes out of the store with the sack of meat we have to take to Mamá Jacinta for dinner. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z As I peered into the sack, I quickly fingered the remaining presents, testing their weight, imagining what they contained. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Ibni was there the same as every other day, unconcernedly dumping a sack of raw gold into the vat. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z They repositioned the sacks of grain and seed to make a slim pocket. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z There she was, waiting on the back step with two neat sacks beside her, one for herself and one for him, only his exactly twice as big. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I saw Peewee put a stamp on the letter and take it out to the mail sack. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Right over the town is the ruin of Whitby Abbey, which was sacked by the Danes, and which is the scene of part of “Marmion,” where the girl was built up in the wall. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The sack over her shoulder almost fell to the ground. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z More and more small valuables and family keepsakes belonging to the mice and their woodland guests vanished into the thief’s sack. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z There were sacks of salt, and sacks of store sugar. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I hung my one extra shirt and my cloak in the wardrobe and put my travel- sack in the trunk at the foot of my bed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I better get the sack and put it over my shoulders. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z With a quick tug, the purse on the man’s hip ripped, and a stream of golden coins poured from the sack. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When he descended the stairs he did not carry the sack of beers any longer, and he walked away thoughtfully without seeming to notice where he was going. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The tug of war ended almost before it began as the sack ripped and articles of clothing spilled everywhere. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z So I covered him with a grain sack and shot him in the head. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z "How did my sack of sunflower seeds get in your hole?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z While they squeal and screech and bump into each other, I silently sack up my dead and withdraw to the woods. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he lay down on the sack of flour and slept. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Then came the night we returned, sacks full, and found a lineup happening in the courtyard. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The two hunters who carry the sacks reach the edge of the forest, where their horses wait. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Mama Mwanza’s legs didn’t burn all the way off but it looks like a pillow or just something down there she’s sitting on wrapped up in a cloth sack. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning I sifted a whole sack of flour, and the next day my hands were too sore to grip my pencil and write in my Notebook. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Hanson added the sugar sack to the pile on the counter, then clicked his tongue in satisfaction. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Her job was to fill two bowls with fresh yogurt from the sacks hanging in the basement larder, where the floor was packed dirt, and where the old cook kept his pickling jars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Quite soon, a stout woman carrying a lunch sack pushed open the door and walked away. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They had sacks tied around their legs with string and ground sheets with holes in the middle for rain capes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Through eating, Lupita put the precious food back into the sack. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He hoisted his sack of starfish on his shoulder. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He strolled closer, taking another chomp of his turnover before kneeling and placing the sack on the rooftop. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He’s wearing a Foo Fighters T-shirt, pajama pants, and a pair of moccasins—total suburban white boy—but he’s so hot, I’d like him even if he wore a tattered garbage sack. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He pulled out a small sack and counted out the coins to pay for us. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have a lot of stuff,” Mandy said, eyeing my garbage sacks. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The Soundkeeper peered into the sack, and there were all the sounds which had burst from the vaults. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The bottom of the sack held a dozen gingersnaps, which we finished off after the sandwiches were gone. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The old farmer handed the reins to his son and brought a large brown loaf of bread out of a sack that sat between the two of them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Its owner had clothed it in a brown burlap rice sack with holes for neck and arms. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a paper sack of bread for his sister. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He found a sack of some kind of small dried red fruits and tasted one. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Barbarossa kicked and struggled, but Scipio threw him over his shoulder like an old sack of potatoes and carried him all the way to the house. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z My stomach clenched until I spotted it underneath some loose burlap sacking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z To make his time in the sack even more uncomfortable there were still several lumps of wood, not to mention sharp screws and nails, in there with him, the final remnants of the coffin-based firewood. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z 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 I was dragged to the side of the road, hoisted like a sack of grain over a low hedge, and flung on my back in the grass. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He turned to see Beatrice bolting away, her stepbrother slung like a sack of oats over one shoulder. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I held up my flour sack full of plants. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I found him a place closer to my tomatoes but hidden by somebody's com, so the cops wouldn't see him sacked out. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The crew rushed over the beach, hauling the water casks and sacks of vegetables on board. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z In the tenth year we sacked the inner city, Priam’s town, and sailed for home; but heaven dispersed the Akhaians. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled the head of the ox from his sack. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Liked to wander in his fields, chat with his pickers, taste his berries, smack his lips, smoke his pipe, go to town for a sack of nails. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They had long since pulled their heads back in the sack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Zero first grabbed hold of the sack, then the shovel. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “You put the squirrel in the sack, George. You hit the squirrel over the head with the shovel.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z In a pantry they came upon part of a sack of cornmeal that rats had been at in the long ago. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It was the way D.I.’s awoke recruits when he was at Officers’ Candidate School and it remained, to him, the most efficient way to rouse soldiers from their sacks. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaup’a’ta was betting his life that he couldn’t guess what was in the sack hanging from the south wall. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z As I crouched inside my bivouac sack under the lip of the bergschrund, spindrift avalanches hissed down from the wall above and washed over me like surf, slowly burying my ledge. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d stack our gifts—along with the sacks of flour and sugar, blankets, and trunks that other families were taking— on top of the bus in a great towering pile. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She gave the pump handle a few quick jerks, hurriedly splashed water on her face, then headed over to the barn, grabbing the feed sack that hung on the fence as she went. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She doesn’t wait for me to answer, just turns to go, calling back as she does, “You’ll end up getting yourself sacked if you carry on like this.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The member of the Judenrat came out of our kitchen with his sack stuffed with more than just our radio and went into the bedrooms, looking for anything more of value. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z In Solomon’s store he found Omar and Solomon shaking sacks of okra into peck baskets and he still felt the sense of lightness and power that flying had given him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z First he dropped into the New York Café and bought a sack of ales. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I carried a small shovel with which to dig, and she carried a gunny sack in which to gather our magic harvest. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Above that is a plastic sack full of clear liquid with a tube hanging from the bottom. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z "While Mr. Sir was filling the canteens, I snuck into the truck and stole his sack of sunflower seeds." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z When I did, he pulled a twist of rope from his sack, and to my alarm proceeded to tie my hands behind the tree. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She hugged her flour sack closer and stepped away, running into yet another boy who looked like Ivan. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “I can go get it from my lunch sack.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “It certainly shines a new light on that story,” I said, looking down at the sack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Mother says that: Never buy a pig in a poke. I guess a poke is a sack.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When he had nothing everything was valuable, and so he kept the sack of trash. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As the rats trooped in, their sacks were empty. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “I guess it’s more potatoes,” I muttered, glancing at the sack. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z "I thought that was a cotton sack. Where'd he get that thing?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Sneaky yells when he sacks my quarterback, and it wakes Antwan up. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Then, delicately, he cut into the fish and extracted a blobby sort of sack. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The frogs were gone from one sack and Lee’s packing case was getting crowded. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at me and looked at the sack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept his back to the wind and poured yellow pollen from Josiah’s tobacco sack into the cup of his hand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The boy picked at the burlap of his sack. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then check out what Lucia, our Lady o’ Love, has to say about these chicks and their sich in the sack! Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Put the squirrel in the sack, and then hit him over the head with the shovel.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z I unpacked my barbecued beef sandwich, and from a paper sack he took out a turkey sandwich. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Here, the current was slow and the water clogged with trash of all sorts: fruit rinds, broken boxes, torn fishing nets, empty rice sacks, nine-year-old prison escapees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Annie and I walked there together every day, lunch sacks in one hand, book sacks in the other. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “You ought to collect your sack as soon as you get here, otherwise there is this long wait and then you have to come back and wait again.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z First a tall boy dressed in a linen suit and gilded shoes entered the room with a sack in his arms. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Later, she would pack up the cookies in her burlap sack, she would dig in her imaginary garden with the worms and the praying mantises and the dog. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The man approached in a stumbling shuffle, one step and then another, clutching his sack. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And I don’t have a sack of coal this time. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The next day he was back with a crude leather sack half filled with rocks. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As for the half bushel of potatoes, they had begun to sprout in their sack. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They passed a group of goblins who were cackling over a sack of gold that they had undoubtedly won betting on the match, and who seemed quite unperturbed by the trouble at the campsite. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In it there were sacks of flour, meal, com, sugar, salt, and cases of canned food. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z It liked to killed Mama, those feed sacks, but Miss Love acted like they were the usual thing for a coffin liner. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I put the flour sack inside the gunny sack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The Belgians and the Americans who run the rubber plantations and copper mines, I imagine, are using larger sacks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We seized the bed-cover, made a quick leap, threw it over his head from behind and pulled it round him so that he stood there in a white sack unable to raise his arms. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead Mia held her close for a moment, kissed her on the side of the head, then handed her the grocery sack. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I handed him the sack as his cousins kept laughing and yelling at him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z She unlocked another shed and tossed the sack containing my dolls on top of a pile of unmarked boxes and then added the bag with the fancy dresses. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z My hands was shaking, but I picked up her groceries, putting ’em in the sack, then went back into the alley. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z With a sack upon his back the wily fox roamed from room to room. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I took that great sack, but the mill wasn’t turning. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z From the sack of clothing Horatio brought, I pulled on an embroidered shirt that belonged to my father and a pair of worn breeches whose loose fit would hide the roundness of my hips. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He dropped the peelings into a sack, wiped his hands, and said, “Come.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s almost impossible to keep my eyes open, my eyelids feeling heavier than a sack of potatoes. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She reached into a flour sack by her feet and brought out bundles of freshly gathered plants. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know that he never opened the sack before he took it to Mrs. Kellam, who served as postmistress. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "That great wad-dling sack of suet? His own people mock him as Lord Lamprey, I've heard. The man can scarce walk. If you stuck a sword in his belly, ten thousand eels would wriggle out." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He gave Polly a small pouch that held the ammunition, as well as the sack. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing I could make out was that someone had leaned some dark bundles or sacks up ’gainst the left hand side of the stable. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He reached under the seat and pulled out an old feed sack. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When they demanded to look in her tow sack, it contained nothing practical, only odd tokens she had collected, like a small wooden duck and a blue glass bottle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He imagined just how it would go: him tying the knot on the pillowcase with the snake wriggling inside, then carrying the sack home like a triumphant bounty hunter. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Zero held the shovel, and Stanley carried the sack, which was crammed with onions and the three jars of water. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z She staggered and fell, and as she fell she lost her grip on the sack. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She arrived with suitcases, a green sack, a full-grown daughter, and a granddaughter, and found her brother truculent, inhospitable, embarrassed, and unforgiving. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave us ten minutes to dress, then he came in carrying a broom, a hammer, and a sack full of tin can lids he had scrounged somewhere. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Holding the sack by its neck and its bottom, Milkman followed Guitar to the window. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She tied the sack securely and then came back to my uncle. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z One holds a basket of apples, one a sack full of bread. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Indeed, compared to what I had been wearing an hour before, a clean burlap sack would have been a great step up. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He clambered up into the back of the wagon and came down with a wide bucket and a nearly empty burlap sack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He weighed hardly more than a large sack of potatoes or a full butter churn. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Lupita stuffed the bottle into the sack with the matches and put it into her jacket pocket. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z When we went out the window with our sacks full, the boy wanted to come with us. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Across the stream, a group of local Hazara boys were picking pattles of dried cow dung from the ground and stowing them into burlap sacks tethered to their backs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “He’s a good for nothing. Un vago. But that’s none of my business—flour from a different sack, as far as I’m concerned.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z If you bought a sleeping bag, then you needed a stuff sack for it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It was as if my calves had sacks of dried beans tied to them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z An Orc seized Pippin like a sack, put its head between his tied hands, grabbed his arms and dragged them down, until Pippin’s face was crushed against its neck; then it jolted off with him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There are two sets of barbells, a burlap sack of sand, a jump rope with red wooden handles, and a pear-shaped leather punching bag nailed to the closet ceiling. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Was my marriage to be like the buying of a sack of yams in the marketplace? Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Me and my tote sack and the empty mailbag spilt out onto the road! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He watched as she became smaller and smaller, until the meal sack over her shoulder was just a white speck. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When I catch her, I potato sack her back to the table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I had been thrown over Rufus’s horse like a grain sack, head and feet hanging, blood dripping from my mouth onto the familiar boot that let me know it was Rufus I rode with. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z We drove past a barbed-wire fence, through a gate, and into an open space where trunks and sacks and packages had been dumped from the baggage trucks that drove out ahead of us. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z But as the “paper” got closer, we could see that it was really sacks of corn and beans. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled the mystery pistol outta my tote sack and put it in her hand. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He was suddenly aware that she was watching him, and he mumbled something about it being a hot day, and then left with his paper sack full of cold beer. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Tell me, had it been sacked in war, the city of spacious ways in which they made their home, your father and your gentle mother? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The current surged and rolled over her, batting her around like an old sack. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z And he had forgotten the illegal abalones in the bottom of Hazel’s sack. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie smiles at him and goes back to the flour sacks in the corner near the mixing machines. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I counted the days by the sacks of potatoes that Gladys and I peeled. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z If a crab grabbed on, I lifted it out and into a plastic sack. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I took a handful of the denner resin out of the oilskin sack, carried it down, and threw it on the edge of the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I nudged the oilskin sack with my foot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Magnet was standing at ground level, holding a sack of seeds. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The others he nailed into the grave’s damp red-clay walls while both of us lay on the grass, me holding a croker sack blanket and a long nail, him propped on his left elbow, hammering. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I went clean over to the other side of the lake and laid down my two pouches and my tote sack and net-basket and pulled off my brogans and all my clothes. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z When I do, I make out Camel’s figure in the corner, huddled on a pile of feed sacks. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I went over to my sack, pulled out my last mango and handed it to Amil. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Carl and Antonapoulos carried the sacks of groceries, and Singer held to their arms tightly and smiled all the way home. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Swinging the sack from my shoulder, I walked over and set it down in a doorway. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Quiet before a storm maybe means folks are done hammering wood across their windows and placing sand sacks beside their front doors. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Jon took a fistful of dried kernels from the sack by the door and scattered them on the floor, then claimed the chair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A sack was slung across his shoulder, and he held a stick that was much sturdier and longer than Muthu’s. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Carmine tilts his head up and leans back in my arms, floppy as a sack of rice. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z My shoulders were red and raw from the weight of the sack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the sack from Stanley and handed it to the Warden. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He took the sack from me, placed it in the middle of the cloth square and knotted the corners up in a bundle. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The cohorts would be starting roll call, and Hazel had no desire to be sewn into a sack of weasels. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Family legend has her trudging through the snow, carrying an empty flour sack. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten prisoners were seated along benches that ran the wagon’s length, their wrists and feet shackled, black sacks over their heads. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z These, and her armor and shield and scimitar and the two saddles and the rest of the horses' fine furnishings were put into the sacks. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The cook, Morris Mulatya, dumped a sack of charcoal on the ground and built a fire, and put a metal teapot on it to heat water for tea. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Very slowly. Maybe one sack of gold or jewelry at a time.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z He readjusted his hold on her, throwing her over one shoulder like a sack of wheat. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He started rifling through the sacks of food they’d pulled off the ship the night before. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed him by the wrist and yanked him up out of that water and slung him toward Mama like he was a half-empty sack of corn. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “The sack of coins. The old man tied the bag to his belt. He gave me his life vest.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Our greengrocer buys potatoes from the “Wehrmacht” and brings them in sacks to the private office. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I went back to the storeroom and knelt down on a sack of cow feed and prayed harder than I ever had before in my life. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He went down like a sack of sand and lay still. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He sneaks a look over at the sack I’ve dropped to see what I was stealing. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She went to a flour mill for flour sacks, bleached them, and made them into dish towels that she sold around town. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I’d have sworn he rattled the paper sacks in our grocery boxes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she entered the shack carrying an empty burlap feed sack. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When he ate his dinner at Mister Brannon’s she went into the café and spent a nickel for a sack of peanuts. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The air was slightly warmer and smelled of kerosene, tow sacks and human-ity. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I gathered the few things I would take with mean extra shirt, the flashlight, a knife, my notebook and pencil—and put them in the burlap sack. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Then he took out a tobacco sack and finally got it untied and shook some coins out. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The younger boys would be set to picking blackberries along the road, or climbing fences to fill a sack with apples if they happened upon an orchard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The prisoners were all cuffed and had black sacks over their heads. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I reached in my tote sack and pulled out the knife. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z And Dr. Muthachen, who had to be removed from his own wedding in a sack. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “They sunk his body in Long Island Sound in a weighted sack,” Betsy said. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A full sack of bread was a feast as far as we were concerned. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The room was always cool, even in the summertime, and it smelled like the dried apples in flour sacks hanging above them from the rafters. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Stanley noticed a burlap sack filled with sunflower seeds on the floor next to the desk. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Nailer only cared about the light stuff—the copper wiring, the aluminum, the nickel, the steel clips that could be sacked and dragged out through the ducts to his light crew waiting outside. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “At the conclusion of the meeting,” the Americano said, “you will all receive a sack full of groceries with samples from the major food groups.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A wooden table sat in the center of the room, and on it rested a long brown sack and a bottle of water. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He filled Stanley's canteen and handed him a sack lunch. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z In the fifth century the sack of Rome marked the end of one world and the beginning of another; so did the railway in the nineteenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Sally was going to get permission to stay with us a little and one Thursday she came finally with a sack full of clothes and a paper bag of sweetbread her mama sent. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Each night, she added to her sack of dirty laundry at the hotel, refolding any clothes she could stand to wear another day in a stack on top of her open suitcase. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I pick up my sack and say, cool as you please, “Look like they hired ’em ugly before me too.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Zara reached into her jeans pocket and pulled out the little red sack of chocolate pebbles. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z At the corner of the porch he took the possum sack from the nail where it hung and wiped the ear. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And tomorrow, I would remember to bring both sack and pail. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “What’s crazier? Her hauling a sack of gold around all this time, or hauling a dead man’s bones around? Huh? Which one?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt ashamed that they had to carry me in like a sack of beans. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mama’s sack was too heavy to drag behind her, Roberto took it to the weigh station to be emptied. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She imagined him down below, a crumpled sack of bones in a rat’s skin. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Scoot uptown and bring me a twenty-five-pound sack of sugar. Tell them to stick it on my bill. After that I want every gooseberry off them bushes out back.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Once we set foot in Canada I put Hope Too-mah-ee-nee back in the tote sack. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z They gave us a sack with provisions: a dozen hard-boiled eggs, a hunk of goat cheese still in its thin cloth casing, a stack of flour tortillas, and water. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She shouldered the sack that contained all the dirty linen and the evil ball of hair. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I went and got my clothes for school the next day and put ’em in a tote sack ’long with my school shoes and schoolbooks. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He blew out the lantern and hung it by the possum sack. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I leapt out of the sack of potatoes and went across that kitchen floor and into the Dining-Room like a streak of light, and I didn't stop running until I was underneath my grandmother's table. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z At the high table Sir Ector sat with his knightly guests, who had come for the morrow’s hunting, smiling and nodding and drinking burgundy or sherries sack or malmsey wine. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The grocers had gunny sacks of dates and almonds next to stacks of fruit leather, not Orich bars or anything like that. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I showed him my sack of skeleton weed, spiderwort, and toadflax. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She takes one look at me and begins stuffing clothes in the laundry bag that once hung behind my door, a rag doll’s face on a hanger with her body an empty sack. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Grandpa found her behind a stack of ninety-five-pound sacks of cow feed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Slowly, I gathered my little sack of clothes and said goodbye and thank you, wishing I’d finished the bread and the coffee, because it would be nothing but potato soup at home. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I put in my clothes, three pencils to write with, this diary, and all of your jewelry that I keep inside a little silk spice sack. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z In response he reached into his sack and pulled out the leather balls again. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z During the sack she had fled to her brother in fear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You with the sack,” she called, “did you wish to speak with us? You may approach.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Ben’s got a paper sack, but he goes through the line and grabs an apple and an orange juice. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z He took four of the horseshoe nails from the sack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She told him about her childhood on Randall where she had picked cotton, tugging a sack. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She hopped up on it, pulled a potato from the sack next to her, and started peeling with a small knife, her feet kicking in the air under the bench. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z You could follow a sack from a farm in Iowa to the mill in Manhattan, where it was ground into meal, or to the dairy in Brooklyn, where it was fed to a cow. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Before their departure Antonapoulos always opened a paper sack he kept hidden during the day on one of the kitchen shelves. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Since I had my burlap feed sack already with me, I used it as a container, removing the four eggs first. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Should I stuff you in a sack, so no one will see you?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The corpse teetered on its chair and then, like a sack of eggs, it slid to one side and crashed to the floor. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z It figured—he would be too cheap to pay Rocky five cents for a grocery sack. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Then, as he wrapped the sacking firmly around and her mother pried the clenched teeth open, Helvi poured a little warm milk and precious brandy down the pale cold throat. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z On the ground by his side lay a fat sack, which contained, I prayed, food. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The guards provide our old weapons, as well as knives and a burlap sack that’s meant for a game bag. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I had a melon under one arm and a sack of eggs and potatoes in the other hand. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z So while she powers down the porch ramp in her motorized wheelchair, I remove the sacks of flour and the sandbag from the running wheelchair. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Look at you. Bloody look at you. You’re stunning. And this is how you dress when you’re all alone in the middle of the night? And in potato sacks when you’re out in broad daylight?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I was suddenly very hot inside the cheap synthetic sack, and I pressed my knees against the lining, trying to create a little breathing room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Andrew Peckleman was working near the motel sign, pouring a sack of birdseed into one of the feeders. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z She dashed to where her flour sack had fallen and picked it up, examining it for tears. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z It made her sad to empty the sack. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I put him in my sack, piece by piece. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When one iron cooled off, I’d set it back on the stove and pick up the hot one, running it over a piece of old flour sacking to clean off any ash. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z At the corner the old man, wrapped in an army overcoat, his feet covered with gunny sacks, his head in a knitted cap, was puttering with a stack of paper bags. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, a lot of people think so. Now, do you know the present price of beans? I mean, what can you sell a hundred sacks for in Salinas?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He tossed the sack of flour up, readjusting it on his shoulder. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z A car drew up, and a man got out holding a small gray sack and a key. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Say something, you sad sack of manure! Give me a reason not to take your head off.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Sheets and towels, some sheer curtains for the windows, a big sack of rice. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Once inside, he would take a fist-sized chunk of chalk from his pouch and mark each cask and sack j and barrel as he counted them while Marsh compared the new ; count to the old. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Someone grabbed her, dragging her across the dirt and bramble like a sack of yams. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There would usually be four whole things that T. Ray had gotten the lady at the Sylvan Mercantile to pick out for me— sweater, socks, pajamas, sack of oranges. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I stopped at the barn and picked up a gunny sack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z With the coming of the railroads and the grain elevator, the sacks suddenly became a problem. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The sack ripped wide open, of course, scattering my belongings, but I made it to the ground with nothing more serious than a grass stain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As she watched, a troop of ten, their sacks bulging, went past her out the tunnel; they greeted Justin and nodded at her, but they did not pause. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Her breasts were empty sacks hanging against her ribs, but nevertheless she lovingly put them in the boy’s mouth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The innkeeper handed over a coin and the smith stuffed them into an old burlap sack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z One was piled high with chests and crates and sacks, provisions for the journey. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When my sack was finally full, I marched to the orphanage and rapped with the brass knocker. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I hesitate and take away one of the kilo sacks of fine flour—the kind I haven’t seen outside a bakery since 1941—and a bottle of aspirin. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He cleared his throat and held up the burlap sack he was carrying. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Bod pushed at the sacking with his hand to try and make an eye-hole. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Her skin is a patchwork of colors—gray, white, beige—and wrinkled like a paper sack. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Biddy scoot into her room and thump her pitiful sack on her bed. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “There’s a sack and a shovel. In the garage.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z He wore a long wool coat and carried a canvas sack. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Pin to the inside of her coat was candy bars, bags of chips, packages of peanut-butter crackers, little sacks of cookies, and all kinds of stuff. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He had to have two or three swallows of whiskey before he’d talk; he took out the little cloth sack when he was ready. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z My feet felt heavy as sacks full of scrap metal. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z When flour was scarce, the boy’s mother would wrap the leftover biscuits in a clean flour sack and put them away for the next meal. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z After we get back upstairs, the glum ambulance men drop me in my bed like a sack of potatoes. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The boy’s mother put what was left of the pork sausage and the ham in a meal sack. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he flings me over his shoulder like a potato sack. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z So William hoists the sacks above his head, his great arms like the pillars of a church holding up the roof. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Even what would fit me in that paper sack, I can’t wear. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z As I sat at her table, she put the rubbish sack in a covered dish to dissuade the rats and roaches. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z "Fill it up, man. Don't you be bashful. You wait till we tackle one of these pawnshops. That Du's got him a cotton-picking sack fulla stuff. He could go into business." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In the bathroom two water tumblers were sealed in cellophane sacks with the words: “These glasses are sterilized for your protection.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Colonel Aureliano Buendía did not show any sign of anger, but his spirit only calmed down when his bodyguard had sacked the widow’s house and reduced it to ashes. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I carried those questions around with me like a sack that got heavier as the years went by, even though I had become accustomed to the idea of it. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Tripping and lifting out Olakunde and the sack of muskets, we floundered through the water to the grass, captives again of the grosser elements. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z After my daddy said a prayer, she draped two more of the checked feed sacks over his body and then, hesitating only a moment, covered his face. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Just as evening came down he found a package wrapped tighdy in a garbage sack, tied tightly so the water hadn’t seeped inside. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I went back into my bedroom and picked up another tote sack and put a book in it. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z So he put all the cats in an empty sack of rice. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She kept pulling new ones from her sack, cracking them open, and reading the fortunes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I dipped my fingers into the cool sack of flour, sprinkled a handful across the board, and began to roll out the dough. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He showed her one spider with four sacks of eggs swinging right over his table where he could watch her while he ate. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She picked up the rags and sacks and boxes and bags that Granny had tossed out of the closet. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her hair, however, was as gray and dusty as moth wings, and her sagging wrinkled skin almost hung off her face like a worn leather sack. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She watched Dallas stuff his old socks into his sack. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I investigate the sacks from Mrs. Krawiecka, and there are four kilos of beans, four kilos of flour, kasha, butter, salt, a sack of potatoes, and two cabbages. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Why did she ask me to bury a sack? Why did she ask me to bury a sack? That's a good one. Hey, I know! Do you want to get something to eat?” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Later, when the boat was as dry as she could manage, she took Mother out of the pot and propped her against the sack of mealie meal. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I carefully set down the large sack and took two steps back. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The slaver pulls out a sack of coins. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The sack went from X-Ray to Armpit to Squid. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z But he did have a black bag, a paper sack, and a sweet, sweet smile. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the shelf, she grouped the baking powder, a box of salt, the mostly empty sack of flour, and the tin of lard. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z So he drove them to the creek and put them in the sack. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He also brought back sacks of gypsum, and Mom mixed it with water to make Venus de Milo sculptures from a rubber cast she ordered through the mail. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When she stopped in front of the barbershop she said, “Ask Mr. Fred how much we owe him. I forgot to take the slip out of the sack. Said you’d pay him.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Farm tools and sacks of feed lean against the walls. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He fished out more snozzcumbers from the sack and threw them down. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Only in late January did my suspense end, with the arrival of a letter from Washington: I was sacked. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z It was also empty except for a couple of stacks of birdseed sacks. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I drop one handle of the loot sack off my shoulder. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd been trying to use snares all summer with no success, so I couldn't help dropping my sacks to examine this one. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We both now see Dell stuffing an oily-looking sleeping bag into a nylon sack. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z When a relative was feeling bad, Mamita would grab one of the little creatures and stuff it in a sack. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He winked at her as she placed the sack over his head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Gum Baby was standing in front of a sack of carrots Chestnutt had brought along. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Close up on the stalls he sees that the shapes are tubs, sacks, lumber, wheels, a broken plow, a butter press and a metal trunk. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The women sing Christian hymns as they walk, and some carry guitars, or they carry sacks of charcoal or salt balanced on their heads. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The shelves were stacked with slabs of white meat, cans of oil, and sacks of meal. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I reached into my satchel for the flour sack that held my few special things. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She was leaning back against a pile of empty sacks—her bare legs gleamed in the candlelight. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z George stepped over and threw his blankets down on the burlap sack of straw that was a mattress. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Deciding to keep the compass on me, I put everything else back into the sack. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The woman, half-distracted by her children, opened the flap of her bag to show what was clearly a sack full of fruits and produce. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She ran up and down the hill path with the sack on her back and another in her arms. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then happily Mack tied up the necks of the sacks. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Chickenhound shouldered his sack and turned his attentions to the kitchen. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z |
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