I wondered what Chas had done with those beers, and then, just thinking about it made me realize another stop at the bathroom was required. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I snapped the sketchbook shut and put it back in Calista’s purse before she came out of the bathroom. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

A boy blurts, “They have a bomb called the Secret Signal. It makes a sound, and everyone who hears it goes to the bathroom in their pants!” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Not only was the roast chicken unimpressive, but after a few forkfuls, she’d dashed into the bathroom to deposit the contents of her stomach. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We had only the one bathroom, but I was grateful that it was indoors. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He had started dialing her number one more time when he heard Luke open the door to the bathroom. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t nobody at this school crazy enough to clean the bathrooms,” I say, then I shut my mouth. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

We talk about other things, like the first-grade field trip we made to the Smithsonian Museum, when I got so scared of the life-size dinosaurs that I cried in the bathroom. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She opened wide the door of the bathroom and saw, not only her brothers and sister, sleep still in their dazed eyes, but also wild-haired Windy, and Stewart. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I am in assembly—I mean, I was, and I’m going right back. Alice is in the bathroom. Can I have a piece of paper?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

This makes Ellis screech and Dad stand outside the main bathroom door and yell, “I’m sorry!” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mr. Munch asked, realizing he wasn't actually...using the bathroom. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I’ve never sat anywhere in this house but in the kitchen and her bathroom floor, but today calls for extreme measures. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Sleep—Lights out around 10 p.m., but I can stay up in the bathroom reading or writing, provided—Mami does love a lecture—that I am very quiet, so as not to bother the Mancinis. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I had chosen to change in the bathroom so I could have a little bit of privacy, and now I was one of the last ones getting into the room. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Once again, we left the container in our bathroom and checked on it every day. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She swept the living room and the hall and the bedrooms and the bathroom and the porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I wait in line for the bathroom, I ask the cute guy in front of me who the funny-looking man on his shirt is, and he just mumbles something and walks away. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Aurelia found herself half led, half dragged into her private bathroom. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a trace of dirt left on the wallpaper, the tiles, even the bathroom cabinets. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The whole house is quiet except for the trickle of the water coming from the shower in the bathroom. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Before I can even ask her what she plans on doing with those rocks, she’s in the bathroom, filling the bowls with water. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As if on cue, a shudder of engine and a sputter of jets leaked from the bathroom. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I filled the glass and gulped it down, then headed toward the bathroom. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I took a bathroom break cause I just had to tell you. Can you believe it?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

No one believed me, so I started hiding in the bathroom during lunch hour. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A torn sheet offers privacy in the bathroom, which has no door. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Jay Stringer was still a genius, music assemblies were still boring, and Alice Evans was still too shy to admit when she had to go to the bathroom. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

When we got to the bathroom it was so small. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I whisper-sang them in the bathroom as I got ready for school. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“To be continued,” she said meaningfully, and ran out of the bathroom. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I noted the bathroom was clean, though the fixtures were antique and rust-stained. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the first boom from the bathroom. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

An arched doorway on the other side of the bedroom leads to a dressing area, closets, and a bathroom. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

When the drinks came up in the bathroom they were brilliant-hued, perfectly clear, a rush of vibrant acid turquoise the color of Ty-D-Bol. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The bathroom. Wash your hands before dinner, sweetheart.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Every girl in the bathroom looked up, wide-eyed, at the intrusion. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Reggie? Can you open the bathroom door to let Tater and Scruffy out?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

After throwing his ruined clothes into the bathroom garbage can, he went to his bedroom and closed the door behind him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I want to go to the bathroom,” Alba said in the strongest voice she could summon up. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could often smell your mother’s duck in the oven from our bathroom. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I really, really have to use the bathroom. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

They’ve both dressed up for the occasion—when she emerges from the bathroom she sees that he is wearing the shirt she’s given him, moss-colored with a velvet Nehru collar of slightly darker green. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Four stands in the bathroom with his hands in the sink. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I swear I had roaches that I had to ask permission from to use the bathroom and/or the kitchen. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"That’s my room,” she said, pointing at a closed door, "and my bathroom,” pointing to the closed door next to it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get up. Get to the bathroom,” she ordered. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I stuck my lunch back in my school bag and headed for the bathroom, where I was grateful to find automatic water and soap dispensers. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I became Alice Evans’s regular bathroom partner—we worked out a secret signal so that she wouldn’t have to do the Mexican hat dance anymore. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I slip by my snoozing parents and walk down the aisle, toward the next car and the bathroom. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Wait a minute. In Haiti, were you using a bathroom that’s inside the house, or outside the house?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My mother had even given me a fresh haircut the night before, just for this day, and I hit the bathroom to brush it and see if maybe a few waves were popping out. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I go on into the bathroom to scrub up. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from one luxury—a private bathroom—I got a box. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Jack had to go to the bathroom,” I answered, my mouth full. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I never used to think about things like is a bathroom clean or not. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I explored my sitting room which had a writing desk and a good lamp, and was impressed by the vastness of the bathroom with its potpourri and stacks of towels on a heated rack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I stared at him, slouched in the doorway, backlit by the glare of the bathroom light. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When I open the door to the bathroom, I find my prep team sitting in a row on the edge of the tub, hunched and defeated. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Aibileen,” Hilly continued, “how do you like your new bathroom out there? It’s nice to have a place of your own, now isn’t it?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Also I will have to get him a basin to use as a bedpan since he should no longer get up to go to the bathroom. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had stopped by the bathroom to rinse his mouth and when he saw me he laughed. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Chou, I have to go to the bathroom.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Apparently your friend has escaped the bathroom,” Ignatius snorted. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Women had no privacy in the bathrooms, where male officers could watch them use the toilet. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Conner was a senior and made it his personal mission to make every freshman in the school terrified to be caught walking alone or near the bathrooms, lockers, or trash cans. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She only gets up to go to the bathroom, drink water, and occasionally eat one of those Mexican cookies that taste like Styrofoam. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Salim goes to the bathroom, washes out his mouth. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He had been on his way to the bathroom. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He began locking me in his garage or bathroom so I couldn’t leave. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Aware that Hermione was watching him suspiciously, Harry hurried up the stairs to the hall and then to the first landing, where he dashed into the bathroom and bolted the door again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Once I’m dressed, I glance in the mirror one more time before carefully leaving the bathroom, making sure no one sees me exiting. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The dullness of military life, the endless repetition of duties, the standing in line to eat, to use the bathroom, to shave, served as no distraction at all. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I take my usual trip to the bathroom sink for water, and then plug in the electric kettle at my desk and set the yellow bowls next to it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Charlie banged on the bathroom door while I brushed my teeth. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Halfway through our meal, I went to the bathroom. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

A dull endless pain in my gut that wouldn’t go away even when I knelt on the stingingly frozen tile of the bathroom, dry-heaving. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“She wouldn’t even look at it. She just got up and went into the bathroom and stayed there,” he said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I mean, I know I asked for it, and that it looked good at Ronnie’s place, but seeing it in the school bathroom mirror is something else. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He turned around to see that Joey had followed him into the bathroom. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But I needed to go to the bathroom, one more time. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Angel, taking deep breaths, made sure she heard the clink of the lock in the outside door, and ran past Gerald into the bathroom. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I emerge from the bathroom, James isn’t by the door, and I make my way, like a ghost, to the parking lot. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lily emerged from the bathroom for a moment to get the telephone. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Luis? This is apartment three J. My bathroom sink is leaking again. You need to put in a new washer.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He, James, would rather sleep on the bathroom floor, after all. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is, until I go to the bathroom during fifth period. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They vacuumed, they mopped, they kept after the hair on the bathroom floor. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are even roaches in the bathroom, emerging at night from the cracks in the tiles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he heard Bull’s footsteps on the stairs, Ben staggered toward the bathroom. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soap in the bathroom is black and rough. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I opened the bathroom door after my shower, a towel wrapped around my waist, I saw a short, muscular guy with a shock of brown hair. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But she doesn’t answer so I go get the book and stretch the phone over to the bathroom door and tap on it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Anything to get out of this bathroom, to escape the sterile bandage smell, except it's always with me, the faint scent of bleach. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Dad made his way to the bathroom like he was in zero gravity. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The men’s bathroom was like a girls’ except there were three urinals in a row, and only one toilet. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The principal of Indian Creek had given the Fugees use of the field with the understanding that she wasn’t offering much: there were no lights, no soccer goals, no bathrooms. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

On page four, I read: Boy blinded over segregated bathroom, suspects questioned. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The separate office remained, as did the segregated bathrooms, but in the Battle of the West Area Cafeteria, the unseen hand had been forced to concede victory to its petite but relentless adversary. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I wipe away the blood with toilet paper and pray it won’t come back, but it keeps coming, and for days I’m running to the bathroom to wipe more away. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Uhmma and Joon will love this house, grow into it until they can walk in their sleep to the bathroom. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

We went into my house, took turns in the bathroom, and I poured a couple of glasses of water. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

When it came to Angela she went quickly home and looked in the bathroom mirror. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes even before he ate, he and Mom would go into the bathroom and shut the door while they talked. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my arm around my sister and pull her to standing, just as some shouting and yelling make Carrie run out of the bathroom. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I go to the bathroom with a Mountain Dew and take three pills, feeling too rebellious to take the recommended dose of two. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“So remember today you were saying how there’s a different number of steps to your room and to the bathroom and all that?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

My bladder was full and I crossed my legs, putting off a trip to the bathroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The next day I’m waiting in the bathroom seems like forever. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dim light comes at a cautious angle from the bathroom farther down the hall. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

We put his filled daybooks in the bathtub of the second bathroom, because we never used it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hana walks into the bathroom just as I’m putting on mascara. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I stood and quietly locked the bathroom door, then I stared into the mirror at the girl clutching her wrist. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She stayed in the bathroom as long as she could, but the door had no lock, and she watched as he turned the knob from the outside. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll help you unpack in a minute,” said Mom, running off to the bathroom as soon as we stepped through the door. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Who is she?” she demands, marching over to the bathroom and yanking open the door like she’s going to find some Hollywood starlet in the bathtub. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I only get up to go to the bathroom and to eat when Mami calls me to the table. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The kitchen light went off and the bathroom light came on. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Only no way was I staying all by myself in the hallway if there was someone being murdered in our bathroom, which is what it sounded like, what with all the screaming and everything. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The room, hallway, and bathroom don’t belong to me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even weirder, her hands and arms up to her elbows were covered by bright yellow rubber gloves—the kind my mom used to wear when she scrubbed the bathroom or did the dishes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After the bathroom rules, Principal Peattie roamed his eye around again and then called on me. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Let’s step into my office,” Joe said as I led the way to the bathroom. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“So, what are we going to do? I haven't slept a wink all night with that guy tied up in the bathroom.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

At that time, I didn’t know that five girls were in the bathroom. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I raise my hand and ask Señora Hubbell if I may use the bathroom. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody needs a pile of newspapers: to peel potatoes on, serve bathroom needs, wrap garbage. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She goes to the bathroom and brushes her teeth while admiring her hair in the mirror. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“So, this is it. Bedroom, bathroom, I’ve got the Wi-Fi password written down, and you have my number. You guys are going on a tour tomorrow, right?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The bathroom worked “most of the time,” according to Kev, “but if it ever gets dicey, there’s always Old Reliable.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The bathroom fascinated her, with its hot water tap, its gushing shower, its pink tiles. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When I walk out of the bathroom, I blink against the sun’s brilliance, but I know I’m glowing from the inside. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

How would they know where to find her bathroom? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He’d practiced that in the bathroom mirror, squinting his eyes to get a fierce look. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Just as he examined the underwear she hung in the bathroom—black slips, slippery bras, white pants. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I hurried inside and hid in the bathroom, but Lexie found me. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

We walked through the tiny living room into the miniature kitchen and upstairs into my fathers pint-sized bedroom and on into my pocket-sized bedroom and into the wee bathroom. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I see him all hunched over, shuffling off to the bathroom. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s not that she sounds like a man; it’s like she sounds like something way beyond silly signs on a bathroom door. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When my phone lets out two more dings, I give up ignoring it and hurry out of the bathroom. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But to be confronted with the prejudice so blatantly, there in that temple to intellectual excellence and rational thought, by something so mundane, so ridiculous, so universal as having to go to the bathroom... Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Ricky has a surprise planned for me,” Doreen told Annie, taking her hand and leading her inside the apartment like they were a couple of friends rushing to gossip in the bathroom. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He’s decorated our bathroom in red and orange, with purple mermaids swimming on the walls, and hooked up the toilet seat so that it plays “Jingle Bells” when it’s raised. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He brushed past me and went up to Jasper Jr., who looked like he desperately needed a bathroom. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“That’s right. Tater mentioned his old friends next door. He also said there were plastic-wrapped cups in the bathroom. That hotel we stayed in down in New York City...” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Before breakfast, I heard a little pebble strike the window of the bathroom. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

That seemed like as good a time as any to take my leave of the situation, so I closed the door and went to the bathroom. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Later, he sat Lolo in a chair right outside the bathroom and let me roll some walls to finish up quickly. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He grabbed a fistful of my hair, a large clump, his grip fixed near the root to give him greater leverage, and dragged me into the bathroom. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I go into the girls' bathroom in the courthouse. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Once, she went to the bathroom, casual-like, and came back with her hair parted a different place. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sound like crunching glass, just loud enough to hear over the bathroom’s running water and the buzz of the drink coolers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Even the bathrooms and closets are built on a scale different from anything I’d ever encountered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The entire school would—conveniently—be inside the bathroom block at the time. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

When she got to the bathroom, she pulled her hair back tight and washed her face again. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I figure she looking at where she gone build me my new colored bathroom. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The soaps are the best, and Carlie turns the volume up full blast so she won’t miss anything from the bathroom or while the vacuum is on. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They began wandering between the front room and the bathroom, their eyes half-shut, bumping into each other. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know that bathroom in there’s a mess. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Costello led us into Coach Warner’s office, where we used the bathroom sink to wash up. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby got up, walked quietly to the bathroom. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Only when I cross paths with Dad on my way to the bathroom do I see into their bedroom as he closes the door behind him and realize that Mom is still in bed. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Urgh!” said Ron as they left the bathroom for the dark, deserted corridor outside. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

A large bathroom suite branches off from one side of the room. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now I was on the way to the bathroom to get a good shot of bourbon or something to steady my nerves and help me really go into action. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was made of yellow plastic, and we kept it on the floor in the kitchen, and that was what we used whenever we had to go to the bathroom. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Someone who copies poetry about peaches on the bathroom wall. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m close enough to nature as it is. The bathroom’s all yours.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

They called me that because I used to set off bombs in the bathroom. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Friday mornings he usually cleaned the kitchen and bathrooms, then watered the lawn. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We’ve stayed up watching TV The Object is brushing her teeth when I come into the bathroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He wiggles so much, he looks like he has to go to the bathroom. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He was grateful to Tad for helping him get out of the bathroom he’d been trapped in. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She knew she could not look, so she closed her eyes and crept past it out of the bathroom, shutting die door behind her. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Billy got off his lounge chair now, went into the bathroom and took a leak. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t knock Angelo, neither. He’s got him a hard road, boy. Santa says he’s been in the bathroom at the bus station all day.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaving their shoes outside the closet door, they sprinted in their socks up the marble staircase toward Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Isa changed into her pajamas before heading to the bathroom to brush her teeth. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He came to stay with us and left behind a bottle of Old Spice cologne in the upstairs bathroom I shared with my brother and sister. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I thought about ducking into the bathroom real quick, but I didn’t. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lands where trans-friendly bathrooms were the norm and mannequins weren’t seen as the ideal body shape. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He mumbled about needing to take a shower before stomping toward the bathroom. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I heard his mom say, “The bathroom is to your right.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He waited for Olanna to go to the bathroom and Master to his study before he went in to see his mother, asleep, curled childlike on the bed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then I have to go to the bathroom. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back issues of the Voice in cardboard boxes lined the hallway leading to a bathroom in the rear. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once in the bathroom, I abandon my sick routine. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Eleanor would have gone straight to bed, but she had to go to the bathroom. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I head to the bathroom and sit in a stall long enough for the evidence of crying to go away. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Five mornings a week I work at the Newark Shopping Center movie theater, cleaning the bathrooms and the theaters. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Abboud rushed toward the bathroom for tissues, which were so small and thin that she threw them up in the air when she returned. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

There is a bathroom with a shower, toilet, sink. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

There are balconies, gabled roofs, a large kitchen, four bathrooms, two sitting rooms. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Is there a guys’ bathroom and a girls’ bathroom?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I lay prone on the bathroom floors of several museums, feeling the cold tile underneath my cheek as my brain liquefied and seeped out my ear, bubbling. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The next day at lunchtime, I headed to the bathroom again to wash my feet. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually I do flee to the bathroom just so I can regroup. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

My parents had a bedroom on the first floor, their own bathroom, and a big window that looked into the backyard—probably more personal space than anyone in their families had ever known. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The thirteen-thousand square-foot house had a pool, a tennis court, a gazebo, two jacuzzis, a workout room, ten bathrooms, and a special wing with a video room for his seven grandchildren. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I left the bathroom, I noticed Mom’s makeup bag on the counter and got an idea. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

None of us had really unpacked our things, on Liam’s insistence, but I had to collect my toothbrush and toothpaste from where I had left them next to Chubs’s in the bathroom. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, if he’s the wrong un, why the hell don’t you find the right un? I got a houseful of women won’t go to the bathroom alone.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hurried to the right corner of the restaurant and walked into the tiny bathrooms. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And then I snap into decision—the guest bathroom! The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My mom might be scurrying around in a paper-towel tizzy, trying to clean up all the boiling hot water, but Bryce is like a statue as he watches Lenny head into the bathroom. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I hid the liquor inside my shoes in the bedroom closet, in the bathroom dirty clothes hamper, in the laundry room, and in other secret places. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally do, I catch my reflection in the bathroom mirror. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Joe frowned concernedly as he pushed out of his chair and moseyed into the bathroom to brush his teeth. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take the lunch pack to the girls’ bathroom and stuff it in the garbage bin, covering it with crumpled paper towels. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Lyra put some water on to boil, and Will took it up to the bathroom and stripped to wash from head to foot. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A door swings open across from me, and two giggling girls come out from the bathroom. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

We are allowed into the commander’s cabin, where the bathroom is so white and clean, so worth the embarrassment. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I leave Charlie in the bathroom and head to my room. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

There were bloody paper towels in the bathroom. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There are ten minutes left to class, but I can totally stay in a bathroom stall for ten minutes. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I saw that in one of your mom’s photo albums a couple of weeks ago and slipped it into my bag when Jupiter went to the bathroom,” she says. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Fadi walked past the bathrooms, and finally he reached room 145. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I also help go through the mail and point customers toward the bathroom, that kind of thing. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I saunter off, swaying my nonexistent hips confidently, cheeks warm as I head straight to the public bathroom on the other side of the floor that no one uses. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Once she had it in hand, she ran to the bathroom, shut the door, and turned the lock. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I said I would see, and headed to a wall phone to ask if the State Shop was willing to let him use the bathroom. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I go to the bathroom, I see a smear of reddish brown on my underwear. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I pulled Frank out of the booth, and we ran out of the bathroom. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Henry began unbuttoning his shirt as he walked toward the bathroom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Poppy joined in off-key as he stepped into the bathroom and Rafik pretended to be playing a trombone. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s weird to shake a guy’s hand while you’re standing in the middle of the bathroom. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it, or he—Mr. Popper had already begun to think of it as he—got to the bathroom, it looked around with a pleased expression on its face. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

She carries the vase into the bathroom, and he can hear water running in the tub. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I make a foam beard and try to look at myself in the bathroom mirror, but it's all misted up, and then the shampoo runs into my eyes and makes them sting. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

My eyes were already on the bathroom when I hit the lights. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I mean, there’s no bathroom down here. Do we have to go all the way back to our apartments?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But my dad came over and dragged me to the bathroom. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Did all of you go to the bathroom?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She left the door and went to put the sheets away in the linen closet next to the bathroom. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It was my great aunt, the one who usually locks herself in the bathroom. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“A light who doesn’t hide in the bathroom.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Outside the window a crow flew past, filling the bathroom with a frantic catv-caw, and Rosaleen stopped, waiting for it to die down. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took the boxes into the bathroom, lifted their tops, and emptied the contents into the toilet. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

That is probably when he tried to wipe the blood off the bathroom floor. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mother came into the bathroom and she sat on the toilet and she said, “Are you OK, Christopher?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As she went into the bathroom to brush her teeth, the phone rang. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The jar was now empty, washed clean in the bathroom sink. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I stuff Callie’s food in a bag and hand it to her as her boyfriend walks out of the bathroom. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then I heard him get up and go to the bathroom and turn the taps on. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The guards led him to a large cement bathroom with showers along the walls.They gave him a brush and a chunk of green soap. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, she had another think coming if she expected Grandpa to say “Don’t spend yore money, let me give you the bathroom for your birthday.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They were sitting in the basement with some girl named Heather, and when she left to go to the bathroom, Brad and Patrick were left alone. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She puts the bathroom stuff in garbage bags and carries that by herself, too. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Something—or more like two somethings—-slithered past the bathroom door, making sounds like sandpaper against the carpet. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear noises from the bathroom upstairs: Jeffrey vomiting and my mom trying to soothe him. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to unbutton his coat, and I waited to take it from him, but Dora called me from the bathroom to say that she needed my help drawing a mole on her chin. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

A single cricket chirped in the bathroom all night. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was balancing my lunch tray on my lap in a bathroom stall, my head in a viselike grip between my hands, when my phone buzzed. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was still in bed when she heard Rasheed in the bathroom, washing up, when he came into her room to check on her before he went to his shop. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I get to the building with the public bathrooms, I go inside the ladies’ room and check all of the stalls. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I pinched all the way up the stairs to Kyle’s bathroom and closed the door and that’s when I remembered the problem. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The entire evening I was so restless I kept going to the bathroom to splash cold water on my face. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

When Imani gets up to use the bathroom, I pull out my wallet to pay for the hot chocolates. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The master bathroom is covered with piles of wet clothes and towels. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’m just standing here, putting gel on my edges, but who wants their older brother sticking his nose in the bathroom while they’re getting ready? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I search the kitchen, the bathroom, and finally I hear a faint voice coming from behind the closed door of her bedroom. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But if I had stayed in the bathroom one minute longer to talk. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn't go into the boys’ bathroom looking like this. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I went into the bathroom and shut the door and sat on the edge of the tub. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

It would be a couple of years before she was confronted with the whole rigmarole of separate bathrooms. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Piper corners me as I come out of the bathroom right after the last bell at school. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

These houses are garage-sized small, but they can still have a kitchen and a bathroom and a secret cranny for brainstorming ideas. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I go to the bathroom and wash the feeling of getting caught off my face. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“First we need to get Duke home safely. And Tater. He’s the puppy trapped in the bathroom.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Our friend Ashley added, “Also, yesterday somebody posted our phone numbers in the boys’ bathroom with—well, with dirty stuff.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She set her bad ankle on the edge of what looked like the bathroom sink she and Layla shared. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

By the time she was done, Jake was surprised by how much he’d learned and retained—and not just how to find the bathroom or order an enchilada. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom, I stood at the sink, staring at my reflection. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I ask, and suddenly I’m thinking I could use a trip to the bathroom myself. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I’m in a bathroom stall and I press myself against the door, holding the phone to my heart. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But the situation was not normal; her mother spoke to her from the floor of the bathroom, where she crouched, hand up under her dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She thought of Henry’s hand on hers in the pink bathroom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Violet walk across the floor and head for the bathroom. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are three bedrooms—two small, one medium—and a bathroom upstairs. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poppy was in the bathroom when they went upstairs, “shaving,” Mom said. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And so, as Garrett closes the bathroom door behind him, Kelton and I move down an aisle to get something, and to get out of the guy’s line of sight. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I clean the kitchen up nice, then I get to work making the bathroom sparkledy. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I figured that I would be telling Bran about my conversation with Morris and how Morris had admitted that Branwell had seen him in the bathroom that day. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the beginning, in fact, she didn’t even realize the bathrooms were segregated. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Once he’s limped back home behind her, she disappears to shower and he stems the bleeding with a Captain America Band-Aid from his bathroom cabinet. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You two go to the bathroom, but make it snappy.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I spent the next hour locked in my bathroom, staring at my tongue. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Shadow excused himself to use the bathroom—a cramped, closet-like room near the front door, hung with several brown-spotted framed photographs. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Find a restaurant or some place with a bathroom, get cleaned up. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She studies for tests early, and keeps a training log of her running, and her nail polish bottles are arranged in an orderly rainbow in her bathroom drawer. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I step over it as I get up to go to the bathroom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bathroom’s one cabinet was stuffed with towels and didn’t shut all the way. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I no longer had to root through the bathroom wastebaskets for food, and I hardly ever went hungry again. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then, four and a half months after baby Joseph was born, Henrietta went to the bathroom and found blood spotting her underwear when it wasn’t her time of the month. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom, I turn the faucet on high and let the hot water rush over my hands until they’re red. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Carlos and Shannon were also in the bathroom, both leaning into the urinals but looking back at me, which, by the way, is a weird thing to do. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then we could bathe in our one bathroom as long as we had our backs to each other and kept the door open. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He went to the bathroom and carefully scrubbed the ink away with the gritty dark-brown soap which rasped your skin like sandpaper and was therefore well adapted for this purpose. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I flipped the light switch in the bathroom. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I run into the bathroom and hide in the stall at the end. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was found in the cafeteria bathroom and returned to her file. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

One arm still raised, and following his every movement with a terrified eye, she scrambled to her feet and still crouching, still covering her head, made a dash for the bathroom. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He went upstairs to go to the bathroom. And then he came down all in a hurry and said he had to go home. After that, I went upstairs and the money was gone." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

It wasn't dirty, but I needed some excuse to cover the amount of time I was spending in the bathroom. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He haunted the house, making fresh milk curdle and stealing the bathroom soap. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I was going to have to go to the bathroom during math class and have a talk with that girl. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

So after every dismount from a routine, whether it counted or not, I’d go off to the bathroom to blow my nose. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She hands me a plastic cup, retrieves the pill from the floor, and goes into my bathroom. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Ducking down, they joined the Hufflepuffs going the other way, slipped down a deserted side corridor, and hurried off toward the girls’ bathroom. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

So when I push open the bathroom door, I put all that stuff about Akeelma and Miss Saunders and the office out of my head. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then the door to the bathroom swung open, just a few inches, enough for the little brown cat to put her head around the doorframe and “Mrr?” up at him, curiously. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

James and I don’t say anything as we change into our sleep clothes, as we parade to the bathroom and back. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

A month before, he’d rigged a Greek firebomb in the bathroom of a tour bus that was carrying a bunch of monsters across country. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Trying not to think about how weird it is to get a haircut from your teacher in the bathroom at school, I close my eyes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I want to go to the bathroom,” she said, pronouncing each syllable with difficulty with her swollen lips. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nursemaid Milagros told on Yoyo telling the general that story, and her parents hit her very hard with a belt in the bathroom, with the shower on so no one could hear her screams. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to go to the bathroom, but I need out. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

If I want, I can get up anytime in the middle of the night for a drink of water or to go to the bathroom. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I won’t have to change in the bathroom, at least, or keep my mess on one side. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I got lead in my feet as I creep toward the bathroom. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Only two bathrooms, which is a relief cause I worked in houses where they was five or six. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen was going to sleep in the extra twin bed, get the bottom drawer of May’s dresser for her stuff, and have the bathroom at her fingertips. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let the combined aromatic scent of metal and sweat shock my senses as I walk through the hallways and to the nearest bathroom. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

While she was in the bathroom, I got ready for our date by taping the sensors onto my heart and skull. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lying in the darkness, I could hear the faint voices in the bathroom. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smelled like the amphitheater bathrooms after a big concert, but I couldn’t get enough of him. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

That night, Dad moved the boys’ bathroom victrola into his bedroom, and we heard him playing French records, far into the night. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you kidding me? This is the girls’ bathroom!” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I have to go to the bathroom,” I whispered. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a long way from the girl who gave speeches to the bathroom mirror. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And during a slow song, it looked like they had a huge fight because he stopped looking at her, and she rushed off the dance floor to where the bathrooms are. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I lock myself in the upstairs bathroom and turn both lights on. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Between heaves I spit and tried to breathe through my mouth and read all the dirty words scratched on the chipped metal walls of the bathroom stall. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s nothing fancy, pretty much just a room and a bathroom, but it’s clean, and it’s vacant.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Victoria came out of the bathroom, headed toward me, and then, seeing who I was talking to, made an abrupt right turn and went off to find us a table. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The house has seven bedrooms, five bathrooms, three sitting rooms, and two kitchens. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I looked nothing like myself, and I wondered for a moment if this was what Tyler wanted, a pretty house with a pretty bathroom and a pretty sister to visit him. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In the guest bathroom, I clean the cut, cover it with a white bandage. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When they return they make bathroom jokes, quips about wetting your pants and running out of toilet paper, eyeing me cunningly while they do so. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ernie had run upstairs to get a shirt on, and then he had to go to the bathroom, and now Genie, Grandpop, and Crab were all outside waiting on him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

My mom glares at me because clearly I’ve done something horrible to warrant having to hide in the bathroom to talk about it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a towel from the bathroom, wrapped it around myself like a cape, and flopped into a chair at the kitchen table, thinking about what Officer Parrelli had said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The beds lie unmade and the bathrooms have a damp, mildewy smell. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He had been on his way to the bathroom. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I walked into the bathroom, where she stood pointing to a quarter-sized welt on her forehead. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Mamá would permit her to help lift the big mattress and tuck the white sheet under it or polish the mirror in the glittering bathroom. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I would stand in front of my bathroom mirror with my headphones on my ears and a brush in my hand like it was a mic, as I rapped along with Nicki Minaj. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And then she had to take a really fast bath because the back door was right across from the bathroom, and it could open at any time. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I thought you said they couldn’t film you in the bathroom.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Keav takes my hand and leads me to the woods so I can go to the bathroom. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her socks have been rinsed, but they are tinged pink as they hang to dry over the bathroom door. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The little bathroom has no lock on the door and there's a button to push if you need help—like, maybe if you run out of toilet paper? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctors told Dad to buy a Blubber-O-Meter 3000, a bathroom scale with a giant dial that was easy to read. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He pushed his way through a barrage of high fives and ducked into the bathroom. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

This year, the bathrooms were right across the hall. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Next came Wilfred’s wife, Ruth, and then their children, so that orderliness prevailed in the use of the bathroom. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed myself to my feet, wiping away whatever tears were left, and cracked open the bathroom door. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom he stood behind his father and spoke to the soap-faced image in the mirror. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going up to take a bath since Beth hogged the bathroom this morning,” I tell them. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I might have looked like I thought everything was okay, but I really went to the bathroom and cried. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picture her on the ledge in the American Girl store bathroom. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He got up and padded cautiously to the entrance of the trailer’s small bathroom. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama comes from the bathroom, and her face is a cloud. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

But the Eagle never knocked on the bathroom door, and eventually Takumi turned off the shower. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she won’t let me go to the bathroom until I ask permission in French. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents, in muddy boots and earth-stained pants, lay them over our mud like bathroom tiles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s going to hide it in the bathroom,” Hannah said to no one in particular. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I opened my suitcases and took out a clean shirt, and then I went in the bathroom and washed and changed my shirt. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Jerome then showed me the essentials, guest towels, bathroom location, how to work the lights. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mary Elizabeth walked quickly out of the room and into the bathroom. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“So the doll can experience this bathroom with you,” Abby says. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I hid out in the basement bathroom to think the matter through. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I half-wondered if I should return to the bathroom and climb through the mirror, then send out the other girl, the one who was sixteen. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Just so I would know I hadn’t been lying completely, I did go to the bathroom on my way to the band room. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rushed off to the bathroom while I finished the soft, tender rice, then nodded at the pot on the stove as I stood up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Is there anyplace as comforting as an old, institutional, prewar bathroom? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun headed to the West Bank to get a look at the tangerine bathroom. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She leads me to the bathroom, the one where she washed my shirt, which, by the way, still has traces of her markers, even after the bleach. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The coed dorms unsettled her, all the men in their skivvies, the girls in their robes, the knowledge that at any moment a boy might saunter into her room—or worse, the bathroom. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I smile weakly at my mom and tell her my stomach is a bit upset and I have to go to the bathroom. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When I couldn’t get all of the dirty bits, I grabbed a damp washcloth and a dry one from the bathroom and went over the desk again. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

From the bathroom across the way, through its half-open door, drifted a humid scented air and a hollow dripping sound. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There were incidents in bathrooms at first: there were cuttings, drownings. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say hi to Ethan, the only one I really know, and then I'm about to look for the bathroom when I notice the set. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

She excused herself to go to the bathroom more than once, tore down to the basement door each time, and knocked softly. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

They ate hot dogs and milkshakes and cotton candy “I can’t wait until I don’t have to come with you to the girls’ bathroom,” he told her, and she laughed and laughed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He must have crept from his bed and gone through the bathroom to his dressing-room without a sound. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“There are bathrooms on this car for a reason. We can’t expect all of them to stop having bodily functions, can we?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Off I dashed to find my beautiful ballerina picture inside my old, dirty clothes on the bathroom floor. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spot a small pink shag rug she’s put on top of the carpet next to the bathroom door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, he mopped the bathrooms while Somkit sat nearby, jabbering away. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t grab my coat without raising suspicion so I slipped outside using the stairwell by the bathrooms. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t believe he wouldn’t let you use the bathroom. What a jerk.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He took his clothes off the chair and threw them on the bathroom floor, and went inside, slamming the door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He would come to visit a bunch of times, which made him the only ten-year-old who showered and brushed his teeth in our dorm's coed bathrooms. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

My mom comes out of the bathroom a few minutes later. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I stood up and went into the bathroom and savagely worked my face over. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Some part of me did not want to leave the small steel bathroom. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mom took me off the BiPAP, I tethered myself to a portable tank, and stumbled into my bathroom to brush my teeth. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

For one wild moment, I think I’ll find a bathroom and change into it right now. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I went into the bathroom and slammed the door behind me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I’d rather stay at home and scrub the kitchen sink, the bathroom sink, the tub, and the toilet before I danced with Ellis Carter. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“So I don’t have to eat in the bathroom ever again.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I stop in the downstairs bathroom to look at it in the mirror and there’s a big red welt. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

That way, I could connect easily to the nursery through the bathroom. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was only one bathroom open to us guests. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When I woke at night I sometimes heard an infant’s grunting and weeping coming from the bathroom. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was interested in David Hull’s troubles and I could see that Andrea wanted to talk about them, but right now I was more interested in the bathroom situation. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But way back in the Jurassic period, some Stegosaurus went to the bathroom in our mountains. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It’s a huge place, the White House, with 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 28 fireplaces spread out over six floors, all of it stuffed with more history than any single tour could begin to cover. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Enrique smells excrement from goats and his fellow campers, whose bathroom is the surrounding grass. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The hallway was dark, except for the bathroom light spilling onto the carpet like melted butter. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I took to going into the bathroom at these times, and closing the door, emerging when the murmuring of his voice had stopped—hoping that made him more comfortable. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would even stand outside the girls’ room first thing every morning and make the little girls give them their milk money before they’d let them go to the bathroom. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

But when I get to the bathroom and look in the mirror, all I see is myself. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She went into the bathroom, and she washed her hands and cleaned her bloody knee. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She describes the building of the garage bathroom, admits she is glad it is there now. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Quendy came back from the bathroom and said, “Omigod! Like big thanks to everyone for not telling me that my lesion is like meg completely spreading.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the mornings he stands outside the bathroom door and asks if I can bear to unstick myself from the mirror. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I get out, her friend—the twinkly guy with a face of freckles and cool retro glasses—is standing by the bathroom door. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

As always, she gave in, and went to the bathroom door to ask Mom and Dad. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the moment was right to run a finesse play and leave them so they could have a fullblown talk about it, if just for the time I was off in the bathroom. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, I’m inside a very chic little bathroom with a porthole mirror and swing-arm bronze lanterns, just like we’re in a ship. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The silence gathered its skirts and slid, like Spider Woman, up the slippery bathroom wall. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My gaze wanders from myself to the rest of the bathroom. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He trailed along behind his mother as she hung wash out on the line, made strawberry preserves, scrubbed the bathroom floor. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our next attempt at measuring thrust was a variation on the theme, this time using Mom’s bathroom scale. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d just gotten my clean shirt on, my book bag still needed to be packed with my lunch and Catherine’s card, and I had to go to the bathroom. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Old radiators had been dropped here and pipes and slate shingles from the roof and even a bathroom sink. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then, she simply refused to change her habits—refused to so much as enter the Colored bathrooms. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Windy ate her lunch in the bathroom today after Maddie said something to her.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But when Calista was in the bathroom washing her tears off, I snuck out of the apartment and down the elevator and outside to the bodega. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Toilet’s plugged up in the men’s bathroom,” he says. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I hung up and went directly to the bathroom. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When I'm upstairs getting ready for a party I never in a million years thought I’d be going to, I hear someone knock at the bathroom door. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Good to know,” I say to the bathroom ceiling. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The bathroom seemed to shimmer before his eyes; he struggled to block out all thought, but try as he might, the Half-Blood Prince’s copy of Advanced Potion-Making swam hazily to the forefront of his mind. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As he shuffles off to the bathroom, Apa picks up the Korean newspaper from the coffee table and tucks it under his arm. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

As she tipped the denim bag on its side, the silky, slippery pages of a dozen magazines fell out onto the tiled bathroom floor. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then I heard her call from the bathroom, ‘Oh, shoot! I forgot the shampoo.’ Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wondering if we’re going to have to live there again. Because where would we go to the bathroom?” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She disappeared into the girls' bathroom with a pair of scissors. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Father went out of the room and picked up my clothes from the bathroom floor and put them on the landing. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“So I’m assuming you didn’t do that to your face in the bathroom?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Later, he saw her rubbing something on Amala’s back, both of them standing in front of the bathroom. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I know I’m going to be in trouble for skipping first period, but anything is better than facing what’s beyond the bathroom door. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

After the bathroom, I walk by the living room, where the Senator is pouring himself another drink. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He went straight to the bathroom and into the shower. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Papa's face, battered, peering down from the bathroom hole on the train. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Eleanor watched silently while he locked the hall door from inside the room, and then they went through the bathroom and he locked the connecting door into Theodora’s green room. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

My parents like to claim that after he was born, I frequently locked myself in the bathroom and very loudly plotted schemes to run away from home, because no one paid attention to me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I found Arturo in the bathroom, stripping off his clothes, tiny crumbs of mushroom soil raining down to the floor. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We took turns bathing in the narrow bathroom, with halffull buckets of water, warmed for a while with a heating coil plunged into them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I decided on the L-shape, stood back, adjusted the angle, and then went to get the sheets out of the bathroom closet. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

After Daddy-poo came out of the bathroom, he decided that he wanted a bowl of cereal...” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see by the way he was twitching and writhing that he had to get to the bathroom. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pass Hana on my way to the bathroom, and she jabs me with an elbow. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Um,” I murmur, “I don’t know. I—I need to go to the bathroom.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I ran into the bathroom, into a toilet stall, and threw up. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

My speech about Mom in the bathroom, cowritten by my best friend. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Tía Milagros comes into the bathroom as we exit the stall. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Other than a hurried rush to Claire’s bathroom when I cut my knee, I have never spent any time in the rooms beyond the hallway. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“You want me to tell Hilly you said hi?” she says, coming out of the bathroom. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Park listened to him move around the kitchen, then the bathroom. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

They never said anything when I took my dry clothes over to the bathroom stalls. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She runs for the bathroom and he follows her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I dawdle outside the bathroom until the Candor man walks out, and then walk in before the door has a chance to shut properly. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen is built into what should have been an entryway, a space so small that the refrigerator stands several feet away, over by the bathroom door. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She jogged in place like a kindergartner who needed a bathroom. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He goes from kitchen to bathroom to dining room to living room and all sorts of combinations of those four rooms over and over. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I am in the bathroom washing my face and hands with soap three times when Uhmma gets home. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Like maybe I could just fly to New York and avoid getting mugged in the Greyhound bathroom before I even make it out of Pittsburgh. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But later that night, as I brush my teeth in the bathroom, I overhear Baba and Thaya Jaan talking in the guest room next door. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I read and reread Oscar’s letter alone by myself in the Garcías’ bathroom with the door locked, just like in those old, sad days in hiding, writing in my diary in the Mancinis’ bathroom. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

And wanting to be alone with my own thoughts as I was now, locked behind the bathroom door.... Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I hear a noise, something scruff against the bathroom door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I glanced at the thin line of light under the bathroom door. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Baby began to cry when they got to the bathroom. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the bathroom was nothing compared to the dinner. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The door opened, and Mrs. Glass, a medium-stout woman in a hairnet, sidled into the bathroom. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Aunt Goldie was doing the same things for Peach in another big bathroom, and we never heard a peep from him. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere a child cried out that she had to go to the bathroom. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still only half awake, I go into the bathroom and, by force of habit, turn on the shower, then realize I forgot to get a towel. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I did the dishes, swept dust and candy wrappers out from underneath the couch, mopped the living room floor, wiped the bathroom sink clean of my toothpaste smears, and even made my bed. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My solution to the lack of air conditioning at my own house was to run our T-shirts under the cold, cold tap water in the bathroom sink. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

For some time, I had needed to go to the bathroom. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Whenever I’d go over to their house as a kid, I had to leave the bathroom door open after I’d used it so that Anastasia could get in — she wasn’t good with doorknobs. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mom left the bathroom, and I got to work. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have a vase or anything, so I took my toothbrush out of my toothbrush holder and filled it halfway with water and left the flowers there in the bathroom. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

In case I missed her being in the bathroom or something. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

But I was also shy with my teachers, afraid to ask them for permission to go to the bathroom. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He blundered into the bathroom while Adam was bathing and saw the ugly bullet scar and heard himself ask against his will, “Father, what’s that scar?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hudson gets out of his chair and comes my way, probably to use the back door to get to the bathroom sooner. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Grandma led me into the bathroom and watched as I washed my hands, then directed me to dry them on the rose-colored towel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Like, here is the bathroom; the clothes closet is here; and these are my kids, Frieda and Claudia; watch out for this window; it don’t open all the way. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Book in hand I rounded the corner to the bathroom off the kitchen. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

His frugal glare extended to the building’s bathrooms. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Donna puts Dray’s keys in her purse and fidgets with his phone as she leads me to the bathroom. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I take the whole bottle back to my room and drop half the contents down my throat and then, in the bathroom, bend over the sink, washing them down. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Buttercup has now been issued a daily food allowance and a pan of sand that’s kept under the bathroom sink. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The one other time Alex could remember getting sent home early was when someone set off a stink bomb last year in the girls’ bathroom. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

But when he got to the bathroom, he was shocked to see his reflection, with the gun pressed to his temple. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom, a grubby makeup bag sat on the counter. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I sleep on the mat on the floor of the bathroom. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I needed to clean up, and that bathroom would be as good as anywhere else I’d find. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I tell him I need to go to the bathroom. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“There’s some in the bathroom,” I tell him, and he follows me in. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Shut up in the bathroom, she would release herself from the torment of a hopeless passion by writing feverish letters, which she finally hid in the bottom of her trunk. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Near the manor house, there was another two-story building where there were bathrooms. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

So I lean against the bathroom wall and look away from him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I sat there eating the piece of brown toast while she went into the bathroom and flushed the handful of egg, which could not be salvaged, down the toilet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why do Iranians keep watering cans in their bathrooms? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

His shaving things sat on the shelf in the bathroom alongside the same aftershave she remembered from years earlier. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I went I found those leaflets—on the streets, in the trolley cars, in my classroom desks, on my lunch table, even in the school bathrooms. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“No, I was wondering whether I might use your bathroom,” said Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

This one had several floors and indoor bathrooms. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Do I need to tell you how to use the bathroom, too?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Sometime later, we stand side by side at the sinks in the bathroom. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They found her when she finally managed to throw a bottle of shampoo through the bathroom window, and it splattered all over the side of a neighbor’s house. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He woke once to go to the bathroom, and a cowboy was standing on top of a speeding stagecoach, shooting Indians. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to go to the bathroom so very badly. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As I munched on a carrot, I heard a couple of girls enter the bathroom. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Standing on them, we could look in any window except the one in the bathroom, which was higher than the others. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Except for when she had to use the bathroom down the hall, Mariam stayed in the room. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Terrified, she stole into the bathroom, locking herself in. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Hey, did Victoria speak to you when I was in the bathroom? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron opened the door of the bathroom carefully, checked that the coast was clear, and set off. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

There were no wash things, like a toothbrush, because these were still in the bathroom, I remembered, on the shelf over the basin. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dress quickly and go into the bathroom, splash cold water on my face. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was casting about for something to say when Henry excused himself to use the bathroom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she was sure she wouldn’t wake anyone up, she slipped out of the bed she shared with Layla and crept into the bathroom. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She all but ran to the bathroom, locking the door behind her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boys ran out of the bathroom and left me there, alone, kind of like the last clueless guy at a party who just doesn’t know when to go home. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

That on top of the motion of the ship makes my bathroom journey a fifteen-minute ordeal. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Margot and I got the beds ready downstairs, went to the bathroom, brushed our teeth, washed our hands and combed our hair. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

From their bathroom window, I have a bird’s-eye view of the grounds of the embassy. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Bridget excuses herself to use the bathroom and when she emerges her wedding ring is absent from her finger. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hang up on him and follow Holly into the bathroom to take my stand. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the bathroom came an unpleasant and characteristic sound. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she walked through an empty bathroom, containing only a cast-iron bath, and, in the bath, a dead spider the size of a small cat. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Ray had fired the fatal shot from the bathroom of a nearby rooming house. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Rogers first learned about HeLa cells after seeing “Helen Lane Lives!” written over a urinal in a medical school bathroom. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The small bathroom contained a huge, full-length mirror behind the door, and so I could not escape the reflection of my naked self as I leaned in to turn on the shower faucet. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He inspects the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, some fiendish and immitigable hope flaring within him: What if-—? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We won the game easy but after the game I found Ducky in the bathroom crying. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sticky coughed and mumbled something about needing to use the bathroom. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The bathroom at the end of our corridor had two seawater showers, a saltwater tap, and three large galvanized metal buckets, which were used as bathtubs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And her aunt will then cry and lock herself in the bathroom. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I came out the bathroom and my mother almost hit the floor. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I felt disloyal for wanting to learn English, for liking pizza, for studying the girls with big hair and trying out their styles at home, locked in the bathroom where no one could watch. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I am so filled with fear about going to the bathroom alone at night that I force myself to hold it until dawn when I make a mad run into the woods. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait to hear her footsteps go down the hall before I get up to go to the bathroom. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

And there were no mirrors anywhere, not in the bedrooms or even in the bathroom. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A minute later, as I wait in line for the bathroom and stare out at the beautiful Pennsylvania landscape, I get that feeling again—like I want to bust out laughing. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

There were no urinals, only a few stalls with sitting toilets—none of the squatting ones, like my bathroom at Mamou’s—and I wondered if that was a Social Cue I had missed. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The bathroom was oddly still for a moment. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know why, but Julia’s look had given me this total determination to get Alice Evans to the bathroom before she wet herself. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

There’s a blue bath mat, a blue fake-fur cover on the toilet seat; all this bathroom lacks from the time before is a doll whose skirt conceals the extra roll of toilet paper. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paced in front of the bathroom, growing increasingly annoyed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She and her husband had one bedroom and they rented the other two out and we shared the kitchen and bathroom. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bit her lip and didn’t answer, just headed downstairs to our bathroom. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Not only did I trash their family heirloom, I'll need to race straight into the bathroom the moment I cross the threshold. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes were fixed on the bathroom door, and he hoped Henry could hear him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, don’t take your sweet time in the bathroom, sucking up all the water from the shower and the sink like you always do. Sometimes I don’t understand you, girl.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that boy forgets to go to the bathroom sometimes.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

After closing time, Carl stayed late into the night, cleaning the bathrooms and mopping the floors. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

He got up to go to the bathroom. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I left without saying a word to her and went to my room, slamming the door behind me, waking the Colonel, and stomping into the bathroom. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He goes into the bathroom to find it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Mama came back into the bathroom that night, I was facedown in the water. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

This was fine as far as it went, provided the warlocks didn’t have to use the bathroom. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Both bedrooms—but not the bathroom—also have doors from the upstairs hall. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought, “What if someone sneaked up on us in the middle of the night? What if something bad happened? Where were we going to use the bathroom?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I stumble into the bathroom and start the shower. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I was so upset one day that I let go and ran to the bathroom. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The boy who was eating popcorn asks for a key to the bathroom. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I make my way to the bathroom, which is down the hallway. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

At lunchtime, I made my way to the bathroom as usual and washed my feet. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was next to my room, and beyond that the bathroom. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, good. Towels are in the bathroom closet.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“In the bathroom,” I called out to Mom. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“A little help, please? Come out of that bathroom and save me, young man! And bring me a cup of water!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then she went in the bathroom and threw up. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Well, not all the time—I’d have to unlink to go to the bathroom—but it’d be awesome to walk with someone who was as proud of me as I was of her. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Mom was worried I might have difficulties getting to the bathrooms, which were up a long flight of stairs from the grade-one classrooms. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes, and it doesn’t take me long to get back there, back to the bathroom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Was he listening to you in the bathroom?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As we leave the bathroom, we run right into Coach West. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

There is a closet in the bathroom where the clothes hamper is, and he likes to take out all the clothes and look at them. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the real drama had already played out in the bathroom. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, the sound of a shower hissed behind the closed bathroom door. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

For some reason the bathroom was nearly as large as the bedroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It’s a tsunami of dread and obligation and the knowledge of bathroom use in small places. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The bathroom has the best light since it juts out past the kitchen and catches the afternoon rays. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one and only bathroom was by the front door, set into a corner. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I see you’re just as stubborn as your grandfather. All right. You can go to the bathroom. I’m going to give you a chance to think things over,” Garcia said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abby and the other cheerleaders rush off to the bathroom as soon as the parade ends to get into their uniforms, and Nick and I look up at the bleachers. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“What about that nasty old lady who tried to break into the bathroom?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The main house was the equal of the old one, but it was sturdier and had hot water in the bathrooms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would pass Chloe in our bathroom, stretching out one of her eyes and dabbing it with an applicator. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was in the bathroom—on the phone. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Though bathrooms for the black employees were clearly marked, most of the bathrooms—the ones implicitly designated for white employees—were unmarked. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

In a small Texas town, they often did n’t have colored bathrooms or fountains either. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s strange that we don’t even have to go to the bathroom anymore. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Our ship creeps along the river route without lights without cooking without bathrooms. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

For a split second, it displaced the look of all-around wear and, plainly, specific worry that had been on her face since she entered the bathroom. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She left the bathroom and came back holding a dustpan in one hand and a broom in the other. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Up until this afternoon, the only place I’ve ever read about Glenn Burke is in my bedroom or in the bathroom. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I was in the bathroom, staring at myself in the mirror. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Then Mrs. Burt called out from the bathroom. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And before she could get to the bathroom—hell, before she could even get all the way inside—she spewed red, lumpy slime all over the already sticky floor. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Actually, mostly Canton just sat around the front of the building listening to Mr. Munch complain about things like the school bathrooms. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Lily wore the tiny gold posts that Lydia had used when she'd pierced Lily's ears in her bathroom in the spring. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He was standing next to his bike, now fitted with all sorts of expensive accessories, over by the bathroom doors. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dulcet emerged from the left side of the bathroom carrying a squeaky clean Boots. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even her shelf in the bathroom was a wondrous sight—a skyline of bottles, tubes, and jars of all shapes and hues. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She had one packet remaining, and only after several minutes of irritable raking through her mess did she find it in the pocket of a blue silk dressing gown on her bathroom floor. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The doctors put her on strict bed rest: no more than forty minutes a day on her feet, including trips to the bathroom; no exertions. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“How do you know he dropped her in the bathroom?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth grabbed his collar at the same time Franz grabbed the biscuit, and she used all her strength to drag him toward the bathroom and into the tub. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I heard him rooting around in the bathroom, opening cupboards, slamming drawers. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was difficult enough to rise above the silent reminders of Colored signs on the bathroom doors and cafeteria tables. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The bathroom light blinded him as though he were a bat flushed from his cave at noon. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone entered the bathroom and knocked at the door of the booth. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to go to the bathroom, but was afraid to move. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crept away from the kitchen, then made a big production of entering the bathroom and slamming the door shut. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I needed to use the toilet, I could just jump up and run to the bathroom. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she released me, I ran into the bathroom and rinsed and rinsed and rinsed, but the pain only became worse and worse and worse. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

All day at school, when Liyana described the scene of Sitti’s bathroom smashing, the chips of ceramic and waterlogged rooms, her classmates shrugged. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We would wait for the last show to end—usually around midnight—and then sweep and mop the floors and scour the bathrooms. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Nobody tried to tell them how to choose jobs or schools, where they could live, where they could shop, or where they went to the bathroom. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I shut the bathroom door and caught sight of my face in the mirror. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

My legs push me forward through the lunchroom door, past the lockers, and straight to the empty bathroom behind the gym. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She hustles me into a bathroom and locks us into a wheelchair accessible stall, extra wide. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I have to go to the bathroom, and finally, that feeling is overwhelming. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Jule rushed to the bathroom and pressed her blistered palms to the cool of the bathroom floor and heaved nothing into the toilet. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There were no bathroom time-outs during soccer games, she would tell her players, for example, so there would be no bathroom breaks during practice either. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

In our house in Bethlehem I used to stand outside the bathroom door, where I could see the two of them in the mirror. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu went back to the bathroom and dried Baby with a towel and then hugged her, blew against her neck. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sí, the room was a bathroom for ladies. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I do eventually have to leave this bathroom, but I’m too nervous. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ridiculously, I burst into tears and ran upstairs to the bathroom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Going to the bathroom at school just plain sucks. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

"He's been in the bathroom for hours and it's time he came out. He sits in there reading books and he forgets completely where he is! Do you have any children, my dear?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The bathroom was filled with thick smoke that burned our eyes and made us cough. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His own room was the size of our downstairs, and he had his own bathroom and tile with the grout still around it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They too had hidden in the bathroom while hiding out at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

When Judy walked into the bathroom, I opened my mouth to ask. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I caught up to her inside and followed her into the bathroom. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

They marched Lockhart out of his office and down the nearest stairs, along the dark corridor where the messages shone on the wall, to the door of Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“But if what Abby picked up from Tater is correct, he is trapped inside that bathroom. Remember? She mentioned cups wrapped in plastic and one big water bowl.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She must be in the bathroom, perhaps scrubbing the pink tub. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

With soap in one hand, and potty, hairpins, panties, curlers and a wad of cotton in the other, I hurry out of the bathroom. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We walk into the adjoined bathroom, and I sit on the edge of the tub. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We had no time to pick it up or cross over to the bathroom closets, so we just backed in among the clothes. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

But things come full circle, baby, and two months later I was back in my bathroom, bowing to the toilet in the dark. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I would sleep there and eat there and only come out to go to the bathroom. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Until someone taps me on the shoulder and tells me to check the bathroom downstairs. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He’d heard the bathroom light click off and her bedroom door shut. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, I hear the bathroom door, and I risk creeping out of bed. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The other half is itching to go stare at myself in the bathroom mirror, examine every inch of my body for more spots. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

All day between classes, I find myself rushing to the bathroom to cry. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

A boy was about to follow his father into the inmates’ bathroom. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He disappeared out the door, and I got up and went to the bathroom. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“It was summer. The year Daddy had that Packard. We went for a ride and you had to go to the bathroom. Remember?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I’m to go into a bathroom and wash with water while she waits, leaving my purse with her. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Park took the Onyx eyeliner into the bathroom and put it on. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

For the past few weeks, thinking about Akivo had given Barry the feeling—a secret, happy feeling—that maybe he wasn’t really the scared little kid he saw in the bathroom mirror. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Darling, I’m awfully stupid, but why is the barman in the bathroom?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But you can’t lug a passed-out person through the woods, across campus, get her up through the bathroom window, and not want to collapse. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And when I brush my teeth in the morning, they bang on the bathroom door. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Are you still awake? Do you want me to take you to the bathroom? Are you gonna puke?” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

That’s the word I know from the magazines Mom leaves in the bathroom. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I plopped down on a bench that was just outside the bathroom and tried to pull myself together. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When we turn the corner to get to the bathroom, though, there are people at the end of the hallway. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I come out of the bathroom, wrapped in a towel, Finch has music playing on the old turntable. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then I closed the bathroom door and slid the little locking bolt shut. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I walked ahead of my family past the first floor where the walls were clean and white, and the doors to the women's bathroom were yellow with daisies on it. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When I go to the bathroom, I will keep my eyes closed. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But while the replacement legislation eliminates the requirement that people use the bathroom for the gender they were assigned at birth, it keeps state legislators in charge of future bathroom policies. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Two hours later, the bathrooms are wiped down, my bedroom is visitor-ready with clean sheets, the family room is vacuumed, and the old magazines are in the recycling bin. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I choose a seat near an exit and a bathroom. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I want to go wash my face in the bathroom.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He heard six kids in the class next to the bathroom couldn’t even make it to the trash can and puked all over their desks. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I went into the bathroom, threw my socks in the hamper — they looked clean, but just in case — and put my arms around Jeffrey. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that Filch had stopped shouting, they could hear Myrtle’s wails echoing off the bathroom walls. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

After every class, I run into the bathroom to see if the detective has left a number or has called. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I looked at the closed door of the bathroom where Dorothy had disappeared. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We took turns peeking out the high window in the bathroom, standing on the toilet. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He washed off the shaving cream, looked at himself naked in the fly-specked bathroom mirror. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I push Pop’s wheelchair into the bathroom, where I quickly help him change his soiled diaper. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scratch my revelation on a piece of paper and tuck it inside the booklet: Jim Crow or Hilly’s bathroom plan—what’s the difference? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Last night in the bathroom, while seated on the can, Bernabe had noticed a spider spinning its web in a corner several feet away. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Catherine can’t come, how will I get to the bathroom or eat? Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom, I look at myself in the mirror for a long time. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I got out of my bed and went to the bathroom. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When you enter population will you meet us in the bathroom? Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I dragged myself to the bathroom, then got dressed for school. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Question to remember: Why would a house with a room upstairs not have a bathroom upstairs? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Disoriented, Shadow got up and walked into the tiny motel bathroom. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She must have just come from the bathroom. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The bathroom smelled like an old person, and some of the tiles that were supposed to be on the wall were on the floor. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Under apartheid the government provided no public transportation for blacks, but white people still needed us to show up to mop their floors and clean their bathrooms. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Then Billy went into the upstairs bathroom, which was dark. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I finished my calculations, I grabbed my sneakers and headed to the bathroom. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The light from the bathroom was just enough to make a faint rainbow. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The jokes mostly focused on the empty fridge and full bathroom. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m just doing bathrooms,” Holly says, to appease me. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat down for lunch, and my brother and dad left the table to use the bathroom. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

For a moment I wondered what to do—perhaps he’d only gone to the bathroom, perhaps he’d be back any second—and I was about to leave when I saw the note. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Never be in the bathrooms when school lets out, for example. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I headed over to the library bathrooms because they’re usually a lot cleaner than the ones by the lunchroom. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I leave the bathroom, Kelsea’s father is in the hallway, glaring at me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t get out of the bathroom until someone came and knocked. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Across the hall from the bedroom was a bathroom with a baby blue sink, a toilet ringed with rust, and an upright shower stall with neither a door nor a curtain. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Since we didn’t have a modern bathroom, he’d shave over an enamel basin and use hot water from a pitcher. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One day when Miss Violet let me go to the bathroom I made a hole in the wall! With a nail! Then I could see into the girls’ bathroom! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cotton broke her arm trying to prove she could do a handstand on the bathroom sink at Bamaby Elementary but she slipped. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Rachael, in the bathroom, squeaked and hummed and splashed in the midst of a hot shower. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She remembered her brother tearing out of a bathroom with a towel over his face shrieking, “It burns! It burns!” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“That sounds about right. Angelina hated public bathrooms. She only lets people see what she wants them to see.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She hears him in there, the bathroom of the Sleepy Inn, shoosh-shooshing his teeth with his brush. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When she ran to the bathroom suddenly, Gerald knew that she was more upset than she wanted to admit. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glad to escape from Khouy, who sits glaring at me, I hurriedly jump off my chair and head for the bathroom. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He checks the bathrooms, the buffet, the quiet corners of the ballroom, but he’s nowhere. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He dashed through the house and up to the bathroom. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She ran into the bathroom and powdered her face and the front of her dress, drew a surrealistic version of a mouth beneath her nose, and dashed into her bedroom to find a coat. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the bathroom I had just left. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I just have time to towel off and slip into a robe before my prep team bursts into the bathroom. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I came to the chrome bathroom and let it go in the toilet. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom, Kim throws soap, shampoo, towels, and other assorted items into a pillowcase. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on!” he said again as he scrambled onto the bathroom’s roof. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they got more than just a feel before I could fend them off and lock myself in the bathroom. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

We are very modern—our bathroom is equipped with amenities such as a flushing toilet, an iron bathtub, and running water. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably every bedroom in their house has a bathroom with candles and potpourri and stuff. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

No doubt rural blacks at that time were accustomed to strangers stopping at their house to use the bathroom. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A hundred times Shawn has seen me emerge from the bathroom unrecognizable, having washed the junkyard down the shower drain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Him forcing his leg between hers, him pushing her down onto his bed, taking her in the bathroom, in the closet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rebeca later declared that when her husband went into the bedroom she was locked in the bathroom and did not hear anything. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Not a hole-in-the-ground privy toilet that you had to hold your breath to go into, but a bathroom. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Blacks were ghettoed into separate bathrooms, but they had also been given an unprecedented entree into the professional world. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I need the extra room, and it sucks to wait until their perfectly armed selves are all done with their luxurious, roomy bathroom visits. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But she waits for the last girl to leave the bathroom. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

George, Jeff, and Ms. Davis went into the boys’ bathroom together. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then I saw a couple guys coming out of the bathroom, and one of them pointed and started laughing at me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I hurry back to the bathroom and am pleased to see a nice hazy mist has developed. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I tacked this to the green bathroom door while he was still inside. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I pushed the bathroom door open and quickly jumped back inside. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Instead, I splash cold water on my face in the bathroom and pinch life back into my cheeks. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then he tramped across to the bathroom to run his finger under the tap. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I thought to myself that anybody who could get Grandpa to buy a car would have a bathroom in no time, and maybe even electric lights and a telephone. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As Fadi waited outside Principal Hornstein’s office for his father to pick him up, he asked the secretary if he could use the bathroom. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

When the gas heater began rumbling he went back to the bathroom and took a shower and he put on blue jeans and a flannel shirt. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took him a full minute to slowly get up the two steps, fight off the mainsail again, and position himself at the stem so he could go to the bathroom. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close the bathroom door and turn off the freezing cold water. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She told Curt about the taxi driver, how his sincerity had infuriated her and how she had gone to the station bathroom to see if her pink long-sleeved blouse was too tight. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I did not raise you to use the colored bathroom!” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“We don’t even have soap in the bathroom at home.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say—” “Get out of here, you big baboon! This is the girls’ bathroom,” a blonde with angry pop-out eyes shouts. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you want to be in a really functional room,” I began with false heartiness, “you ought to spend your time in the bathroom then.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go into the bathroom to change, and have a quick look at myself in the mirror. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah . . . well. . .” said Harry, bending his knees slightly, just to make absolutely sure Myrtle couldn’t see anything but his head, “I’m not supposed to come into your bathroom, am I? It’s a girls’ one. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The door to the guest bathroom in the hall opens and Hilly comes out talking, “... so much better. Everybody has their own place to go now.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As far as he was concerned, he would never acknowledge that bathroom ever again. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I went to the bathroom and splashed water on my face. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

So we both followed her into the girls’ bathroom, and Dari’s face turned dark red. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her voice echoed as he went into the bathroom and worsened the splintering pain in his head. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She looked around the bathroom, taking in the damage. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It’s how Juanita wakes up in the middle of the night—every night—needing to use the bathroom but too afraid to go into the hallway by herself. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I got up, and went into the bathroom, and began to run my bath. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

For a while he chose the covert of a bathroom but now is out on the streets where he remains at my beck and call every minute.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went in the men’s bathroom and splashed cold water on my face and arms. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The bathroom door stays closed with no sound. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When she is finished, she wipes the steam off the bathroom mirror and studies her face. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I go sit in my stall in the bathroom until the bell rings. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

This room had air-conditioning and a blue tiled bathroom with a porcelain sink and chrome handles like I'd seen on television. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Um, I actually need to go to the bathroom. Where is that?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She remembered her brother tearing out of a bathroom with a towel over his face shrieking, “It burns! It burns!” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reilly listened apprehensively to the great liquid thrashings coming from the bathroom. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was in no hurry to rush to the bathroom to see it; I knew it was there. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The closest bathrooms were to the right of the media center, but there were too many people hanging out in that direction. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I got two water guns, loaded them at the bathroom sink, and brought them out. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

His father came out to greet him, took him by the arm, and pushed him into a bathroom, where without a word he proceeded to pull off all his talismans. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry turned at once and splashed out of the bathroom. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t in any of the bathrooms or in the hospital wing... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Hanging out in the bathroom is party time, Char likes to say. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Somewhere near the top, I’d say I had to go to the bathroom. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The bathroom is a hole dug in the earth outdoors. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Toby looked around at the boxes, stacked deep into the surprisingly large bathroom. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I detected in the bathroom, but the only place to look was in the airing cupboard and there was nothing in there. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Franz, who now realized that knocking Isa over was one of his poorer decisions of the year, retreated slowly to Hyacinth, who stood in the bathroom doorway, still dripping. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I laid out her clothes on her bed as she stepped into the bathroom. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I had a bottle of benzedrine tablets in my bathroom; 1 swallowed some of them to perk up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went down the hall to the bathroom six times in half an hour to check her makeup and hair. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For quite a little interval, the faint swush of it was the only sound in the bathroom. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Frank and Jim would really get to know one another as they circled the earth more than two hundred times, eating, sleeping, going to the bathroom, working—all within inches of each other. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark in the bathroom because the candles had been extinguished in the great rush of water that had left both walls and floor soaking wet. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I had regained a fragile sense of calm, and I left the bathroom carrying that calmness delicately, as if it were a china plate balancing on my head. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And Rafe, Hero of the Day, flipped the lock on the bathroom door and came to sit down next to her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I never worried about finding my way through the house, as August left a trail of night-lights on from the kitchen to the bathroom. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked into the bathroom, then reached up to a shelf above the shower stall and got me a full-sized towel. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He had me go to the bathroom in a little jar and he put it in his black leather bag. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When Poppy emerged from the bathroom, his skin looked raw. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He supported Malfoy across the bathroom, turning at the door to say in a voice of cold fury, “And you, Potter...You wait here for me.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The bathroom on the highest floor is nearly always empty. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Despite his haste, his panic, his fear of what awaited him back in the bathroom, he could not help but be overawed by what he was looking at. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Their bedroom was conveniently close to the bathroom, and Gregor followed his way to the watery sound. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I was hunching in a bathroom, my arm behind my back, my head in the toilet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I went to the bathroom when I got home and examined the cut. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Okay, well, I’m taking over your bathroom now. Time for the transformation.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

They were still in the bathroom when the next train came and left, and I wondered what was going on. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

As his body weakened, the back and forth to the bathroom became too exhausting, so Morrie began to urinate into a large beaker. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I get to the bathroom, Jennifer is fixing her eyeliner in the mirror. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Then he made me stand up and walk through to the bathroom. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom mirror she appraised her looks, wondering if she could attract another husband at her age. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I found Salim with Kat in the bathroom. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom bursts in from the bathroom, using her phone as a flashlight and carrying a soaking wet Hector on her hip. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Aside from the public part of the house, the only other luxury was the privy in a shed attached to the house; the Van Goghs didn’t have to walk outside to use the bathroom. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She opened the bathroom door and led the way into her blue room. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’s got a giant beach umbrella and a folding chair with a cup holder that always has a Big Gulp from 7-Eleven, who lets him use their bathroom. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“This way,” I whispered to Twig, pointing toward the girls’ bathroom. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I think you have the wrong bathroom,” he says lightly. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Because our bathroom can be locked from both the inside and the outside. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Dastardly stuff—you do well on a test; you make a girl laugh; you have a particularly lower-body-simmering experience after talking online and rushing to the bathroom; you think it’s all over. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

His bowels feel as if they will burst and he knows he should go to the bathroom as she has told him so often. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I change in the bathroom stall and wait until I hear Lauren’s voice trail out of the locker room. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

To the left is the small bathroom; with the light shining on it, we can see that the tub and tiles are all powder blue. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

And then we each spend some time in the bathroom. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I don’t mean that she comes home, goes to her room to change clothes, wanders into the bathroom, picks through mail, and then finally arrives at the refrigerator. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He has six of them in his house, in just about every room, including his bathroom. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I was waiting for midnight. I closed the bathroom door too hard.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then I heard the bathroom window slide open. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t say another word until Emily gets up to put her tray away and go to the bathroom before the bell rings. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“C’mon, Beth, other people have to use the bathroom too. If we miss the bus, you’ll have to drive us to school.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He glanced around the bathroom over my shoulder, his mouth pressed in a grim line. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t considered that, and I worried it might be true, but Dari nodded, took the cleaning supplies, and ran out of the bathroom without another word. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The bathrooms were clean, which was a nice plus. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Wilson can’t turn around and go to the bathroom ’less he asks Mrs. Wilson if it’s okay by her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a living room with a skylight, a kitchen with expensive stainless-steel appliances, a bathroom with a marble floor and walls. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

During the day, the bathroom was our playhouse, until the men came home from work and reclaimed it, filling the air with the humid scent of Palmolive soap. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mama puttered around doing whatever she usually did on Sundays: preparing her lesson plans, ironing a few shirts, running lots of water in the bathroom for some reason. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I went to the bathroom and combed my hair. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

When I staggered out of the bathroom ten, fifteen minutes later, Astelle was leaning against the wall, one leg tucked up under a short plaid skirt. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It has two bedrooms and a bathroom, which has a toilet that’s always getting clogged. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The hullbeast’s ugly face peeked over the ledge, growling and smelling like a kindergarten bathroom. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

God, would they beat her the way they beat the colored boy who used the white bathroom? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Julie ran to the bathroom, the girls following in her footsteps. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

When the show is over, Lorena goes into the bathroom for a long time. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I can feel the soldiers' eyes on me as I enter the bathroom and lock the door. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“They found racist graffiti all over the walls of the gym and the boys’ bathroom,” I finally say. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

As I head to the bathroom, I think about Nuah and his offer to tell me teeth jokes. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

And she gave Toby a saucer of water and some bran flakes and I let him run around the bathroom. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bedroom has the stamps of lovely landscapes you might discover in your dreams, and the bathroom has stamps with oceans and rivers and rain. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Once the Mancinis go out, we have to stay quietly in the closet and can’t move around or use the bathroom. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

All day long his small bedroom, his bathroom and the cubicle wedged between them he called his study had baked under the southern slope of the bungalow’s roof. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She went to the bathroom and for the first time in days looked at her face. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I woke up and the bathroom light was on. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lauren kept screaming, and Maya followed the sound of her voice down the hall and into her parents’ bathroom. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I wrapped a skimpy towel around my waist and danced and pranced out of the bathroom and up the hall like I was a Union ship dodging Confederate mines. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Some girl took a picture of me in the bathroom,” I said quietly. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The thing was, the races didn’t really mix in Little Rock, not in the bathrooms of department stores, nor in the water of the swimming pools. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he’s redoing the bathroom and has changed the ugly brown tiles to a nice baby blue. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Lily had spent the hour before locked in the bathroom we share, curling her hair and perfecting her makeup. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I stepped out of the shower and onto the rug, which rested just beneath the bathroom heater. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When the bathroom was finally quiet and the girls had obviously left, I packed up my stuff and headed to class. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She appears at the bathroom door instantly, as if she's been waiting just outside, and she has, of course. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The mint green bathroom fixtures were right out in the open. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re watching us in here, too? Are we allowed to use the bathroom privately, or are they surveilling our bodily functions as well?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He used to stand before the bathroom mirror, dabbing all sorts of conditioners and dressings on it in a time when there were only products like Vitalis and Brylcreem. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shouted back, “Thanks!” but kept scooting, because no way was that bathroom far enough for them not to hear. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She blows past me and heads right into the bathroom. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I stormed off to the bathroom without another word. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Back in the house, I rush to the bathroom and pull out my cell phone, wallet, then the detective’s card. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I stood in the locked stall, staring up at the weak, flickering bathroom light, thinking about how I’d seen Rashad on the concrete a week before and I hadn’t even known who he was. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I walk to my bathroom mirror and tilt my face back. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I only wanted to come out of the World-Famous Watson Pet Hospital to eat and go to the bathroom. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk into the bathroom and strip off my clothes and step under the hot-hot water, standing there until my skin turns red and the water heater gives out. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I breathed through my mouth and spent only enough time in that log cabin bathroom to unroll a bunch of toilet paper. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d lock myself in the bathroom and spend long hours playing with him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry stared around the bathroom, thinking ... if the voices could only be heard underwater, then it made sense for them to belong to underwater creatures. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We move about, making our beds the way Ollie Mae likes them, and take turns going in and out of the bathroom, bumping into and stepping over one another. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Stuffing a sandwich into your face in the bathroom isn’t lunch, Sparrow.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I sneaked to the bathroom door and peeked through the keyhole. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey remembered that in the bathroom she had seen a stall shower. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggle into the bathroom where I sag against the wall, staring bleary-eyed at the ring of products around the sink. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In addition to changing the bedsheets and helping Mrs. Caruthers to the bathroom, Ophie was also asked to fetch a newspaper so that the old woman could check the latest scandals plaguing the Harding administration. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The pavement would be their bed, the open-door toilet would be their bathroom, and the steel rack would be the seat they could share. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Once inside, I watched Tyler spit streams of crimson down the bathroom sink. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He stood and mounted the stairs with her and entered die spotless bathroom where the dust had been swept from underneath the claw-foot tub. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the bell rings and I run to the bathroom. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Then at 11:04 I wake up really having to use the bathroom. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I got up and walked to the bathroom. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He needed desperately to go to the bathroom but held back, grimacing. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She didn't breathe on the way to the bathroom and was too scared to flush the toilet. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Sorry I ran off. Needed to use the bathroom before class. That’s what happens when you start the day with 3 cups of coffee.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I raced downstairs to the bathroom, grabbing the hand mirror on the way. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

When nature called, she called us on the intercom, and we helped her out of bed and into the bathroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“They were ready to come out anyway. The wounds stayed closed. I checked them in the bathroom.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The shower stall led into a bathroom, where there was a shelf that held some clean white socks. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flickering images were a far cry from Lourdes’s childhood home: a two-room shack made of wooden slats, its flimsy tin roof weighted down with rocks, the only bathroom a clump of bushes outside. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was overcome with such sudden guilt that I bolted to the bathroom and vomited in the sink. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

All three of us were in the bathroom, brushing our teeth. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She yanked the pins out of her hair as fast as she could and was pulling the last ones out when she heard the bathroom door open. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jim rose from the table as I got there, grunted that it would be nice to take a day off to go sledding, and disappeared upstairs into the bathroom. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thirty minutes later, he emerges from the bathroom a new man. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He goes into the bathroom and shuts the door. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom the girl held her steaming shirt away from her body while Tessie brought damp towels. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“You ate too much,” she said, mopping his forehead with a wet paper towel she’d gotten from the dorm bathroom. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I carried the tea and the wine into the bathroom. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

After the pests left our home I happened to be in our bathroom. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Kelly pushed open the heavy metal bathroom door as if it were nothing and pulled Melissa in. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I’d grown tired of both the bathroom and the library, and enough time had passed that I no longer felt too self-conscious about eating alone. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Can I please go to the bathroom now?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

We all shuffle into the bathroom with our toiletry caddies. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Celia pointed in the general direction of the bathrooms, a pained smile on her face. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The Obama administration directs the nation’s schools to provide students with access to bathrooms and locker rooms that match their chosen gender identity. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Before I leave the bathroom, I pinch my cheeks hard to bring blood to the surface of my skin. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I used my lovely bathroom for the first time on Sunday and, strange as it may seem, I like it better than any other place. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The place had two windows, a large, many-paned one in the main area that faced the alley, and then another in the bathroom. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stuffing a sandwich into your face in the bathroom isn’t lunch, Sparrow. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Harry stood there for a moment, irresolute, then said, “I’ll be back in a bit, Luna — er — bathroom.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was a tidy bathroom decorated with peach seashells, a bedroom with a four-poster bed that I suspected belonged to Viviana, and two rooms at the end of the hall. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I'm in the upstairs bathroom talking to her because I don't want Jamie to hear. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was my job to post the sign-up list for bathing hours each week, so that no family monopolized the bathroom. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

George didn’t want to be standing near the bathroom when Scott came out, so she went down to the kitchen. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I walked into the girls’ bathroom with Maddie at lunch, expecting to have a quiet chat. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I went to the bathroom, scarfed down my sandwich, and headed right for the library. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But one night soon after I began to get better, Auntie Fatmata made one of the younger children go to the bathroom on my hair and face while I was asleep. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take the towels in the bathroom down as well as the fairly scungy tea towel in the kitchen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But when supper’s over and I go off to the bathroom to brush my teeth, I peek back through the doorway, and Dad’s over by Shiloh’s box, letting him lick his plate clean. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever time Miss Leefolt go out shopping or in the yard or even to the bathroom, I check her bedside table where she put the book. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"Hey, Smart Guy," my father would say, "offer your grandmother another piece of that gum, and you'll be the one scrubbing your teeth in the bathroom sink." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He went to the bathroom and scrubbed himself with disinfectants, scraping his hide with pumice stone. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I cruised out of the room and through the hall, past a couple girls waiting for the bathroom, and ducked my head into the living room, where they were still banging hip-hop. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I open the door and walk to the bathroom. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Their suites all had bathrooms with deep mesarthium pools in them, but water no longer came from the pipes, so they used a copper tub in the rain room instead. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Inside the bathroom we could still hear the banging of furniture and the shouting of the Red Guards. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drilled a hole in the bathroom wall so I could watch her naked, but it got me so excited I decided to plaster it over. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you love cool pillows? Now, where’s the bathroom? Have you got a duck and a bedpan? Can you put a cot in here for me?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were always two or three cookbooks in the bathroom, because he usually read them in there the way most people read the sports section or magazines. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I walked to the bathroom, splashed water on my face, and then leaned over the sink, close to the mirror, and appraised myself. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I felt nervous about the sleeping arrangements, though, and doing things such as dressing and undressing, or going to the bathroom. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The teacher wouldn’t excuse her to go to the bathroom. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The parts of Skylab that fell to Earth would—conveniently—fall on the bathroom block at Guardian Angels. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

My legs know where I’m going even when I don’t, like at school when I tell myself I won’t eat lunch in the bathroom today and end up there anyway. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

We stop in the foyer and, instead of entering the sanctuary, we go straight downstairs to the basement and take our turns coming out of the bathroom just in case someone asks where we were. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I like your room,” Annemarie called to me when I came out of the bathroom. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs to the bathroom, where a steaming tub awaits. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I take my pillow and the fuzzy blanket from my bed and I go sit in the bathroom. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“There’s a bathroom upstairs at the end of the hall. Next to the laundry room,” Oliver says. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Dicey looked in on the sleeping Maybeth before she made her final stop in the bathroom and lay down on her cot. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was at one end and the bathroom at the other, next to a grove of banana trees. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s a girl, which makes sense, since it is the girls’ bathroom. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the boys’ last night, while the children were sleeping, I got up because I had to go to the bathroom. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I beat my brother to the bathroom and brush my teeth and wash my face as fast as possible. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I could tell he’d already forgot about her wanting the privy moved and maybe hoping for a bathroom. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s great! It’s got a bed and a bathroom!” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I ran to the bathroom and found it empty. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“We’ve got five bedrooms and five bathrooms over here in the main house.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I stood guard for one another in the bathrooms at every rest stop. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“There’s no bathroom for me,” they said, climbing into the backseat. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I wonder whether I actually took DayQuil when I was in the bathroom at home, or whether I accidentally swigged half of Hunter Marsh’s Alopeesh-Sure. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Later at the line for the bathroom, Vonetta and Fern went in together, leaving me alone with Miss Hendrix. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I went straight to the bathroom and threw up my little bit of breakfast. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I hand everything to Lacey when she comes out of the bathroom and then walk into the girls’ room, since Radar is still in the guys’. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She saw a wisp of madness escape from its bottle and caper triumphantly around the bathroom. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suck it up totally means hide in the bathroom and listen to a hamster mosh pit, right? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He pushed the chair back and ran to the bathroom. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I slipped into the bathroom as my mom stormed down the hall. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Two steps from the bathroom door, I reach my hand up and touch it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The four of us meet in the bathroom every morning. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes. It took all four boxes to get this color. I spent all day in the bathroom doing my hair.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

How long before I’d come back and find her out cold on the bathroom floor, or worse? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Matt hobbled to the bathroom and looked into the mirror, he got a shock. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am back in the bathroom mixing the tooth powder and water in the palm of my hand. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were two bathrooms in that moment, lying on top of each other. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Then, after an intense session, I'd step out of the bathroom and pace the carpet while smoking my hash pipe. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I want to go back to the house and up to the bathroom and scrub and scrub, with the harsh soap and the pumice, to get every trace of this smell off my skin. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day the hulk took one drink from the watercooler and went once to the bathroom, stumbling between the presses into the back of the laundry, big shoes clumping. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I left the bathroom and walked with one of my idols into the arena to march with the rest of my competitors. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I did not realize that Mama had come into the bathroom. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

You have to walk through the kitchen to get to the bathroom. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Brass ribbons tinkled like water and made me realize I needed to use the bathroom. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s only later, when I step into the bathroom and sit down on the toilet and find a single red spot of blood in my underpants. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It kind of hurts, and makes me think I have to go to the bathroom. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Who’s that!” yelled the boy from the bathroom, his voice scratchy and laced with anger. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Fadi retreated to the bathroom and locked himself in a stall for the rest of the afternoon. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I lead the way out of the bathroom stall. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Tall, brown-skinned, and unmistakably black, there would be no tiptoeing into the white bathrooms for Jim Williams and Thomas Byrd- song. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Jule left the bathroom, crawled across the floor, and crouched beneath the window to look out. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then we pretend we need to use the bathroom, and we leave the cafegymnasitorium. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then, about ten minutes before the bell, I asked for the bathroom pass. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She found some flat-heeled shoes in her suitcase, picked up a pair of panties, and took them all into the bathroom. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The bathrooms are down a little hallway past the bar, and I have to push through this crowd of people to get there. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom, Kathy covered her face in a towel and bawled. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She breaks through the crowd and disappears into the girls’ bathroom. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When he stopped talking, she produced a single key and unlocked the bathroom. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Post-its with the number of days to his birthday would mysteriously appear on his parents’ bathroom mirror. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Two bathrooms for sure,” Mama says, “and a room for my plants.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

A bottle of Agua Florida was on the bathroom shelf and he touched the stopper to his temples. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Beds were assigned, clothes and bathroom things were passed out, dinner was served. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Not that I’m scared of the dark, you get me, but in case I had to use the bathroom or get a drink of water. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The kind of bathroom they used to build in America when the country was on the rise. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My feet dragged like a sleepwalking zombie’s across the plush carpet over to Fig’s bathroom. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Ignatius found the subdued and solitary din in the bathroom annoying and wished that she would finish. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she wasn’t reading this word on the wall of her old bathroom stall. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I had slept near him, in order to assist him as quietly as possible to the bathroom when he needed to hurl chunks, for his sake and for my mom’s. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She takes her book bag and walks out of the bathroom. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I was drying my hands on that towel in his bathroom, and it was a white towel, and then it was smeared with dirt, and I thought, ‘Good.’ A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

While he was standing in front of the bathroom mirror, he saw Quirin open the drawer to his desk. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Suddenly cold, I ran back up to the house and tiptoed upstairs to the bathroom in my room. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Not only were we not allowed to run water during the day, but the bathroom was also off-limits. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We leave Rani's tree behind and visit the public bathroom. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Finally she went into the bathroom and took off her corset, which she always wore, even on the days when she had a lot of work. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s got to go in the back. Did he go to the bathroom?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the bathroom door shut, the one just ahead of the kitchen. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

When he withdraws, she pulls her nightgown down, slips out of the bed and into the bathroom with relief. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I clump-clump-clumped down the hall to the door that Miss Thomas said was the bathroom. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I went directly to the bathroom to clean up and, afterward, to my room. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He put on a pair of blue jeans, and we’d just locked him in the bathroom when the girl appeared—came out of her room. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The instant Curly kicked open the door, he realized there was no poisonous snake in the bathroom, no cause for mortal alarm. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Bran didn’t find his father downstairs, he went upstairs to get rid of his suitcase and to use the bathroom. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ammu looked at herself in the long mirror on the bathroom door and the specter of her future appeared in it to mock her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But on Thursday afternoon, in that narrow window between school and rehearsal, I finally see her stepping out of the bathroom near the atrium. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Our bathroom is positioned directly across the hall from our classroom. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Dicey went to the bathroom, then walked down to join him. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hannah had been waiting at the bathroom door as if on guard. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d be excited just to have the five modern bathrooms, but right then I couldn’t think of a single thing to be happy about. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nod and push Pop into the bathroom, where I strip the old man and lift him into the tub. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Curious, I went and stuck my head around the bathroom door. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She tore off his shirt and threw it down the bathroom hole. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The only reason I felt uncomfortable was because I have never experienced sharing a room, a bed, or a bathroom with people outside of my race. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Well, there was a bathroom next door to Mrs. Clutter’s room. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked into the bathroom, returned with a tube of toothpaste, and showed us. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Your aunt told me what you said to her in the bathroom.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Nobody seemed to care which bathroom they used. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Sharpe, would it be possible for me to use your bathroom? I’m not feeling well.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“What you get paid, how they treat you, the bathrooms, the babies, all the things you’ve seen, good and bad.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Means I gotta get up early with Daddy, ahead of the rest of the tenants, to get into the bathroom ’fore all the hot water is used up. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

With all this chaos swirling about, I would escape into the bathroom and look in the mirror. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There is only one bathroom in my great aunt’s house, so this turns to trouble when all the beer starts to hit my cousins. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The flood from Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom. I bet you Mrs. Norris only saw the reflection. He scanned the page in his hand eagerly. The more he looked at it, the more it made sense. '“ Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Then I sit up, pull on my shirt, and head to the bathroom to put in my lenses. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Girl goes into bathroom, props flashlight on back of the toilet, and begins writing. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

After she used the bathroom and told her mom where she was going, she pulled her bike from the shed and wheeled it to the front of the house. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The president of a small corporation had a bathroom with a mirror installed just off his office. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Big Tony left the window slightly open. Can you crawl through, Scruffy? Stay with Tater until we open the bathroom door from the other side?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“He’ll only let me out once a day to eat and use the bathroom. I managed to get the key to the window bars, but if he sees I’m gone, I’m dead.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

There was a tiny bathroom and a little living room, too, with four chairs, a table with a plastic cloth, and a transistor radio. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

So I stumble into the bathroom and put in my contact lenses. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Many locals and visitors believed the eerie tales of lights flickering on and off during the night, dishes falling on their own, and phantoms in the bathroom mirror. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Did I go to the bathroom before lunch?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The woods outside looked like a whole lot better bathroom. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shut my eyes, waiting for him to switch on the cheap nightstand lamp, but he kept to his rule: no lights outside the bathroom. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My gaze dropped to the bathroom mirror, but I didn’t much like what I saw there, so I closed my eyes until I finished urinating. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

That couldn't be Mrs. Baylor in the bathroom because she was supposed to be gone—on her weekend! It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

For all its luxury, their bathroom contained no bathtub. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

My plan is to walk toward the auditorium with the rest of the crowd, then duck in a bathroom until the coast is clear. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had locked myself in the bathroom, and run a tub full of warm water, and taken out a Gillette blade. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Your mother heard today that photos of people in old-fashioned long gowns and mandarin jackets are considered fourolds. So your parents are burning them in the bathroom.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He even refused to use the litter box if it wasn’t scooped after every, um, bathroom break. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I stood up to head to the bathroom. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“We’re hanging out in the bathroom next period. You coming?” she asks. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m banging on the bathroom door while Zack leans listlessly against the wall next to me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The front door closes as I step into the bathroom and look at myself in the mirror. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

When we break for class, I casually walk to the bathroom. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He hated when I helped him, especially in the bathroom. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It looks like the bathrooms in the station still have some running water. I wouldn’t try drinking it though,” Rob continued. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe the PTA mothers in the bathroom had seen something in her she hadn’t known was there. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the living room is a small bedroom with nothing in it but a bed, and across from it a windowless bathroom. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was in a large, old-fashioned bathroom, like something from a Zsa Zsa Gabor movie, with gold fixtures and mirrors and pink tile on the walls and floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘If you’ll excuse me, where there are tourists, there are bathrooms. I need to use the little praetors’ room.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I doubt a person like me would’ve been allowed into those kinds of parties in the 1920s. Maybe I’d be in the kitchen or cleaning the bathrooms,” I joke. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Lacey says, “I sign the receipt when I get out of the bathroom.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, gee whizz. I’m only trying to make polite bathroom talk.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She dragged herself out of bed in the morning and to the bathroom. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t tell him nothing. By the time I got my mouth open, he runs off to the bathroom. He’s still locked up in there splashing water all over the floor.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know that I’ve ever been inside a girls’ bathroom in a gas station before. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I got up and ran upstairs and into the bathroom and started to puke. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t have the spot because they got there early, but because she saw a friend in line when they arrived, and offered to hold her place when she went to the bathroom. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She motions for me to follow her into a giant, fancy bathroom, and I immediately run to my little sister, who’s hunched over the toilet. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When he sees me walking over to the bathroom, he starts to follow. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

But then Colin sees his brother in the hallway, and Jason needs to find a bathroom, and Marc needs another beer already. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

This is the third time Miss Saunders has busted her in the bathroom this month. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

By the end, I can barely move, and my sister, seeing this, does the bathrooms with me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I measure progress in steps, the next one and the next one, as far as the bathroom. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I think of a quote in Dad’s bathroom Zen book. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mold grew on the wall in the bathroom. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Negra was the type who smoked joints at midnight in the bathroom, keeping the window open so her parents wouldn’t smell anything. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Alice was standing in front of the bathroom looking all wounded. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She actually went to the bathroom to look at her blouse! Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Will left and looked in the other rooms: a little bathroom, a bedroom with a double bed. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing is said about the possibility of transporting bacteria, by rag or by hand, from bathroom to kitchen or even from one house to the next. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I was in the hall bathroom. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the case of Blake Grunwald's catchers' gear, the scent produced a counteracting effect to how fertile I felt after glancing into the pastel green bathroom across the hall. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I splashed some water on my face, scrubbed my teeth with one finger, battled my mop, then bailed out of the bathroom. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She unpacked the toothbrushes and toothpaste and comb into the bathroom. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, when I woke up in the middle of the night, I noticed a crack of light under the bathroom door. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

People were living in stairwells and bathrooms and cellars and roofs. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Once she disappears into the bathroom, Scoob tries to sift through some of the new stuff he’s learned and get his bearings. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

By the time she got off the phone I was in the bathroom. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The next morning she got up early and went into the bathroom and locked the door. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he would keep me in the bathroom and then go downstairs, out through the kitchen, to break a stick off one of the trees in the backyard. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I had a nice evening,” she said, in the bathroom. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s been two days since the bathroom talk come up and I was hoping it was over. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

One by one, the little ones first, they went off behind the dunes to go to the bathroom. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shacks with no running water, no foundations, no bathrooms, outhouses. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The apartment is barely heated, minuscule, at the top of six steep flights of stairs, with a bathroom the size of a phone booth. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Sorenstein sent him on his way, and then Colin went into the bathroom and, staring in the mirror, plucked the eyelash from his eye, where the pupillary sphincter is located. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

There were five bathrooms for the five of us living in the residence, plus another ten spare bathrooms to go with them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Whenever he was rapping, I'd make a beat by knocking on the wall, until Doris or Jazz came banging on the bathroom door, telling me to cut it out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I wake up late on Friday and rush to the bathroom to wet my hair and brush my teeth. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Amaka came out of the bathroom hours after we had eaten, her eyes swollen, her voice hoarse. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the week, I'm the one stealing glances at Edie, trying to detect any hint of the girl I saw crying in the bathroom. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Just then, someone else walked into the bathroom. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

That night, as he adjusted his tie in the bathroom mirror and made his way to the door, he was stopped by his father. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I hurried to the bathroom and ducked inside, Beau walking tight by my leg with his tail wagging. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Dr. Finch spent a solitary hour in the livingroom until Atticus and Jem arrived; his niece locked herself in the bathroom and remained there scrubbing herself and dancing. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I leave her standing there, and run to the bathroom. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Moss bolted into the bathroom and peeled off his clothes, started the shower, and then jumped in before it warmed up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I knocked on the open door and stood by, wondering why he had called me when he was in the bathroom. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

After a little while Irwin got up and went into the bathroom, and I heard the rushing of shower water. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He did not have the luxury of moving from place to place, of closing a bathroom door behind him, spraying some air freshener when he left. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then a guy walked into the bathroom and came toward me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Open the cabinet in the master bathroom, and to this day, you will find expired six-packs of Sego, a chalky dietary milk shake popular in the late sixties. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was the maid’s room off the kitchen, and it was tiny, with one narrow window and a bathroom that doubled as a closet. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Toby started walking back to the bathroom and Bo stopped him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Her mother gagged and hurried out for the bathroom. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m going on in the bathroom,” he said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t have the potions with them in the bathroom,” said Hermione scornfully. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“You gotta be really smart and fast about how you use this bathroom, okay?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There was locker inspection once a month, and everyone who used the bathroom, flushed. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He then heard the flushing of a toilet from the bathroom and, as the door swung open, sat up to see who was there. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reynolds squeezed her hand and mumbled a bunch of stuff I couldn’t hear, so I finally went to the bathroom. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s fine. I have to use the bathroom.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I wipe my face and run upstairs to unlock the door and lock myself in the bathroom. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

My mom usually gives me an egg sandwich to eat, but people hate the smell of egg sandwiches so I eat it in the bathroom. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

We shared a bathroom on the first floor of the apartment house with two other families. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The bathroom mirror, worse luck, showed no signs of leprosy. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I stopped at the bathroom on the way back so I could wash my feet since I knew I’d be dipping them in the popcorn. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I can still hide out in the bathroom all period if I need to. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Half expecting Miss Lilian to stop me, I ran to the bathroom. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The most she can do is get up and go to the bathroom or sit on the porch a few minutes every day. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He emerged from the bathroom long before Claudia and growing impatient, began wandering through rooms until he found Hortense and asked her the whereabouts of his sister. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eight months ago it was a herculean effort to walk myself and my IV stand to the bathroom. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Now I really, really have to go to the bathroom. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there in that bathroom, bloody and bruised, it didn’t just seem crazy. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I walk farther down, and on the wall across from the girls’ bathroom, there’s a world map with colored pins. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I say, "Yeah, fine. I usually go to the bathroom several times every day, Mom. Do I need permission now?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My room is on the second floor—one of ten rooms on the upper level, along with an assortment of closets, bathrooms, nooks, and other small windowless rooms that seem to have no purpose. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Because after I have a drink of water and, for the fourth time, view my medical chart, I ask to use the bathroom. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

When I finally get to the bathroom, I see myself in the mirror. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Magically the meds appear on the bathroom counter with a glass of cranberry juice. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

We part ways and go to our respective chairs as everyone else storms the bathrooms. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

People fighting about the right color to paint the bathroom. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

We agreed not to run any water or flush the toilet; but since everyone’s stomach was churning from all the tension, you can imagine the stench after we’d each had a turn in the bathroom. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A group of armed Dauntless escort me to the bathroom in the early afternoon. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, had to take a bathroom break. My hair.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Camilla locked the door of the bathroom behind us and the two of us, on our hands and knees, began to rummage through the mess of prescription bottles under the sink. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Somehow, in that drunken stupor, I managed to turn him away from them and head him toward the bathroom. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I shut myself inside the bathroom, emptied the bag into the sink, and then ran the hot water until there was nothing left. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I ask the man next to me to get up so I can go to the bathroom. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“This is such a coincidence, because I am completely addicted to the home and design channels and I’ve heard about these itty-bitty homes. Although where do you go to the bathroom?” she says, cackling. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

All I saw was one little kid, a colored kid, on his way to the bathroom. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Watch went to use the bathroom, Calder rushed over to the bag and peeked inside. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

After Grandma slid the first batch into the oven, I went to the bathroom. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I flipped the sheets aside, jumped out of bed, and ran into the adjoining bathroom. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It rolls towards the bathroom and he follows, but then he loses it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He tossed me a green T-shirt and a pair of shorts so white, they were blinding in the alien glow of the bathroom’s fluorescent lights. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

There are exposed pipes in the bathrooms, wires stapled over doorsills, nails protruding from beams. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I slumped down underneath the bathroom window and dropped Aileen, who was mostly awake from the jostling of the run, but still droopy-eyed and unstable. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I made a third trip to the bathroom sink to get my friend more water. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I say, peeking my head out of the bathroom door. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

And I could've gotten dressed in the bathroom, but it's too small, and I couldn't risk doing anything stupid like dropping my jersey in the toilet or something. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The towels lay crumpled on the bathroom floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then Eleanor could stop sneaking into the bathroom after lunch to rub her teeth with salt. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I run down the hall to the bathroom. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When they had gone to the bathroom, they covered themselves with Windy’s dry shirts which, if none too fresh, were dry and warm. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get one and come back into the bathroom, only to notice that the shower isn’t on. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Nathan woke up in the middle of the night with some brand-new mosquito bites and an immediate need to go to the bathroom. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I was in the bathroom scraping a quick razor over my face when Judy Poovey came in and rushed over so fast I cut my cheek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She stumbled, sobbing, into the bathroom—the boys’ bathroom. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

After history I went to the bathroom and threw up. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tried to storm the bathroom when she was in there, but she locked the door on them. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right. Okay. But you’ll come with me, right? To the bathroom? So I don’t drink the toilet bowl cleaner?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I looked at her, how large she was in the little bathroom. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm holding up the last of the posters as he tapes it to a boys' bathroom door. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

A single line of twine runs between the table and the bathroom. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Mama! Mama! It’s me, Frankie. I was in the bathroom and didn’t hear the phone ring!” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“You heard the lady,” Jimmy said, pushing him in the direction of the bathrooms. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I shook so hard, I thought the bathroom was going to lose molecular cohesion and collapse into a vibrating pile of dust. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

At a quarter to five I kissed Catherine good-by and went into the bathroom to dress. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

At eleven o’clock one night Mom and Dad were still in the bathroom, where they had been talking ever since Dad had come home from work. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello, princess,” he said, as she entered the living room after washing her hands in the hall bathroom. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“He’s too big to act like that. You know he is. If I were you, I would just take him in the bathroom and tear him up.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

An old man entering the bathroom after me shakes his head when I tell him there's no water. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Then I went in the bathroom and threw up my supper. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Before leaving, she’d combed her hair in the bathroom mirror, the only one in the apartment. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Retract chair,” I said as I stepped out of the bathroom. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When I felt I might fall apart I went into the bathroom and threw water on my face. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The bathroom door was off its hinges and had three splintery holes of different sizes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

For it was one thing to be pregnant, to suffer the queasy mornings in bed, the sleepless nights, the dull throbbing in her back, the countless visits to the bathroom. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

What good would it do to be in a bathroom where the door won’t even lock? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When Beto had gone into the bathroom, Naomi turned around and found Henry standing uncomfortably close to her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Computers working in the Space Task Group and the astronauts, whose office was the same building, often ran into each other going to and coming from the bathrooms. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She goes in my room, the bathroom, the living room. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I stand up, change my shirt, spray on some cologne, and head to the bathroom to wash my face. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She wanted to wash but didn’t dare go to the bathroom for fear he’d follow her in. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled Eleanor into the bathroom and started pulling bobby pins out of her hair. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

After I signed in, I went down the hall to the bathroom. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Like last week, when Miss Skeeter showed me Miss Hilly’s reasons why colored folk need they own bathroom. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And he left the bathroom without another word, leaving Harry to stare into the cracked mirror, feeling sicker, he was sure, than Ron had ever felt in his life. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Their home was a double-wide with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“He only stops for three reasons: trains, the death of someone in the car, or if he has to go to the bathroom,” Ben said climbing out of the car over Matt. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Er . I’ll try,” Harry said, though privately thinking the only way he’d be visiting Myrtle’s bathroom again was if every other toilet in the castle got blocked. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Across from the bathroom, the door to my old room is ajar. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

With all that behind me, I whip out my straw, sit down on the toilet, making sure the bathroom is locked; bring it to my nose and snort. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Evidently it’s a disease where you have to go to the bathroom a thousand times a day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as class was over, I ran to the bathroom and shoved the sandwich back in the garbage can. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was in the bathroom for a while. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth wrapped Franz in a fluffy towel, then braced herself and knocked on the bathroom door three times. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I was more aware than ever that I was about to go up against some of the best in my sport, but Lexie’s kindness in the bathroom had made me a little less scared. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We had just arrived at the hotel and I went to take a shower, but I couldn’t find any full-sized towels in the bathroom. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She saw the tea and wine on the bathroom counter. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

One day while rummaging through the bathroom closet he found a bottle of Agua Florida that he had overlooked when taking Lucile the rest of Alice’s cosmetics. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She carefully got up, and walked into the bathroom. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She went upstairs and locked herself in the bathroom. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I need to go to the bathroom, and I want to go home. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The doorknob was fondled, and Eleanor, whispering, asked, “Is it locked?” and Theodora nodded and then, wide-eyed, turned to stare at the connecting bathroom door. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s only two o’clock but I already done cleaned the house down to the nubs, polished the bathrooms, washed the clothes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I had to get up, slip into the bathroom, and throw water on my face. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lister—he’s the Pipeworks director—was in the bathroom practicing his singing. He won’t miss the key today. And tomorrow, everyone will be off work.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I got to the girl’s bathroom and dropped my bag on the ground. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I banged the bathroom door loudly, so Charlie wouldn’t come up to bother me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She could not convince her to use the bathroom or the night lavatory and sell the gold chamberpot to Colonel Aureliano Buendía so that he could convert it into little fishes. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The game was annoying me a little, but I went into the bathroom as she sat down on that inviting couch. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I had to go to the bathroom, but I didn’t want to go out to the outdoor latrine. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to shake the images from my mind, I scurry down the hall to the bathroom. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then he stretched and touched his toes to take away the night stiffness and went to the bathroom. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Saunders says we were cutting class in the bathroom, smoking, destroying property. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I keep my eyes on my shoes as I weave through the halls and into the first bathroom I see. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Felicia opens the room’s only door and follows the hallway to a bathroom on the other end. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cut my arm breaking into the upstairs bathroom window of my current place. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Standing naked in the steamy bathroom, Fang looked like an unloved junkie rock star like he always had, but he looked different, too. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We heard the creak of Jazz's door, and then her little feet slide to the bathroom. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He let her help him to the bathroom, and as she lifted him back into the bed, she hugged him gently. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look to Denise, who is peering into the bathroom after us, for support. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma was trembling as she got out of bed and pulled him into the bathroom to wash his bruises. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he had followed all the instructions on the list, Jamie took a big glass of water from the bathroom and sat cross-legged on the bed. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I keep worrying that Mom will have one of her rare but overly thorough cleaning sprees and toss out everything under the bathroom sink.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Fadi stepped out of the boys’ bathroom and froze like a rabbit hearing a hawk. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She spent far too long in the bathroom in the mornings for one thing, and didn’t seem to mind if Bruno was left outside, hopping from foot to foot, desperate to go. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

I have three minutes to get to Modern Social Thought and I am being pressed into the back corner of the library wing bathroom by a thousand Charlies. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

So I get up slowly and walk to the bathroom. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

On inquiring where the bathroom was, the woman told me in a timid voice that although it was the door facing mine, there would be no hot water available until after supper. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Soon Lily was making trips to the bathroom to check her reflection in the mirror. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I thought I was going to cry, but I didn’t want to cry in front of him, so I asked where the bathroom was. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Park ran to the bathroom and hoped that he wouldn't run into either of his parents. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe someone had run in while he was in the bathroom, we thought. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Sean kept the bathroom so clean that the box didn’t have a speck of dust on it, but Finn wiped it down anyway. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Or like getting to the bathroom in the middle of the night without turning on a light and without running into your desk. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turning off all the lights, I went into the bathroom and closed the door. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the day the line for the bathroom sometimes stretched down the hall. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I tried to barf in the bathroom, but it didn’t work. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Everything they need in one open space downstairs, two bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Object came up the stairs to the master bathroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As I walk back to class, I can’t stop thinking about how seeing her crying in the bathroom is kind of like seeing a fish flopping on dry land. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I set my mug down on the table and ran back to the bathroom. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I wanted to drive my fists through the tiled walls in our perfect California bathroom. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I wash my hands in the reddish water in the bathroom. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow was Tuesday and school had been canceled, but the principal had announced that they wanted everyone to stick to the bathrooms and the gym. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Our old apartment only had one bathroom, and once I had to go #2 really, really bad, but Daddy was doing the same thing. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I wished I could go back to the noise and the smell, the crowded and dirty bathroom. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Before we collapsed into bed, my father led us down the hall to show us the bathroom we would share with three other families. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe it means you’re sympathizing too much with the enemy. Personally, I don’t feel the least bit guilty for sending a bunch of bullies on an emergency trip to the bathroom.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I get up early to go to the bathroom I see the cat move his crooked tail in his sleep. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

They belonged to my brother, who, in the guest bathroom, amid the fancy hand towels, stood watching as I pulled down my underpants and lifted my skirt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Upstairs are his parents’ old bedroom and his old bedroom, with a bathroom between them, and that’s it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She opened the door to her room, but I pulled at her dress and we went to the bathroom and she stood against the door, looking at me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl marches off to the bathroom and returns, slip in hand. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another day of eating lunch in the stupid bathroom. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I woke up one day, made my way to the bathroom and stared at myself in the mirror. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

When he stepped out of the bathroom, there was a girl slightly taller than him standing and staring at him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But Heidi edits herself, running into a girls’ bathroom just beyond. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then there were bloody towels upon the bathroom floor, and women's voices scolding, and high over the confusion a long broken wail of pain. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“So, Martin was talking to me when you were in the bathroom.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reilly waited for at least a splash of water or a rustle of paper, but the bathroom door might as well have been the door of a tomb. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, this routine had made Emily laugh so hard she practically snorted her dinner through her nose and had to leave the table to pull herself together in the bathroom. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

When I walked in the door to my house, I headed straight to the bathroom for a shower. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I’ve done terrible, horrible things to these lips in the privacy of my bathroom. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Now, that’s class,” he said aloud when he saw the one in the bathroom, easily reachable from the toilet. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Even if that “something” is a fake bathroom break. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

After that I don’t feel like talking anymore and get a hall pass to go to the bathroom. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I closed the bathroom door, locked it, and bent close to the mirror to examine my face. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When we were little, we’d ask, “Why do people go to the bathroom?” or “Why do you need a job?” and then blitz them with follow-ups. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The bathroom door creaked and Moss glanced over toward the hallway. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

For three days she had stayed there, getting up only to go to the bathroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The roses in the bathroom come to mind. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

After I finished cleaning the bathrooms and dust mopping the floors, I took a handful of cookies and went downstairs. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then turning to Ben she said, “Ben, do you remember the time we lived in that little house with only one bathroom up in North Carolina? The one right outside of Cherry Point?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was our kitchen, hallway, bathroom, my bedroom, my father’s study and our front room, was here the portion of the synagogue where the worshipers sat. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We rented a car, and it took us more than two hours to get there, even though it wasn’t far away, because Mom kept stopping to go to the bathroom and wash her face. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The adults went into the bathroom together and closed the door, but we could still hear them talking. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes me in and shows me the bathroom, which has handles in the shower. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t even make it to the bathroom. Pukes right on the bar.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The sight of her coming off her high, stumbling to the bathroom, disgusted Wes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Here’s a riddle. The riddle is: What’s the similarity between a trip to the bathroom and a trip to the cemetery?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slapped the doorframe on his way out to the bathroom. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I still have to use the bathroom,” I blurt out. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Get out that bathroom, boy, and come back here. Now what you want with crazy, Mr. Levy?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to go into that bathroom and take everything off if you expect to get into my prison.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my clothes from the closet and walked down the long hallway to the bathroom. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Beau scampered around, sniffing the strange city smells and going to the bathroom everywhere. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The bathroom door flew open and she got right in my face. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He shows me into a small bathroom where there's a bar of green soap. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She thought about going to bed before he came out of the bathroom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman went into the bathroom, which served also as a pantry, and plugged in the hot plate to make himself some instant coffee. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scott had gone into the house to go to the bathroom. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Like the bedroom and bathroom, the study was squashed under the apex of the bungalow’s roof, and was little more than a corridor between the two, barely six feet long and five feet wide. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I duck into the first bathroom I see. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Upon returning from the store, he would put the meat into the freezer, hide his favorite fruits in the bathroom cabinet, and stuff everything else into the crisper. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“It doesn't matter,” She was up in the bathroom now, and he heard the water running, and the swallowing sound she made. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you lived in that girls’ bathroom?” said Harry, who had been careful to give the place a wide berth for some years now. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I'd rather be sneaking lipstick on in the bathroom, sending Cotton selfies of how fly I looked, then washing it all off so my mother wouldn't see it. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The bathroom, as was the style in very wealthy houses of those days, was a large room with a separate screened dressing area. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have much time, so I gave up attempting to be quiet, and ran through Jesse’s bedroom to the connecting bathroom. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I knew the place seemed small from the outside, but I didn’t realize how small: it has two bedrooms and one bathroom, in addition to a small living room and kitchen. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

She rolled her eyes and went into the bathroom, closing the door. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

A couple of boys were leaving the bathroom, holding their noses and trying not to step in the muddy spots on the floor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was there when Henry came into the bathroom and closed the door behind him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom, I looked at my reflection in the mirror and made a face when I remembered one of Dad’s favorite jokes. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Lauren came into the bathroom and reached past her into the medicine cabinet. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I excuse myself to the bathroom to catch my breath. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my soft blue denim dress and headed for the bathroom. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Lying open there was the little black diary Harry had found in Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It's when I turn on the bathroom light and wipe the fog off the mirror to comb my hair. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go into her room; she’s in her bathroom doing her makeup. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

At lunch, it hadn’t seemed right to hang out in the library without James, so she went to the cafeteria, which was about as loud as a marching band practicing in a bathroom. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

One of us should just leave the room, say we need to use the bathroom, and call the cops. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Since it wasn’t a school day, he wouldn’t have to worry about people making fun of him washing in the bathroom first. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Macon knocked it out of the chair and with a yardstick pushed it into the bathroom, where he doused it with alcohol and burned it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s wrapping her hair up for the night, and I go ahead and risk joining her in the bathroom. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I drop the carrots and run to the bathroom. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pigs had sent out a large bottle of pink medicine which they had found in the medicine chest in the bathroom, and Clover administered it to Boxer twice a day after meals. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He stepped into the bathroom and examined the toilet seat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom Mami showed me her Kotex, hidden on a high shelf under towels. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mamou kissed me on the cheek and then pulled away, disappearing into the bathroom with Mom right behind her. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Milkman went into the bathroom, lifted the !id from the toilet tank, and took out the half-pint bottle he kept hidden from Macon, who wouldn’t have alcohol on the premises. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad smoked in the bathroom as he paced up and down. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were going to live in a house with five modern bathrooms, she said. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who will help Pop in the bathroom and put him to bed? Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bounds up the stairs to the bathroom. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She scrubbed the whole house, just in case one of the strangers wanted to use our bathroom. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I struggled into my white bathrobe with the blue cornflowers on it and staggered down to the bathroom. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I got told off for going in there,” said Harry, which was half- true; Percy had once caught him coming out of Myrtle’s bathroom. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom mirror, her hair had startled her, dull and shrunken from sleep, like a mop of wool sitting on her head. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Like, I’m not even upset. He can do whatever he wants. Is this the bathroom?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I would have died in the bathroom with those girls. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped my backpack in my room and went to the bathroom, where I took off my shirt and checked myself out in the mirror. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The apartment had only two little bedrooms, one bathroom, a living area, and a kitchen—a lot smaller than our house in Kansas. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But he soon became interested in something else and disappeared, leaving the tools lying around all over the bathroom floor. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

She darts to the bathroom and shuts the door. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

All this in one hundred square feet, the size of some people’s luxury bathrooms. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“John!” ventured a small ingratiating voice from the bathroom. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was about three-quarters of the way done with my gruesome task of charitable self-mutilation, my mother barged into the bathroom. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In this bathroom? I don’t think so. It’s kind of small. I would probably see him if he was. I think Duke’s still in the other room with the mean dogs. There’s two of them.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I stay in the bathroom, wrapped up in panic. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hate everything, I think as I run inside the girls’ bathroom to hide. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Silently, he walked her to the house, down the hall, and into the bathroom. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When they stepped out of the World of Insects, Kelly said she needed to use the bathroom. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

But mostly her thoughts were about the beautiful black marble bathtub in that bathroom. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had two rooms plus a tiny bathroom and kitchen. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Now why’d she ask me to go get her water if she’s got the means to get up and go to the bathroom? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Are you kidding? Living with one bathroom is the worst situation of my life, ahhhh.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The phone was ringing when he stepped out of the bathroom. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

As soon as Cecile passed to go to the bathroom, I went in to see that Big Ma was all right. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I once got up to go to the bathroom at midnight, and I heard the theme music for Say Yes to the Dress coming from the living room. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I stayed in bed for three days, getting up only to go to the bathroom or to heat up another can of chicken noodle soup. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He texted her quickly: Sorry, line in bathroom was crazy. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Even if you told me to take my wildest guess, I never would’ve picked bathroom,” Toby said, laughing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“The ropes are stupid. We may as well just lock him in. He's a bit too fat to climb out of the bathroom window anyway, don't you think?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wore boxer shorts and was unbuttoning her pajama top as she made her way to what she thought was the bathroom. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Price, apparently insulted by such a charge, went to the bathroom and then came out shooting with his thirty- eight. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just a shared bathroom at the end of the hallway. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Get out of that tub, boy,” Ignatius heard his mother scream outside the door of the bathroom. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe they are hiding in the men’s bathroom. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There were many staccato footfalls back and forth in the bathroom, which meant, he knew, that his mother was attempting to accomplish several phases of her toilet at once. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I've been trying. But my mom is watching everything I do. I have to bring my laptop into the bathroom so I can buy stuff online.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now I’m getting really worried, so I go to one of the boys’ bathrooms and shout in the door. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

As he wrote out the check he apologized on behalf of Mrs. Sen. He said she was resting, though when Eliot had gone to the bathroom he’d heard her crying. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I get to the master bathroom, the woman of the house is still in her bedroom, talking on the phone. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

A couple of hours in, Sasha had requested a bathroom stop, which was why they were now parked at a gas station off Interstate 5. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I took him by the arm into the bathroom; locked the door and put on the light. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re not going to college so your mama’s friends don’t have to use the same bathroom as the maid.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But as she guided me into the bathroom, I noticed she stole a look at my reflection in the mirror. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

That afternoon Miss Celia’s in her bathroom sitting on the toilet lid. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And I tied him to the bathroom doorknob. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, she started talking about her plans for college, which I had heard before, so I put down the phone, went to the bathroom, and when I came back, she was still talking. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The man is back in my stomach and I rush to my bathroom, but something about me won’t let it go. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I come out of the bathroom stall where I’ve been practicing my unaffected look and stand by the hand dryers to watch her toss the mane around. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I want to run to the bathroom, but I can see Ren eyeing us suspiciously. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Dr. Cramp and the Pastor remained motionless as Laura led me across the marble foyer and opened the door of a shimmering white bathroom. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She got really nervous and turned pale and literally broke into a sweat within a minute, and then she came up with some lame excuse about really having to go to the bathroom. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She looked over her shoulder just before she turned the corner and disappeared into the bathroom. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t even look at me as I cross the kitchen to go to the bathroom and hang up my wet things. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She lets the water run in the shower, turns up the thermostat to compensate for the terrible moment when she will have to step onto the mat on the bathroom floor, unclothed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I closed the bathroom door behind us and told her as little as possible. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She had a pretty good voice, but she always said it was because of the bathroom acoustics. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Andrius jumped down from the car to go to the bathroom but was punched and thrown back in by the NKVD. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He went to the bathroom and looked at himself. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I just let it stay there, and walked to the bathroom before I started to panic. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s cute at first,” I said, “but trust me, it wears off once she crowns herself the pope and declares the bathroom ‘religious grounds.’” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Papa emerged from the bathroom, where he was sanding down the walls in preparation for a new coat of paint. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the bathroom door bursts open, and out stumble two juniors. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

After Grace was done throwing up in the downstairs guest bathroom, she got herself a glass of water and came back to the table. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Maybe — maybe she went to the bathroom or something?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A better one, like the one my mom had made for our bathroom door. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I ran to the bathroom because I knew tears were about to overflow, and I didn’t want to add to the chaos in the gym. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Victor brewed some coffee and gave the boys some olives while they told him what had happened since he had freed himself from their bathroom prison. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed in the bathroom as long as I could. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

To Rain, financial matters were a distasteful but necessary private function, like going to the bathroom. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Mother asked permission to go to the bathroom and then pulled me, along with Mrs. Rimas, into the trees. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I have to use the bathroom,” I announced, trying to divert the attention from my mother and the coat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Of course, the bathroom would be dark, too, but Stuart’s father had thoughtfully tied a long string to the pull-chain of the light. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter came into the bathroom to wash Lyra’s hair, and she didn’t rub and scrape like Mrs. Lonsdale either. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy checked the bathroom, but it was cluttered yet empty too. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Before we walked out to compete, we always used the bathroom just in case. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

So he walked through the bathroom and cracked open the door to Hassan's darkened room. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He even tried to follow me into the bathroom. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I could hear Lily in the bathroom taking a shower. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When the Leeps’ shouting reached the same approximate decibel level as a B-52, Beatrice lowered her stepbrother out a bathroom window. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she had time to respond, the bathroom door swung open. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Alma cried silently in bed that night before tiptoeing into the bathroom and sitting on the edge of the tub with her head hung between her knees. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

This graffiti situation in the boys’ bathroom has to stop. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Today, because this is America and you are not destined to remain in the class into which you were born, I live in a house with four bathrooms, and there is always enough hot water. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And I guess I must burst into tears again, because here I am seeing my stupid face in the bathroom’s porthole mirror, which now just feels idiotic. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He struggles but fails to recall her presence at Pemberton Road; still, he is secretly pleased that she has seen those rooms, tasted his mother’s cooking, washed her hands in the bathroom, however long ago. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I blinked them away like I had in the bathroom. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I need to use the bathroom,” said Grace. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

To the right of the bathroom is the door to bedroom number one. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

When we go to the public bathroom to wash up, not a drop of water comes out of the faucet. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom mirror, my hair is no longer black. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“He had to, you know, he’s in the bathroom.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He hoped the bathroom would be empty too. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Jean disappeared into the bathroom, where he stayed so long that by the time he returned to the bedroom Blanca was half asleep. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

God bless my mother, I thought, and went right back inside the bathroom. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, there are three folding chairs at a table immediately adjacent to the bathroom, but hardly anyone ever sits in this, the very rectum of the gastroarchitectural system. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Screak...Mr. van D. gets up, puts on the water and races to the bathroom. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We listened as she walked the twenty steps to the bathroom and slammed the door with all her might. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom, I stared at the white tile hexagons on the floor and saw nothing but the crud in between them. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I’m spending a lot more time in the bathroom, trying out hairstyles. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He talks about the plans for the house: the skylights, expanding the deck, planting flower beds of tulips and crocuses, clearing the poison oak, adding another wing, building a Japanese-style tile bathroom. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped up and ran for the bathroom. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Or you'd heard your mother and father having a terrific fight in the bathroom. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

My mother pushes along my IV stand as I hobble toward the bathroom. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I start to head for the bathroom, to sit in a stall until I feel better again, but before I take another step, I hear a voice behind me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Dad opened the bathroom door, and we fearfully came out. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Palmer called, “I gotta go back! I have to go to the bathroom!” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She would set up a darkroom in the bathroom, after Pearl had fallen asleep. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Once, in the Science Wing bathroom, the Object had just finished taking a long drag when a teacher charged in. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, he had to stop to use the bathroom, a process that took some time. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to the bathroom and gave myself a bruise. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Any other time she would've just assumed that I was using the bathroom, maybe going number two. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The bathrooms were clean, and filled with kids, gabbing and gossiping. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, there’s a bathroom just around the corner. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She quickly rolls up a dozen curlers, puts me under her hair dryer hood in her bathroom. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I promised Ben that next time I came I’d bring over my old LEGOs Aquanauts, and we’d make them dive in the bathroom sink. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Someone has stepped out of the girls’ bathroom. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I was excited and had to go to the bathroom but couldn’t surmise where a girl would even begin to look, in a place like this. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she stored everything on a thumb drive and hid it in a tampon box in the bathroom they shared. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

After I was finished I asked to use the bathroom. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She closed the medicine cabinet over the sink, then shut the bathroom door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Matt never knew, just before he opened the bathroom door, whether the dead man might be lying on the other side, staring up at the big light in the middle of the ceiling. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The kitchen and bathroom will have to be cleaned today.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Where are we supposed to go to the bathroom?" he asked Magnet. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

And there’s a bathroom and a little laundry room with a fridge. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Just as I’m barely exiting the bathroom, Aunt Heidi hands me a glass of orange juice and tells me to sit on the futon. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, I could hear the water running in Baba’s bathroom. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When my legs begin to tingle from sitting still too long, I tap one of the twins and ask for directions to the bathroom. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I can’t see her washing out her underpants, for instance, and wringing them in a towel, hanging them on the bathroom towel rack, as I do. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I first came to Chicago, I pretended to have to go to the bathroom just to flush the toilet and watch the water spin in circles down a little hole. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I rush to the bathroom and turn on the fan, a smile still plastered on my face. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She had this little kid with her that was bored as hell and had to go to the bathroom, but she wouldn't take him. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I stomp to the bathroom, where Mom is blow-drying her hair. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I followed Byron upstairs into the bathroom and he stood in front of the sink and looked in the mirror. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would spend whole hours sucking her finger in the bathroom, holding herself back with an exhausting iron will so as not to eat earth. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Dad glowered at me and pointed toward the bathroom, and I went. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The moment the bathroom door clicks closed, G’ma’s cell starts blaring from one of the cup holders, and a scowling face appears on the screen. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Sohrab spared me a brief squinty smile, then stuck his fingers in the chain-link fence surrounding the bathroom and started to climb. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I had changed into my practice clothes in the bathroom of the schoolhouse instead of in the locker room. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

We passed the bathrooms and two more doors and made a left. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I walk around that bathroom trying to think of what to do. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Grandma officially moved out of her apartment in Billings and into our basement, which my dad had put a bathroom in but never got around to completely finishing. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Still nervous, still upset by his reaction to my mentioning the bathroom invasions, I asked, “The tape?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am the only one pressed against a wall, quivering, watching the door of the bathroom jealously, like a dog guards a bone. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His rented house has one room where he eats and sleeps, one kitchen, and—unbelievable—one bathroom inside. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was getting ready to cross back from the bathroom to the closet to bed when I heard someone moving around in the yard. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Guards tell him when to wake up, when to eat, and when to go to the bathroom. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Rachael carried the paper bag into the bathroom, got two glasses, returned; she still seemed distracted and uncertain—and preoccupied. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t paying attention to her embarrassed explanation about the bathroom. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The basement bathroom was the opposite of our locker room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They hardly spoke until they were inside the restaurant, seated at a tiny table near the bathroom. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Dad goes to the bathroom and throws up. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We leave the bathroom, and we are in an Erudite hallway like every other Erudite hallway: pale, bright, sterile. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls me up and hugs me, rarely stopping to sit in the rocking chair anymore, and rushes me to the bathroom because I usually have to go really bad first thing in the morning. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Today, when the hostel woke up and the backpackers began staggering to the bathroom, Jule went out. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I wrap my towel around me again and leave the girls’ bathroom. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He dressed and went outside to go to the bathroom. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

My first instinct is to hide in the bathroom, but then I’d definitely fail. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I sat in the chair backward, watching her with a small mirror I found in an amazingly decrepit bathroom, and she never missed. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, will you please go into the bathroom and flush the toilet so your sister can use it,” Bloom called, struggling to keep his voice from sounding too strained. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aloe kept a comprehensive first aid kit in the house, accordioned shelves of supplies layered inside, and Jam dragged it out from under the bathroom sink. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Papi emerged from the bathroom combing his dark wet curls flat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“There’s two bathrooms on the right, before you get to the nursery. Oh, and an airing cupboard for blankets and that.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Donna comes out of the bathroom and looks ready to dance. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I kick the closet door shut and hurry into the bathroom. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

And then, Emily said, she had busted out of the closet to run to the girls’ bathroom, but the classroom door had been locked for the drill. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom, I stare at my reflection, tell myself that it’s just tonight. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I sit in the bathroom for hours after showering. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Brother Quang comes home, throws down his uniform shirt, goes to the bathroom. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The guy had brought that bag out of the bathroom with him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I always manage to make a trip to the bathroom take five minutes. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He must have found it in the bathroom. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting in the dark on the bathroom floor. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t think men went to the bathroom when I was a little girl,” Karen added, “because Dad never had to stop during a trip.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, we wouldn’t have looked in the bathroom even if we could have. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When he was ready to take her home, she said she had to go the bathroom. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

That night when I went to the bathroom I only pretended to brush my teeth, for I feared that I would somehow rinse the prayer out as well. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

For the second week in a row, I leave out Hilly’s bathroom initiative. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After I use the bathroom for the billionth time, I finally find Lorena in the back porch, surrounded by a circle of cretins who are way too old to be at a high school party. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In the house, he swept rooms no one had slept in for years, and cleaned bathrooms no one had bathed in. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, true. I did have the SAT Math Concepts shower curtain in my bathroom.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom he scrubbed the mud from his hands, washed his face, and put on the blue shirt Naomi had made for him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

This was one single space, no walls or doors between them, unless you counted the bathroom. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We were almost to the exit when the guy came out of the bathroom. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She opened the door to a gleaming gym and led them to a large, clean bathroom with individual shower stalls. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Kasim is standing by the bathroom door when I come out. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The factory workers weren’t allowed to take unscheduled breaks, so they all wore pads in case they needed to use the bathroom. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

First, Jie took the chess set into the bathroom and closed the door. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I knew it was Mom and not my stepdad, Paul, because she was humming a song, which she did a lot, especially in front of the bathroom mirror when she was putting on makeup. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I stopped on my way to grab three Tylenol from the bathroom. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“So it must have been a girl or a woman who gave Katie the necklace,” said Hermione, “to be in the ladies’ bathroom.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The door down the hall opens again, and I can hear my dad running water in the bathroom. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

And then I thought, Wow, this is a really nice bathroom, so clean and spotless, with nice clean curtains hanging across the row of shower stalls. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Quietly, listening to the creak of her limbs, the crinkle of the cloth that clothed her, Linda roused herself, left the room, turned into the bathroom to draw a tub. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maleeka, hang up that phone. You know you on restriction,” Momma says, from the bathroom. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Miles must’ve been keeping people out of the bathroom, because no one came, and every so often he would pound on the door and call my name and say that he hadn’t told anyone. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Mia’s roommates did not notice anything until she began throwing up in the bathroom. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Only not long after he arrived, Frankie told her he was going to the bathroom, and he never came back. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Marcus stared at the floor, which I’d just noticed was tiled with tiny white hexagons like the ones in our bathroom at home. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She changed her clothes in the bathroom at the bus station. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Spike hops out of bed, blond hair pointing in a million directions, throws a towel over her shoulders, and heads off to the bathroom in nothing but her boxers and a tank top. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When I left the bathroom in the morning, I marched right past the hallway sink where Shannon and Mary always—always—washed their hands. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“You look like a beast-boy! What do you say, Kira? I think it’s time we showed Matt the bathroom! Shall we clean him up and wash his second syllable away?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a quick shower and see that Ellis’s shoes are on the floor in the bathroom. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I stand with the help of the armrest, then bushwhack through an impossible thicket of Jude’s blond hair to a bathroom, where I splash cold water on my face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

We need to find the girls’ bathroom on the first floor. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He'd seen her slip the key inside the box when he was passing by on his way to the bathroom. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

She stumbled toward the bathroom at the end of the quad, the one that no one ever used because it was near the biology classroom and the smell of formaldehyde sometimes leaked into the vents. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Standing like this in Mabel's bathroom back home, we would never have been silent. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

That night, after I left the bathroom, I stopped at the sink in the hall and washed my hands. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I’m in the bathroom looking between my actual body and my body in the mirror. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"You know where the bathroom is. If there's anything you want, just holler. I'll be in the kitchen for a while--will the light bother you?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Back home in Congo, I avoided using the school bathrooms because they were unsanitary and often lacked toilet paper. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Josie’s been in the parents’ bathroom forever,” one of the girls answers. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She had brought into the bathroom a small, oblong package wrapped in white paper and tied with gold tinsel. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Maxine’s apartment has two bedrooms, and each has its own bathroom; plus there’s a half bathroom, for guests, in the hallway. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The scent came right into the bathroom and wrapped around my nose like a winter scarf. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The bathrooms in the subways were open in those days, and the guy nodded toward the men’s room. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Would you—” The bathroom door swung inward to admit a beefy kid sporting a buzz cut. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When I held my hand up to the light streaming in from the bathroom, my fingertips looked black. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We weren’t even allowed to use Erma’s bathroom, which meant we either had to wait for school or go outside after dark. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Say I’m in the bathroom and text me.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But one day he either stayed in the bathroom for a long time or went for a walk and left the boxes unguarded. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I headed to the bathroom, started getting dizzy in the shower. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Papa,” they shouted together at the bathroom door. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished putting my clothes in the old pine dresser, I took my bag of bathroom necessities and went to the communal bathroom to clean myself up after the day of travel. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

You didn’t have to, you wanted to, ’cause Mom said the only way she’d let April come over was if you cleaned the refrigerator, your bathroom, and your room, and organized the closet. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, I jumped out of bed and raced to the bathroom. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I don't know what else to say, so I shrink back upstairs and lock myself in the bathroom. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There’s a drinking fountain and bathrooms in a small courtyard surrounded by a hedgerow. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

One day, appraising himself with severity in the bathroom mirror, Lefty realized that he had become one of those older men who slicked their hair back in allegiance to an era no one could remember. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I asked, “Do you think that smoking in the bathroom with the nursery door open is serious enough to keep Vivian from getting another job?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She misses the sound of his sulky, high-pitched little-boy voice, telling her that he is hungry, or tired, or needs to go to the bathroom. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to take blankets and sheets and bathroom things too. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Even taking the time to blow-dry my hair, I was soon out of things to do in the bathroom. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I, um, I was looking for the bathroom,” I manage to say. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I lodge it in my cheek and then use the bathroom, spitting it out quickly. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“They have big mouths and sharp teeth and gobble me up if I go into the bathroom by myself.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Aureliano Segundo finished by papering the house from the front to the kitchen, including bathrooms and bedrooms, and threw the leftover bills into the courtyard. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The wide passages made our house feel like a hotel, as did the impersonal smell of doors kept locked most of the year, of unused bathrooms and kitchens and toilets, of uninhabited rooms. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I told her, “If I don’t answer, I’m probably sleeping or going to the bathroom.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to turn my back on him — it was as if he were in the bathroom with me — but I didn’t dare. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A squat public bathroom stood in the corner, surrounded by a chain-link fence. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The little children paraded in and out of the bathroom, putting their clothes on in the bedroom. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z