| 单词 | sell |
| 例句 | It’s a massive haven that sells any book you can think of. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “But Rukku makes necklaces—like you taught her to—and sells them. Only, we’ve run out of beads. May we borrow some more, if you have some?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Less than half, however, believed it was wrong for neighborhoods to refuse to rent or sell homes to black people or for social clubs to refuse to admit them. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I told her, “Well, I left something in the apartment. It’s something of mine, so they can’t sell it or give it away. I’m going to get it. Excuse me.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Thus, in La Paz, it was known in the early morning through the whole town that Kino was going to sell his pearl that day. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z All luck, no accounting for it, except for the fact that I always sell my stock fast. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Farmers don’t make any money. It’s the man who buys from him and sells. You’ll never make any money farming.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z How he could sell the very stuff that took his momma from him? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Or sometimes Ellie will give me something special to do, like putting all the Basic Equipment T-shirts on hangers, because things on hangers sell faster, and then arranging them neatly on racks. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your son and your daughter...How could you sell them?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The Nazis didn’t sell food in the labor camp, of course, but there were ways to buy food smuggled in from the outside. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “From what I hear, nobody finds Tall Man; he finds them when he’s got whiskey to sell. I wouldn’t expect any path to go straight to his door.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z "But she's totally into me now, so you can hang out with us if you want. The basketball games are a blast. They sell nachos and everything." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z She would even cut her hair and sell it—a maid back home had told her that girls with good hair could always do that. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Some of the soldiers are taking items from the commissary to sell on the black market. They had me sell some cigarettes today.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “You could toboggan very well. Excellent Canadian toboggans are sold in Montreux. Ochs Brothers sell toboggans. They import their own toboggans.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “The peasants are up in arms. Every day there are new demands. It seems as if they want to be patrones themselves. The best thing you can do is sell the property.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The farmer can take any surplus to market and sell or trade it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Tomorrow Jiichan was planning to sell the wheat in the locker on the black market while she was at school. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Perhaps he could sell Caesar’s crafts during the week, he offered, and they might both profit. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Bananas, mostly. Things in my domain. My drawings sell at the gift store for twenty-five dollars apiece, with a frame.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Those hard times when Chokecherry Middle School couldn’t sell enough raffle tickets to even pay for the prize might as well be a hundred years ago. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “I am not offended. I should have explained to him my business here in Afghanistan. I am not here to sell property. I’m going to Kabul to find a boy.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z University students tend to sell to each other. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z At some point, Abel’s boss decided to sell Mighty Mechanics and retire. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z What if they snuck on the boat when it was tied to a dock somewhere and ducked into the cabin to rifle through drawers looking for money or valuables they could sell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Didn’t you come in here giving them away? Didn’t you tell us to sell them to the cannery and keep whatever comes from that? Now what you want is one hundred thirty.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He decided that a fortune could be made catching shrimp and abalone off the coast of Mexico, then bringing it back to dry and sell in southern California. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Hawkers descended on our car, pushing boiled eggs, roasted cashew nuts, bottled water, bread, okpa, agidi into every window of the car, chanting: “Buy from me, oh, I will sell well to you.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The Professor is big into them too; she says my art is “extraordinary” and I could sell it on the street if I wanted. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z We had almost no money between us, but that morning, we went to see a local trader and made a deal to sell him two of the regent’s prize oxen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I straighten up, look Gomez dead in her eyes, and say, “I never saw him sell drugs or do drugs.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Still, there was nothing to do but go forward and hope that Rik had made arrangements to sell the hash. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “If I don’t know what they are how am I going to sell them?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand why you buy eggs for seven cents apiece in Malta and sell them for five cents.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We had to sell some of our land — we had land then — to pay for his weapons, armor, a horse, father came back home a year ago, half-starved, horseless, on one leg. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z I sell a bunch of candy during the fourth graders’ lunch, which makes me even more hyped about going to the barbershop after school. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “You show up, I don’t sell it,” he concedes. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “I got the idea from you—making something myself. I’m going to sell them at the Bassmasters booth tomorrow. What do you think?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She started wondering how much dragon body parts could sell for. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Eventually he was forced to sell most of his collection to pay off his debts. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I not only had no such intention—to sell out was not even in my nature. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl replied, “She didn’t sell it for the money. She would have shown her evidence if she really wanted a big price. She sold it for the fun of it. For excitement.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It is worth noting that these websites only listed prices; they didn’t even sell the policies. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z To make the payments, her mother must keep her job at the hotel and the next oldest girl could leave school and begin to sell lottery tickets. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Just thinking how you sell something, is all. Land and stuff.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, that’s why she really couldn’t sell that jerk the chicken. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I tell you what. If you want these books, I’ll sell them to you for just what I paid for them at the auction: one hundred and fifty-eight pounds and ten shillings.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But Yossarian still didn’t understand either how Milo could buy eggs in Malta for seven cents apiece and sell them at a profit in Pianosa for five cents. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “You asked me something. I’m a businessman. I don’t give things away. I sell them.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The crutch lady had her writing-book back, but all those pretty things she was going to sell, they wanted them back, too. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z His shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z On the day Zuraiq was weaned, we begged Father to promise he would not sell him or kill him on a Friday like a chicken, or for sacrifice meat on the Eid holiday. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z My father tells people I’ve grown so much, he’s going to put my supper into pickle jars and sell it under the name Incredible Growth Formula. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She says he used to sell them to the feedstore, to fool people’s chickens into laying. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z He had spent his life watching his father ignore, even sell the children he had had with black women. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She’d work and work and come up with a group of photos and Anita would usually be able to sell at least a few of them in her gallery. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They featured covered galleries so that merchants could buy and sell even if rain came drumming down; cellars were so large, they resembled underground cities. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Some families would sell out for nearly nothing and move away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But to keep the mineral trust under tribal control, no one could buy or sell headrights. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Next to the movie theater is the soda shop that sells old-fashioned candy and ice cream. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Vendors sell dolls in her likeness, fitted with a tiny version of the queen's crown. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Once a week she makes thirty samosas to sell at the international coffeehouse, for twenty-five cents each, next to the linzer squares baked by Mrs. Etzold, and baklava by Mrs. Cassolis. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Grandma says, “Well, you like to shop. Maybe you’d like to sell.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Eggs bring in more money than anything else Joel sells. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “I might have let him sell you after all. Your uncle Pyce would have paid a fortune.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The one with the cigar was trying to sell it to the other for the nickel. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “I. . He leaned in. “I could sell it, too, you know.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z That fall Ruth had to fly back to Florida to sell her condo, pack her belongings, and wrap things up in general to prepare for this new phase in her life. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z “Muthu and I will see if we can sell the bottles the gardener gave us.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred. But I didn’t want to sell Betsy to white people.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The family planted more pumpkins, and soon they had so many in their fields that they were able to sell almost half of their crop, while keeping the rest for themselves. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Faye spoke pleadingly, “Why don’t we go now? We could sell the house. With the business we’ve got, we could get maybe ten thousand dollars for it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Maria grew more and more skillful, helping the studio produce watercolors and prints to sell. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z ‘What will Ferny sell, and what has my accident got to do with him?’ said Frodo, still determined not to understand Strider’s hints. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Fine. Now, which one of these quality specimens would you be interested in? Keeping in mind, I don’t sell the Manchurian Fire Throwers. Those are only for official pyrotectic displays.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Strange. You look at the stores here, that is all they sell.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “I’ve found some here that were bigger than my fist, and Baba can sell those for more at market.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z One place sells these little crystal figurines for, like, hundreds of dollars apiece. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She had been a squatter for almost fifteen years, and the city had finally decided to sell the apartments to her and the other squatters for one dollar apiece. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z This doesn’t necessarily mean that labeling a house “well maintained” causes it to sell for less than an equivalent house. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z That really fired him up to try to sell a lot in 1907. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She guessed it was good they’d gotten some extra wheat to sell. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Bring in that packet and don’t sell yourself short.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z He sells our food so that he could get more drugs, leaving us hungry. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Can you imagine that, Cochran? A Trinity boy who has refused to sell the chocolates? Do you know what’s happened, Cochran? Do you know why the sales have fallen off?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z No one hired me to sell the best products. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z We arrived at the station only to find that the manager would not sell us tickets. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z You come to the market wif your own labor, your own money, to buy and sell what you can. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She organizes the boycotts of stores that refuse to hire Negroes or sell products made by Negroes. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Some beg. Some steal. Lots o’ young girls taking up the trade, the way girls always do when it’s all they got to sell. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “It would be a shame to have it stolen before you could sell it,” the doctor said, and he saw Kino’s eyes flick involuntarily to the floor near the side post of the brush house. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z "They were not given to me to sell," Dany told him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If the bushmeat hunters get hold of a baby chimp, they try to sell it as a pet. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t get where it says, He that stealeth a man and sells him, shall be put to death,” Cora said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I was shocked and said, ‘Then I don’t want to sell my land to that white man who offered seventy-five thousand dollars for it.’ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When Sizwe first said to me, “Let’s go to the hood,” I thought we were going to sell CDs and DJ parties in the hood. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Lina, take this and give it to your mother. Tell her it’s okay to sell it, if she has to.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Told that the boy was twelve, the agent refused to sell her a ticket. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Piers Plowman, went to town to sell his children to the lords of the New Order for purposes that we may call questionable at best. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't think Mr. Kreuk considers morals when he chooses who to sell to. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “But tell me, who told you to sell these papers?” he asked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t even think about running away. Your parents will just sell you to another family. A family who doesn’t treat you as well as we do. Your parents don’t want you anymore. You hear me?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She hoped that she would never have to sell them, and that one day they would shine for Alba. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Goods from around the world would pile up on English docks, while the people of Europe spent their money on products theyd sell to one another. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z I believe that everyone along the highways sells moccasins and deerskin gloves. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z When Wang Lung appeared he shouted roughly, thinking from the basket that he had come to sell something. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Monday at recess, I sell them to the students and teachers for two sucres apiece. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just go to a store that sells bathtubs and take one,” came the reply. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Hunt managed to sell only a few of his captives before local Roman Catholic priests seized the rest—the Spanish Church vehemently opposed brutality toward Indians. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The ticket man yelled out that he was out of tickets and wouldn’t sell more until after the train came. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She found a heavy woolen cloak, a velvet skirt and a silk tunic and some smallclothes, a dress her mother had embroi-dered for her, a silver baby bracelet she might sell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I mean, when you sell that stuff and someone buys it and dies, that’s one thing. I mean, it was his choice to go and buy it, but actually killing someone — ” “Yeah, I did.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z If he doesn't sell me at all, my attempt to save Darin will fail. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Girl, when I found out I could sell it—that somebody would pay cold cash for it, you could have knocked me over with a feather.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I hope it’s beautiful and that you sell it for a lot of rupees. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They sell all kinds of fireworks, and they have a huge field where you can set them off. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We had to sell our house and move into a random apartment where the walls are too thin and there aren’t enough rooms. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Soon as we were inside the house I said it’d be a miracle if we could sell more than one or two cars in Cold Sassy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I don’t let my mind go any further; don’t dwell on what Judd would want for Shiloh, or even whether he’d sell. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Ignoring the waitress’s growing anger, Blair continued to press for service, arguing, with a logic that only infuriated the woman, that if Woolworth’s didn’t want to serve the public perhaps they should sell membership cards. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Mom said he'd have dresses and shirts and pants, and whatever he couldn't sell, he would bring home to her. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The secondhand dealers had been prowling around for weeks, like wolves, offering humiliating prices for goods and furniture they knew many of us would have to sell sooner or later. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z After word had gotten out that the coveted Manchurian Fire Throwers were for sale, Jinx and Ned knew they could sell as many as they could make. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Everyone talks to Mam’s brother Uncle Pat, because he was dropped on his head, he’s simple, and he sells newspapers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “No, of course I wouldn’t, you stupid little man, how would I look carrying that down the street? Just don’t sell it.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Galileo rushed back to Padua, only to find that he had missed the stranger, who was now in Venice intending to sell the instrument to the Doge. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Sheryl once told me she saw a commercial for it and that they sell tiny homes. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The bowls didn’t sell, but the duo’s true enterprise thrived as their discussions gave it form. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When, the following year, Oklahoma entered the Union as the forty-sixth state, members of the tribe were able to sell their surface land in what was now Osage County. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I couldn’t sell Lidia on this idea, but she did admit it sounded a little cool. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “The master had sold about as many slaves as he could sell without having to shut down his farming,” Miss Pat said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “And then,” April interrupted, “the girls could go to the house pretending to sell Girl Scout cookies, to see if it really was the crooks.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “So you didn’t sell the tickets?” asked Armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “I met a tinker on the road this morning, and he tried to sell me a bottle of fruit wine,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’ll sell it to the highest bidder. Do I hear fifty cents?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “The one who used to sell coal. You know, out by the Ranchitos Bar.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I used to. After...everything happened with my dad, we had to sell a bunch of stuff, so we sold it and my amp. It’s okay. I don’t have anywhere I can play it anymore.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “If Renault didn’t sell them, then obviously they are not sold. And that’s why there are fifty missing boxes,” Leon said, his voice slow and reasonable, as if Brian were five years old. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “This poor old tree isn’t going to sell by the end of the day, and it needs someone to love it,” she told the man and offered him three dollars. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing that body spray they sell by the registers at CVS and Alex practically took a bath in every day when you guys were first dating. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Son, if you can save the money by the time you turn sixteen, your mother and I will sell you this car. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He told her he planned to sell his business, return to Truman, and buy back into the retirement plan. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “You don’t need to sell me on anything, Wade,” she said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We sell mostly to other vendors, collecting twelve ounces of rice for five sweet cakes or ten cookies. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The young ones, freed, had opened a shop by the harbor wall to sell their weavings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was trying to sell him two shiny things. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Imagine you work for an insurance company that sells doctors medical malpractice protection. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Come in, come in. I don’t mean to leave you standing on the porch like you was trying to sell me something. You belong here now.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Don’t lay down, back down, bow down, run away, sell out yourself, sell into criticism. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z If only they could sell more of his paintings! Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Spy gear that can eavesdrop on all the prime minister's top-secret communications and then uplink classified information to a satellite, which Dr. Loofah will download and sell to the highest bidder. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Why didn’t they sell the tickets to Felix when they had the chance? Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z But his publisher did not think one huge book would sell well and encouraged him to publish smaller books about more specific topics, which is what he did. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z If Haley could win this competition and become Mr. Lemoncello’s spokesmodel, her family’s money woes would be over and they wouldn’t have to sell their home. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “I will offer five hundred pesos, and perhaps I can sell it to my client for six hundred.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Goupil's sells fine art and reproductions to middle-class people all over the world. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Never sell a Hard Tack short” he liked to say. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z What we had saved had been taken from us, there was nothing more...nothing left to sell; neither youth nor strength left to barter. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Pretty soon she could sell out and go to New York as she had always planned. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "You like to sell it, but did you ever consider what it could do to the people who bought it?" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “When I came back, I thought I was going to be able to sell my dad’s house and leave immediately,” she said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “You’re free to go to other places. Offer will last.until five. But you’ll find that I give the best price. I’m not trying to sell you short.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Well, my dad is. He sells lamps. And when I grow up I’m going to be a salesman, too. I’m going to sell hangers.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z She was going to sell it, then use the money to buy food for the charity dinners she cooked. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We hoped we could find some furniture or something to sell. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z To say, “Give me the chocolates to sell, Brother Leon.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t do that to me or sell me or... Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z There were thieves and pickpockets and even men who would snap up little boys and sell them to the highest bidder. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Neither company sells products directly to consumers, so they don’t advertise. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z This was why he also said nothing when she took the paintings from the walls and the antique carpets to sell them to the nouveaux riches. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear the men talking one night about this one drugstore where the owner, a sympathizer, will sell you a pill you can take if you get caught by the SIM. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “They were aiming for white-owned businesses that sell inferior goods at inflated prices. There’s a study out about how the poor actually pay more for the basic necessities.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “Let’s see if they still sell Fun Passes.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She figured he lost scales all the time, and if she could sell them for a decent amount of money, she’d be able to pay the taxes. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “That you sell drugs, and that’s why Long and Tate went after you.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “A friend of mine sells them. He gave me the address.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I suppose the owner wants to sell it. I’m just covering today.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think I can sell those papers?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We either sell a cow or butcher it. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother crossed her heart to Rachel that we weren’t going to sell her, but reassurances of this kind are not the words you’re prepared to hear coming out of your mother’s mouth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet that box will sell for close to four dollars. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z If you could buy shoats on credit, fatten them on food that cost next to nothing, sell them, pay off your loan, and take your profit, you would really have done something. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His plan was to make chicken sandwiches, wrap them in the pieces of the balloon’s skin, and sell them to office workers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Just compare the two farms: As I discovered in that first phone call, Polyface is so outside the industrial food chain that Salatin won’t even sell his beef, chicken, or pork by mail. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She had already given me permission to sell papers. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It tasted so good, he decided to sell it and call it a Finkle. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Somehow he had to sell five or six hot dogs quickly, park the wagon somewhere, and get to that theater so that his disbelieving eyes could drink in every blasphemous Technicolored moment. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah sells groceries right here in dis store, Tea Cake, if you don’t happen tuh know.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “Let’s go over your receipts for today. How much did you sell?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the freshman who refused to sell any chocolates. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a waste for Booth to sell the carriage, and Spangler tells him so. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Will she sell a ticket to a kid alone, or will she call the cops? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z His father had always told him not to bring cocoons late in the day because then you had to sell them at a discount. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z With fourteen children, after slaughtering time, we didn’t have much left to sell. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Had Moore known this before Golde patented them, he could have approached the companies directly and worked out a deal to sell the cells himself. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z They used to hang out—watch TV, go to the park and hoop, sell drugs. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Comes a time when a man’s got to sit down and think, and that’s the time you got to make up your mind to sell your life for something you believe in.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He captures snowflakes, tadpoles, hibernating frogs; he coaxes bread from bakers with none to sell; he regularly appears in the kitchen with fresh milk for the babies. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He refused to sell the beasts to the rendering factories, maintaining that they deserved something of a retirement for their years of loyalty. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Only thing it’s good for then is to boil down and sell to factories to put in chewing tobacco. But it’s not worth the trouble.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “Now I understand how Armpit managed to sell you those phony tickets. You are way too gullible.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “I can’t sell my house because of this lightning thing. I can’t get an insurance agent to write me a homeowners’ policy. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom really doesn’t come back, would we have to sell our house? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Funny how, even if people don’t like you, most cases they be happy to sell you something. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Daddy wouldn’t sell property to a barmaid. Daddy, would you let us live next to a barmaid?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The gang did allow some rank-and-file members to sell heroin on its turf but accepted a fixed licensing fee in lieu of a share of profits. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Of course she wouldn’t be able to sell the scale in Kievan Rus’. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z But now there was little to sell, and the town had fallen on hard times. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “I didn’t sell the shirts. I put them through with our laundry. It was Piper’s idea.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “When Doll saw he was selling his people, she went to him and begged him not to sell her,” Miss Pat said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When summertime hit and all the tourists came, Mama would head downtown and sell them in the market for good money. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The kind they sell at the post office. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z It was that the land had not been the man’s to sell. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. I’m not going to sell the chocolates.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I don’t sell the newspaper. I write it.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “He needs a good currying,” his father said, “and if l ever hear of you not feeding him or leaving his stall dirty, I’ll sell him off in a minute.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I see children and their parents buying tickets, just like the tickets Mack sells. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z They thought the idea was romantic but when they came to live there they realized the disadvantages and were only too glad to sell. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z "Listen carefully. As soon as you get to the broker's office I want you to sell AMO, sell SEA, sell MT, and put all the money into WPP. Okay?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “Very nutritious. One of our lecturers in agriculture sells it.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Or the bagel shop that sells cups of ice cream that you eat with tiny wooden paddles. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It was April who got the idea of going around the apartment house and asking all the ladies if they had any old junk jewelry that they were willing to sell. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, people buy the tickets last minute at half price, or for even less, and the show would technically sell out” His parents had bought tickets this way before in New York. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s the most basic option we sell, but still worth a week of my wages. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Are you going to sell those papers now?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Say I was to sell me a dog to a man and I wanted him to pay me one-tenth of what he owed up front; how much did the dog cost to start off?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Well, you listen to me,” Henry said “Jeremiah took sick. He gonna sell that mule to somebody no matter what. Who gonna give that man a fair deal, you or just anybody in camp?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He wants seven of Ole’s acres. He wants me to let Ole sell them to him. Or sell them to him myself. You know, step out of his way.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A boy that lived on the next floor had it, and I tried to buy it off him because I knew it would knock old Phoebe out, but he wouldn't sell it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z People can’t eat grass, and he doesn’t sell any of his hay to other farmers. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z They wouldn’t even sell them camels so that they might make the attempt on their own—which would be suicide in any case. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I thought of the flowers plumping out my pockets and was glad they couldn’t speak, but I didn’t imagine they would sell me down the river even if they could. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “To sell her on the black market! You can’t do this, Baba!” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z When you sell them ready rocks to that hype, you ain’t getting the ends—it’s the man with the master plan who be racking up the money! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Every Saturday morning from June until mid-November, I went with Mother to the Farmers' Market and helped her sell her fresh produce and free range eggs. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z But, while Jefferson thought of slavery as an evil that he hoped would eventually disappear, he still believed in his own right to buy and sell slaves. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z We would arrange to sell her wagon and horse for her. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Plain things—jars, petates, cactus, old fountains, old walls, old faces. Whatever I like I will snap. Maybe even sell,” she adds. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “I was going to try to sell them.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I’ve told them my new plan: Build the house, then sell the house. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z A woman desperate enough to sell her husband's opklapbed might do such a thing. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But she said nothing, nor did I for we both knew she could not pay me more, and I could not afford to sell for less. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Virtually every proper application of this humble mark utterly stumps the people who write to us officially, who paint signs, or who sell us fruit and veg. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z He's gotten the medicine -I don't know how, persuaded some gaggle of romantic fools to sell their jewels -and I can save Peeta! The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “If you want to buy, I’m sure I can arrange to sell, but with what you’re doing you’ll probably end up in a cell anyway.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I can sell them back to Bud Martin for some new kid who would really use them. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Some stores sell old things, things that smell dusty and damp and long forgotten. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z But if he didn’t sell Felix the letter, then X-Ray would go to jail. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Moon Girl said, “She could sell off a kidney. Maybe tap out a couple pints of blood for the Harvesters. They’re always buying.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Brother told him that he couldn't sell it in his shop unless he advertised it properly. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Superstition runs long and deep on the backstretch, and the trainer who had claimed the horse was unnerved enough to sell him without ever racing him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Seed was also cheap, allowing any Malawian to grow tobacco to sell. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I guess I’m getting too big to sell junk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Louise will send other things, once the house sells. But I wanted you each to have something now.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I still have one, the only one we didn’t sell, and nights when I just can’t get to sleep here, I count the beads on it, like it’s my own kind of rosary. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Why didn’t she send enough money, thus forcing him to sell spices from the age of ten? Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I take one of the world maps we sell in the store, rolled tightly and stored in a vertical container, and spread it on the counter. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Maybe we could sell them to somebody, and then we would have a little money to live on,” said Mrs. Popper. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Many horsemen were forced to abandon the sport and sell off their farms and horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I once had an uncle who bought pigs’ intestines in Ville Rose to sell at the market in the city. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z There was a note in his notebook from about a year ago, when a man tried to sell his mother illegal fireworks on the A train: #276: Whose job is it to name fireworks? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “If we did not have the same blood in our veins, I would sell you my daughter,” another said to Jaja. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Taking that extra ribbon syrup to sell in town was a good idea, but it meant crushing more cane. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Will said, “The only way to make any money is to sell something somebody else makes.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z If anyone else had had milk to sell, he would have been out of business in a minute. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” Josiah said, “last time there was a drought, we had to sell everything, even the sheep and goats.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z At five past seven there was still no one in my driveway except for me, and I didn’t have flowers in my hand because Handy Stop didn’t sell flowers and neither did Burke’s Burger Box. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “So what else did you do at the market? Did the peas sell out? Get another crab sandwich?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z There was one about a girl trying to sell her cigarettes: Please buy my cigarettes. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a gift shop there selling handmade items by West Virginians, and it was Cletus who said that Ob ought to be bringing in his whirligigs to sell. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z "You sell those children a ticket. Right now." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Instead, she says angrily, your grandmother Maria sent you to sell spices in the market, where you learned about drugs. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to get up in front of thousands of people to help George Finkle sell his poison.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Though she did not know it, she was now giving me my opportunity to ask for my dog without saying that I did not want to sell her to white people. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Shops sell tourist stuff, ice cream, pricey clothes, antique jewelry. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She would spill the walnut kernels, and then she wouldn’t be able to sell them to buy sowbelly and potatoes. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They sell the pesticides and fertilizer to the farmers. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I’ll stop in at some corner store on the way back, some place where they sell milk till midnight and slightly stale sliced white bread. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t sell yourself short. You not only saved that toddler, you also saved me. I must admit, I was suddenly, and shockingly, frozen in fear.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “There is nothing to sell except the girl,” she answered slowly. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z It occurred to me that an ugly, used lute might not sell very well in a city full of nobility and prosperous musicians. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Let me come along. I can sell tickets. Russ can do anything—he’s young. Give me his job. I can still count, and I don’t short-change. I know you don’t run a grift show.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “What! So you’re just going to sell me down the river so you can ride off into the sunset with your prize?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “MoMo’s been trying to tamp down an insurgency in the ROC. Needs some firepower. We sell him arms; he lets The Corporation set up shop in his country. Covertly, of course.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Once he had it, he chose to sell it immediately. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I need to sell some wool,” the boy told the merchant. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, from behind the group came his voice: “Careful, Klaus, you could sell that information,” said the German. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “And we could reserve space to sell paintings, and combs, and fripperies from France.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There were people that must have cooked all night, because they would get on the morning trains and have food to sell to the passengers. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "My mother told me I was to take the goat to the market," he said, "and to sell him for a hen, and some corn, and some turnips, and to bring her home the change." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z A pair of comely serving girls sauntered past carrying a wicker basket of rushes between them, but the sell- sword never looked, "Bronn, I despair of you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Well, a lot of people think so. Now, do you know the present price of beans? I mean, what can you sell a hundred sacks for in Salinas?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Sell this land, sell that house, collect the money, and run away like a mouse. Go back to America, spend the money on a family vacation to Mexico.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Down on the first floor, sensing something, Mrs. Stark stops doing leg lifts; and three weeks later she sells the house and moves her daughter away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He buys and sells cars in a small way. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Next year there would be a marketplace where the villagers could sell and buy vegetables and chickens and other goods. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In our house each school year would begin with my mother’s careful instruction: ‘Don’t write in your books so we can sell them at the end of the year.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He said the stand really belonged to his partner, who was out trying to locate some peanuts to sell to the winos of the quarter. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe so,” says Dr. Rhodes, “but it’s against school policy to sell contraband on campus.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “No matter. The more people out driving, the more cars I sell. Someone sees you driving and someone else will buy it. That’s just how it works.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then, of course, that sell order didn’t go through and there was a merger and so you were, at that point, worth something in the neighborhood of four hundred and eighty thousand dollars.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z "These scammers try to sell old ones that are already about to fade. You never know if they're going to last you a week or an hour." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z How were they going to stay ahead of the game if the boys had free lemonade to sell? The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Ms. Walker, who was in desperate need of money, had to sell the land which had been in her family for generations. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z It was known that if you had food to sell, that was where you went. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z We hit a dress shop—way too expensive; a top shop—nothing cute there; then we find a place that sells only jeans. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “We used to sell her strawberries,” I say almost angrily. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Then flash to the people behind the football field fence so desperate for water that they would sell their souls for a thimbleful. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It was well seasoned, and Whymper had advised Napoleon to sell it; both Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Frederick were anxious to buy it. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z What do you do with the bodies when you sell only the legs?’ First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would sell to him if he stopped smelling so awfully of garlic,” Kainene said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He was even too lazy and self-satisfied to go anywhere, except to preaching over at Hebron or to Cold Sassy to sell his cotton. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then he went on and on about how Gus taught him how to make a slingshot and how sometimes Bertha sells bread-and-butter pickles by the side of the road in the summer. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Easiest thing to hock or sell. Cameras and TV sets.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z They find coconuts to sell for bus fare and go home. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “No kidding. I was planning to sell it, moron.” Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I understand that the sale is going lousy. Nobody wants to sell the chocolates in the first place and it’s turned into a kind of farce in some classes.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was also apt to sell the watches and cigarette cases given him, fondly and with pretty blushes, by his aunt’s friends. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “He tried to get Judge Holman to sell Isaac South to keep me from marrying him.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t have to apologize on behalf of the town. Not everything’s about racism, you know. They don’t sell kosher food here because there’d be no one to buy it. Not even us.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z She finally had to sell our beat-up car to scrape together the money to get those teeth extracted. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The managers of the East India Company bought 20,000 pounds of tea in 1687, confident the firm could sell the leaves in England. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The drinks are all alcohol-free, which makes sense since dying isn’t an excuse to sell alcohol to minors. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The feast took precedence, unless you had a pass to go into town to sell crafts or had hired yourself out for day labor. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After thirty years in business, the owner of the store was looking to sell and retire. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z All the kids go to Tony’s because he sells beer to anyone and for some reason the police leave him alone. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Yes, you are,” said the officer, “but that doesn’t give you the right to sell endangered species. Let’s go see the judge.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Did they sell no other kind in Germany? The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “He didn’t sell them—he destroyed them. Every last one. Part of his way of mourning Brady, I guess. I don’t think he’ll touch one for the rest of his life.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He wanders absently into a perfume store, a clothing store, a store that sells only bags. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Not only can we sell them, we can sell them all at once.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Now his works sell for tens of thousands of dollars because some rich person turned the media spotlight in his direction. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She argues with Abuela’s neighbors, picks fights with waiters, berates the man who sells ice cones on the beach. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve been trading, collecting things to sell in the secondhand shops and sometimes in the rubbish bins outside the nicer houses, washing and sewing and repairing what I find. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Reilly was the sort who would come to the campus with his wagon and try to sell hot dogs right before the Social Studies Building. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mame wants you to sell some things and get us some food. There’s no way to buy in the ghetto, and there are eight other families in our apartment. We’ve already used what we brought.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When she wasn’t fussing about him seeming glad to bring home the bent cans and weevily rice and flour we couldn’t sell at the store, she was complaining about his not having any get-up-and-go. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “He’d sell you to the queen for a pot of that Lannister gold. Poor man needs every dragon, with seven sons all determined to be knights.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When he got home, Mama would need to tell him that the debils had left us with no crop to sell, no rice to eat, and no seed for next year’s planting. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, it’s never wise to look eager to sell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Elizabeth pushes her glasses back up her nose and says, “Only problem is, they don’t sell Earl Grey ice cream in any store I’ve seen. We need to make it ourselves.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Even in countries where chimp flesh is not eaten, mothers may be shot so that hunters can steal their babies and sell them—for pets, for zoos and circuses, or for medical research. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z And at times we would spend entire mornings scouring the streets for empty beer bottles and used bus tickets, to sell to shebeen queens and bus drivers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z You’re there to sell vegetables, to pick up a job for the day, or maybe just to enjoy the sights. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z There, they sell the sawdust to families, who use it as kindling or to dry mud around their houses. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “People buy and sell land all the time.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Two one pound notes. I’d sell all the friends I ever had for one, and think it a blessed good bargain. Well? So he says—?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The nearest one is pretty far away, but I make the trek, and have the clerk spend twenty minutes trying to sell me on a phone I have no intention of buying. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He had been trying to organize a Kitchen Workers’ Union and had recently charged the camp’s chief steward, a Caucasian, with stealing sugar and meat from the warehouses to sell on the black market. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “So you don’t have to sell your rabbit?” he said. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z This is how it worked: In times when prices were low, the government gave farmers loans so they could store, rather than have to sell, their crops. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It was my enterprising idea to make souvenirs to sell to the tourists. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z She found it easier to sell printed material in the West than in the East because, she reported, “reading matter is so very scarce that everybody clutches at a book of any kind.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z President Wingfield says it will sell at a very good price because it is used to make medicines. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Thirty miles to sell the fish and then everything will be good again. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z My avatar was still one of the High Five, so my vidfeed drew millions of viewers every day, regardless of what I aired, and this allowed me to sell commercial time to my various sponsors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “If I have to sell oranges on the side of the street like the Nation brothers, we’ll make it.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Why not sell apples or song sheets, or shine shoes? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Creating a book would take years, and there was no certainty she would sell enough copies to finance the project. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Breniz, who sells rustic chairs door to door, tried to mask the terror he felt inside. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z They grew a modest crop of vegetables to sell in town. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Well, if you don’t want to or don’t think you can . . . See, I sell cars and the more people that’s out driving, the more cars I’m going to sell.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re having to cut corners and sell off our uncles’ cars and the furniture from my grandparents’ house from when Papito was making money. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Holmes attempted, for example, to sell investors a machine that turned water into natural gas. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z For instance, one country in Europe has a law that requires all its bakers to sell bread at the exact same price. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “I see that again, I’ll smash it with a hammer. You sell that thing and give me the money.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’ll sell before we sign anything. Now, would you like to go up to the old place and talk to Rantani?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I just couldn’t bear to sell them,” she said sadly. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the photos did not sell—a project Mia did with skeletal leaves sold only one, and for several months she took up a series of odd jobs: housecleaning, flower arranging, cake decorating. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I walk the aisles every day with a tray of sandwiches, coffee, drinks, and snacks to sell to people at their seats. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And, he figures, if he can please Theo, he will please others and his work will start to sell. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “So we know who sells drugs and we both know who bites like that.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Pa had to sell everything we had to buy the wood and pay to ship it and us all the way to Nebraska on the train. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Then his mother would scold him and sell Cool Papa’s treasures anyway. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “You can’t sell the pages of a whole book one by one.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “So you don’t want to sell them for a hundred and thirty-five?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “If it means bringing back your smile”—she looked at Uncle Jet—“I would sell the very hair on my head.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Why, I’d give him five hundred dollars for that ticket! You want to sell that ticket for five hundred dollars, young man?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’m going to pawn my jewelry and my mom’s rugs. I think it’s time I sell my rugs,” she said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Let’s see if we can sell it,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It made us fight and throw books at one another, sell loose joints on the stairways, talk back to teachers, and leave classrooms whenever we wanted to. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “And keep awake and steer. You may have much luck yet. “I’d like to buy some if there’s any place they sell it,” he said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mama told me to sell her for a dollar,” I said, feeling that I was being too aggressive and trying to switch the moral blame for my aggressiveness to my absent mother. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z That little fink had actually stolen her Talent bracelet, and he’d been planning to sell it. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Stop now,” scolded the woman in the boat, “you’ve frightened her. She thinks we’re brigands who are going to sell her for a slave.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Klein did not sell rods and reels, and mine was in the house, but I could fish well enough without one. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z They decided to change it, because they think a “more classic” Western will sell better at the box office. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Then I don’t feel that I have to sell the chocolates.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “The truth is, we’re taking the horse and cow to Mr. Westcott—in payment of debt, and we’re obliged to sell off this pretty calf straight away. Our mother’s put us out to work.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Because of what Roza had taught them, Finn and his brother could eat what they grew and still have some to sell at the farmers’ market. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z "Mr. Norton, sir. They refuse to sell me whiskey to bring out." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He had tried to sell her when she was sick and worthless. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She should go to New York or someplace—not bother to sell the house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I don't know Haymitch, but I've seen him often enough in the Hob, tossing handfuls of money on the counter of the woman who sells white liquor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “All the more reason why folks want to buy what I have to sell. I want this done quickly. I have other business to tend to.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Lelia had already worked on the house once, this a while ago, after his funeral, so we could sell off the things we didn’t want or need. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She politely refused, the same way she shrugged off the people trying to sell hair products at the mall. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Once my hands got steady enough, she even let me help pour the sweet, flowery perfume into little clear glass bottles that Mama would sell at her stall the next day. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “If you want to sell, I can do three fifty.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Usually when our house phone rings, it is someone trying to sell something. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z For now, I stay busy coming up with new poems to sell. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z He said there was a dealer who worked out of a backyard who could sell her something in the morning for American dollars. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Greasy Sae, the bony old woman who sells bowls of hot soup from a large kettle, takes half the greens off our hands in exchange for a couple of chunks of paraffin. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I’d have to tell her some girl friend at school bought them by mistake and wanted to sell them cheap or something like that. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z "And rightly so. The wolfswood is full of danger,- your last ride should have taught you that. Would you want some outlaw to take you captive and sell you to the Lannisters?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “That officers here sell drugs,” someone finally ventured. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a field my father used for a few years to grow melons, pumpkins, squash, things like that, to sell in Ogdentown. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z And I didn’t sell and ran, because my customers were my friends. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She hadn’t much of any business to sell out. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, oh. I might not be able to stop Daddy if he decided to sell you.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z That means I earn about 16 c for every cup we sell. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I browsed through the magazines until the clerk got anxious to sell me something and then I wandered out. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just the race. You’ll admit that they produce nothing. They follow the pioneers into a new country and sell them clothes.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I had asked my father to sell everything, to liquidate everything, and to leave. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I cannot sell you a frank, sir. Is that clear?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “If we’re going to make a fortune on the silver screen, we got to figure what’s going to sell. What we need is young girls. You got a girlfriend?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as well to go out early, otherwise you could never tell how much had already been taken by urchins, for dung was easy to sell and commanded a good price. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon hunger haunted me so acutely that I decided to try to sell my dog Betsy and buy some food. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe I’ll have to just sell one to each of you.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Tomorrow, sell your camel and buy a horse. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Wallerstein’s job to figure out how to sell more soda and popcorn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “If a man wants to sell his turnips, he needs to set them out.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On January 6, Nebraska became the thirty-sixth state to ratify the Eighteenth Amendment, making it illegal to manufacture, sell, or transport liquor. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I smile as I go, shaking out my fist, and hurry off to find a pharmacy that will sell me an illegal prescription. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Or what? You going to sell me too? You might as well!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “He’s a jerk. I’m proud of my Indian blood. It helps pay my college tuition. Hell, one day it’ll probably help get me a job, if I can’t sell my bronzes.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “I’m taking the kernels to the store to sell them,” she said to the boy. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Ruby makes a noise too, like one of the little trumpets they sell at the gift store. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He sells some kind of insurance, but I don’t know how or why. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “You,” I said, “have to promise you won’t sell any more bonobos.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Go on. Tell the sheriff you’ve captured the notorious outlaw who sells fake elixir. He’ll laugh in your face. Besides, by the time you get back to town, I’ll be halfway to who knows where.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “No big deal? That dude is nuts. He sells teeth that he says are famous people’s!” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “What if we got businesses to have booths, got some restaurants to set up a few stands and sell food, and maybe some giveaways or a contest?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “We dig up those pipes, bust ’em into pieces, and sell the lot to a scrap yard. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They walk up Fifth Avenue, past the stores that sell Oriental carpets, unfurled in illuminated windows. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Studies show that people of all colors use and sell illegal drugs at remarkably similar rates. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z On a regular farm there may be cows, pigs, and chickens; fields of grain; orchards filled with fruit—many different kinds of foods to eat or sell. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The neighboring toy store sells a combination pack with two balls and three blocks in it. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “We will not pay you for what you can’t legally sell.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z As it happened, the Richardsons would never sell those photos. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But really listening to someone—without trying to sell them something, pick them up, recruit them, or get some kind of status in return^—how often do we get this anymore? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The message was clear: Mia would not try to sell them; she would not share them or hold them for some future leverage. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I was hired to sell a miracle vegetable chopper on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I’d like to cut up his body parts and sell them on the black market. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “We ran out of the ones we had in the freezer, but this lady makes them and sells them, so we got a bunch more from her.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Or she could sell a few of the buildings, bring it down to a number she could manage on her own. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “We could follow the tour. Keep our babies in little sacks. Papoose style. And sell weed.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “This is my maa and baap and my brothers and our cow, which we had to sell so I could marry you. This is our marketplace, where my baap has a stall to write letters.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Then kids would go out in the streets and sell petrol to light oil lamps. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z My parents sell their house and move up north. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Buy more. We can find a shop that sells food.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z A boy explains step-by-step what it’s like to shoot up with heroin, and sell yourself on the streets to earn money for more. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z That man said to the others, “How much do you think I can sell this for?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “But I’m not going to sell it to just anybody,” he protested. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z At least I never heard of him offering to sell anything to send me to Harvard. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A few parents stand behind a long table and sell homemade baked goods, including Emily’s mom, who passes out her peanut butter cookies. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “The woman there wouldn’t even sell them to me, she just told me to take them away, get them out of her shop. Devil cards, she called them. Cartes du Diable.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Do you think we’ll need to sell any slaves to get money for next year’s supplies?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z They would sell this wheat on the black market—yes, that was a good idea. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Piragua! sells shaved ices from a white cart filled with bottles and bottles of fruit-flavored syrup colored red and purple, orange and blue. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z If there were any valuables on the bodies, Momma and a couple of the men would sell them in town, bringing back something fine. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z X-Ray didn’t sell a single ticket over the weekend. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The poorer quarters swarmed with women who were ready to sell themselves. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He looked at O-lan haggardly and he said, “Now am I truly tempted to sell the little slave and go north to the land.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “All kin’s a vegetables in the garden, and if we want a little whisky we can sell a few eggs or something, or some milk. We’d jus’ live there. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z It appears that Gui is trying to sell his chain-saw sculptures to alien tourists. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I tried to calculate how many kebabs we'd need to sell to live here. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z And you not going to have a governor’s mansion, or eight thousand acres of timber to sell. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I could hitch a ride on an airship, siphon off its precious fuel, then sell it on the market or divvy it up to people who need it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Do not speak any more. In the morning we will sell the pearl, and then the evil will be gone, and only the good remain. Now hush, my wife.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z They were going to sell the old cows to the butcher. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you sell your cotton to the government?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Drop the price per ounce, but sell a lot more ounces. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “That if I ran away, they’d sell me to someone else.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe she sells them. Outside, out there, they sell everything.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The stuff was so addictive that a fool could sell it. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They wanted to shape things/design things, create things, sell things, buy things, keep track of inventories, do somebody else’s taxes, and read somebody else’s X-rays from half a world away. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “Of course there are. And drug dealers, too. But they don’t always have to deal drugs. There are other things to sell.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z We saw another group of kids still at work, trying to sell newspapers to people who were stopped in their cars at a traffic light. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I know the houses and shops, I know the faces of the women who sell oranges and bananas just before you turn into the pot- hole-filled road that leads to the prison yard. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “We sell homes here. Tiny ones. There’s one out back that folks can tour.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I hadn’t put aside this small portion of treasure to sell, though we could if we had to. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Or maybe Bapi cuts me out, and sells my slot. Then none of us get to choose.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z If we didn't sell our house, the bank would put it in foreclosure. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Good ones and hardly worn, and these we must sell.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “And that’s the last thing I said,” said Armpit, shaking X-Ray on each word: “Don’t. . . sell. . . the . . . tickets!” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Some of them were saving their food in case things got worse, and others simply didn’t want to sell any more for unexplained reasons. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z 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 “I used to sell Nan’s jams at market.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z As they were rounding the square, a vendor came up to sell them a lottery ticket. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Had we wanted to sell you out,” he said, “there have been many easier ways by which we could have accomplished this.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Visit any neighborhood where there are immigrants, and you’ll see shops that sell food from the home country—pastas from Italy, kielbasa sausages from Poland, curry spices from India. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Abuja was more conservative than Lagos, Chidi said, because it was more Muslim than Lagos, and at parties women didn’t wear revealing clothing, yet you could buy and sell sex so much more easily here. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z How could a seasoned author like John Keegan, a man who shows frequent flashes of writerly flair, serve as a model of incoherent writing, comparing badly with a guy who sells birdseed on Cape Cod? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “A dog is different, George. We must get rid of that horrible thing. You can sell it back to the company. I’ve asked, and you can.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Peddlers boarded the train to sell sandwiches and such, but a long trip still wasn’t easy. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He had to sell his rings this time around,” I added. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Crocodile Guts sometimes tried to sell them after their eyes had gone milky, but people weren’t often fooled. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was such a lovely thing, I almost didn’t want to part with it but I had no money and nothing else to sell.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "You sell glass flowers, you say," he said. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She had never sold anything in her life beyond an occasional angel cake for the Altar Guild in the basement of the Episcopal church, but she began to sell bonds by the bale. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He would go with the silver in his hand and he would say plainly, “I have money. What is the price of the earth you wish to sell?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z All he needed now was some way to get to Louie s and sell his stuff. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z In a strange way, since he’s seen some of what I’ve seen on the tour, he may be an easier sell than Gale was. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “We can sell them all today, no problem.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The store itself was a pleasant place if only she didn’t have to sell things. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z It’s common knowledge that if you’re standing at a corner of a main street in the hood, somebody’s going to try to sell you something. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Not only had the steel company decided to sell the houses, the sewage and water systems and the churches were on the block as well. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “There is a devil in this pearl. You should have sold it and passed on the devil. Perhaps you can still sell it and buy peace for yourself.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He would sell Vincent's work, too, when he thinks it’s ready. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Thinking it over, I raised my hand over my head with my middle finger and thumb extended, signaling that I had a slot five days from now that I was willing to sell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Honestly, I would need to sell him as soon as I could manage, even if I lost money on the deal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Yeah, your uncle gave it to you so you could sell it to buy medicine for your sick grandma.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z If he were to tire of the Andalusian fields, he could sell his sheep and go to sea. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the early 1700s South Carolina’s governor led a raid into the area and returned with more than four thousand Indigenous people whom he intended to sell into slavery. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z It’s likely Holmes also wanted Pitezel to gather whatever intelligence he could about the cure and its labeling, so that he could mimic the product and sell it through his own mail-order drug company. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I say no to him, she sell the land to me, and I don’t see his name any place on the contract.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But only being able to go back in time for five minutes—that’s a serious flaw—it isn’t something you’d sell to true collectors of Dark Magic. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Eamon told me early in the day, Don’t sell the bloody page for less than five shillings. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z If she doesn’t sell a billion shirts and twelve million belts on Black Friday, the world will end. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “Look at her, honey! She was starving and cold. The homeless guy offered to sell her to me for ten bucks. What was I going to do, say no?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z It’s a shame we can’t just admit that we have failed family living, sell the house, split up the money, and get on with our lives. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Half the white stores depended on its patronage; Valentine residents filled the squares and Sunday markets to sell their crafts. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Those shoes, on the other hand, are used, and I don’t sell used shoes.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “You never understood. Dothraki do not buy and sell. They give gifts and receive them. If you had waited ...” I did wait. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “But for God’s sake, find something else to sell.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z What if the people in Maria's building didn't sell 1279 Madison Street to Maria's parents and our landlord told my mom that he couldn't rent 1283 to someone who already had four children. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Now I knew he didn’t have cotton to sell, but he looked like one of those travelers that was selling something. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess she is trying to sell us something. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would sell my mother for a bit of breeze,” said Gerris, as they rolled through the dockside throngs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Or that people would take photos of her sneaking a cigarette and sell them to gossipy websites? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Trap them, buy them, trade them, sell them. All of the above.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I go to the market and sell ’em. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She keeps an honest, one price house, sells no hard liquor, and permits no loud or vulgar talk in her house. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “They all come for rice. I have none to sell, only enough for my wife and children.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The British are going to bring in some English papers to sell, so we're building a proper newsstand as well. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Anyway, the new one is coming out the weekend of December 4, and Pam wants me to buy advance tickets—there’s only one theater in Chokecherry, and when it sells out, that’s it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “What did you have to sell to get seats in the Top Box? Surely your house wouldn’t have fetched this much?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Word had been spreading throughout the school—the kid had refused to sell the chocolates in direct defiance of The Vigils. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no surer sell in all of sports. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In China my parents would sell my sisters and me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Christian was traveling to outer Pennsylvania to sell these weird daggers and swords he inherited from his grandfather to this collector.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I shall never sell the land!” he shrieked at them. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z ‘And if I don’t get ’em to market by noon today I won’t be able to sell ’em till next week. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re like kebabs, but the meat has a creamy texture. All the Pakistani joints sell them.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He took a job as a traveler for a book publisher, assigned to sell a single book throughout northwestern Illinois. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I have been holding on to it, barely resisting using it, even though I would sell my soul for another minute with Astoria. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z He had outlived all his family and, unable to work, had been forced to sell his possessions one by one, including, at last, the roof over his head. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I also thought this Navajo woman should come and sell her jewelry at Stagecoach Pass. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And he stooped and took up a handful of the soil and he held it and he muttered, “If you sell the land, it is the end.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z In the maze of stalls in Union Square that sell candles and shawls and handmade jewelry, nothing inspires him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “No. It’s my aunt’s. Way too big for her, but she won’t sell it. She and my cousins come in the summer, and only a caretaker the rest of the year.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Still, I had other bills, so I decided to sell the only thing I had of any value—my horse, Bud. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I was reminded of the scene from Daeonica where Tarsus sells his soul. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z If Death owns half of my aunt, then I will sell my whole self to it. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The other kid, who thought Fufi was Spotty, had to watch his mother sell the dog he thought was his. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “They’re a quarter each down the store, but you can sell ’em in here for a dollar. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘She said I wasn’t to sell it—ever. I was to go hungry and cold first.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “You could sell the horse, skip college, and buy a hundred thousand pizzas.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I knew the ghetto instinctively extends that trust only to one who had demonstrated that he would never sell them out to the white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the catalog didn’t sell the one thing I desperately needed: a fire alarm key. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z No, she would never take Doug's medals, and she would never sell that wonderful clock with the mouse who wears gloves and points to the time. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z So the question is, do we want to sell? Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “You think we can sell the fireworks here?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I was so used to being ignored, I almost ran from the first merchant who tried to sell me something. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They began pooling resources, and Max brought me four gold buttons, some earrings, and two coats to sell. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Did I run from a man who wants to sell me, into the arms of a girl who's going to sell the secret of my hiding place? Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Since he had decided not to sell any, he kept on making two fishes a day and when he finished twenty-five he would melt them down and start all over again. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “But if the story is good enough to sell to your readers, then you ought to give me some of the money you get from it,” I insisted. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she added four ears of corn from the box she was planning to take to the roadside stand to sell once we left for school. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Still, Anita had managed to sell a half dozen of the series, which meant instead of cleaning houses Mia had been able to spend the next six months working on a new project. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Hacking is just a code word that means Bate has birds to sell. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And I don’t know why these magazines sell as much as they do. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve had those diet frozen pizzas, but they taste like card board, and they don’t look anything like the ones they sell in pizza places. The melting cheese, the pepperoni.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Bob Rutherford, who was sitting next to him in the booth and spent his days in the herculean task of trying to sell real estate in Odessa, felt the same stirrings. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z On one occasion, Borgenicht realized that his only chance to undercut bigger firms was to convince the wholesalers to sell cloth to him directly, eliminating the middleman. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He sells and repairs small farm equipment and uses the helicopter to get to out-of-the-way places. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “I sell old clothes in the market,” she says in a barely audible voice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s his shop. I was trying to sell him something.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z When you leave tissues in a doctor’s office or a lab, you abandon them as waste, and anyone can take your garbage and sell it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Tomorrow I will sell it and then I will pay you.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z This year, he’d probably spread the burden around, picking out five guys, say, and have them sell only ten boxes each. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “A good story will always sell, book or movie or man. Political lesson number one.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re about four hundred guys in the school. That means everybody’s got to sell fifty boxes. Usually, the guys have a quota of twenty-five boxes each to sell and the price is a dollar.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cain’t you just see my daddy and Uncle Camp and Cudn Hope if you walked in the store shaved? They’d take you for a stranger and sell you a mule collar or something.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In the marketplace they buy and sell and dance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If they hadn’t been there to sell tickets, he wouldn’t have minded a sausage wrap or a chopped-beef sandwich. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Often he’d come into the tavern and ask me if I knew who had hay or sleds or something else to sell. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Wang Lung said to her plainly, “Will you sell the land for gold or for silver or for jewels?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Bark? Yes. This is Nimbus. I want you to sell all my shares in the shuttle port. Yes, all of them. I have a hunch the price is about to take a severe dive.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I wondered if she’d try to sell hers and the baby’s interest in the store to my daddy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In return, the dealers would promise not to sell drugs to the citizens of the United States and Mexico. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “In the reception room they were packing apples to sell to the staff, and I asked them if I could buy some for Dad. One of them said, ‘Buy apples for your father? Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She was dressed in her work uniform—a starry blue skirt and a red-and-white striped blouse she wore to sell candy at Sweet on America. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I rubbed my face where he had hit me when I begged him not to sell Sam. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The painters themselves live on Bloor Street or Queen, above hardware stores and places that sell suitcases wholesale, or on side streets where there are immigrants. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Dana’s expression wasn’t hard to read—he was already scheming to keep some of the cigarettes for himself and sell the rest for a tidy profit to his buddies. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A thirty-five cent piece was big enough for a man with an ice shaver to buy and sell “icies,” shaved ice with flavored syrup, and make a day’s wage. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “I work for anyone with gold, young lady. I’m a businessman. And I sell them anything I have to offer.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “I have to call my sauerkraut ‘liberty cabbage’ in order to sell it.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “How about plays? Have you seen The Ghost and the Goosegirl or The Ha’penny KingV' Chronicler frowned. “Is that the one where the king sells his crown to an orphan boy?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I could put Otto under my poncho like before and hope no one noticed, but if they did ... if the mob wanted to take him from me — to eat, to sell — then they could. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z All the women knew how to do this, but some people were so good at it that they could sell their pots. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’ll raise the eyases and sell them for tens of thousands of dollars.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The artifact was far too valuable to sell, and I knew it would end up in the hands of the Sixers, because they purchased nearly every major artifact that went up for auction. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “We sell the silks right from the temple,” Sister Wanda explained above. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On Fridays, I stay up late making sambo sandwiches to sell at parties and games over the weekend. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, we couldn’t afford to put them off, because the cars were beginning to sell. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Each boy must sell fifty boxes, but I know that each boy is willing to do his share. More than his share.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Gramps thinks she should patent the recipe and sell it because she uses it on her orchids, which are always winning awards. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And on July 23 of that same year, Henry Ford sold Dr. Ernst Pfenning a shiny red Model A, the first of 1,750 that he would sell in the next year and a half. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “He had the nerve to ask me to sell awhile back.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z "But the newsies don't know which way is up. They just want to sell papers." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z There was nothing to do, after they had gathered several bushels of dried beans to save over and sell to the planters in the fall. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Bill and I were going to sit in the barreras, and I gave the extra ticket to a waiter to sell. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z All afternoon, we walked back and forth across Key West, trying to sell our gum. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z When they got on his nerves he threw them out the way he would sell a pig. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “So, you sell gnomes,” I said, trying to sound interested. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “It gets Traft Martin’s goat that I won’t sell them. He prides himself on saddling up the best-looking horses in these parts.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “That means he writes movies. But he can’t sell them, so he’s freeloading on my parents.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Your grandfather is no longer himself, and the store sells less and less. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was my goal to produce dresses that the great mass of the people could afford, dresses that would—from the business angle—sell equally well to both large and small, city and country stores. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Where do you think I’m going? To the Koza Han. To sell cocoons.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Willing to sell out your own country just to save your life.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z But the man shook his head and said that he couldn’t sell such a small amount of gas. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z If a famous person did that, it would probably be really popular and sell for a fortune. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z As I make my way past the big guy through the train car, I sell a whole bunch of sandwiches. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And he took it with him every fall when he went over to Verplancks Point to sell cattle and buy supplies for the store. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There's the Post Office booth in one corner, where Mrs. Rhydd, the postmistress, sells stamps and dog licenses, though not today 'cause today's Saturday. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The porter told me that when the cars get old and worn out, they sell them to the lines in Mexico. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “By the way, do you sell pants here?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Her mother had been trying to sell their house in Atlanta since the divorce, yet no one had shown any interest in buying their “cozy” bedrooms and “classic” kitchen. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z From this stuff Lelia separated what we would keep and what we would sell or donate to Goodwill. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Many children at school have parents who sell beer and run stockvels. And they have everything they need for school. Maybe Florah, George and I could be like them.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert and his council of cravens and flatterers would beggar the realm if left unchecked ... or, worse, sell it to the Lannisters in pay-ment of their loans. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The house was still only half completed when he decided to sell the car repair shop and move his family out to the stump farm. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I will not sell my land,” he said. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z If you sell ’em, you’re just helping white people to kill you.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z If you would wish to purchase more, Mrs. Daunting aboard the Pleasure schooner wishes to sell five. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z When we cross the town square, the Indian ladies, with long black braids that look like rope, try to sell us nopales. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He went down to the harbor and found one of those maritime stores that seem to sell anything and everything. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “So I will give you a course of antibiotics and some aspirin. You will give it to her? You will not sell it?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Businesses used telegrams to buy and sell, but an individual got a telegram only for a death in the family. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He’s so frustrated with his bosses, who won't let him sell modern art in the gallery. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She said the older kids would take them to local stores or sell the papers themselves. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But they hadn’t had time to sell it before the government swept them away like dust from their homes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z My feet stop at a stall that sells pork dumplings. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anybody can sell medicine, but you don’t know who is mixing chalk in his backyard and calling it Nivaquine,” she said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Starting around 1150, the six Champagne fairs became the one place where Europeans could buy and sell products from the surrounding world—a first step in connecting them to the riches and tastes beyond. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z It is a way for agribusinesses to sell us more food than we need and so a way for them to make more money. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Usually her grandparents kept the store open on Thanksgiving and prepared tamales to sell alongside clay mugs of steaming atole. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a girl there trying to sell some old jazz records but nobody was buying. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z They passed book shops and music stores, hamburger restaurants and cinemas, but nowhere that looked as if it could sell you a magic wand. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It was he who persuaded her to sell her house and come to Tampa with him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “Sorry, they don’t sell them by the bottle here. Just by the case.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I don’t usually care about the stuff we steal, except how much we can make when we sell it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning chill, I put a bundle of corn on my back and walked down with Jorge and some other villagers to sell it in town. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z More to the point, the original holders had not been coerced to sell. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z We could probably get a printer to donate or work at cost, too.Then we sell ad space. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “We should sell the house,” Helen acknowledged once; but when Ralph continued the subject, his common sense seemed a cold box into which he could not ask her to place her heart. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I was happy and would have continued to sell the newspaper and its magazine supplement indefinitely had it not been for the racial pride of a friend of the family. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Let us sell Benjy’s pasture so that Quentin may go to Harvard and I may knock my bones together and together. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She bought a second bakery and plans to sell tricolor cupcakes and Uncle Sam marzipan. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His uncle was always having to sell his grain before it was even well ripened. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z They worked twelve-hour days six days a week for $200 cash and meals and all the fruit and vegetables we couldn’t or wouldn’t sell; it was the typical arrangement. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z On the day I had spent my last rupee and thought that I must sell Tagore’s book, I saw the boy with the rickshaw again. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing accidental about a wretched road, or an overcrowded tap-tap with bad brakes, or the desperation of peasant women needing to sell something at market in order to feed their families that night. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “You act a man’s part while I’m gone, and I’ll see that you get a man’s horse to ride when I sell the cattle. I think we can shake on that deal.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z To drink, to make into cheese, to sell. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They had cows too, with enough milk to sell the extra. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Jeremiah nodded, and in a weak voice said, “I need to sell my mule. Be obliged if you buy it. You interested?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "I don't see how sawdust can help you to sell second-hand cars, daddy." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Luck smiled on me the next day, and I managed to steal a bundle of rags off the back of a wagon and sell them to a ragman for four iron pennies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The next time that she got a chance, Piper swore she would melt down Katoptris and sell it for scrap metal. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And the farmer called back, “I would sooner sell my wife than this ox which is but three years old and in its prime,” and he ploughed on and would not stop for Wang Lung. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Under the bright green and blue plastic tents vendors sell everything from fabrics with stripes, paisley, and flowers to books in Chinese, Khmer, English, and French. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s sell tea to the people who climb the hill.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently he had even been accused of stealing valuables from his classmates and teachers to sell at Louie’s Pawn Shop in town. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Can you sell me anything for a penny?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I don’t want anything you have to sell; I want the stories you could help me tell.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Why bother opening when there’s nothing to sell? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m here to sell our dog,” I said. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z In 1841, only two years later, an assistant to Daguerre, Andre Le Fevre, was arrested in the Tuileries Gardens for attempting to sell a gentleman a picture of the woman and the pony. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d never met then, but when Father went over to Verplancks Point every year to sell cattle and buy supplies he stayed with them and caught up on the news. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He arrived amid insults, spat upon, accused of having accelerated the war in order to sell it for a better price. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z There was an old woman who used to sell the Daily News outside of Sydenham Hospital. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Just the other week, he bent all his refrigerator magnets and tried to sell them online as miracle medical bracelets to gullible senior citizens. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z When she sells her goat cheeses at the Hob, she puts two of them aside for him and he gives her a generous amount of bread in return. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I suppose I could sell you a penny’s worth,” he said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “So—remember? His orders were not to sell them for ten school days. Okay. So the ten days came and went and he’s still staying no.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Among these was my great-grandfather, who had died fighting the British demons when they had wanted to force the Tang people to let them sell opium in the Middle Kingdom. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He would sell a piece of his soul for a drink of cold water. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She walks down Garden Avenue to a small grocery store which sells penny candy. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Papi repainted her place for nothing so her niece could sell it, but you never know. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I would collect our spoils of war, which we would sell to some kid and split the money. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z It is Theo’s role to help Vincent’s paintings sell, and therefore to tell him how to improve so they will sell. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z No black family lived above the tracks until 1968, and it took two painful years of searching to find someone willing to sell the first black family a home. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There were still a few bushels of grain to sell for feed but that wouldn’t make a dent in my empty money pot. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Then the colonists traded their sugar for English fabrics, clothes, and simple manufactured goods, or they took their rum directly to Africa to buy slaves—to sell to the sugar islands. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z We managed to sell one of yours, but for a pitiful sum of money. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But even when farmers try, it is often little use: modern hybrids are so productive that despite the distances involved U.S. corporations can sell maize for less in Oaxaca than can Diaz Castellano. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A ragtag group helps her: the owner of a local hotel, a fertilizer salesman, a woman who sells children’s clothing, a hardware store operator. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “How much less can you sell it for?” we have to say. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not saying you should sell any of the illegal stuff,” my father said, a thick lump of porridge in his hand. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She was trying to sell me on a local Catholic school called St. Anthony’s. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The expression served him well when people tried to sell him things. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z They would either eat her now or smoke her body to sell the meat. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z They always knew when the decision had been reached to sell them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "No. I mean a permit to sell food and beverages in a public space. You need to get a permit from the town hall. And pay a fee for the privilege." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z The voices of bargaining beach vendors who sell shiny wares with such charisma that people can’t resist them. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “No one has tried to sell us a dwarf’s head of late, no.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If one cup of lemonade sells for fifty cents and you sell fourteen cups of lemonade, how much money have you made? The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z That was as far as the hard sell went. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “We could sell all these trophies and never have to worry about money again.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The only way I knew how to make money was selling pirated CDs, and one of the best places to sell CDs was in the hood, because that’s where the minibus rank was. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The father of the boy who had urged me to sell the papers also found out their propagandistic nature and forbade his son to sell them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They had had to sell three or four cows to pay the fees when I went to Kabarak. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z And they had not lost money before the war because they had not owned much that they had needed to sell. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She wanted to sell the house and go. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z First I go down the street to the corner store and ask Mr. Wallace does he have any sort of old cheese or lunch meat he can sell me cheap. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Who has need of a divine creator who must sell inferior marmalade?’” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Occasionally a man would sell warm soft drinks out of a cardboard box, but that was it in terms of concessions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The blind was ingenious in design and interest had already been expressed in the manufacturing rights—mostly by military representatives—but Artemis had resolved to sell the patent to a sporting goods multinational. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “The PX doesn’t sell them and there’s no loop at the back.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Cheaper to sell a horse than to ship one half across the world. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Dothraki did not buy or sell, but they gave gifts and received them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “If you want to be a slave again, I will find you a kind master when this war is done, and sell you for enough gold to get me home,” Tyrion promised her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If nothing else, they could go to the Lonestar and try to sell them at the door. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Which things to sell, which things to toss.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “To sell a lot of lotion that nobody needs.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z A shop made from blue tarpaulin sells fried potatoes and falafel, bowls of rice, and sweet tea. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I watched him steal money from my mother’s purse and sell our belongings for drugs. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z They were too happy to sell, and their customers were too desperate to buy. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “I bet you saw my books and thought they’d fetch a big price, right? But you could sell a thousand of them and never make enough to pay off what you owe.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z One afternoon, after the staff members had set some school supplies on the verandah, Mambu suggested that we sell them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Getting the lakebed off the men was problematic; the hot water ran out long before the men did, and because the PX didn’t sell shaving soap, practically everyone had a brambly, dust-catching beard. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z He means to take me back to Westerns and sell me to my sister. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “If I wrote something that hadn’t really happened, and I tried to sell it, I could go to jail. That’s fraud.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At the time, Mom and her partners in the nursing homes were negotiating to sell the business, which was thriving. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Nowadays it seemed as though he were raising slaves just to sell them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z What if the sheriff sells the menagerie in the meantime? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Like how he used to make beats, and sell instrumental tapes to aspiring rappers and singers in the neighborhood. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I’ll tell ’im that you dump all the stale foods into the Black Belt and sell them for more than you can get anywhere else! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He had to sell his life insurance policy for the money, and then he moved with his wife and children to Denmark to live with her family. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “You can talk to Maddy after we vote. The last thing I need is a hard sell for their conservative candidate.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z If I bought him, then the hunter would try to get more infants to sell. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Look,” she says, leaning toward me, “it’s either used or it isn’t. They don’t sell new stuff at tag sales.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Though I knew they’d make the sacrifice, I couldn’t let them sell any more cows for me. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Matilde tries to sell Mary Kay products to other mothers at Public School 12, which their son Antony, who is eight, attends. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But then she said, “If I even suspect that you’ve taken one sip of alcohol and driven this truck, I’m going to sell it.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “It’s a chestnut tree. I ought to know. I sell chestnuts.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z There are specialty stores where they sell dog meat but at a very expensive price. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “But Genie said you were gonna take me to see that weirdo who sells the teeth at the market!” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Did you sell a rooster that turns into a red-tailed hawk to Ms. Griegson on purpose? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z He wanted to sell the ranch and go home. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He would grab Papá’s house in an instant and sell or rent it to somebody else. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “What if they named it Blakeslee? Wouldn’t you like that? Our name being on the map might help us sell cars.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He said, “Did I ever tell you about the time I went to a sperm bank to try and sell my sperm?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “I’m safe from everyone here. Where I used to live, in Oxford, there was all kinds of dangerous things. There was gyptians—they take kids and sell ’em to the Turks for slaves. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “And now along comes a freshman. A child. He says no. He says ‘I’m not going to sell the chocolates.’ The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody would be able to sell a house with the windows boarded up. Who does that?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And a note, clipped to a business card: Anita will sell these for you when you need money. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Don’t you mean, how much ‘we’ can sell it for?” one of the other men said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But at least they’ve got these compasses, bought from the same good sister who sells the clothes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Dad took my trash can to sell at the yard sale.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Well,” said Grace, “according to Uncle Charley, Mrs. Malvolio wants them to sell this property. To her uncle, who just happens to be Heath Huxley.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “You could sell them in your stores,” she said. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I followed, pretending to think this was the fish he would sell me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe we’d even have a rabbit or a muskrat to sell in the morning. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “If we sell the seed we may as well give up the land too, for how shall we raise a new crop?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Bates tried to sell her his iron pills and told her straight out that that tea of hers would raise her blood pressure and burst her heart. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hoped to sell her as a house slave,” the Tribesman continues. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The one time we had stopped here to stretch our legs the whole little village had gathered, offering to sell us anything we might want to buy. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have two boxes of cigars, too. We sell those and have more money.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Scalp hunters would sometimes take children and women captive to sell into slavery in the West Indies or elsewhere. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z One time, the salesman who was trying to sell Pap£ a car brought out an expensive Buick. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the autumn, vegetable stands along Leesburg Pike sell pumpkins and butternut squash. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can always sell them something else. Some dinner rolls, a coffee ring for tomorrow’s breakfast.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, I would not sell a child!” he said loudly. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z No mean feat in a village teeming with treacherous natures and informers who would sell out their dearest to escape the bite of the cat-o’-nine-tails. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “But there is a demand for medical supplies. I can roll the cotton up on wooden toothpicks and peddle them as sterile swabs. Will he sell to me at a good price?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She keeps an honest, one price house, sells no hard liquor, and permits no loud or vulgar talk in her house. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe not, but I’m going to try all the same. The man I’m talking about doesn’t sell books either new or secondhand. Capricorn probably doesn’t even know he exists.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I can't help but hear bits of an advertisement for a place that sells discount tires. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Butcher them and hide the meat. Or sell it. You can get a good price for the hides from the troops. Sell what you can. I promise you, the stock will be stolen.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “That new fellow on our island—Gupta—he offered a reward for the cub. I’m sure he intended to sell the creature on the black market.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z At last one day when she said this he could not bear it and he burst forth, “This I cannot bear! I would sell all my land if it could heal you.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “I could sell it myself and save a heck of a lot of money and trouble.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes their families didn’t hear from them again and were forced to sell parcels of land to Gupta. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z What if he had taken his company back to Yunkai, to sell her for a pot of gold? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The crazy man who sells me a newspaper every night mumbles something crazy, but I have time only to pretend that I have heard him say hello. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” said her father, “he’s a runt. Tell your Uncle Homer you’ve got a pig you’ll sell for six dollars, and see what he says.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Tallmadge tells about “a country girl,” sent into Philadelphia supposedly to sell eggs but told to “obtain some information respecting the enemy.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother said she aimed to set up a plank shack by the road and sell bouquets for three-fifty apiece. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We spent our whole day running out to them, going back to the garage to make more mixes, and going back out to sell. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Soon he would have even more reason to be mistrustful, for in their frustration the Krupps arranged to sell him to Mr. Alpo, the dreaded horse retirer. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z So it was my earrings that Sass carried to the village to sell, and with them my last hope. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He retrieves the first phone card from the friend who is holding it, and he sells it for food. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Now I really don’t understand. Why don’t you sell your mess halls the eggs for seven cents apiece instead of for five cents apiece?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z That means he bought land that he had good reason to believe would soon become even more valuable—at which point he could sell it for a profit. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t have bad luck enough you want to sell the Patriarch?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z If she didn’t sell enough onions, they wouldn’t be able to get the fish they needed for dinner, and they wouldn’t have enough to eat that night and the next day. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Jamie asked, “How come you don’t sell the sketch? You could get quite a boodle for it. Being that it matches up with the statue and all.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not trying to sell off some of my land for that dog, are you?” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of lapel tags were quickly printed up, and students on campus for summer session began to sell them for fifty cents apiece in the hallways. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “The girl who sells tickets is using a system,” he explained. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “The most beautiful part of the sale, Goubert, is that it’s a project completely by students. The students sell the chocolates. The school merely ad-ministers the project. It’s your sale, your project.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Imagine that a toy store sells balls in groups of two and blocks in groups of three. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The last straw came a few days later, when my family decided it was time to sell Grandpa Portman’s house. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Together with her boyfriend, she burglarizes two homes, stealing televisions they hope to sell. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And her eyes glittered as she spoke and she said, “I will sell it for jewels!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z And when I do, she will look at me the way she looks at her sell- sword. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to sell them anymore, either.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, she says, Á bu, and to come here with her carvings to sell she must walk all the way, more than two hundred kilometers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If things ever get that bad, Sandi thought, she would sell her charm bracelet with the windmill that always got caught on her clothing. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Men brawl over jobs outside the Zollverein gates, and chicken eggs sell for two million reichsmarks apiece, and rheumatic fever stalks Children’s House like a wolf. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We could sell it all to white folks, who apparently would eat just about anything. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z We stopped only long enough to sell our scanty harvest to a buy boat along the way and then headed straight for Rass. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “If she sells those things for money to live, there’s nothing wrong in it. They are gifts freely given, and hers to do with as she pleases.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z ‘Yes,’ we said, ‘but why sell them to children?’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like they were brown people living brown lives in a brown place who made bright colors to sell to America. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “After I sell all this, we’ll be able to buy enough zinc dust to go to the moon,” he promised. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Desperate as he was for a job, he was determined not to sell out, not to “start on that road,” as he put it. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a successful architect who designs skyscrapers by using his feet to type, just like Aven does on her computer, and a woman who paints beautiful artwork that sells for quite a bit of money.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There he intended to sell all of his cargo, including the human beings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z My fingers brush over the soft fabric scraps— my pretend clothes for sale, which I used to sell to my cousins for leaves. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “My parents are going to sell the house.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z They even got a spot that sells TVs, Jamaican flags, leather jackets, and incense all in the same place. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “We had to sell our goat,” I said. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He prays this painting will make enough of an impression on Theo and others in Paris that he can begin to sell his work. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When we were most desperate, Father once again asked his friend Wojek, who lived outside the ghetto, to sell one on the black market. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Having borrowed too much, when the rush to buy organic food slowed down, Gene Kahn was forced to sell control of Cascadian to Welch’s. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Hugo could sell Nigel to a glue factory and Maggot would still say, “It's just like Hugo said, really, Aunt Alice.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Who knows how much they have kept for themselves to sell? We never have salt here because they keep all the salt to trade.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z If Mother was dead, I’d have to sell the coffeehouse, or have the orphan’s court sell it for me. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Right after Christmas the overseer began again, trying to sell her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Our uncle could rewrite his Fourth of July speech and use it to sell bonds. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Because he worked so slowly, he made far fewer pieces than the other potters, and consequently had to sell each of them at a higher price. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Stand on one foot and then the other reading the whole danged board, and seems like everybody got something to sell, or want to be hired, nobody wants to buy. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He was too old to shine tourists’ shoes or sell lottery tickets. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z So many tickets sell that after Uncle Al entreats the crowd to shift closer together for the fourth time, it becomes clear that this won’t be enough. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A smart count in the Champagne region of France guaranteed the safety of any merchant coming to sell or trade at the markets in the lord’s lands. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z J. T. paid the board of directors nearly 20 percent of his revenues for the right to sell crack in a designated twelve-square-block area. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I wanted to buy a straw hat from one of the ladies, but she would not sell it to me for the last two gourdes I have left in change. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “All right...Two: you stole her from her crib and you’re taking her to London to sell.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Then you an’ Lennie could go get her started an’ I’d get a job an’ make up the res’, an’ you could sell eggs an’ stuff like that.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you sell your papers for money,” I said with logic. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell him about @Dunn Poems and how we sell poems. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Some sell virtual Warcross items laid neatly out on tables, everything from gold rings to glittering capes, leather boots and platinum armor, healing elixirs and treasure chests. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Why could I not go in the early mornings to the marshes, cut papyrus and sell it to the sailmakers, then be Rekh’s apprentice the rest of the day? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The Martials will sell him if he’s lucky and kill him if he’s not. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Any of you younger siblings who are hoping to forge a better connection with your older brother or sister, here's all that's required of you: don't sell them out to Mom and Dad. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z There we could grow our own burley tobacco to sell, along with maize and other vegetables to eat. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z She said she wouldn’t sell it for a dollar, even. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I suggested to Mom that she sell her Indian jewelry. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Even the sound of the digging, clearer already, only set him thinking of the best way to sell his life as dearly as he could. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He also made arrangements with his gentile friend Wojek to sell a few of his fine suits on the black market. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The perfumer is slaughtering lambs and carrying them in suitcases on the train to Paris, where he sells the meat for an enormous profit. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If they take the shoes home, their mothers will sell them for food. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “The British demons forced us to let them sell it in the Middle Kingdom,” I said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z We had waited since April for the magic package containing the packets and packets of seeds we were to sell for five cents each, which would entitle us to a new bicycle. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Two or more people joining forces to sell a certain amount of goods or to work on a single project. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z The moment an inmate gets anything on you, he’ll have power over you and is certain, eventually, to sell you out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess they could sell flour to folks that didn’t have a good crop. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll sell the wagon. Find a job. Save our dough. And see what happens.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s no stretcher, but the old woman at the clothing stall sells us the board that serves as her countertop. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Hailsham was going to close any day and there were plans to sell the house and grounds to a hotel chain. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no room to keep animals in town so my father had to sell his small herd, but he would not sell his horse so he gave it to a good friend, Benito Campos. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anthony, we seem to have found a courteous heretic, how strange and wonderful! We should sell him to a Ruh troupe; in a way he resembles a talking dog.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When my school had a fund-raiser, I was determined to sell enough to win one of the prizes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z They knew that the overseer was trying to sell her, trying to sell this dozing, halfconscious young girl, who never moved from the pallet on the floor. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "He look like the type of dude who would own a store that just sells...snacks. Like, you know what kind of guy you gotta be to just sell snacks? Snacks?" Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “I’m selling them all. And if they don’t sell, I’m throwing them all out.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I could do a photography course, or set up a market stall, sell jewellery. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “My father’s business is bad. I thought if I could sell it...” I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, April. Here’s the deal. I’d love it if you’d sell us all this for fifty bucks, and I’m prepared to make it worth your while.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “I mean, sell them as we meant to do all along. To the Masks.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Tyler’s parents had to sell their van for parts. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Now he would disobey her again and sell it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, this man Jeremiah, he sick. He gonna have to sell the mule to somebody.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it was too late to change anything—the only thing he had ever learned to do was to buy and sell crystal glassware. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z "When are you going to sell me that car?" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “The wild rush that followed to sell stocks was something terrible. It was a veritable panic for an hour.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There are a few poky stores—one that buys used goods, another that sells fake jewelry. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They moved the sand around and uncovered obsidian arrowheads he could sell to old men in camp for fifty cents apiece. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “But surely there must be times when photographs don’t sell. Through no fault of your own, of course. And how much does a photograph typically sell for?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There were stories of big, burly men coming into town in Rolls Royces to sell as many Rolex watches as they could dish out. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sure is strange looking. Doubt I could sell it if I tried.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “He’s in a wheelchair now,” Charlie continued when I didn’t respond, “so he can’t drive anymore, and he offered to sell me his truck cheap.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I will auction you at dawn on Monday. I’ll sell your demon sister, too, to the most cruel, heartless master I can find, the Devil himself if he wants.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Moore, however, couldn’t sell the Mo cells because that would have violated Golde’s patent. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Until Michelangelo comes, that is, and then their curses are worse, because he just stomps straight over whatever they’re trying to sell. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “So...what, then? Will she have to sell it to pay for the hospital bills?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z There were reports that farmers, after meeting state quotas, would be allowed to keep and sell food. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z "I've got to eat, don't I? If I can collect enough driftwood, I can sell it as firewood." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a market day, and people had come from the surrounding countryside to buy and sell goods on the main street. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z They have a mall that sells nothing but gold—every store, floor to ceiling, gold. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Well, I’ll have to split the profits with X-Ray. When we sell all the tickets I’ll make a profit of four hundred and thirty-five dollars.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Even today, fine footballers and baseball players and runners and all other great sportsmen are much admired by the general public and advertisers use them to sell breakfast cereals. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s no use talking to someone who was dropped on his head and sells papers for a living. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Like the kids that sell the Spanish limes?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Tricky work, as it required the use of bone-tar, but they would sell fairly quickly, and the whole process would only take me four or five hours of careful work. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We sell him the shoes, and now we’ve gone and turned 60 rand into 200. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “It's not a bookstore. It's a book...spot. This guy sells books on the corner.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Some consent forms don’t mention money at all; others come right out and say, “We may give or sell the specimen and certain medical information about you.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Oh, you will come as well. No doubt he will find something for you to do. Now I must sell the cow and the house to get money for our trip.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to get past it because we were hoping to catch up with a certain trader and sell to him. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “You didn’t sell that old gray crowbait of yours, did you, Carl?” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just think of day I sell my wedding kimono! I did not want to sell!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z If I wanted to sell out, I could go to Europe and live off the interest, but I’m not going anywhere. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "What a disgusting little worm you are. Myrcella is my only daughter. Did you truly imagine that I would allow you to sell her like a bag of oats?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Fisk, Kelton Fisk, had a highly developed sense of civic duty that had led him, at ten o’clock that morning, to refuse to sell more than a gallon of kerosene to any one island household. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z "Me too. My mother used to sell them," I said after an uncertain pause. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z But the laws weren’t any use: if you had to pay two shillings for nails, you couldn’t sell them for two shillings, no matter what the law said. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I sell these things, yet I almost never know where they end up. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Jaime suggested to his sister that she either donate, trade, or sell any perishable items, but Blanca refused to share her treasures. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess some of these go out of style and they think it’d be too hard to sell the old ones.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I was thinking about maybe making little cards, seeing if I could sell them in the gift shop on Kingly Road. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She thinks I’m trying to punish myself, but I figure it’s still just someone trying to sell something, and I’m not buying. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Bore has a seat on the Coffee Exchange, and if he sells more than two hundred lots in a day, he’s in a good mood. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Have to sell it for cat food, a few pennies on the pound. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Their mother said no, no, don’t ever sell it. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Some had been known to sell for hundreds of thousands of credits, depending on their powers. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I straightened my back and walked briskly to the desk, smiling as if the German sitting behind it were the only person in the world I’d ever wanted to sell something to. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Maybe we can help him sell firewood,” Lydia said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “If that were the case,” Tocco said, “you wouldn’t have been able to sell a cemetery plot in this town, let alone a house or a business.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z And it was important that I do something big and fine, or else my parents would sell me when we made our way back to China. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe I won’t sell it, then. It could be a handy weapon.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And I’m tired of traveling to different communities to sell sambo sandwiches and candy and fruit every weekend. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t want to sell it, do you?” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z He was willing to spend Russian rubles, and sell Soviet arms, to make allies among the world's developing nations. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Some of them sell illegal goods—drugs, mostly. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “She sells houses. At least, that’s the job we can talk about.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Come November the boat would sell, then the house, said Carl. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “A lotta empty space and a few cops throwing signals at each other. Half the time I gotta watch you, brain, to see you don’t try to sell them a drink.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Anticipating this, the company had set aside Sector One as the simulation’s designated business zone and began to sell and rent millions of blocks of surreal estate there. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Whose idea you think it was to sell my babies?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z There were always boats heading down to New York City, loaded up with vegetables or oysters or hogs to sell. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z They brought with them a load of produce, peaches and cabbages and turnips, for Hamilton to sell in town. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The idea he was presenting wasn’t an easy sell, nor should it have been. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Food was in short supply and so was everything else, and we could sell anything we could get our hands on—cloth, farming tools, wheat, sugar, rum, anything at all. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And who better to sell it than the thousands of junior members of all those street gangs like the Black Gangster Disciple Nation? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Not Deacon Hawke. He’s kind of slimy. Mom says he talks like he’s trying to sell you something.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z All the ladies come to sell and bicker. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You really think we can sell all these fireworks?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She answered that she had fled from pirates who had meant to sell her as a slave, and that she knew no one in this strange land to go to for help. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "Suppose this Falconer sells the play to a printer, who publishes it and has it registered. Then the Chamberlain's Men lose all legal right to perform it ourselves." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Wine is our family trade. My father owns extensive vineyards back in Dome, and wishes me to find new markets. It is hoped that the good folk of Meereen will welcome what I sell.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I could hear one of the traders say, “You ought to sell that one too. Troublemaker!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “The price for the coffeehouse. You’ve got a good spot here. You sell this place, you’ll get enough money to set you up nice.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “None of us have money. All we have to sell are store vouchers and perhaps a few silver spoons and thimbles brought Over from our homelands.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Cops finding out where you live, knowing that you sell but unable to prove it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Jostling among mango and avocado vendors, he sells cups of diced fruit. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z But instead of using the ration cards to sell goods for profit, like I do, they pass the cards to the resistance. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “No. We only sell mesh strainers and biodegradable sachets.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “I could sell lottery tickets,” she cried out. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Maybe you can find someone else to sell the cans to?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m here to sell him. Two thousand rupees, you told me.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I’m asking her, “Why can’t we just move to someplace where there are more jobs? Why can’t we just sell the house and go to, I don’t know, wherever we need to?” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He slowly starts turning the gallery branch he manages into one that sells not just the traditional Salon painters but also works by modern artists—the Impressionists, and now the post-impressionists, too. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “He does. He sells those teeth as good luck charms. Like a rabbit’s foot, y’know?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Gimpy was behind the counter wrapping a birthday cake for one of our regular customers—a cake that sells for $3.95. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Wealthy knights from Houses old in honor did not cross the narrow sea to sell their swords, unless exiled for some infamy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘You don’t understand. If I don’t get him out of prison, they’ll torture him— they’ll sell him or kill him. He’s all I have—he’s the only one left!” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Soon as the couple walked away, the guy already opening up the bag to stare some more at the tooth, Genie asked in awe, “You can really sell teeth for twenty bucks?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They reproduced and grew up so fast that there was barely time to sell the tickets for the raffle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I sell you no phony forgiveness, I'm a desperate man—but too much of your life will be lost, its meaning lost, unless you approach it as much through love as through hate. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Darin and I came to a house like this to sell Nan’s jams once.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Van Gogh didn’t sell any paintings, either,” Mom said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He says I could sell some of them to help pay for Prism. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Later he makes a garment and sells it on New York streets. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z "Publicly rescue the Americans? Put a Chinese astronaut on Mars? Have the world see China as equal to the US in space? The State Council would sell their own mothers for that." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he started running the streets, disappearing with other women for nights on end, and coming back only to sell drugs out of the house while Deborah’s children sat and watched. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z With no companies like GE buying scrap for their manufacturing operations, or shipping companies like Patel Global Transit looking to buy scavenge to sell overseas, the ship-breaking yards were idle. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The dealers say “they still think women’s heads or figures of women are most likely to sell,” he tells Theo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She is the opposite of what you might expect from a person who sells pageant crowns. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She was tempted to sell the app, wash the blood from her hands. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There was no way two girls in one neighborhood could sell 375 cups of lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z It sells the wood—tropical hard wood—to several different countries. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “How are you going to sell a lamp that doesn’t work?” she asked as she started out the door. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z They used to tear the front cover off the hack issues of the romance magazines and sell them by the bundle for ten cents. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We could, thought Jon, if we had the gold, and someone willing to sell us food. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dog breeding business doesn’t pay much, and Dad wanted us to sell the Burlington house so he could take half. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Master, if I did that Gebu would kill me. Or sell me. Besides, one must eat. I have nothing except what he gives me.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z No, she would sell the painting and contracting business and hold on to the rentals. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Would he sell the house and the barn and puny parcel of land? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z We have slaughtered early and we are smoking now for to sell to the militia. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He is explaining that the new government will be returning the compound to us, that we’ll have to decide if we want to sell the property or keep it. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “And there’s going to come a time when I won’t be able to sell for cash without losing money.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “So in other words Mr. Miyamoto left your residence on the ninth having heard from your husband there was at least a possibility your husband would sell the seven acres to him.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She sent this didactic gem to several markets, but it found no purchaser, and she was inclined to agree with Mr. Dashwood that morals didn’t sell. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z A metal dealer never guessed that the grinning Italian kid who often came by to sell him armfuls of copper scrap had stolen the same scrap from his lot the night before. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Okay, let’s say we only sell the tickets for two hundred,” said X-Ray. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Ever’ six weeks or so,” George continued, “them does would throw a litter so we’d have plenty rabbits to eat an’ to sell. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He sells candy at school, mainly at lunch, which is the only time I see him. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z If Mr. Lapham was angry, he could sell Johnny’s time to Paul Revere. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, maybe he’d learn to care a little more if he didn’t have his precious stolen treasure to sell. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Should public universities license discoveries funded with taxpayer dollars so that private corporations could sell them for profit to those same taxpayers? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At the Big Top Mall, some stores sell new things, things like balloons and T-shirts and caps to cover the gleaming heads of humans. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z You’d sell a bag of nails for a shilling, and when you went out to buy some more you’d find that the price had gone up to two shillings. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He said, “Look around you. This is a nursery. The purpose of a nursery is not to grow fruit, it is to grow trees. We then sell these trees to fruit growers.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought I could sneak it off the ship and sell it in New York,” George lied. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z “My friends and I sell trash to make ends meet,” I said. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “I won’t need it anymore. You may find it useful. Also take this spoon. Don’t sell it. Quickly! Go ahead, take what I’m giving you!” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “We make things to sell,” said Mae, surveying the mess approvingly. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z And then you had to throw these mistakes in a barrel, which counted against you because the owner could sell those only as scraps. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sold? You always said no one owns the earth, so no one can buy it or sell it!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “I’m not supposed to talk about this, but I don’t sell mirrors. I store them. For safekeeping.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “The two girls sell it all on the black market and use the money to buy flashy costume jewelry and cheap perfume.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And anything you had or made or found you could sell in the streets. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is easy to sell New England in the Midwest,” as Freeman put it later. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “I hear you, but Khalil didn’t have to sell drugs,” I say. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I could sell stuff to the fishermen: crawfish, minnows, and fresh vegetables. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But I’m afraid if I give her anything to take to my mother, she will keep it and sell it at the market—if Detroit is anything like Port-au-Prince. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I had to smile—she was still the same old Dedd, who stocked the shelves of the family store so neatly I always regretted having to sell anything. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had to, ’cause they don’t sell items from the store on Sunday.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Valentin knows a store where they speak Spanish. He will take me there. It probably sells dresses for girls, too. Get Concha to take you the day she registers our first letter to Mamá.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z When we’re there, I want to go to a store that sells only beer and jerky. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But other projects did sell, and got attention. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Do they think I will sell myself for that land? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z "Whyever not? They can always make more. Mothers sell their children every day." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We walked up Tottenham Court Road and found this shop that sells electric pianos. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Toby could say anything, Jimmy put a hand on the deputy’s shoulder and, beer in hand, smiled like he was about to sell the man a new car. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “You should get the comic back from Jasmine and make copies and sell it.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “But those jars, they weren’t yours to sell. You stole them.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “They brought the cashew juice this afternoon. It tastes good. I am sure it will sell,” Mama finally said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z In 1870, the Osage—expelled from their lodges, their graves plundered—agreed to sell their Kansas lands to settlers for $1.25 an acre. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Or, “We will sell the wheat straw and burn the bean stalks in the kitchen.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z His mother sells houses—a lot of them in The Farm—and for reasons too complicated to tell, Noah Gershom was best man at my grandmother Draper's wedding early last summer. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Kids with money would Xerox different wrestling photos from American magazines they found in town, and then sell them to other students. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Going by the gas station where they sell liquor and food. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Do they also sell hopes on the street? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The wheels, doors, seats, steering wheel, speakers, and radio are all missing and probably on their way to some drug dealer’s house so he can sell them. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z How poor do you have to be to sell something that’s free? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Present your case, build it, sell it so they believe it”—that was the Langley way. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “It’s better to sell them to people who can’t afford to buy them brand-new.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “You shouldn’t sell it. It’s a nice color on you.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Tonight is when Dray is supposed to go and sell those pills. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “When we take bananas, we give the vendor our money. People sell their things for money.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Wash would build things and sell them in a market. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t understand; if you prayed for the miracle you’d sell your most treasured possession for, you don’t care about anything else but waiting on that miracle. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Dessie decided to sell her business and go back to the ranch to live with Tom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A Korean convenience store a few blocks away sells La Maizteca tortillas, made in New York. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z We move on to easier topics, like the house my mother is trying to sell for her clients and the weather. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “My friend puts them on fancy paper and we sell them.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The woman at the box office sells you a ticket, rips it in half, and hands you the stub. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “I have a paper here, all signed and legal, to prove it. I’m going to sell the water, you see.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Answer me, you miserable cow. Did you sell my sister?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And the naturalists at the University will love to be able—” “You don’t need to sell me,” she said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “They don’t sell nothing in there,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z One woman who came trying to sell us her handmade baskets looked in our door and spied our scissors and asked right flat out if she could have them! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His garage was filled with shelves stacked with samples, and after each new season Glen's dad let him sell the samples to his friends. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Actually, I was hoping I might sell you something.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Chew it and then sell it to people?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z They wanted to sell an overcoat and a suit of Mr. van D.’s, but were unable to find any buyers. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z One of Mr. Chris’s hired men, before Fritz, used to gather quarts and quarts and sell ’em to an Italian in town and make a mint of money every fall.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “That man has Frightful, and he’s about to sell her. He’s no hacker. Let’s find the conservation officer and get to Beaver Corners now.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you think you can sell it for a higher price on your own, be my guest. It’s going to take a long time,” the pawnbroker said to Nali. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A guy tried to sell some to us yesterday, but Momma said we weren’t wearing them today—T-shirts are for the streets, not for church. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Management may think that the purpose is to sell things, but this is an overly reductionist, narrowly capitalist view. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "Then you can take them off and put them in the saddle-bag. We may be able to sell them when we get to Tashbaan. Ready? And now I think you can get up." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z "In that case, I have a delightful palace in Valyria that I would dearly love to sell you," Littlefinger said with a mocking smile. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She says gently, “That would be a great idea, Ad, but we can’t sell the house. It’s underwater.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I'm going to make them there and bring them back here to sell to Americans. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Anita,” Mia had said into the phone once, “I love you dearly but I cannot come to New York for a show. No, not even if it meant I’d sell a hundred pieces.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z All we have at Bailey’s Wharf is a crossroads near school where there’s a post office and the firehouse, a gas station that sells bait, a video store, and the 7-Eleven. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “Don’t you have any idea of how much money we get for trees when we sell them to timber companies?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact that the public wanted more was a satisfaction to Charles, though it didn’t sell as quickly as that anonymous book, Vestiges, had done. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems they’ll sell a high-powered rifle to just about anybody in California, but it’s against the law to aim the thing at an animal without a fourteen-hour class and a multiple-choice exam. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “You notice some of my creations do not turn out well. They are marred. They do not sell. The face is the hardest to get right. Always the face.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z In the play, the invaders pose as hook-nosed department-store owners, crooked jewelers, dishonorable bankers; they sell glittering trash; they drive established village businessmen out of work. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They proved that the store did not even sell the sausages she was carrying. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “I could just as easily sell her to a cocoa plantation,” he shouted as he seized my arm and began dragging me through the door. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “You should probably go across the street and sell it in the park.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He looks a bit pale, and yet he cheerfully set off to sell some clothes for Mr. van Daan. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Then I get to thinking what it will mean if I can get the fish to shore and sell it to Mr. Nagahachi. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Why will the sailor sell his expectation, when he would have more money if he didn’t?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "Let's sell some weed and make some cash." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Or in desperation, sell some blood at one of the store fronts down the street from the agency. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z They could sell the hides and teeth in Palm Beach besides having fun together till work got pressing. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Politicians sell huge areas of the forests to timber companies because they need the money for their countries. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He decided to quit his job and sell bagels. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Do you sell a box or a pack of pencils?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Yeah. He came fiat out and said he wasn’t going to sell the junk.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Bourbon—where they’d sell their cargo for double its cost—or lose their shirts. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “And,” he says, “I picked up an old gumball machine. The kind that takes pennies. I’ll sell it for ten times what I paid for it.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “And if you do finish, how do you know you can sell it? That takes a lot of work, too. You’re almost out of time.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z All manner of people grew interested in Kino—people with things to sell and people with favors to ask. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z There were predatory real estate agents roaming South Shore all the while, whispering to home owners that they should sell before it was too late, that they’d help them get out while you still can. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There was even a fig tree—sometimes, Mama had me and Jay pick figs for her to make into jam and sell. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Even after Park embraced the idea, Shin’s paranoia was difficult to shake: he had sold out his own mother; why shouldn’t Park sell him out? Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “He’d always made his living selling things, so when all that land was left on his hands, why, the only thing he knew to do with it was sell it.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Sure, she sells other stuff, but it’s the crowns that make this place a landmark. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “There are houses I’ve driven by for years, and I didn’t know they had panic rooms until the owners listed the house to sell.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It’s illegal to sell human organs and tissues for transplants or medical treatments, but it’s perfectly legal to give them away while charging fees for collecting and processing them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Better still, I would be able to pursue my own projects then sell them on commission for a profit. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z If the county wants to sell...I know! The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Whites tend to sell to whites; blacks to blacks. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “So you didn’t sell the tickets, did you?” said Armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Most I can sell you is twenty-five pounds of sugar,” apologized Mr. Hanson. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z African Americans are not significantly more likely to use or sell prohibited drugs than whites, but they are made criminals at drastically higher rates for precisely the same conduct. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I am not going to eat the land if I don’t sell it.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My father got to know my mother because on his hunts he would sometimes collect medicinal herbs and sell them to her shop to be brewed into remedies. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “If this sells quick, I’m getting you some more of that paint, buddy,” Mack says. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “No, not a farmer. A storekeeper buys it all from the farmers, and sells it to the city people.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then why he left you to sell tail?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The farmer’s wife who sells me milk asks how two girls could possibly drink so much, and I get almost the same question from the grocer who sells me the eggs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “If he’s trying to sell those, why can’t we try to sell her jewelry?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I knew that playing the friend card would sell her on the idea, and it did. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z "If it's a fishing village, they'd sell us fish, I bet," said Hot Pie. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mother wants to sell the amethyst ring Father brought back from America, where he trained in the navy before I was born. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It sounded like a potion Doc would sell. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Why don’t they bypass you and buy the eggs directly from you in Malta at four and a quarter cents apiece ?” “Because I wouldn’t sell it to them.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And we would lie quiet until unsuspecting bullfrogs appeared, and we would spear them, cut off their legs, and sell them for a nickel a pair to people who lived up and down the road. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if I proved not to be very useful, he could always sell me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z There’s a grocery store that only sells imported foods with labels I can’t read. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Your father will not sell anything to him,” Madu declared, as if it were his decision to make. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He no longer lived there, but he had a little operation there—he would bring drugs into the county because he could sell them for a higher premium than in the city. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “It was our own wheat. We took some to sell on black market. I cannot steal my own wheat!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He knew the She Elephant planned to sell the children to the Masks. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “It is better certainly than putting money into a mud wall. But why not a piece of your uncle’s land? He is clamoring to sell that strip near to the western field we now have.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Thus, many items had become superfluous, and these were not really things one could sell or things people wanted to throw out. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z He says he is going to sell the whole lot of us. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “You just do your job, Cochran, sell the tickets. And leave the details to me.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Trouble is tinker, I put myself into debt with a dangerous woman in order to buy this horse. If I don’t sell it well, I’m going to be in a desperate way.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The gold chain is that twisty type of chain they sell at mall kiosks, and the charm says Dolly in a bubbly cursive script. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And there’s Hilda, who is always worried Imre will be robbed because he sells diamond rings on Forty-Seventh Street, and their children, Eva and Ezra, who are too shy to talk. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Colonel Lloyd’s slaves would boast his ability to buy and sell Jacob Jepson. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to know what was in his rucksack, if he had anything to sell. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “No. And you have to buy school pictures, those packages that they sell.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “We’ve got a new arrival. This is Ruby, folks. Six hundred pounds of fun to save our sorry butts. This gal is gonna sell us some tickets.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “Why would she sell land to that guy?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z We dug through our suitcases and organized what we could sell if the need arose. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “We need to find someone who will sell us some bread and meat.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “But since when do friends sell each other cars?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I understood that she had the legal right to sell it; what I didn’t understand was— “Why?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “It’s not for us. It’s for me. I just need for you to come and sign the papers. They won’t sell it to me without your signature.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “And I thought it would cost more money. So I was going to sell him the brooch, to buy you one.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z It changed owners a few years ago and now sells all kinds of arty things: pots, plates, clay animals. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She promised me that we won't sell anything that was in the Strong Shoulder jar, and she gave me my mother’s whale ring to keep. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z "Somebody could take a picture of me and sell it for that much. They could take a hundred pictures of me!" Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z “President Snow used to . . . sell me . . . my body, that is,” Finnick begins in a flat, removed tone. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I had planned to sell these to fund my journey. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Here’s the cook lying insensibly drunk on the kitchen floor, with a large bundle of fresh butter made up in the cupboard ready to sell for grease!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Some have nothing to sell and approach us murmuring with extended hands. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z You wouldn’t sell it to her, would you? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z A man comes who owns a store that sells cars and wants to train one young man to be a mechanic. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Daniel’s mom and dad sell the store to an African American couple. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “Lots of places sell tea around here,” the merchant said. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Ready to sell my soul for a dry mohair sweater and a can of Final Net hairspray. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t bear to sell it, or to see it again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Anyway, I’m not thinking of s-selling then. It was before . . . my stroke. I had a good farm, sixty-five acres. I don’t want to sell one piece to anybody. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He stared awhile at what we had to sell, and made an effort to say something and tried again and at last he said, choking, “The bullocks must go. Otherwise we shall not have enough.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look at the swill he feeds me: black bananas they can’t sell in the market.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Of course he’d prefer that he had Tersteeg on his side—he is a member of the art establishment who could help him, who could sell his work eventually. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In which a traitor offers to sell out his country for British gold. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I take my place behind a little stand near the train tracks, where they used to sell ice cream, while Helena starts bouncing the ball Mr. Szymczak has put air in. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The first wasn’t Hunters Hunter, who was off looking for enough fox to sell. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “He would think it was like quitting. He’d feel it was a cowardice. No, he will never sell out, and if he did I don’t think he would live a week.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Only Louis Sullivan: embittered, perfumed with alcohol, resenting who knew what, but not above coming by Burnham’s office for a loan or to sell some painting or sketch. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The seller would do well to wait a year to sell it. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Do you propose to sell your life before or after you have children?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Day and night women twisted rope, since they could sell as much as they made, and traders waxed prosperous selling their goods to the workmen. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, Richy. This is the age of do your thing. Let everybody do his thing. If a kid wants to sell, let him. If he doesn’t, the same thing applies.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides the farm store, Joel sells Polyface meat and eggs at farmers markets in the Washington, D.C., area. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “What the hell are you talking about? By the time we got through with him, he’d been willing to sell a million boxes of chocolates.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I said to him why is he angry to me? I don’t know any ting about this land, except that I don’t want to sell it to nobody.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I mean, you probably would get way more kids in here if you let me sell candy. Kinda like Girl Scout Cookies, but better.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z With only a little rice for everyone in the family to eat, Nguyen’s aunt gave her a blanket and told her to sell it and buy some food. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “They’d sell their mothers for a chance to pull a Lucky Strike.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The station agent wouldn't have been allowed to sell a ticket to someone whose papers were marked Jood. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z These shameless corporate sleazebags wouldn’t stop until they found someone dumb enough or desperate enough to give in and sell them the information they needed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Even the girl who sells him tea barely registers him, turning quickly to her next customer. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “And when you sell a black man away from his family just because he talked to me, you can’t expect me to have any good feelings toward you.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He and Kim remained cordial but distant, no matter how much I tried to sell them on each other. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Said so many crops was blowed away that lots of sharecroppers starved and even the Tanners got sunk so low they had to sell off some slaves. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He might even have had to sell his children into servitude. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was five weeks old, Mr. Arable said he was now big enough to sell, and would have to be sold. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Well, I shall give this a brave try, although I may sell someone the can of liquid heat before I get too far.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Business was good—or rather it would have been good if we had had anything to sell, and people had had anything to pay for it with besides commissary scrip. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Things that a delinquent spiky-haired kid just might steal and sell at a pawn shop. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “We ain’t got time. Skri’s waiting for us. Let’s sell these birds before the bird cop finds us and we go back to jail.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “If worse comes to worst, and you end up being extraordinarily uncooperative, I could probably sell your blood to someone to recover my loss. Everyone has enemies.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Yet supermarkets sell “spring lamb,” which is meat shipped in from New Zealand. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “No one can sell that land except my father.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the Hearse's doors were shut, Lindsey mumbled as if to herself, “Mom would never sell land. Never. Why is she doing that?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “What do you mean, no? It’s my house. I can sell it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But fat men who sell ale have many calls to answer; and the power of Sauron is still less than fear makes it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “You are asking me to sell out Mandy. We were sisters— at least for a while.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Due west seven, middle west seven. Leaves plots north and south. I told him better the northwest seven. If I was going to sell. It’s hilly anyway.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Today I been selling ammo at about two hundred times the normal rate 1 usually sell it.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look, what was I supposed to do? You kept calling me back, changing your mind. Sell the tickets. No, don’t sell the tickets, I’m taking Tatiana. No, I’m not taking Tatiana. Sell ’em. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Kids in dories chase after them, trying to sell sacks of incredibly good fruit. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “It’s a Vigil stunt. He’s supposed to refuse to sell chocolates for ten days—ten school days—and then accept them. Boy, those Vigils, they’re really something, aren’t they?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t go ashore in the villages we passed; if the villagers had anything to sell, they would run up to the Congo’s banks, offering it in outstretched arms. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Papi made maví, bark beer, and took two gallons with him to the construction sites where he worked, to sell by the cup to his friends and passersby. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The peasants still had to work on the same land, but instead of growing their own crops, they got paid in wages—they weren't allowed to sell or eat their own produce. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Look, if you don’t want to see me, I understand. I just came to return the letter. I’m not going to sell it. I don’t want anything from you.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “The company has made all the money it’s ever going to make. Now is the time to sell.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, she could sell the car, take out a bank loan, pay him back—in cash. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, when I was about four, Mom and I were in one of those superstores that sells everything from milk to sofas. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Because she wants the city to tear down our building and sell the land,” said Jake. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Someone Mr. Kreuk has sent me to sell to, laughing at his bad jokes until the transaction is done? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He spoke as though he was addressing someone who was trying to sell him a vacuum-cleaner at the back door. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z He was also beginning to regret that he was going to have to sell the brooch, when he was done. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z She grabbed her keys from the corner table by the door, and a book that looked like one of those romance novels they sell in the supermarkets. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z After ten minutes, as the conversation was ending, the agent told K., “Let me say one last thing. My client is willing to sell this house for a lot less than you might think.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I know she said she wouldn’t get rid of it, but I always figured if things got really hard, we could sell it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Mostly it was trash, but sometimes there was something worth salvaging, something he could make useful again or even sell. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z That is, a master could sell any slaves who managed to live, if he needed more money than he could make from sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z There was nothing left to sell, no more childhood friends or Christmas presents. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Stop shipping out the houses and instead sell them to young families. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Seven hundred and twenty dollars. Talk about a rip-off. They’re supposed to sell for fifty-five a piece, but they charge a five-dollar service charge for each ticket.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Locked in a vault for 50 years, the owner of the jewels has decided to sell them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Grandma claims he’s been a dentist for like forty years, and whenever he pulls a tooth from someone famous, he saves it. Then he sells ’em to people. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I immediately fell in love with their invention, and I asked them to sell me a camera. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I explained that all my rocks were incredibly valuable and I’d rather keep them than sell them for less than they were worth. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Did a white man ask you to sell these papers?” he asked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He owed money but had no drugs to sell—he had to figure out how to make that money back quickly. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He would kill me and throw me to the crocodiles, or sell me for a slave as he is always threatening, or... The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “We might sell it,” said the second robber more calmly. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I was always eating them, and Rosa would come up and say, “Claudette, don’t eat all the cookies or we won’t have any to sell.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The night before, Joyce, Harry, Rose, Mike, Polly, and Harry Junior had stayed up late, transferring the peanuts to paper sacks, planning to sell them to the race fans. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He takes a stall in the rear alcove of the bazaar and sells them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Antonio said there’s a new ice cream shop across the highway that sells the most amazing brownie sundaes,” Rafey told us. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He is desperate for his paintings to sell—they are selling some, but many more have to sell so that Theo can recoup all the money he's laid out for Vincent over the years. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Her dad had a voice like someone on TV, somebody who would try to sell you record compilations. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “We should sell the TV,” my mom said after a while. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Then we set up shop and sell them to every kid around.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z For the first twelve days one could sell only woven cloth—which is what the traders from northern Europe brought. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Of the 113 establishments that had licenses to sell soft drinks in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, the two that stuck to the law and did not become speakeasies went out of business. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He decides which bananas, grapes, onions, and potatoes the company will sell and makes sure that there is always enough. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z ‘But why do they put it into sweets and sell them to us?’ we asked him. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z People sell drugs and make their fast money, and other people get jealous and just shoot them for the hell of it. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a law which made it illegal to hunt and sell chimpanzees without a license. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Bookkeeping turns everything into a notional cash value, even though you do not actually know if you will ever sell it or what you will get for it if you do. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Now they are thinking to sell the farm. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z In this unfamiliar setting Vincent has to learn about art and how to sell it—prints, paintings, reproductions, old art, newer art, art of different styles. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The grownups were wary but willing to sell some bread and cheese and fruit for one of Lyra’s gold coins. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A faint scent of cologne hovers around him, the kind they sell at the comer drugstore. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In some instances the mother cannot make enough to support her children, so she sells her sex for what she can get. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He would go to different department stores and steal a bunch of clothes and then sell them on the street for cheap. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you sell me a house, Mom? I’ll buy one from you.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “I told her, I didn’t care how nice these Ryan people were, I didn’t approve of it. I didn’t think it was right to sell your own child.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Wasn’t refusing to sell the chocolates a kind of perversion? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I won’t sell their chocolates whether they beat me up or not. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “She did sell her house, buy an RV, and take you across four state lines without alerting either of us to her sickness.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z I decided to make up a totally new cupcake recipe, so maybe Ariana will sell it at her shop. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z She would have to sell the rental properties. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “That be fine. He can sell it to somebody else,” I said. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In a way, Scoob guesses it makes sense for her to have a lot of cash—she did just sell her house, and that’s all he’s ever seen her use to pay for stuff. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Trampita came up with a plan one day to catch fish and sell them for a nickel apiece to kids in our neighborhood. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “They’ll probably sell it to you. And then you’ll pay me that very generous finder’s fee we discussed when I applied for this principal position.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “Write something in my autograph book, huh, Frances? So’s I can sell it when you get famous.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The owners of the gallery want him to sell paintings in the traditional style because they re popular and bring in money. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Who would want to sell me or buy me? I am just a girl who has seen barely fifteen summers. I have no skills.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom had had it all reinforced a year ago, after she discovered that one of the night guards was snipping away bits of wire to sell in the scrap metal markets. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Fang never did come back, but Faith really surprised me by returning an hour or so later, with her face back in place and ready to sell more shirts. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It was one of those weird roadside curio shops that sell lawn flamingos and wooden Indians and cement grizzly bears and stuff like that. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z All you have to do is sell the cocoons at the market.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Well, I knew that wasn’t true, but I wondered if maybe you only secretly sell chickens now, because of Ms. Griegson and the typewriter and all. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z We have an enormous crowd that night—a “straw house,” so named because after all the regular seats sell out, roustabouts spread straw on the hippodrome track for the overflow crowd to sit on. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “He comes here every year to sell us stereotypical stuff. Notice the camel bridles?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z These ladies-in-waiting of the imperial court were forced to sell flowers and other favors to the fishermen near the scene of the battle. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z How was she going to sell enough lemonade to earn sixty dollars in two days? The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z She could sell me as she had done Ruth, only place me with the crudest master, who’d work me to death in days. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re still pretty good layers. We get eight or ten dozen eggs off them every day and sell what we don’t eat to the Cowgills.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Milton had waited too long to sell it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “You can sell—I know that,” he says. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked Mom if we were going to sell the house on North Third Street or rent it out. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I used to give you little things to go hustle—laundry bags or whatever—and you’d go sell ’em and pocket the money. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like, I don’t even know what it’s for. What if they’re gonna sell us out again? Throw us under the bus?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Yeah, all the parents, all the kids, all the teachers, everyone. They even sell tickets to the community, like people who are up from the city come, the college kids in town, everyone.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I did not try to find a bar that would sell an Indian liquor so that I could lose my sorrows by drinking. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Although Betty and her friends had certain rights, women in the United States were still not completely equal; their images were used to sell things. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I sell laundry bags and socks and everything and Lloyd used to follow me everywhere I go, ’cause he knew his daddy would take care of him. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because of these taxes, I must sell your father’s house in Rook Hill,” her stepmother said. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Though what use is it, he thought, what use, why should I not sell it? I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Earlier in the summer, we’d had a college fair, and representatives from the top colleges had been there to sell us on their institutions. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “If you don’t sell the tickets, I’m going to kill you,” Armpit warned him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z We left some land open in grass for them, and hoped to have enough beef for the family and some to sell. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because then if the company does well the shares go up in value and you sell them to someone else and make money.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Because Obie was certain of one thing as if it was a natural law, like gravity—Renault wasn’t going to sell the chocolates. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But he could, if he wanted to, sell absolutely anything. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s going to sell his statues all over the galaxy.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Do you sell enough to get by?” she asked. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And I remembered watching my mom erase those marks on our old kitchen door, getting ready to sell the house to move here. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z In berry season, I could sell all the benies I could pick at my grandfather’s store. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Their parents, like mine, had not had the courage to sell everything and emigrate while there was still time. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “When we sell. Do you think the house is really worth anything? The neighbourhood’s a bit . . She didn’t finish the sentence. Joseph held his breath and gripped the bird medallion around his neck. “ The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z You can then sell or trade them to other players. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I have my fingers crossed. But I got to tell you, landscape is a hard sell with the vuvv. They think we paint still lifes. Fruit in a bowl and stuff.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Don’t you think it would be crazier to stay here? And sell flowers the rest of your life?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Past at least a dozen places likely to sell coffee. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And the horse he was leading and pretending to try to sell had not looked like much—a thin bony beast in a bridle patched with rope. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "And if you feel that way about it, maybe I'd better sell it somewhere else after all." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Though you may need to sell me more on this Chuck E. Cheese’s trip.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “It’s a fine old place, and will bring a handsome sum, for of course you intend to sell it,” said Laurie, as they were all talking the matter over some weeks later. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, it was largely ignored by most people at first—the original edition of 400 copies didn’t even sell out. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “For far too long, Mr. Lemoncello has pretended to be a library lover when, in truth, this was all a clever publicity stunt so he could sell even more of his preposterous games!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I was thinking he was definitely going to have to upgrade his craftsmanship if he wanted to sell his feeble-looking creations in the States, but it turns out it wasn’t exporting he had in mind. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Years past they had been forced to sell their last few treasures, and now even the coin they had gotten from Mother's crown had gone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z By 11 o'clock, relatives had arrived and had started frying fish and other food to sell. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z "It was hot, so we decided to sell lemonade," said Evan. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I guess he figured he'd sell cars to rappers who would fill them with pretty girls. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z As children, they have to make day-to-day decisions about whether to go to school or whether to go on the corner and sell drugs. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Planning to visit relatives in California, they took a truckload of potatoes to sell along the way to help pay expenses. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to think of other things I can pawn, but I barely own anything except books, and those you can only sell to used-book stores for like a quarter. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He could sell the stones and buy a return ticket. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll need a note from your parents before I can sell poison to you,” he said plainly. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z More of my pictures sell, for higher prices. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Chou, the younger cousins, and I sell what they make in the market. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We make it smell good, you know? That’s the important thing, the smell. You can sell anything if it smells right.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z People of all races use and sell illegal drugs at remarkably similar rates. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z His bosses give him little free rein; he has to fight to sell what he is most passionate about, the Impressionists. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Yet now Viserys schemed to sell her to a stranger, a barbarian. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On a well-worn rock nearby, Enrique’s grandmother washes musty used clothing she sells door to door. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z One day he comes up with the idea of creating wooden puzzles to sell at school. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is a good market for us to sell fruits and vegetables.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z I also know that Papá Feliciano used to take this train to sell pots and pans in other towns. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I never said that. I just didn't think your favorite spot in all of Brooklyn would be a corner where some guy sells books. Why not...the library?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The two of them collected twigs and yams to sell while their children begged. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Sneaky opens his lunch pack, pulls out the M&M’s, and waits for Aiden to hand him a dollar, which is what he charges for most of the candy he sells. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z There’s a lady that sells cubes of caramel-colored soap that look good to eat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is not likely the Old Lord can sell all the land of his family without the agreement of his sons,” he demurred. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z One of the soldiers who had guarded his house during the first days of peace would go sell them in the villages of the swamp and return loaded down with coins and news. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I knew my fear was getting the best of me when I started wondering why they don't sell cuts of meat in vending machines. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “So the point then is not to sell it to the wrong people, isn’t it?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “They are not organized to stop things and when they get orga-nized their leaders sell them out.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Truth is, the Colonel's trying to sell the place off. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He decided to become a full-time sculptor, his black hands stained from the pots he shapes and tries to sell. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When they reached the blanket, Jiichan stared at Hanako for a moment—her hair—but then hissed with wide eyes, “Every day we will take some wheat to sell on black market.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t try to sell them without advice—ask the nuns for help.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll be back tomorrow. You promise not to sell it?” she asks. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “He would not sell at any price, and I don’t blame him,” he said. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Some he just bought, knowing he could sell them at a profit. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can I sell you a Jacobean four-poster bed? Or do the tax inspectors keep getting younger?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “She know many Igbo people in Africa. She sell cloth.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But I know she’s extra-sensitive about me ever since she and Dad made their big announcement that we had to sell our house. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I want you to sell twenty thousand shares of U.S. Steel in the market this morning,” Gus said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He could sell it for twenty times its value on the black market, and that's how I know he cares. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It drives the fear away and makes it possible someday to visit China, where I know now they don’t sell girls or kill each other for no reason. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z What I did was, I went up to the window where they sell the tickets and bought old Phoebe a ticket. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Did you already sell out everything at your market stall?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z My father tells stories about hitchhiking in pickups across the countryside to Lake Malawi, where he bought bundles of dried fish, rice, and used clothing, to sell back in the Dowa market. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “The sea provides all the salt that Qarth requires, but I would gladly take as many olives as you cared to sell me. Olive oil as well.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Number five, never sell no junk where I bunk. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He’s only showing us around this gigantic place that feels cold and empty inside because he’s trying to sell us on it. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “There’s a five-dollar service charge. What a rip-off. But the thing is, you try to sell the tickets, and all the customer’s gonna see is the face value.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He questioned shoppers coming out of a Dutch department store called De Bijenkorf, which sells relatively low-cost items, like kitchen accessories. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I used to have more of his work, but I had to sell them off every time things got too desperate, chipping away at his memory in order to survive his absence. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Archie thought of the kid’s refusal to sell, his ridiculous defiance. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was difficult to sell it with a swollen eye and a plum-colored bruise running across the bridge of my nose. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z A sailor was trying to sell an old lady a parrot. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “So you spend less time playing with cricketers, you’ll sell more papers,” said Mama. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry you could find nothing better to read. I write that rubbish because it sells, and ordinary people like it. Are you going to New York this winter?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z With fourteen thousand arid acres to sell, truth in advertising was not something to dwell over. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But I cannot sell my birthright, nor am I prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Quite often the big loud women came shouting into the house, “Now when you sell this one, I’d like to buy her to be my maid.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Stalls under blue tarp sell fruit and summer dresses and ice-cold rum, and trucks and buses and chickens busily stream by in the granite streets. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They had found the Tillermans’ car, he told her, and the Peewauket police could sell it and send the money to Dicey. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Herman Miller was told to cover the Aeron with a solid fabric and that it would be impossible to sell it to corporate clients. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It was an atrocity to sell cameras at El Encanto department store, to imprison emotions on squares of glossy paper. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Bob came back with the report that no horse or pony was to be got for love or money in the neighbourhood — except one: Bill Ferny had one that he might possibly sell. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Did you sell any for any more than that?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Ma would need to sell more water, more charcoal, more peanuts. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z There’s a guy on 135th who sells roses, so I bought six. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone agreed that the reporter’s saying bad things about their school in order to sell more copies of the Cucaracha Voice was mean, unfair, and just plain sneaky. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z A large food processing company offered to buy the rights and sell the hot dogs in stores, but Milton, mistakenly thinking that popularity is eternal, rejected it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "They carry off women and sell them to the Others." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Carefully I fill her with my paintings, hiding them so Mack won’t sell them. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z It was not uncommon for some desperate, enterprising shebeen queen to throw dirty shoes, tobacco leaves or dirty underwear into the brew to speed up fermentation, so as to sell it before the next raid. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Arnold explained that he was building a new agency and wanted to sell as many policies as possible in order to attract the attention of the biggest insurance companies. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I feel bad to take advantage of your health, Mr. Jurgensen. But if you have to sell, I guess . . . well, I’m interested.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They lower their prices to try to sell their grain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “They come from all over to buy and sell horses.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “That land’s been in the family for generations,” Mom said, “and it’s staying in the family. You never sell land like that.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Another night, Patrick took me to this place where they sell poppers, which is this drug you inhale. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Not as many as would need to sell it, that was certain. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Lou, the county’s going to sell your land if we don’t pay them more money.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “So you could sell her into white slavery?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “You think a hardware store sells mopeds on the level?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t be able to get much for them in Maryland, so in spite of the old master’s will, he would sell them South. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Give me the money and I will go to Mama Onitsha. She is authentic. She will sell you Gowon’s dirty pant if you pay the right price.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I said, “Let’s take the four train downtown. I know a really flavory food truck that sells arepas. We can sit in Union Square and eat ’em.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z And small men That buy and sell for silver being slaves Crinkle the fat about their eyes; and yet No Prince of the Cities of the Sea has taken her, Leading to his grim bed. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I hate that he sells drugs that make people die. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The tailor he worked for became deathly ill, and word had it that his heirs were planning to claim Jones as bequeathed to them under the tailor’s will and sell him into slavery. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I offer to let Mami sell my brown oxfords and old-fashioned jumpers I don’t like. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “What did I tell you? I have learned to be very acute—to read the face. It is necessary. Only in America do they teach you the proper way to sell.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z "Such a nice name. Would you like to sell me your goat, Brevis-boy?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He unwrapped a stolen machine gun; he wanted to sell it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Truly I thought I couldn’t possibly have anything left of my soul to sell to him, but we have managed to strike another bargain. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It looks like they still sell the same old fare—popcorn, candy, and balloons—but the children also carry flashing swords, and other moving, blinking toys I can’t make out at this distance. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z On a local level, terra preta is valuable enough for locals to dig it up and sell as potting soil, an activity that, alas, has already destroyed countless artifacts. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Should we sell the rising stock option and risk losing out on its further ascent, or hold on to it and risk its decline and the loss of our premium? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When I stepped into the church that day, propped up on the Pastor’s arm, I thought I was stepping through a couple of sloppily painted, standard-issue doors, the kind they sell at Home Depot. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Before I knew it, November had rolled around, and that first Saturday, Doc set me and Jay to work making simple oils for him to sell in his shop. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Then she leaves me to stew in thoughts I refuse to sell. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Massa’s wife hated that chile. Had Massa sell her when she was not much older than your Tidbit—sold her down to New Orleans. Massa sold his own flesh and blood.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She ignored me and asked Sterling if he had any peanuts to sell. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Fisher said, “I would rather sell her blueberry cobblers than real estate.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “I may have to sell your pretty hair to a wig shop for cash.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z You sell it to them, but like, for temporary. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z "Well," I tell him, "I can't sell you cigarettes, but I can pay you a dollar to deliver some for me." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They had possessions they could pawn or sell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Did he really think I’d sell myself for his small change? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I had tried to sell my birthright for a mess of pottage. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “That Special Julius, by the way—you know he sells forged passes?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Listen. You’re a black boy and you’re trying to make a few pennies. All right. I don’t want to stop you from selling these papers, if you want to sell ’em. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they can sell it to whoever for more money. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z "They lock up nice mothers. But guys who buy and sell kids get to roam free." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I sell the first sweater to one of the girls at work, and within a few days, I’ve got orders for five more. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “My friend Rabiya wants me to make Eid cards and sell them to raise money, but you guys know my art skills suck.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z "Would you ask a mother to sell one of her children?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Outsiders had brought drugs to the camp to sell them to young men. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Weird daggers and swords tend to sell for mad bank,” Rufus says. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Anyway, they don’t really care if she’s alive or dead. If I sell her for spare parts to the Harvesters, it’s all the same to them.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “The mongooses at the zoo didn’t sell. They stayed in India.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m worth more if he sells me to his queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I can go into town, sell off the goods, and get out of there by noon. We’ll be twice as fast if we don’t have these pelts to lug around.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Well, she sold it at auction, silly. At an auction you have to sell it to the highest bidder. No one bid higher than $225. It’s that simple.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Got to where won’t nobody sell her a raffle ticket. They just want her to hold theirs.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z There were several calls for young men between twenty-five and forty with automobiles to sell various products on commission. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t want to lose my whole hundred and thirty-five dollars. I wonder if there’s anything I could be sure I’d sell?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Isn’t there some way to grow stuff inside during the winter? Like down in the basement, with special lights, lots of water and extra minerals. And then you could sell it?” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Since starting in the car business more than a decade ago, Golomb has sold, on average, about twenty cars a month, which is more than double what the average car salesman sells. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “I suppose Mack’s going to want to sell these in the gift shop.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z One boy said, “My father says bad news sells more papers than good news.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z I think she is going to sell my hair to people who make wigs and earn a lot of money. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z They don’t like too many locals in their stores when they are trying to sell to tourists, and they hate children still in their school uniforms who aren’t going to buy anything at all. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It cost six dollars. 4TH JUROR: It’s against the law to buy or sell switchblade knives. 8TH JUROR: That’s right. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “He sets them up for Turkey and sells credit.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Every home we went to, I said, ‘Could you sell this house?’ Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z They say since the store owners don’t want to hire us or sell our products in their stores, we shouldn’t spend our money there. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “If I had jewelry to sell, I wouldn’t be here,” I said frankly and pressed my thumb into the wax. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was probably a turncoat—a programmer who intentionally coded back doors and security holes into a system he designed, so that he could later sell them on the black market. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Come fall they’d shoot ducks and geese and salt ’em down and sell ’em by the barrel to restaurants in Boston. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Wasn’t it crazy to go on refusing to sell the chocolates, particularly after that last warning yesterday by Archie Costello and The Vigils? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The nature of the business demanded that customers be able to find him easily and quickly; if he hid from the other gang, he couldn’t sell his crack. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Nobody would sell it to us; we had no money, anyway. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course I do. But it all goes to the syndicate. And everybody has a share. Don’t you understand? It’s exactly what happens with those plum tomatoes I sell to Colonel Cathcart.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Within another few years he changed his mind and did enter business to sell phonographs—but for use as office dictating machines. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Look, here’s the deal, Armpit. You sell me the letter or else I talk to Detective Cutie-pie. Your choice. Everybody wins, or everybody loses.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Slavin was only the first of many who have since turned their bodies into businesses, including nearly two million Americans who currently sell their blood plasma, many of them on a regular basis. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Then maybe we can get some guys to sell it outside the subways and stuff.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “It is not, but it mean more to me, Hanako. It mean much more to me. I will not sell even if I starve.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Okay, yes, I’m not Muslim. But I like this open house. And you like the stuff I sell?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z As his practice faltered, Sullivan found himself forced to leave his office in the Auditorium and to sell his personal belongings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I’ll take the whole lot,” he told the salesman, “provided you sell me that suitcase as well.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z |
| 随便看 |
|
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。