| 单词 | selling |
| 例句 | Usually, there would be tourists admiring the view and vendors selling umbrellas or cold drinks. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I was just going to take a slice of mushroom and cheese casserole when Miss Volker came out complaining about how some people were selling their houses to Eleanor, West Virginia. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Through a school friend I landed a job selling newspapers after school plus Saturday and Sunday, from morning till noon. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z With a desultory nod of his bored and sleepy head, the Level Crossing Divinity conjured up beggars with bandages, men with trays selling pieces of fresh coconut, parippu vadas on banana leaves. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I happened to be selling. I haven’t mentioned that yet, I think. You boys all cleaned out?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He had lived thirty years of his life buying and selling crystal pieces, and now it was too late to do anything else. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s not working a full-time job, and that money he makes from deejaying and selling mixtapes isn’t going to sustain him. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z They brought along some money, which my grandparents had earned from selling a cow. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z No one in Macún died, but many lost their belongings, poultry, pigs, milk cows, vegetable gardens, kiosks for selling fried codfish fritters, and shops where rusty old cars received one more chance at the road. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z There's a man selling hot dogs out of a metal pushcart with a yellow-and-red umbrella. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Every other word out of their mouths was “Blessed be the Lord” or “Aleluya,” and they went around door-to-door every Sunday selling religious magazines. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He said he was not just a car, truck, and recreational vehicle salesman—he was selling the American dream. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I don’t dare tell him I’m selling my cigarette ration. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Officer Hull, I mean. He thought Shawna was selling drugs or something.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z On market days, traveling merchants and local farmers came from miles around, selling everything from bolts of cloth to scented soaps and balls of twine. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He also plucked slips of paper from a box with his beak, by way of selling fortunes to the curious. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z With the deadline for the contest closing in, Holly was selling more quilting supplies than anything else. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “So this is a selling job?” someone asks. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So instead of Bodega getting fifteen to twenty for selling drugs, he only got five for possession, then got paroled in three for good behavior. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Yai and Yord must have taken those, and now they were selling them here, to people who had no idea the orbs would go dead any minute. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Sometimes this is so that rich men can get richer by selling the timber, and sometimes because the people living there need wood for cooking or for building. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Despite everything, our merchandise was selling well and a pretty steady stream of customers distracted us from our personal problems for most of the morning. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z A young woman who was selling numbers for the raffle of an accordion greeted him with a great deal of familiarity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Hurry up and start selling ’em,” he urged me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A vendor on the corner is selling water bottles, candy, and newspapers, and I stop real fast to get Skittles since they double as an appetizer and breath mint. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The commissary people always paid for whatever they bought, but it was usually in scrip, and on top of it, the farmer didn’t have much choice about selling or not. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I was watching one ringing a bell and throwing the secondhand clothes he was selling up in the air to attract passersby, when our car stopped at the hospital where I was to be examined. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I went to Somerset and spent several glorious weeks selling kerosene to old ladies in remote villages. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “You see things only one way, Mr. Stonecrop. We’re not selling the house.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z There are food carts on every corner, selling everything from ripe mangoes to sugarcane, from Western cakes to French crepes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The money we made selling your necklaces was all we had that day—and it was even less than we’d made last time. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But she knew where he was: out selling items to black market merchants. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Pork Chop stared at the kids selling the limes. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, you didn’t think selling little bags of parsley for fifty dollars an ounce was against the law either.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Thank you for selling your kimono for me. You didn’t have to do that.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z To McCorkle, Sergeant Bloom had sounded a bit off-the-wall, a maverick theorist selling out the program. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Incredibly, she hears some desgraciado selling peanuts in the back of the theater. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “The eager beavers, the brown nosers are out selling chocolates like mad-men. So are Leon’s pets, his special boys. So are the kids who still believe in school spirit.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a sutler’s store, a white wagon, a man selling a strange elixir with the high blessed chant of a preacher. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl selling tickets smiled down at them. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Gabriel had turned in his return ticket in order to stay in Paris, selling the old newspapers and empty bottles that the chambermaids threw out of a gloomy hotel on the Rue Dauphine. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “What you selling candy for anyway?” says Grandma. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z ‘They’ve caught one of their own men selling a musket to a farmer.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A man was selling apples from a barrow, and a woman was offering herring with chopped onions. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If they find it, I could get suspended for selling on campus. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “My poor Augustus! They’ll be selling him by the pound all over the country tomorrow morning!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “So, I have to work at the One Drum festival on Sunday, selling the shirts that I, ahh, created.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The public-relations hack for a security firm refers to the company’s activities in a press statement in terms of the way she thinks about them when selling them to potential clients. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z A few years into Pauline Hawthorne’s career, her photographs had been selling for tens of thousands—quite a lot for a photographer of that time, let alone a woman. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “No officers, to my knowledge, are selling drugs,” he said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We strolled along the walkway between the road and the beach, past pushcarts piled high with corn and peanuts and hawkers selling multicolored plastic balls and cricket bats, flimsy kites, toys, dolls, pinwheels. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z At some point I went over his records with him, and he'd been selling things at a fraction of their worth and losing a lot of money. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He saw, through a gauzelike curtain of snow, a boy standing under an awning selling papers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Denner resin slowly bleaches your teeth, so if a sweet- eater lives long enough for their teeth to grow fully white, chances are they have already sold everything they have worth selling. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z People were shouting, calling, arguing, laughing, selling their wares to any and all from where they stood. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Men and women are selling fruit and corn from carts. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z And then I discovered the greatest selling appeal of all—one that crawls through nearly all American life. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fog was so thick, they were selling it by the slice. Genuine State of Maine Fog. Very popular with the tourists, if you could find one. Many got so lost, they ended up in Pennsylvania.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She could pay for her trip by selling the sugar, and it would give her a chance to see the big city and her perpetually ailing sister. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z With my profits I buy lollipops and bananas from Otavalo and spend weekends at soccer and basketball games in nearby communities selling my sandwiches and candy and bananas. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no self-consciousness about their joining Kino and Juana to go pearl selling. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z All of the buying and selling went on indoors. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z No roadside stands selling squash juice, no antique stores, no farm products or factory outlets. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He was glad to leave the selling to Ralf the Limper, who would use the coin to load his big ships with provisions for the long slow middle passage east. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I thought you dreamed of selling your own line of jewelry.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “I just had a brave picture of you selling your life.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z "I couldn't believe how much when I saw it. You're really something, you know that? Earning all that money selling lemonade." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Our family continues to live as before, with the men working on the farm and the girls selling food in the market. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Where was God when kids were selling rocks at twelve years old, and their parents encouraged it because the kids were the main breadwinners in the home? The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He and Regina were selling aprons as fast as they could make them. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z From the odor that came through the window he could guess that Wat Hokester had been taken again for selling putrid fish in the market stall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z These were the church congregations who were always putting out little signs announcing that inside they were selling fried chicken and chitlin dinners to raise some money. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She had herself, Aunt Aggie, and her son Pat, who was my uncle and who was out selling newspapers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The markets were crowded with ragged men selling their household goods for any price they could get . . . and conspicuously empty of farmers selling food. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Consider a transaction that wouldn’t seem, on the surface, to create much fear: selling your house. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Jackson won programs to educate newly arrived workers, selling the idea as a good way for business owners to win black allegiance. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I live here, too. This is my house, too. You tell me if you are selling drugs. You tell me everything!” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Frank tried to imagine staying here with Iris, putting on a R.O.F.L. shirt, selling crystals and dream catchers to demigod travelers and lobbing gluten-free cupcake simulations at passing monsters. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “A show went broke in Salinas and had debts. The sheriff was selling off their stuff.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He feels selling his eggs or chickens in a chain supermarket supports the industrial food industry, the very thing he is trying to get away from. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z We bought some tamales that a woman was selling by the subway from a huge pot in a grocery cart. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Within four days he had set up a small company that was selling cheap plastic ballpoint pens specially imprinted with the word frindle. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, let’s get out of here anyway. He knows we were in jail for selling falcons and hawks to wealthy Saudi Arabian falconers. That’s a federal offense. Remember?” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Person 1 trades a banana to Person 2 for a piece of shiny metal, because he knows he can trade it to Person 3 for a cookie; we think of it as selling. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “My mom told me. Are you selling the house here?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Some of the boys in my group had a little money from selling their rations or the vegetables they grew to others in camp or to the native Kenyans. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Carl worked there seventy-six hours a week, selling goods to local farmers for their chickens, cattle, and hogs. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z We weren’t going for the lunch the Ladies’ Circle was selling. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z When he got to the Port Authority, he saw a vendor on the street corner, selling bags of nuts. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I find a man with a pushcart who is selling roasted peanuts, and I get a good bargain—he gives me two large cones filled with freshly roasted peanuts wrapped in newspaper. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “So that means ...” “He’s taking things from the storeroom for the mayor. And he’s giving some to Lizzie, and selling some in his store.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She says he didn’t get a job yet, but she’s saving the money she gets from selling Avon and taking care of her cousins. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Who is more blameworthy: the young black kid who hustles on the street corner, selling weed to help his momma pay the rent? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Hold on. We’re not selling cookies. My sister has something to ask you.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Officials periodically descended on the markets and arrested traders under vague laws that criminalize buying and selling. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I’m guessing Sneaky’ll think twice about selling candy at school, but it’s the complete opposite! Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I got a few breakfast cakes from the lady selling them in the aisles. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And so you’re hurrying to join them, selling me out to save your skin, I thought, but there was no point in saying it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z On Lake Street, for instance, Margaret O’Toole set up her small stand and began selling chestnuts. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “Gus, did I hear correctly? Did I hear you say something about selling your heritage?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she dusted the shelves and arranged the leftover potions and lotions, selling Haldar’s old inventory at half price. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z After our reunion at Uncle Sammie’s, my grandfather was sent to jail for selling drugs. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “When he was little, my father played with her kids here. She was murdered right inside her apartment for trying to stop drug dealers from selling in this very park.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Hear she’s bringing her mother’s pills to school and selling them to pay for it? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z With the money he made from lobstering and cutting ice out of Wash Pond and selling his paintings to the summer people, Osh had bought nails, a hammer, and whatever else he lacked. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Babysitting and tutoring and doing other kids’ homework and mowing lawns and redeeming bottles and selling scrap metal didn’t count. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Not yet. He’s out selling firewood tonight. Did you know he was doing that?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Then he started taking and selling painkillers from his parents’ medicine cabinet. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There were concession stands there, too, like at a farmers’ market, selling roasted peanuts and cotton candy. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Lots of shepherds passed through, selling their wool. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Members of Walter's family spent the day out in front of the house, selling food to passersby. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When Lourdes was a child in Cuba, she used to wait anxiously for her father to return from his trips selling small fans and electric brooms in distant provinces. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Grampa looked a little mad, and I didn’t want to be arguing with him during my last days in Greenwood, but selling that truck made no sense. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Ignatius happily pocketed the new bills and ripped one of the packages from George’s arms, saying, “I must see w’hat it is that I’m storing. You’re probably selling goofballs to infants.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama and Mario had been outside selling off the last of the day’s papers. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z All over the country, farmers were leaving behind their parched lands, selling off their goods, roaming from village to village looking for water. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Down on the corner some guys were selling Christmas trees and had started a fire in a garbage can to keep warm. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Little Mexican kids darted in and out of all the cars stuck idling in traffic, selling packs of gum and cigarettes and shaved ice and batteries. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They were doing the same thing on the other plantations in Dorchester County—the Stewart plantation, and the Ross plantation—they were all selling slaves. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I used to take Lloyd out selling laundry bags, you know. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of the boys out front were selling. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Tobias and his daddy always talk bout money like they still got a lot Old Mr. been selling off the place so that nothing much left but the houses and the fields. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I was the same as this kid selling suns. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z There were fathers and mothers selling their daughters, whom they pushed forward and then pulled back again. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z After my morning of capturing bees, I spent the afternoon in the peach stand out on the highway, selling T. Ray’s peaches. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There are shops and cafés, stalls selling mobile phones and shiny electronics. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She made it sound as if selling conservatory windows was a crime against humanity. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m selling Tidbit instead,” Mr. Derby’s voice said clearly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It nearly broke my heart to think of a loser like that taking our skiff and selling it for cash. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z "You made a hundred and three dollars and eleven cents selling lemonade in just five days." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z For days, department stores, electrical appliance stores, the Sherman Clay piano store, even the jewelry store Weisfield & Goldberg had been doing a land-office business selling new Philco 61F Olympic Special cabinet radios. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z That was another selling point of the basement bathroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the meantime, he was selling used clothes with a friend in the market to make money while not in school. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “No, I’m not,” I said, looking back to the kid selling clay suns. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Oliver could not have believed that I was selling out, but he might have thought I was making an error in judgment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “And how do we get everybody in the school to start selling the chocolates, Archie?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom was always vague about how big the land was and where exactly it was, and she refused to consider selling it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The guy was weird, and selling teeth was definitely creepy, but Genie still kinda liked him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Like I said, nobody likes selling drugs,” he says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z And the best part was that even after the Fourth, when it was illegal to continue selling them, the Hammonds kept the remainder of their stock in a storage shed over by the Dairy Queen. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Prosper stopped in front of a shop selling newspapers, postcards and toys. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z In 1937 they opened a drive-in restaurant in Pasadena, trying to cash in on the new craze, hiring three carhops and selling mainly hot dogs. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z "We tend to look the other way when it's in a residential neighborhood. But right here, on the town green, we have to enforce the law. Otherwise we'd have someone selling something every two feet." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z From the top, I could see the sprawl of people selling oranges, avocados, packets of nuts on brightly colored pieces of material or small cardboard tables made from overturned boxes. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Before the store had a complete roof, Jody had canned goods piled on the floor and was selling so much he didn’t have time to go off on his talking tours. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z And why did they stay for only a few minutes at each apartment, were they selling something, collecting information? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z His uncle, Foncey, sold linoleum there for years and made enough money to start his own shop in Dublin, where he has his three sons selling linoleum. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Right. But what about the fact that they are selling a burger that has nothing to do with a bird that probably has nothing to do with this town and isn’t even alive anymore?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z There were stories of civilians selling bottles of water for ten francs, but he had never seen it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Let me see now, Malian. Why, that brings your total to forty-seven. Congratulations, Malian. I’m sure you’ll be selling those three remaining boxes today.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The American Type Culture Collection—a nonprofit whose funds go mainly toward maintaining and providing pure cultures for science—has been selling HeLa since the sixties. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z But the walk made him hungry, and it was then he realized there weren’t any street vendors selling pretzels or hot dogs, roasted nuts or souvlaki. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z All the while, Spoon Man quietly meandered through the crowd, selling a frying pan, a box of buttons, a kerosene lamp, and a fishing pole. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I had collected their catalogs and completely bought into the dream they were selling. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z If you’re trying to get Audubon’s pages back, and stupid Marysville is selling them off faster than you can find them, it gets sort of discouraging. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z There Clarkson had to push his way through a crowd of vendors selling coffins and patent medicine cures. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z No, I'm pretty sure what completely did me in was my dad, sitting on that windowsill, apologizing for selling our house and for the mess that we were now in. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “It’s not a comfortable idea, but the She Elephant is in the business of selling children. The people who buy must want them very much.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He took him into business and tried to inoculate him with the joys of buying and selling, of outwitting other men, of judging them for a bluff, of living by maneuver. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Fizz sets up her corner, selling scarf jewelry, and I snap some pictures of that. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Something I never thought of before—just stop selling them.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I see the goat mother made a few coins selling her information,” said Eva. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z A man just ahead was selling skewers of roast meat from a cart, and die procession halted as the Poor Fellows moved him out of the way. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There are also parts of Eva's Youth that talk about women selling their bodies on the street and asking loads of money. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Whoever offers the most money gets whatever the auctioneer is selling right then. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I started downloading more, copying more, selling more. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They held hands while Bertha told us about some old man selling moldy strawberries from the back of a truck out on Highway 14. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z How could he have the nerve to come here, after selling us out to Falconer? The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Mainly, he didn’t want to fight for the same reason he wasn’t selling the chocolates— he wanted to make his own decisions, do his own thing, like they said. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Me? I'm over on the side where some stud done broke in a store and is selling cold beer out the window—Done gone into business, man," the voice laughed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hear Ropes and Hodges are selling the chandlery,” a man remarked. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir. I see. How much are horseshoes selling for?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z So Brian had lined up a bunch of kids to do the selling. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, no rice, but—wait...they say Biswas is selling...you can try....” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z We believed it, and spent a major part of every day trooping about the town selling them. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She goes door to door, selling tortillas, used clothes, and plantains. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Just the high school always has kids selling stuff for fund-raising. I’m happy to just write a check, I told them, but you know, people like their stuff.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z My father could have made good money selling them, but if the officials found out he would have been publicly executed for inciting a rebellion. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I’m so sick of selling the frigging chocolates,” the kid said. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet when the noble lady had once gone by, the crowds knitted together just as before, milling about, strolling, buying or selling. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z With enough feed, we figured to get some milking cows when we saved enough from selling more ribbon syrup. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only, it's not in any way a pyramid selling thing, is it, Helena?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But there were vestiges of a less modern life, too—merchants selling sardines and cabbage by the roadside, crude homes of brick and mud. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z My dad went out foraging and returned with a handful of snacks he bought from kids selling them by the side of the road—peanuts and mandazi, little round cakes. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z A couple of days ago, while he was selling firewood, two men shot him and left him to die while stealing his money to buy drugs. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z People were selling off the back of their wagons and a few of them off the back of their trucks. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The jeepney will circle the neighborhood while selling halo-halo, a sweet concoction of ice, milk, red beans, tapioca pearls, jackfruit, and coconut flesh—with even sweeter condensed milk drizzled on to stir in. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Lice had seemed perfectly satisfied with the idea of taking Dad’s boat and selling it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And when the U.S. government asserts that terrorists raise money by selling black-market cigarettes, that acts as a rather jarring moral incentive. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They had been bickering a lot lately, but wasn’t that just stress over moving, selling the house, and trying to find something in Los Angeles they could afford? Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z In 1999, he was twenty-two and working as a peddler in lower Manhattan, selling videotapes and socks and gloves from the sidewalk along Fourteenth Street. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Soon he had enough money to buy a second hot dog cart, which Margaret often ran by herself, selling food and counting change while their daughter slept nearby in the car. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z I want to ask her why, with all her brains, is she selling drugs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Radio programmes analysed the merits of different interpretations of the same pieces, while there were always new reasons to hear, say, Mozart afresh, thanks to the selling point of newly researched performance techniques. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The running patterer was selling his broadsides almost as fast as he could yell. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z He even has pushers in the elementary school selling that poison for him. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Like people in history didn’t have whipped cream until a company started selling canisters that squirt out runny foam. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Since then, he had been selling the NSA's secrets to the Soviets for a total of $37,000, money he used to pay off old debts. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And suddenly—in two days—I went from X-raying convicts with broken bodies to selling X-mas trees in Little Italy. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The neighbors saw their return and all crowded around as if they were selling good luck. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z They could raise livestock and crops, using what they needed and selling the surplus. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “I got me a fine boy that you can see up on the store street selling flower to the folk that come downtown.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I still had only a hazy notion of what the landlady was selling. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Some club on campus was selling Valentine’s Day candy grams and the violently pink posters assaulted me everywhere I went. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The idea of selling them to the British was gone. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thought he wasn’t selling,” says Dad, looking at me hard. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I earned a decent amount of money each month by selling commercial time on my POV channel and by auctioning off any unneeded magic items, armor, or weapons I acquired during my travels. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He decided he needed to go public about the calls and to respond to the charges of selling out. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z We move through the Market Quartier, still busy with merchants selling wares better suited to the dark. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She explained that it was nice to own something for a change, and she saw no point in selling it just because we were moving. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Rather, they put food on the table by teaching chess, giving exhibitions, operating chess parlors, selling chess sets, and writing books and magazine articles that received small advances. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In those days it had been wonderful to be selling crystal, and he had thought how he would become rich, and have beautiful women at his side as he grew older. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 The market square inside the Gate of the Gods, which in normal times would have been thronged with farmers selling vegetables, was near deserted when Tyrion crossed it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Any special occasions coming up?” she whispers, as if she were selling hot watches from a raincoat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z One day he asked me guardedly: “Say, are you still selling those papers?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Declan wants to get out of school as soon as he can and get a job selling linoleum at Cannock’s big shop on Patrick Street. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Hanako could not believe their luck to find this woman in a starving country selling these beautiful cakes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Junito dropped out of high school when he was a sophomore and started selling drugs in the neighborhood. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z And now most of us are just doing what society wants us to do—contributing to the jail population, selling drugs, having babies, living on welfare. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And pretending that you had come to the end of your money, and actually selling your beloved Bag End to those Sackville-Bagginses! The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “You’ve been selling it all over town, so I think she might have a pretty good idea.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It’s everyone from the mom buying some food that fell off the back of a truck to feed her family, all the way up to the gangs selling military-grade weapons and hardware. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There were men standing near the checkpoint selling Guinean currency at whatever rate they pleased. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Along the span were shops and stalls of every sort; weavers and lacemakers displayed their wares cheek by jowl with glassblowers, candle- makers, and fishwives selling eels and oysters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the Agriculture Building a giant pane of glass fell from the roof and shattered the table at which, just a few seconds earlier, a young woman had been selling candy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The frightening thing was, the rats looked more appetizing than most of what the butchers were selling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I wondered if Ariana was selling a special Labor Day cupcake. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z "It was of this man sitting on a stoop just like we're doing now. And it was selling for like four thousand dollars." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Could she have solved our financial problems by selling this land she never even saw? The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t dream of selling the chocolates himself. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I loved selling stuff, and I was selling something that everybody wanted and nobody else could provide. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z A general, or even a colonel, had the right to punish a soldier caught selling his arms, and also anyone who tempted him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes just one man would be standing by the side of the road selling one girl. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And the same guy had a brother who would give me a job selling Christmas trees until I could find a steady job after the holiday. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The money from selling our land is enough to live on now. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The Dothraki did not truly comprehend this business of buying and selling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Louis ventured uptown as far as Harlem, selling to the mothers in the tenements. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Several of the vendors were frying chunks of fish with onions and beets, or selling peppery fish stew out of small iron kettles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "She said she once won a prize for selling the most Girl Scout cookies," said Zero. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He tried to raise some money: first by selling his watch, then by using his revolver as collateral for a ten-dollar loan. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They aren’t selling anything, no baskets and it’s too early for blueberries. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But still Mr. Evans goes around selling the cigarettes that connect him with the crime! Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z I told Granny that I planned to make some money by selling papers and she agreed, thinking that at last I was becoming a serious, right-thinking boy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked back at the kid selling clay suns, but he was looking somewhere else now. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z At night, when I usually did my selling, any suspicious person wouldn’t be likely to see the trick. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because I am not in a good mood, okay? The last commenter on the Facebook page was selling weight-loss powder, and the one before that was a middle-aged predator dude with chest hair.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky you haven’t froze yet. You should go back and like punch out the guy that sold it to you because he’s been like, you know, negligible selling you that.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z When the client was moving, Zeitoun had seen it on his lawn, a standard aluminum model, and asked him if he was selling it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “I came to teach you how to make soap. Do you know how much they are selling common bar soap now?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Many were there to provide various services to the men who did— doing their laundry, cooking their meals at the mess hall, selling them various sundries, disposing of their trash. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “You know what they selling,” she said, looking at me with a teasing smile. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He was selling more and more of them each year. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “The man said part of selling cars is looking the part! Wearing the uniform! Remember?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When it came to the act of “selling” women as marriage partners, my mother was vehemently opposed to it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z While Honeyman was selling meat to the British and Hessians, he was gathering information—the location of camps, the number of troops, the roads without sentries. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Lice had seemed perfectly satisfied with the idea of taking Dad’s boat and selling it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I follow him up the walkway to the front door, which has a hand-painted sign hanging from it that says: Unless you’re selling cookies, no soliciting, please. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There were mini-markets everywhere, selling clothes, food, cassettes, stereos, and many other things. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Surveyors measured and mapped the land in preparation for selling it out from under the Native people. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z All Welfare food bore this stamp to keep the recipients from selling it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z That night in bed, she lay awake trying to think of some way to stop Evan from selling even a single glass. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Granny did not care one way or the other, since I had been making so little money in selling them that I had not been able to help much with household expenses. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if farmers face hard times, the seed companies continue to make money year after year, selling farmers something they used to grow themselves. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I was sure that they were selling something: bonds or insurance or automobiles. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He was selling off her children, though, one by one. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z In addition to the billions of dollars that GSS raked in selling land that didn’t actually exist, they made a killing selling virtual objects and vehicles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Mom’s already got another renter lined up for the fall. That’ll bring in more money, but not enough to stop her from selling my house back home.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z After the Republican nominating convention in June, Guiteau left Boston, where he had been unsuccessfully selling life insurance, and traveled to New York City. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She was trying to make a go of it alone, working in a real estate office selling lots, and it was rough. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Other people say, But he was selling drugs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She cannot forgive Mrs. Gershom for selling houses at The Farm. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Usually I like riding on trains, especially at night, with the lights on and the windows so black, and one of those guys coming up the aisle selling coffee and sandwiches and magazines. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He hated selling them anyway, although it gave him an excuse to get out of the house. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay,” she says, not asking for Anthony’s ID or anything, selling me one ticket. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A guy was selling movie tapes near the subway stop. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Talis had a scroller, which he used for his job selling insurance for magical disasters, and it had the latest in searching capabilities and thousands of books loaded in it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Shops selling orbs in every shade of red and orange lined the hall. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She wasn't sure what kind of car to watch for; her dad was always buying classic cars, then selling them when money got tight. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “But Shady knew that Jinx had made a bundle of money selling his homemade fireworks.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He had practiced talking about his mother selling kernels at the store and buying the cake makings, his little brother and sisters being all right, no strangers coming past, not finding Sounder’s body. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The vast majority of those arrested for drug crimes are not charged with serious offenses, and most of the people in state prison on drug charges have no history of violence or significant selling activity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I didn’t earn it. It come from selling the calf. I was only going to bury it—till it was needed.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Some of them were selling food to the troops. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I go to the market on the way home, even though there are only a few booths selling on a Sunday, and get some cabbages and more potatoes to give some excuse for my absence. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Most folks took no more notice of me than they would a cartman selling oysters or a vagabond from Canvastown. just as I set my mind to leave, Captain Farrar came back out. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z But Wang Lung would never talk of selling a foot of any piece, and he would only rent it for an agreed price for a year at a time. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z From behind, Chess saw the exact moment Finn’s shoulders sagged, as if a terrifying idea had just hit him: What could Mom do to prevent someone from selling the house if she wasn’t even there? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Are we going to have a summer place, or are you just selling property?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They can get by, if they're careful, on selling Prim's goat milk and cheese and the small apothecary business my mother now runs for the people in the Seam. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I regret selling my textbooks back so soon. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Obviously, my father was at home because he was selling our few possessions to pay for all this. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I saw sweetshops and carpet vendors, kabob stalls, kids with dirt- caked hands selling cigarettes, tiny restaurants—maps of Afghanistan painted on their windows—all interlaced with backstreet aid agencies. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I have to keep showing up for work, or else I’d lose my constant rides down to Harlem, but selling snacks in the aisles comes easy. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The families who lived along the river were an enormous help, selling the expedition two new canoes and setting them up with a knowledgeable guide. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z "Me and my friends selling candy. Say buy or say bye." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z England was warm and cloudy, and each morning I walked the tree- lined streets near the tennis courts, passing teenagers cued up for leftover tickets and vendors selling strawberries and cream. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His children had closed down the mine, selling the land above it to Sayle Enterprises. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z What I didn’t tell them was that I’d have to get a summer job walking dogs or selling magazine subscriptions, and spend my free time worrying about where I’d go to school in the fall. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z In a prison yard selling pastries to help raise money for a little girl who had donated a kidney. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “So are we selling? Buying? Cleaning his guts off the ceiling?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z If anyone actually ever came, usually in the hope of selling us food, they did not knock on the door but merely hung about the yard until we took notice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Could she and her daughters make a living trading, painting, and selling? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “What I’m asking is, how did you find each other in the parking lot? How did you know he was the one selling the tickets?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He told me that these children were supporting their families, selling whatever they found for a few rupees; if they went to school, their families would go hungry. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Under the trees, on pounded dirt and among mud puddles from fresh rains, people set up stands for selling umbrellas and plastic wrist watches. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One who travels confidently to far-off lands, selling clothes and crafts to foreigners and tourists. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "But what do they mean about his selling dolls?" a tall youth said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes when I hear that something or other is selling at a fraction of its normal cost, I comment that the fraction is probably Vz, and am met with a blank stare. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z "The way I look at it, there's nothing wrong with making things. Or selling things you make. Right? I made up a story and sold it. You think storytellers are liars?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She was a single mother with six sons, and she planned to put all of them through college using money she made cutting hair and selling chips, candy, and cigarettes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z And he wants Theo to have success selling not only Gauguin’s work but also his. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There had to be someone at the flea market selling them. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Granny never questioned Grandpa’s selling her land or using the money to build the brick store. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “COOSA LIQUORS’ entire business model is built around selling cigarettes to minors and alcohol to adults.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Oh, some guy at work had these and was selling them,” she said. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She led me by the hand to a small alley where a girl was selling fried pork and plantains wrapped in brown paper. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “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 I delete J. Marc’s message because I’m not selling the couch Dad will need again for his weekend naps. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He should have—I’m very dramatic; I was totally committed to the moment, and I was selling this bit. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Be nice to the animals. Take care of them. Stop selling them for food. And stop dealing with the Titans.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Papi would lift his hat when he came to the door, like the men who sometimes showed up on Sunday mornings selling religious magazines. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Ogden Morrow convinced Halliday that Anorak’s Quest was better than most of the computer games currently on the market, and encouraged him to try selling it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It turned out that we were selling CDs and DJing parties in order to capitalize a payday lending and pawnshop operation in the hood. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Toby knew Jimmy was involved in some petty criminal activity—selling stolen cell phones, the occasional scheme. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z With the money we got selling the meat one afternoon, a few weeks after the government man’s visit, we bought some potatoes and some eggs. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Around them peddlers were selling dog sausages, roast onions, and unborn puppies on a stick, but Dany had no need of such. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Gates compared the Internet to the gold rush, the idea being that more money was made selling Levi’s, picks, shovels, and hotel rooms to the gold diggers than from digging up gold from the earth. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Someone’s always buying, someone’s always selling, and the hustle is about trying to be in the middle of that whole thing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She kept going mostly by selling milk and eggs to the people around. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Selling and selling and selling again until, somehow, I fed us. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “And how much is Egyptian cotton selling for?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z After all, anyone selling a home can now get online and gather her own information about sales trends and housing inventory and mortgage rates. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I realize that a woman’s physical beauty is important, that it never hurts business to have attractive girls selling your products. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I wouldn’t be any fun and would spend the rest of my days selling The Watch Tower and brushing my long hair into a single braid that dangled down my back. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It was no use selling 8800 since kinfolk from Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina were now moving in, and on most days, they gathered on the sidewalks and the porches for gossip and cookouts. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I have noticed that he, too, reads things backward: what the billboards are really selling, for example. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Travelers to the village were rare, but occasionally a peddler would come through the village, selling "penny dreadful" accounts of grisly murders, fateful encounters, dire doings and remarkable escapes. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “This kind of trash is the only thing selling papers these days. Her best bet is to stop running. The story dies when the mark comes forward and sits for an interview.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z And the stores are smaller with less flashy signs, and all of them have stands outside selling beach towels and sunscreen and Styrofoam coolers. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Actually, I’m selling candy bars for my soccer team. It’s a good cause.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Moreover, most people in state prison for drug offenses have no history of violence or significant selling activity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In really bad times, the hungriest would gather at his door at nightfall, vying for the chance to earn a few coins to feed their families by selling their bodies. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Hopkins made millions working as a banker and grocer, and selling his own brand of whiskey, but he never married and had no children. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z After school one day I saw George from our class hanging out on the street selling drugs. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When they started selling nachos, I knew that chicken wings couldn't be far behind. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z They’d passed the green riot of the Emerald Palace, and right next door, in front of the Gold Strike, there’d been a boy selling little mechanical dogs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In Meridian, Mississippi, where Mrs. Hunter lived, the chief of police confiscated the Defender from men selling it on the street. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z No, we don’t have sponge mops like the one I use in my own house; the hands-and-knees approach is a definite selling point for corporate cleaning services like The Maids. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd shout, and start running past women selling tomatoes or mangoes on the side of the road, dipping beneath the clotheslines that crisscrossed between the dozens of identical wooden slab shacks. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z And maybe I buy into everything he’s selling because I can see how his one eye is almost welling up with tears. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “He ain’t Dr. King! Then you hire thugs to work up in here. I heard that Khalil boy got himself killed last night. He was probably selling that stuff.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Thirty-five maids done said no and I feel like I’m selling something nobody want to buy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Zach was spending the day delivering honey to her selling places all over town and picking up money from the previous month’s sales. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The guy he’d bought the radio from said he was selling it cheap on account of him moving to an oil field in Oklahoma and not wanting more stuff to haul. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I have thought of selling them, they are of no use to any of us, none at all.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “A Black woman was selling incense in front of a store,” Daddy said. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z 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 “Sorry to bother you,” I say, “but—” “You selling something?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “She has sold everything she had that was worth selling, and now she is enjoying herself. The flower table is always attractive, you know, ‘especially to gentlemen’.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Before going I would raise cash inside by selling medical supplies. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z There were deed restrictions preventing whites from selling their houses to blacks. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, New York only seemed to exhale—horns, voices, machines, tires, sirens, helicopters, music, protests, advertisements—all pushing out the air, all selling noise. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z It could be felt just walking down the Váci Utca, the city’s principal mall street, with shops of all kinds selling wares. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The new line of frindles imported from Japan were a big hit, and now there was talk of selling them in Japan and Europe, as well. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I would picture myself running away, selling my earrings to get a railway ticket to Varanasi. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z An old woman selling vegetables gazed at them as they stood before her stall, and she handed each of them two bruised tomatoes. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “No. It’s only good if we’re selling. And we ain’t. All it means for us is that the Government thinks they can get more money out of us.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z But selling was better than watching them die when the grass was gone and there was no more cactus to burn for them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z There were thousands of people there, arguing, selling, and buying; vegetables for sale amongst daggers, and carpets displayed alongside tobacco. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They stop by a lady selling goose eggs and ask her if she knows a Holy Cross-Roads Inn. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It seems to him now that selling art is not the way to give something to the world, to make a difference. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "Roma are my people. We have traveled all over the country, hunting and selling beadwork and leather or telling people's fortunes. But wherever we go, people act half fascinated, half scared of us." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Dust kicked up around them as they wandered up and down the rows of tables, each one selling something different. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Only later Wing went to divinity school, thanks to China Mary, and Luke went to the county jail for selling stolen car stereos. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The last time we had one, our parents told us that we were selling our house. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He’s going to get a good education and my baby is not going to be sitting around here selling drugs or holding a gun on anybody. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z No kid could earn a hundred dollars in just five days by selling lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Then if the African or Asian or South American governments could make more money from tourists going to visit their forests than they could from selling the timber, the future would be much brighter. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Felicia got a job selling stationery at El Encanto, where I used to work. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I made twenty-seven thousand last year selling marmalade. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere we went people were selling things, calling out: “Mirror! Mirror! Unbroken!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He was selling them at the school supplies shop in the main corridor and proclaimed that all proceeds would be going to the “maintenance and general betterment” of Riverview Middle School. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The street took a sharp turn and then ended in a flight of steps which led down into a sunken alley where a few stallkeepers were selling tired-looking vegetables. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z What I submit to you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, is that Mr. Evans made the mistake of selling the cigarettes he stole during the robbery. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z I was having to hide my sticks in various places near where I was selling. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Let me remind you that you did smile at me one time for one-millionth of a second, and, oh, here’s a major selling point: Joe doesn’t like girls and I do.’” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Despite the fact that the selling that morning went very well, she wouldn’t change her mind. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z After May’s burial August shut down honey making, honey selling, even bee patrol. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Either they're selling or using, and the ones that aren't are pretending to, or have overprotective mothers like Doris who don't want their kids hanging with nobody around here either. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z For example, a conviction for selling a kilogram of heroin yields a mandatory ten-year sentence in U.S. federal court, compared with six months in prison in England. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “What brings this on? You ain’t selling you giving away free for what reason?” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, that’s good. Take a seat and there will be someone coming through selling sandwiches and cakes in a little while.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The first day we had no luck, selling a total of zero grapefruits. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z There have always been laws against killing or selling bonobos in Congo, but the government had trouble enforcing them before because there was nowhere to place confiscated infants. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “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 Even so, the selling left a foul taste in his mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z McWatt was deeply impressed with Milo, who, to the amusement of Corporal Snark, his mess sergeant, was already buying eggs for seven cents apiece and selling them for five cents. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I wish I really could stop time. It might be the only way to keep them from selling the house.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z 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 With the money Pa gave me in my pocket, I approach a food cart selling roasted crickets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Delighted — and young Master Malfoy, too — charmed. How may I be of assistance? I must show you, just in today, and very reasonably priced —” “I’m not buying today, Mr. Borgin, but selling,” said Mr. Malfoy. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Let’s go down to the fairgrounds later on. I hear there’s a fella selling all kinds of fireworks.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Two decades later, she relapses—after being clean for fifteen years—and is arrested for selling crack. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This is the information I could’ve given to Detective Stevens if it had been Dray doing the selling. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I got the roasting heat and the crocodiles and the snakes and the long safaris up-country, selling Shell oil to the men who ran the diamond mines and the sisal plantations. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben turned when he heard a familiar voice near the door where Mr. Loring was selling tickets. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Initially, they made ends meet in part by selling off plots of their twenty-six acres where they’d raised animals and had some orchards. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Where it ends up I don’t know and I don’t care. I’ve been selling my beef at Verplancks Point for ten years, and I haven’t yet asked who was going to eat it.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Dye sold far too many black armbands for mourning and kept selling them right into November. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Well, you caught me. I’ve been selling my body to the women of Catawba County. Big demand.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Things have been stressful, with selling the house and the move. Your dad’s job search,” Mom says. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “He shouldn’t be giving you anything—or selling things. Don’t you think everyone should know about this food he found?” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Evelyn Smith, Walter's sister, was a local minister, and she and her family occasionally raised money for the church by selling food on the roadside. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I half expected to see vendors selling cinnamon water, boiled sweets, and currant cakes, and a conjure man who could juggle two balls and a stool. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you’re selling that stuff—” “Mind your business, Starr! Don’t worry ’bout me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z This flexibility—which is important in all criminal cases—is especially important in drug cases, as studies have indicated that many drug defendants are using or selling to support an addiction. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “He thinks he’s so much better than us, but he’s the one selling cheese.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “I’m not selling. See? I don’t even have my case with me.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset on a fine summer’s day. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t impossible, since there were people selling things like old black-and-white photos of random people, rusty screws, paintings and drawings—some were cool and some were lame. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z My life of crime started off small, selling pirated CDs on the corner. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “How much are artichokes selling for this year ?” “It looks like a very good year for artichokes. The crops were very bad.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Other boats, selling vegetables, sandals, fried rice, and fizzy drinks, glided past. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Maria was now a working artist: buying, selling, and painting for others. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We walk down the bright cobblestoned street, past other apartments and children playing soccer, and stores selling ripe fruit and raw meat and shiny cookware and colorful cans of food. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I knew when you started selling them weenies you was gonna be hanging around with people like this.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Ludlow Loofah was the bad guy, selling top-secret information to the highest bidder. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z That way if a peddler come by selling vegetables I might get something fresh. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The advertising, with a side look at Federal Communications, made few claims except for the fact that the land they were selling was in Florida. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Course, I won’t be selling this particular pin on the Armchair Shopping Network.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Check it out,” Soraya said, and this time she was pointing to a guy selling kites from a stand nearby. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z "They kept pushing all this money at us 'cause they thought it was so sweet we were selling lemonade for a dime. We made a killing." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z That meant selling every stock mentioned in their clues and buying more shares of Westing Paper Products—at a loss of some thousands of dollars. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z And of course, the salesmen, whether it be kids selling candy or dudes moving DVDs, one for five, three for ten. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Me and my brother Michael were selling papers downtown. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After we’re trained, Greta’s nice about giving us the same shift, and we do everything from selling tickets and making and selling popcorn to sweeping up between shows and shooing away pigeons. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Maybe Genie needed to buy an extra-large order of whatever Mr. Binks was selling, because he discovered shortly after he got home that his luck was bad. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Along with selling cartoons, shebeen owners sold illegal concoctions brewed in the backyards, often under unsanitary conditions. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I see myself making snow cones and getting rich selling them to American children. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Villages filled with children and old people, midday meals to break up the workday, churches, graveyards, farmers selling crops, town halls with birth records, death notices. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Jule wandered away from the lookout to the Aquinnah shops, a cluster of small ventures selling souvenirs, Wampanoag crafts, and snacks. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We’d blush and squirm, and wish Dad had a nice job selling shoes somewhere, and that he had only one or two children, neither of whom was us. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z For many years before the revolution, Jorge had traveled five weeks out of six, selling electric brooms and portable fans for an American firm. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Saturday is the biggest selling day of the week at Effert’s. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He showed his business acumen by selling the compasses relatively cheaply and charging a healthy tuition fee to anyone who wanted to know how to use it. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Miss Podgórska! There you are. You’ve been selling for your sister today, I see. You shouldn’t do that on a Sunday.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Well,” Jon answered, “that man Bate and his friend are out of jail, you know. Last spring they were selling falcons to an Arabian agent, and I haven’t heard yet that they’ve reformed.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Such plants are “weeds” only to those who make a business of selling and applying chemicals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A few people are trying their luck selling food at the fence, but I take the back alleys to our spot, where the loose barbed wire will let me into the ghetto. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A teetotaler himself, he made his living buying and selling liquor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We pass by a store where a man is selling bonsai trees. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She would work all day tomorrow, Sunday, selling lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I started making party CDs, and those started selling like hotcakes, too. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But now I see this is also said for the benefit of Auntie An-mei, whose own youngest son was arrested two years ago for selling stolen car stereos. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He said, “Surely it don’t have anything to do with them selling the sickliest slaves up New England way after no one buys them down South.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He told me he was selling his used underwear to some rich guy who lived down in Mount Pitts. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Then he explained, “It’s an expression Haitians use if a poor woman selling mangoes falls off a truck and dies.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The only job I could get in my neighborhood was selling drugs—so I decided to pass. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A man with a cart was selling Cokes and candy bars. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, one cool Sunday shortly after New Year’s Day, Baba was selling a lampshade to a stocky Filipino man while I rummaged in the VW for a blanket to cover his legs with. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Giants and other portents on the borders of the Shire were forgotten for more important matters: Mr. Frodo was selling Bag End, indeed he had already sold it — to the Sackville-Bagginses! The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Old Mr. been selling off the place so that nothing much left but the houses and the fields. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Familiar noises surround me: street vendors call out to passersby, selling boiled goose eggs and fried dough and hot dogs. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “He didn’t know that wine is so scarce it’s selling for five thousand livres a cask!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “And now look! Find out they’re planning on selling my teeth whenever they take ’em out! As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Can you imagine your father selling you for a tablecloth, a hen, and a handful of cigarettes? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z People milled about between stands selling fishing gear and food. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Fast money and selling stuff that hurts other people ain't good. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “But what about fake drugs? Go to the market and see what they are selling.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Longshoremen, or fences for them, would come into the bars selling guns, cameras, perfumes, watches, and the like, stolen from the shipping docks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “He paints. Sure. We’ve been selling his art for quite a while now.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “No he wasn’t, he was selling beef to Mr. Bogardus. He didn’t care who bought it.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “They will be back,” said Nathan, my husband, “or others will take their place. And did you not benefit from their stay, selling your pumpkins and plantains for better prices than you did before?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Two years ago, Godiva introduced its most expensive line ever, “G,” handmade chocolates selling for $100 a pound. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “I’ve been at Trinity two years—I transferred from Monument High when I was a freshman—and Christ I’m getting tired of selling stuff.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not half what we owe, but the best we can do without selling the seed for the next sowing.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a natural talent for selling to people, but without knowledge and resources, where was that going to get me? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It was so different from the simple markets in Kabul that Fadi couldn’t help but become distracted by the amazing array of stores, in particular the shop selling electronic gadgets. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I’m not a salesman, I’m not selling Progress to the Abos. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The ocean smelled weird, and so did the food they were selling on the boardwalk, like funnel cakes and cotton candy and hot dogs. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z One day, when she was at the market, she saw an old man selling a painting of a palatial estate. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I spent much of the lunch telling him my story, and he spent the remaining time selling me on Hopkins. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Next grapefruit season we were right back at it, though—picking, making signs, and selling. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Outside I hear someone selling an evening newspaper, and the gritty, swishing sound of a broom over cobblestones. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Still hadn’t made enough when Dr. Rhodes suspended me for selling candy. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “They just selling wolf tickets to themselves,” Johnson said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Gaunt children, blond with malnutrition, selling smutty magazines and food they couldn’t afford to eat themselves. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The search, transport, and selling of this merchandise was conducted in such a cautious fashion that Blanca had no doubt that there was something highly illegal behind her husband’s activities. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I’m selling him to one of Dahlia’s friends from school. We’re meeting in the city and he’s driving Al to Stanford.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The children who had played at selling each other might already be working in the fields now. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She never asked about the stores themselves, about what vegetables were selling, how the employees were working out, nothing ever about the painstaking, plodding nature of the work. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know if I’m really selling it, though. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Prohibition was on in those days, which meant that selling liquor was against the law. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “He’s selling all the houses but keeping the land. Why do you think he’d do that?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A boy came by selling pretzels and Francie bought one for a penny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Their dearest things, things they had never once considered selling to buy food. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z This site isn’t for selling old furniture or finding a plumber. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z They’d also convinced two fledgling biological supply companies—Microbiological Associates and Difco Laboratories—to begin producing and selling ingredients for culture media, and taught them the techniques necessary to do so. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The woman selling them said you were supposed to use them to fill flower vases. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z ‘Tricks? Does she do tricks? Lieutenant Stranger has taught her a rigmarole about poor Nell Gwyn selling fruit at a theater. I don’t need to tell you how she carries on.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood there on the icy sidewalk waiting for Tuma to finish selling some hats to these white people. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z People mill in a little crowd on the other side, waiting, but there will be no buying or selling today. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z "I'm tired of selling lemonade. And it's just too hot. I practically had sunstroke yesterday painting all those faces." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Even though there was an endless buzz of activity around the stand and the chips were flying out of the bowls faster than Megan could restock them, they weren't selling much lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z As I made the long walk from my car to the entrance of the building that normally housed the county fair, I moved past vendors selling hot dogs, American flags, and T-shirts. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He told Bill that he’d heard he was selling some farmland. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Only two more selling days before she and Evan counted their earnings on Sunday night. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z “I’m with you, Howie. As of this moment, no more selling of chocolates.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “In fact, excellent, berries selling very well. Mrs. Chambers just now purchased sixteen crates.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Those companies had just started selling media ingredients, but cell culturists still had to make the media themselves, and they all used different recipes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Frank and Bill started down town to see the used car dealers about selling the automobile. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked up to my sister’s table, where she was selling mug rugs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Grandma says to Mam, Your brother Pat, bad leg an’ all, was selling papers all over Limerick by the time he was eight and that Frank of yours is big and ugly enough to work. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The woman selling it displayed a small pill—but not to give to the subject. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Of course, so are you, so I don’t suppose that’s a big selling point.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I could just see funeral homes selling big jars of honey for dead people, instead of coffins. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She always has a giant, heavy book bag as if she’s selling goods at the market. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Just meet me over in the clearing, by that big sycamore tree where we were selling the elixir. Act like you’re up to something and make sure the sheriff follows you.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He entered as though he owned the court, calling a cheery good morning to Mr. Justice, interrupting the mumbled explanation of a shabby bakeress accused of selling mouldy bread. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you serious? You’re handwriting stories and selling firewood? Could I maybe show you a flashlight and have you worship me as a god?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Booths line the lot, selling old things, new things, crafts and jewelry and vintage barongs—you name it. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The children he was selling were too young to know what was going on but when they saw their mamas crying they began to cry, too. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They began selling the game on the software rack at their local computer store. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He was fed up with traveling through exotic countries selling shark-fin aphrodisiacs, ginseng to cure all ills, carved Eskimo statues, stuffed Amazonian piranhas, and chinchillas for ladies’ coats. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Before long he is selling drugs, mugging suburbanites, carrying a gun. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z There are vendors traversing the crowd around you, selling refreshments and oddities, creations flavored with vanilla and honey, chocolate and cinnamon. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t know why. I guess that’s the way the farming business goes. And the master started selling his slaves.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But those who could hear the insides of words heard that we were selling a miracle salve made from boiled children. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z This action angered both settlers who wanted to move into that region and the land speculators who sought to profit from selling land there. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Starting November 1, he became national sales manager for a broader range of the bank’s money management services than he had been selling. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I was sure he’d stopped selling them, because I was sure he knew better by now. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z One bright spot in our neighborhood was a little store run by a Jamaican family, selling clothing, hair accessories, and other items. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z All I could think of was that the teachers must’ve found the illegal stash of candy I’d been selling out of my dorm room. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z There are no tents selling eight- track tape players, imported vinyl pants, or hair-coloring cream, nor are there elaborate stalls glistening with dangling gold or silver necklaces and bracelets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Buying and selling,” he said, cackling, “which is your business, as lending is mine.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z She stops by another vendor selling sundresses for seven dollars each. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z And what did this kid selling clay suns not do? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They bargained for a while and then the young woman shouted, “If you want to rob people, then do so. Don’t say you are selling garri for that price.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Jackson, before he got kicked out, said he got caught selling coke and weed to business dudes up in San Francisco—which I’m pretty sure is true. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “It’s the wrong time of year, but what else would it be? A bear? I guess they’re just selling off what they can’t watch over properly, them being short- handed and all.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z This gave Mr. van D. the idea of selling his wife’s fur coat. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z That way if an undercover cop bought from Bodega, he couldn’t bust him for selling heroin. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I loved all the stalls and the small eateries selling different kinds of food. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Zeitoun told him that he didn’t think any store would be open and selling cigarettes this day. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z An old dude with one eye was selling sausages from a pushcart. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z A vendor with a basket of fruit and another selling leather bottles of beer wove through the crowd. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z They were selling them at the door, only five dollars each, to raise money for the Refugee Scholarship Fund. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m serious, Mom. Are we really selling the house in Atlanta because it’s too big? Or is it too expensive?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The prosecution, Miss Petrocelli, paraded in front of you a bunch of admitted criminals, people who have participated in stickups, buying and selling stolen goods, you name it. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally one afternoon he came by where she was selling the church dinners and asked Ma, “Do you go to the movies?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I ended up selling them a car, and we had to get it from, I want to say, Rhode Island. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “He said he was drunk, but I think he was selling red rippers.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Pupils were going around selling flowers and cards, and I had to go ask a friend what was happening. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z How we have been selling off chunks of the orchard to developers. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I took the thirty-eight dollars I’d earned selling peaches and stuffed it into the bag with my seven best pairs of panties, the ones that had the days of the week printed across the backside. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not this season, son. I’ve monitored the books quite closely, and I think this year we will make quite a profit without selling any property.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The problem is that the agent only stands to personally gain an additional $150 by selling your house for $10,000 more, which isn’t much reward for a lot of extra work. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z There might even be a sliding scale, with perfect numbers selling at a premium and prime numbers going for more than nonperfect composite numbers, etc. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The dentist is selling wine through the mail. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A third was selling deep-fried ice cream sandwiches. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Some are known as “outbound” operators, selling everything from credit cards to phone minutes. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z A few tables down from the video-game lady there was also a little kid selling shoestrings. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He teased them and told them he did not think they would make much money selling such horrid items. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was in a rich house. The people were selling it cheap. I wanted it so much. No, I couldn’t play it. But it was so beautiful...It dresses up the whole room.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The restaurant was situated in a section at the back while the front of the store was reserved for selling everything from sugarcane stalks to turpentine. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But when the auction finally ended, the tablet wound up selling to the Sixers for almost two million credits. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She made a beeline through the food section of the market—past the corn dog stand, the guy selling turkey legs. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He wants to fulfill his promise to Theo that he will be selling his art by the end of the year. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Well, the paper you’re selling preaches the Ku Klux Klan doctrines,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerks behind the counter would never risk selling to underage dudes. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He made his way around Old Fishfoot, past where a young girl was selling cups of fresh milk from her nanny goat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z What had I to do with his selling the dolls in the first place? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Harriet decided that from the dilapidated look of the plantation—fields lying fallow, the Big House in need of repair—Doc Thompson would soon be selling slaves again. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He cannot slide down the aisles of buses, counting change and selling tickets. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Louis said, “I hear tell that since Prohibition, there’s a lot of money to be made in selling spirits.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Chickens wandered the aisles; women walked back and forth carrying packages on their heads and selling bags of peanuts and dried vegetables. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 She started a small business selling clothes and brought us money when she could. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Finally one afternoon he came by where she was selling the church dinners and asked Ma, “Do you go to the movies?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z If I had bumped into someone from Chisamba Singles on that bus, he would have understood why I was selling those drinks. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He found work selling Singer sewing machines door-to-door. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “My dad couldn’t come. My mom’s at the England stall. Maddy and Steph are selling scones and jam, and I think my mother is literally going to polish them off singlehandedly.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Lawrence was working full-time on the railroad and living in a house filled with children, Zakariyya was still in jail, and times had gotten tough for Sonny, who was now busy selling drugs. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The master kept selling slaves because he needed money. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Familiar women were back to their stalls selling fruits and vegetables; I even recognized the families of goats crossing our path. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “I’m just selling lemonade. To save my cat, Sir Fig Newton.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z They also became convinced that George Gey and Johns Hopkins had stolen their mother’s cells and made millions selling them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Mei-li and the cave and getting chased by the cops and Mong saying I was his best friend and then going swimming and me staring through the Mexican border at the kid selling clay suns. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 And he understood, faintly, how addictive that feeling could be, and how easy it would be to make some money off selling that feeling to people who needed it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “These tsotsis make their living selling illegal alcohol,” Arm went on. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “We be selling it,” he said, “We got to have the money— for—for Brattleboro.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z In the same way, McDonald’s makes much more by selling you a chicken nugget than a piece of recognizable chicken. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “You can have your own route, selling supplies to farmers in the country. You’ll make a bundle. Or you can get a job in No folk. You can move there.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Four hundred? I spent a year on each one. I’m selling them to you, not pawning them,” Nali said, her voice loud enough that other people in the pawnshop looked over. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Kaz had crouched down, turning all the keys, trying to get all the dogs waddling at the same time, and the boy selling them had struck up a conversation with Jordie. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z After we buried Mama, Daddy started selling off what little we had—the bureau, Mama’s trunk. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Tommy didn’t know exactly when this would happen, but he said that the Dewey Avenue Rescue Fund, the money Calder and Petra had collected by selling brownies, was a definite help. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the 1590s, the instrument was selling so well that for a short time Galileo had to employ a skilled workman to make them for him. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He had interests in car dealerships and a local chain of electronics stores, in addition to his core business of selling high-end dry-cleaning equipment. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There will be booths selling goods from local stores and restaurants. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Growers therefore had to sustain heavy losses or find themselves in the position of selling produce carrying illegal residues. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Lots of people buying and selling make up a market. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z For me, it was more about talking than about selling. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z But Louis and Regina could not see how selling herring on the street would lead to a constructive business. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He’s found a second wind in life, selling, of all things, ÁguaViva. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z What did go away were the huge profits for selling crack. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Even the graphs! The questions were all about people buying and selling everything from gasoline to hula hoops, but in my own mind, I put it in terms of tickets.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z But what really makes me and Kiki the same is, I’m proud a what I’m selling. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z So, rather than pay for professionals, as would be sensible and safe, the churches in Tarbean took the more profitable path of selling demon masks. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m not selling anything. I’m thinking of buying and then renting,” Macon answered her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z One was selling broomsticks, and he shuffled over the muddy roads like a walking stack of kindling. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Now, everything is doubled. That’s a lot of selling for this school, Brother Leon. For any school.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Next time I’ll look around and see how much they are selling Sherman tanks for,” he said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I’m getting sick of selling stuff. Jeez, my father’s starting to call me ‘my son, the salesman.’ The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do your folks know you are selling these papers?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A black-market economy rose up, with every type of business being run out of someone’s house: auto mechanics, day care, guys selling refurbished tires. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There was a whole tribe of men who made a living simply by selling systems, forecasts, and lucky amulets. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Whatever you’re selling, Merit,” Grandma was saying at the front door, “I don’t want any.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The Gypsies always came in August—telling fortunes, selling lace, tarring barn roofs, trading horses and mules. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Would you ask Renault why he isn’t selling the chocolates like everybody else?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When he walked out on Rose, he walked out on selling too, and I admired him for that. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The meeting went on all night and we emerged at dawn and found a newspaper vendor selling the Rand Daily Mail: the Nationalists had triumphed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “He says he was at your house looking at the futon you were selling when the crime happened. I’m here to find out if he’s telling the truth. If he really is innocent.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z She would never have understood why he needed more than the money he made selling dry-cleaning equipment. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Farid and I walked past street peddlers selling cigarettes, pine nuts, and biscuits. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She knew what it was like to stand in the hot sun selling lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z So Fraser took everything to Chelsea, where he had a little nursery, and made a good living selling azaleas, rhododendrons, and magnolias to the English gentry. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The sugar story in the United States centered on Louisiana—though even supposedly free states like New York made fortunes in transporting and selling sugar grown by slaves. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “And did you talk about that? Did you consider selling?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then he finally says, ‘Wrong every time. I got me a job selling weenies.’ A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Prisons should be for violent criminals, not mainly poor men from rough neighborhoods who get caught selling or using drugs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He told me about a guy who had told him about a guy who was selling cigarettes. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z She agreed to stop at a store selling Chinese souvenirs because he wanted to buy something for Ginny. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Until then, I had not seen the factory-outlet stores in the open country selling shoes and clothes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I focus on now, on expanding my business, selling snacks at dances and festivals. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Vendors selling fruit and shoes called out their wares while people rushed past — some pushing wheelbarrows or balancing baskets on their shoulders. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Other than that, if I wasn’t selling tickets, I was reading. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “Not selling today. Figured I’d just come out and bop around a little bit. See what bait is getting the bite, you know?” he replied. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It was, “Oh, little Jimmy’s selling crack now.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He was plagued by guilt for “selling out” the poor white community. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They’d been selling cattle to pay my school fees, and between that and the drought, there weren’t many left. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not like selling to him, although he paid me a better price. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he heard about a restaurant in the “Inland Empire,” sixty miles east of Los Angeles, that was selling high-quality hamburgers for 15 cents each — 20 cents less than what Carl charged. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z His bosses are angry: they don’t like that he’s focusing on the Impressionists; they are not selling well enough. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z For migrant children, there are few options: shining shoes, selling gum or candy on the sidewalk, or washing cars. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Only one channel came in, some kind of weird repeating infomercial with a woman selling letter openers that looked a little like katana blades, which was not going to make Ernie feel any better. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Knowing my brother, probably some broken-down, ancient ice cream maker somebody’s selling on a ‘Please take my trash’ app.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z You must not imagine that Shasta felt at all as you and I would feel if we had just overheard our parents talking about selling us for slaves. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z But the thought of Baachan selling her wedding kimono just—it just made her suddenly want to be even more alone. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Mother was marketing her products as a spiritual alternative to Obamacare, and she was selling product as fast as she could make it, even with dozens of employees. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And in the doorways men sat on the stoops selling various newspapers gathered in piles around them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Though he isn’t selling anything yet, Vincent and Theo trade his paintings for paintings by other artists, some of them more established. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Hold on. We’re not selling cookies. My sister has something to ask you.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The lessons were much more expensive than the dance class had been, but Mother paid for them with the money she made selling oils. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Dad stops to talk to someone at a long table selling T-shirts with the community center logo on them, and I hear snips of the conversation: “lots of kids,” “lovely night,” “the pharmacy is good.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Just why Mr. Frodo was selling his beautiful hole was even more debatable than the price. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Day by day she sat beside her tom gunny sack selling handfuls of nuts and berries, growing progressively older, more ragged, less healthy. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z She had spawned one son, Francis, who in Jean Louise’s opinion looked and behaved like a horse, and who long ago left Maycomb for the glories of selling insurance in Birmingham. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It was full of junk and scrap dealers, men and women selling tools, sheets of metal, rolls of wire. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z And now that the selling had begun, the money would be flowing. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z If Kasim is selling for Dray, he will still get hit with the charge, as she said. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A boy about her age was selling bananas in the center of the other village. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z He has two children, and a more serious criminal record that includes a felony drug conviction for selling near a school yard. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z In a parody of Aaron Montgomery Ward’s fast-growing empire in central Chicago, Holmes had begun selling sham drugs that he guaranteed would cure alcoholism and baldness. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z By selling directly to consumers Joel gets to keep more of that money. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In addition to smuggling, El Tirindaro finances his heroin habit by tattooing people and selling clothing that migrants have left on the riverbank. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And again the harvests were good and Wang Lung gathered silver from the selling of his produce and again he hid it in the wall. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z But he’d had enough left over to set himself up as a labor broker selling slots into the very heavy crews that he’d escaped. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Watson next door was interested in selling his lot, but I couldn’t afford to build an addition to the coffeehouse, not yet. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They lose their jobs if they get caught selling to a minor. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Do you have knowledge of him selling them?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Or would they just take their time and wait for us to start selling? Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z It appeared that one of the stalls had been selling tin saucepans. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The Jews inside were selling anything and everything for food, and for those of us outside, there was a bargain to be had, German laws or not. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Twenty-five years later, an original copy of I Was Tortured...was selling as a collector’s item for upward of $500. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Gary quit selling insurance three years ago. I have grandbabies to spoil.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z After selling my last ticket and turning over the sign, I exited through the box office door, locked it behind me, and went into the lobby. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Calder and Petra spent most of the weekend baking brownies and selling them on Harper Avenue. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “It was the product you were selling. And what you produced was not love. It was fake love. You defrauded us. It’s clear. Your heart rates no longer rise when you see each other.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Realtors only mentioned “community standards” and selling to “the right sort of people.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I’m trying to buy a condo next year, or one of them houses they’re selling for, like, five bucks and fix it up real nice.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I’m letting them go for a dollar apiece. I was selling them yesterday for a pound.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z With the money I made selling CDs and videogames, I was able to save up and add new components and more memory to my own computer. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He had been selling to friends to earn extra money for shoes and basic things his mother could not afford. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I had a penknife, a ball of cord, an ax, and $40, which I had saved from selling magazine subscriptions. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The teacher, Mr. Reed, said that in the seventeenth century nearly two-thirds of English settlers came over that way, selling years of their freedom for the promise of an eventual better life. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The trader assumed that we were selling the animals at the regent’s behest, and we did not correct him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Like when it hurts to think about selling the house, she tells herself how that bad feeling is just one dot in the giant Seurat painting of our lives. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z During that summer of the seed selling we thought about the money, thought about the seeds, and listened with only half an ear to what people were saying. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those guys worked hard selling the chocolates,” Carter said, a silly smile on his face. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She said that while that sounded good, and the people hollered and clapped for him, he was still a rich, young Catholic boy whose daddy made millions selling liquor. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z An old guy in a chair says, “Exactly why I’m selling it!” and he laughs like he thinks he’s the funniest guy east of the Bourne Bridge. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z And then there was the woman selling video game controllers. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z In the end, he decided to drink a lot before he set out, and then find a stream, or a shop selling lemonade. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Turning the corner, we found ourselves on an even narrower street, lined with shacks selling food. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “I’m selling mine for a buck apiece. What’s he getting for his ?” “A dollar and a penny.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A Little Princess and Pollyanna, let me tell you, they are selling you a pack of ugly lies. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Mackay told us that the Children’s Crusade started in 1213, when two monks got the idea of raising armies of children in Germany and France, and selling them in North Africa as slaves. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the size of three football fields and filled with vendors selling all kinds of things, like fruit, vegetables, and peanuts. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Indeed it was, for as they approached, Milo could see crowds of people pushing and shouting their way among the stalls, buying and selling, trading and bargaining. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a Joy Ice Cream cart and a man selling peanuts in narrow cones of paper cleverly designed to hold not more than eight or nine nuts. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They make a living selling their mushrooms to brokers who set up shop in motel rooms near the forests. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z For a block or two, my brain played with that: What were they selling in there? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There were no people selling things on the streets either. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “They are not licensed falconers and should not be keeping these birds, and for sure not selling them.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Sundays we made extra money selling soda and ice cream. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The food section has the usual vendors selling samosas and kabob rolls, and a big cotton candy machine. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Her name is Marin or Maris or something like that, and she wears dark nylons all the time and lots of makeup she gets free from selling Avon. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d struck it rich selling automobiles and had plenty of money to pay for one of the biggest suites on the ship. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z There was no way Evan had earned a hundred dollars in just three days of selling lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I don’t mean the actual selling drugs part. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Get your buffalo out of here! ” the vendor shouted, as red-faced as the radishes he was selling. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z In the narrow aisles between them are people, mostly children, selling things from trays, or carrying buckets of water, or cooking over open fires. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “The other day she walked up to a street vendor selling grilled frog legs and proceeded to ask him all these questions. ‘ First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d do as much for our Jimmy any day if I had a spire of hair worth selling.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She told her of the panic-stricken talk in the quarter, told her that the slaves were afraid that the master, Dr. Thompson, would start selling them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the midway the Anti-Horse-Thief Society had a stand selling burgoo and roasting ears. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Adam Trask refused to buy in a hurry, and Bordoni was asking a big price and using the selling method of pretending not to care whether he sold or not. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tin, Nailer thought, and then wondered if the driver had purchased it or was selling it, and where it might be going. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z They don’t want their son to be buying or selling drugs, being bullied or bullying anyone else. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Once in the boat, he hands the fisherman the small gold nuggets he received selling his bike and we take off. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z During all my months of ciphering, I had counted on selling my grain to the miller at grain prices, not to the odd farmer as cattle feed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He was selling better than ever . . . as if time had turned back to the old days when the street had been one of Tangier’s major attractions. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy knew what the cripples were up to: They were selling subscriptions to magazines that would never come. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 Before we get back to the tree, Rani stops again to buy some dried fish and some other food from vendors sitting on the sidewalk, selling things in baskets. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z We built a tavern there, and I began buying and selling land. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What you don’t necessarily realize when you start selling your time by the hour is that what you’re actually selling is your life. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A freshman- nobody like Renault not selling chocolates—that was nothing. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was in Welch selling more ginseng for our zinc-dust money and had seen me from the street. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I could not imagine him selling deer rifles. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 He became an expert at branding, dehorning, castrating, and selling stock. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “We stop selling tickets in half an hour,” said the girl. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z We’re selling squares of her sweet, sticky rice cakes, plus drinks. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Once this guy came in and said he was selling his R&B album. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Some shop was having a clearance sale on mobile phones, and they were selling them at such a ridiculous price I knew Sizwe and I could flip them in the hood for a profit. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Lefty hands a coin to the old lady selling candles, lights one, stands it upright in sand. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It owed its beginnings to a fine blend of Yankee ingenuity and huck-sterism, its selling the first primordial example of the Home Shopping Network. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There are hoards of gentlemen dressed in velvet and silk, sailors in their wide-legged slops, and one very dirty boy selling eels. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She would have seen men in floppy caps selling apples on corners. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The other artists in his collection are much farther along than Vincent; their work is already selling. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z So I left them buying and selling among themselves at a nickel a point. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s the problem. I’d need money to do something like that. Besides, have you ever seen a girl—or even a woman—selling anything in our marketplace?” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z |
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