| 单词 | shave |
| 例句 | “If you lose, you have to shave off that stupid tuft of hair you treat like an imaginary friend. And just that—I want a bald spot in its place.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Then after that I have to shower and shave and trim nasal hairs and wash and wax myself. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Under my window, Nutmeg and Cinnamon purr happily, shuffling through the shavings in their cage. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I started in on the actual shaving portion of the festivities. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I shave my legs, not because there’s much to shave but because it makes me feel good. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And she then would have plunged her hand down into the shavings and brought out the cupid who stood on one foot, his bow in his hand. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He passed his hand over his shaven brow and over his cheeks. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Younger girls than I boasted of having to shave under their arms, but my armpits were as smooth as my face. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t believe all the ciphers were broken. This is going to be way harder than I thought. I don’t want to shave off Steve.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I could have shaved her head for all she would have noticed. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When she was up by Fayge’s side, she could smell a scent on her hair and dress, like roses and wood shavings after a long rain. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Daniel orders us patbingsoo, which turns out to be shaved ice with fruit, small, soft rice cakes, and sweet red beans. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Men and women sleep in the same room, and women and children often have their heads shaved. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He would put on his best clothes, shave, and play his favorite opera arias on the gramophone. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sitting on the floor, a human again—somehow back in my regular clothes, thank the gods—with six other guys who all looked disoriented, blinking and shaking wood shavings out of their hair. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “The shaved head’s just a ruse,” she adds. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I finished shaving and put my face down into the bowl and washed it with cold water. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I was there watching when they shaved her head for the first time. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I thought about the visitation officer, the Department of Corrections officials, the men who were paid to shave Herbert's body so that he could be killed more efficiently. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He shaved and dressed quickly, watching the mist roll back over the fields and the early morning sun break through. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure: "Dear Bled, have met Robin and shaved tail. Signed, Emerson." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Above their bleached faces their foreheads had been shaved halfway over their scalp’s curve to make a sharp widow’s peak where starched black hair began to arch upward, reminding me of a cobra’s hood. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting in the wicker rocking chair with her interrupted work in her lap, Amaranta watched Aureliano José, his chin covered with foam, stropping his razor to give himself his first shave. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I realised for the first time that his head was shaved all over, and he had no hair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He had just finished lathering his face when his mother suddenly appeared in his shaving mirror. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He put down his shaving brush and opened the medicine cabinet. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z It took Pomp some time to complete the shaving, he not being accustomed to that work. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He might shave but once a fortnight, but a shaggy beard does not make a man. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Lord Primus of Stormhold, his beard freshly shaven, watched it sail from the cliff top until it was lost to view. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly he imagines the house where Bridget’s husband lives alone, longing for her, with his unfaithful wife’s name on the mailbox, her lipstick beside his shaving things. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The top of his head had been recently shaved and “had the appearance of a great scar,” according to The New York Times. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The inexplicable scent of wood shavings hung heavy in the air. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He wondered if he could shave without slicing his chin open. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z His shaved head is so shiny and perfect I want to touch it. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She said, “It looks so lonely and lost, maybe you shouldn’t shave it. And maybe you should name it ‘Ryan Dean.’” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I flashed back to my last encounter with the shaved- head man: Is my father still alive? Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z One has a cross tattooed on his shaved skull. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The victor was the red priest, Thoros of Myr, a madman who shaved his head and fought with a flaming sword. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “He also said that he didn’t shave your dog.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “He’s shaving. He told me to tell you to wait for him. He’ll be right out.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He was swarthy, dark haired, and one of those men who always look as if they need a shave no matter what the time of day. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His thick accent betrayed him as a member of the tribe, but that was the only proof—he kept his head uncovered and his sideburns shaved. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Milo’s hand soared up perpendicularly like an eagle and arrested Vittorio’s shaving brush. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z His stomach is shaved and tracked with stitches, and his skin is so transparent that even the most delicate veins are visible. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked crazy just sitting there smiling, eyes all calm, shaved head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He washed off the shaving cream, looked at himself naked in the fly-specked bathroom mirror. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “No, I think you been shaving those dice. I want to see them.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was one of those guys who was supercool, crazy fly, and girls had a thing for his shaved head. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He hadn’t shaved since Friday morning, and he had some pretty impressive stubble going. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A man who looked like he hadn’t shaved in three days. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He proceeded to ask whether the trouble was caused by a shave, a wandering spirit. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s stroking his cheek like he might have just shaved for the second time today. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The day was hot so I chose the terrycloth shorts, grateful that my blondness allowed me to show my legs even when I hadn't shaved them for a while. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Take another deep breath and taste the smell of fresh wood shavings. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Lydia said: Saint Paul said it’s either that or a close shave. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted him to boast about me to the customers tomorrow as he gave haircuts and shaves. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The right side of my hair has been newly shaved by Kainta’s mother, and the left side of my hair is quite long, almost to my shoulder. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z But he was grateful when his father said Rashid could choose whether or not to keep shaving, even when it was clear his father wished for him to stop. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z High-Tech produced a bar of green soap and lathered Ugwu’s head and shaved it with a razor blade until it was smooth and soft to the touch. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The hair was shaved well back from the missing portion of skull. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He folds the shaved meat and peppers into the pita and takes huge bites of the roll. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s always been clean shaven, except for a beard phase he went through one winter during elementary school. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z It is very annoying, for I do not see how I am to shave, unless in my watch-case or the bottom of the shaving-pot, which is fortunately of metal. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z For my father had opened his curtains and was sitting, shaved and in full uniform, on the edge of his bed from where evidently he had been watching the sky turn to dawn. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The boy had cleaned up the shavings and slipped them under the door of the stove when the draft was open. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The shavings had no real heft, it was like throwing a handful of loose snow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The dark circles under his eyes were darker than usual, and he had not bothered to shave. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Crane-man shaved another curl of wood, then held the crutch up to his eye, squinting to check that its lines were true. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He watches Henry lather up and shave, put pomade in his hair, put on his Burberry for the day, and he catches himself wishing he could watch it every day. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He put Band-Aids over his chin hair and told his teachers, “I cut my chin when I shaved off the hair.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I took my time shaving and dressing, and then I called Haldeman to find out what was happening.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We stick out our chests, shave in the open, shove our hands in our pockets, inspect the recruits and feel ourselves stone-age veterans. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the shaving lotion I got on my birthday.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The smell of Charles—damp, alcoholic, sweet with the linden-water he used for shaving—hung heavy in the air. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Tonsures, pigtails, head completely shaved but for a single forelock, long sides drawn into a queue with a raffish short-cut roach in the middle—all of it was prideful and abhorrent to the Pilgrims. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She’s in a miniskirt and tight leggings and flat clumpy black shoes with laces, her hair is shaved up the back the way my brother’s used to be, a late forties squareboy’s cut. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The last trace of lather had been shaved away from his face and throat. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Petra rolled her eyes and sang, “Let me shave your legs tonight, girl. Let me show you how it feels when your man ...” “Your man!” the girls sang. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A shave was a wandering spirit who entered you and taught you a special skill. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Well, he would shave his head, he decided suddenly. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Admittedly I did not like its reddish color, but shaving with cold water was agony. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Beside me was a young man with spots on his chin that must have been difficult to shave around. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He was still wearing overalls, and he had not shaved, and his face was muddy with sweat and dirt. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “I know,” I say The box is empty I haven’t shaved, and I feel like death warmed up at the track. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The wood was damp but he shaved the dead bark off with his knife and he stacked brush and sticks all about to dry in the heat. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It was blue-collar all the way, located inside a corrugated metal shell; metal shavings covered the floor around the heavy equipment, which filled the shop with a regular hum. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z By shaving, Skahaz had put old Meereen behind him to accept the new, and his kin had done the same after his example. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He shaved slowly and combed his hair while the rattle of Lee at the stove sounded from the kitchen. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Xan stopped and looked over to the woman with the shaved head, crouched on the ground. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Now and then, his ear rubbed against her cheek, and she knew from the scratchy feel that he had shaved it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Brown hair brushed neatly to one side, eyes dark like a shark’s, a hard wedge of a naked chin, his cheeks cleanly shaven. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He had just shaved for there was a white spot of lather on his cheekbone and he was most respectful in his greeting to everyone in the room. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I didn’t know how the jungle smelled, but whenever I hugged him I smelled wild tree vines beneath his shaving cream and toothpaste. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “The police probably stopped looking for you long ago. You could give people a false name. You could grow a beard and shave your head.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was shampoo, soap, razors for shaving, a bathtub, and towels that smelled like lemon. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Almost invariably he wore a carpenter’s apron covered with red sawdust and curls of cedar shavings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Has dark brown hair and used to have a mustache before shaving it off. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Mr. Popper had smoothed down his hair and shaved off his whiskers. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Few temple meetings were held, for instance, without the minister looking down upon some freshly shaved bald domes of new Muslim brothers in the audience. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked older and raggedy too, and he hadn’t shaved, either. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t think it was important. I mean, he probably shaved it off by now, don’t you think?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z They would arrive earlier than the others and spend the morning shaving him, giving him massages with hot towels, cutting and polishing the nails on his hands and feet, and perfuming him with toilet water. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z His head had been shaved, and he was covered in dust, and filth under that. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The men came a few slow steps closer and I flung the handful of bassal shavings in a wide arc. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was shaved close to the blue roots of his beard, and his hands were clean and his nails polished. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Smell of them cedar shavings is nice, too, or maybe it’s the smell from Mr. Woodwell’s corncob pipe. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Because of all his hair, I had no way to put on a bandage, and I told Dad I should shave the area around the cut. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She taped the mouse belly-up to a table in her laboratory, shaved his fur off, then watched on a monitor as the mouse came nearer and nearer to death. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z You had to say you had a scar so you couldn’t shave. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She waved us inside and cheerfully resumed shaving her legs at the kitchen sink, a procedure I’d never witnessed so up close and personal. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She began by shoveling up all the soiled straw and wood shavings and depositing the stinky mess into Papa’s wooden wheelbarrow. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Her cropped hair, a shade similar to her shorts, seemed too lank and sensible, and in that room where all things were so carefully covered, her shaved knees and thighs too exposed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I handed John a corkscrew while I laid out the crystal—three plastic coffee cups, a jelly glass, a shaving mug, and several wide-mouthed pill bottles. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Since I only have to look hairless for a few hours instead of several weeks, I get to be shaved instead of waxed. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I handed him a copy of the magazine article, with its photo of a serious-looking Jesse and Eric, and explained that the clean shaven one was, as of a few days ago, an applicant. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He could pass through the Street of the Barbers and be shaved before he went to the house where the woman waited for him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z A cortege of guards in dress whites came through, followed by a handful of sorry-looking boys, their skulls visible under their shaven heads, their eyes big and scared, their faces swollen with bruises. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z However, while Mr. Clutter was shaving, showering, and outfitting himself in whipcord trousers, a cattleman’s leather jacket, and soft stirrup boots, he had no fear of disturbing her; they did not share the same bedroom. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Not to primp, comb his hair, shave, or to practice sneering. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Lately he had become careless in his shaving. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When we went to the district commandant to enlist, we were a class of twenty young men, many of whom proudly shaved for the first time before going to the barracks. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z And just as he’d, practiced, the fire was only a momentary flare as the handful of wood shavings in the bowl flashed up. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The service man put his tool bag down on the kitchen floor, looked at the refrigerator, and then at Mr. Popper, who, to tell the truth, had not shaved yet and was not very tidy. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Jesper’s clothes were covered in tiny slivers and shavings of steel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I’d learned to make myself perfectly passive when my mother bathed and shaved me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z It’s a really emotional moment...until the “shave and a haircut, two bits” horn of Grandpa’s car blares from outside. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z And as he did so a foam, something like shaving cream though flecked with pink-hued blood from the lungs, mushroomed at the deceased’s mouth and nose. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Without looking at her, and although he hadn’t quite finished his second-time-over shave, he pulled the face towel down from his shoulders and wiped the remaining lather off his face. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The colonel said that the other Americans had all shaved now, that Billy and Derby were the only two still with beards. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “He wasn't much, was he? Kind of small and homely and he didn't shave too close or comb his hair very well.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Sixteen years old, I thought, and this is the first time I’ve been able to shave my legs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He always shaved himself twice, to look gorgeous. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Gray hair shaved almost to nonexistence, eyes so black they seem all pupils, a long, straight nose reddened by the freezing air. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I tossed it back in the sand, picturing Mong sitting there with his shaved head, drinking his bottle of whiskey, talking all crazy about true love. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z We spent hours every day shaving bamboo for the center and cross spars, cutting the thin tissue paper which made for easy dipping and recovery. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z ‘This one is pineapple, mango, orange and banana, buried under a mound of shaved coconut. I call it the Hercules!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "And I'm sick of being thought a callow boy wherever I go, because I'm forced to shave my beard." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Macon didn’t part his hair; Milkman had a part shaved into his. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Killdeer, dragging false broken wings, ran screeching ahead of him on the shaved ground. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, OK, I’ve never even shaved my face before, so perhaps I should have figured out this wouldn’t be a quick or painless procedure. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched him put the cap on the tube of shaving lather. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Her hair had been shaved off, and it was just a fuzz, now. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d cut their hair short and shaved it on one side. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z In his album I find a photo of him on hajj with his hair shaved, as is typical of pilgrims. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Whatever. It’s a stupid bet. I wouldn’t have made you shave your head.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Not only had Dad cut all of Byron’s hair off, he’d also shaved his head! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I shaved this morning, Joey. I had one whisker. Here. Can you see it?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She caught the mingled odors of incense, candle wax, flowers, and the good black cloth and shaving lotion of the priest. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She grins at herself in the shaving mirror. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Crumbs and pencil shavings cover the bottom, and it smells like wet shoes. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z His shackled hands went to his freshly shaved jaw. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He was a large, hairy man who shaved twice a day and still looked as if he had a four-day-old beard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His lopsided Mohawk had been shaved away, leaving short and stubbly hair everywhere except for his long bangs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Art Moran looked at Carl’s face turned inside out, the skin of it peeled back like a grape, a bloody foam that looked like shaving cream clinging to his chin. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He was one of those guys who shaved it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “I got an email from one of the jobs I applied for. I have an in-person interview next week. Guess I should go ahead and shave.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Laila got her to play snakes and ladders, and they ate shavings from blocks of dark chocolate, one of the few things they shared a common taste for. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I didn’t see Izio, but it was difficult in the crowd of men with their shaved heads and gray cloth. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The small shaving nick just above his Adam’s apple. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Where somebody leaves a mirror and a razor behind in a tree so the next fella can catch a quick shave. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Qhorin came and stood over him as the first flame rose up flickering from the shavings of bark and dead dry pine needles. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They knew he had shaven off his mustache. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I was ready to bet that if I shaved his curly brown hair, I’d find tiny horns on his head. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z His beard was fashionably scruffy, like Piper’s dad and his actor friends wore theirs—the sort of I just happened not to shave for two days and I still look awesome look. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Judd Stares down at Shiloh—at his bandage and the shaved place where he’s all stitched up—the rip on his ear. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I smell the shaving lotion, the usual kind, the hint of mothballs, familiar enough to me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat on the edge of his bed and sobbed, tears carving tiny paths through the shaving cream on his cheeks. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As I collect fist-sized, dry tree branches, Chou bends and shaves the leaves with her ax. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The silver streak in his closely shaven head glows in the subtle darkness, and the crescent-shaped scar under his right eye looks deeper. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I want one big enough to shave in.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Sarai had always felt the narrow stroke of luck—like an ax blow passing close enough to shave the tips from the down of her cheek—that Minya had saved her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The colonists saw a robust, erect-postured man wearing only a loincloth; his straight black hair was shaved in front but flowed down his shoulders behind. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was horseplay, a sort of joke like being shaved when crossing the line. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Another person appears, and Mark’s surprised to see it’s a woman with a shaved head. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z We’d run into the TV room in time to catch the commercials with colored people using deodorant, shaving cream, and wash powder. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm said no more, but swept up the shavings and the sawdust and tipped them into the bin next to the offcuts, from which Mr. Taphouse would feed the old iron stove the next day. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z There’s a man’s shaving brush and razor on the windowsill. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He felt his throat critically with one hand, then picked up his shaving brush and began to re-lather strategic parts of his face. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “He said that the men have hair a yard long on one side of their head and the hair is shaved close on the other,” he says. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He was shaving by the open window, a camel-hair jacket over his pyjamas, and I in my flannel suit and heavy shoes felt clumsy and overdressed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z His shaving things sat on the shelf in the bathroom alongside the same aftershave she remembered from years earlier. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Charles now had a long white beard, which he had started growing in 1863 because eczema made it uncomfortable for him to shave. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They were covered with shavings and smelled like they really had been in here for three hundred years, without getting their cage cleaned. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Bronx-bred, he kept his head shaved and wore designer tortoiseshell glasses. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I took out my dad’s electric clipper and buzzed off my whole head of hair to shorter and shorter lengths until I thought it would be easy to shave with an electric razor. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was shaved smooth and scrubbed raw, the tow hair clean and wet-combed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He’d already had his hair shaved into a low buzz cut to hide his natural curls. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And next to him, third in from the right, standing there with sunglasses and a dark business suit, was the guy with the shaved head I’d seen at Bat Lady’s house. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Dad leaned toward me and said, “It looks like it’s about time you started shaving.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Like: “For the love of God, please shave your back hair!” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I started with a quick shave and a shower, followed by a very brief physical exam. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He gathered up the tiny shavings of lead and saved them carefully, to melt again the next time he made bullets. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z His file also contained a school photo, showing a thin, stoic boy with a shaved head. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We’re sideswiped by a gurney bearing an unconscious, emaciated young woman with a shaved head. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They needed shaves and their hair was wild and uncombed. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, yes, this is it. Fifteen days after death. Prayers. Oldest son shaves head and recites after priest." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The first chore of the amakhankatha was to paint our naked and shaved bodies from head to foot in white ocher, turning us into ghosts. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was tall and elegant, with chocolate-colored skin and bleached-blond hair shaved military style. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z His face had that look old men get when they’d shaved the day before and the beard was just starting to grow back, white specks of dust all over his cheeks. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He dipped his razor and continued to shave. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Hooper stood very still, turning the pencil round and round inside the sharpener, and watching the shaving of wood uncurl itself out of the side, like a moth emerging from the larva. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Piragua! sells shaved ices from a white cart filled with bottles and bottles of fruit-flavored syrup colored red and purple, orange and blue. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Kelly, George’s best friend, wore her hair in braids and smelled like oranges and pencil shavings. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Since we didn’t have a modern bathroom, he’d shave over an enamel basin and use hot water from a pitcher. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z My wastebasket was overflowing with crumpled drawing paper and pencil shavings. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Like us, their heads were shaved and they were skin and bones. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Once you shave that off, you could draw an eight in its place and your head would look like a Magic 8 Ball,” she said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I shaved, put on a clean shirt, got my Greek books and went back to Dr. Roland’s. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Danny is not my type at all—shaved head, shiny shirt, snakeskin boots, and a gold chain that looks like a rosary. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I sigh and slam my laptop shut just as the front door squeaks open and out comes Janae, wearing strappy sandals and newly shaven, oiled legs. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It’s girls in hijab and girls with their hair whipping across their faces and girls with shaved heads. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She leaned against a giant Fjerdan with a shaved head and grim blue eyes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He wasn't shaved, and something he'd eaten had crusted on his chin. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When someone died without a descendant or proper burial rites, he or she turned into a shave and wandered until a willing host was found. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The taller one has a shaved head and a scar that cuts diagonally across part of his scalp. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The salt he kept for himself, but from the soap he would shave thick peels to trade for food. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The dullness of military life, the endless repetition of duties, the standing in line to eat, to use the bathroom, to shave, served as no distraction at all. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I got out of the shower, I saw Chas standing at the same spot where I’d punched him the night before, bent over the sink, shaving. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “You got to shave them,” he said, holding up his large fist to show his own hand had no hairs. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe the same time you started shaving every day?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The red veil goes on, though, covering my damp hair, my head, which has not been shaved. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I could never get a close, even shave. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z To get down to the scale of atoms, you would need to take each one of those micron slices and shave it into ten thousand finer widths. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Tree-ear swept the shavings into his palm, then threw them into the river. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Her father had been a fastidious man, impeccable, close- shaven, with razor-sharp creases pressed into his trousers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore a pearl earring and had a face that needed to make a choice—either shave or grow a beard. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z For a man, having red hair or curly hair is a downer, as is “bald with a fringe”—but a shaved head is okay. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He was tall, still lean from his fast growth, and had begun to shave—or, as Sparrow put it, to “abuse his poor face with knives.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In the operating room, Dr. Grossman shaved away at the burned, dead skin, cutting away thin layers until he reached bleeding tissue. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But now suddenly he was wearing shaving lotion, combing his hair, and fighting with me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I try not to move, but it feels like she's slicing instead of shaving me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We passed a few more rooms and I didn’t care if the Amish were doing card tricks or shaving their beards off. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had his head shaved, and that made him scarier. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I didn't have anything special to do, so I went down to the can and chewed the rag with him while he was shaving. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z After they’d showered and shaved, moisturized and conditioned, Agent Jones appeared. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “When I started drinking coffee. When I started shaving. When I got a girlfriend.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He’d turned it on in order to see what he was eating but also in order to look at his face in a hand-held shaving mirror. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There was a keen young man with a shaven head behind the cash register. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z They wouldn’t really shave my head, would they? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I left the crowd in the café and went over to the hotel to get shaved for dinner. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The way he makes the shavings flutter down into thin little pieces of wood that look like curly wings. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z "The design you shaved in that little girl's hair was rude," Padma says, then giggles. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Apa sits in the passenger seat, shaven and clean, wearing a white shirt and the only tie he owns, the one he wore on the plane from Korea. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z We were, however, allowed to shave our legs and bleach our mustaches. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z A bearded DJ with a shaved head is set up in a corner with a laptop that has colorful stickers all over it and a set of jumbo speakers. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z But one Sunday morning when my father was shaving, I decided that I couldn’t keep the summer to myself any longer. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Plus, the older kids come out with eggs and shaving cream when it’s late, so Tía likes us to be home. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It fed upon Picassos and Matisses in the upper halls, like delicacies, baking off the oily flesh, tenderly crisping the canvases into black shavings. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z As the reporter jotted down Roy’s words, the door swung open, and there stood Mr. Eberhardt—shaved, showered, and neatly dressed in one of his gray suits. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Camp prisoners, who were not allowed to speak to the new prisoners, roughly shaved off all their body hair to help prevent lice. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I latched the door with a hook that scarcely held, smeared shaving cream on the backs of my hands and shaved without water. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His dark hair was washed and brushed, he was freshly shaved, and he wore the black breastplate of an officer of the City Watch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She pictured herself handing him a towel as he shaved, telling him when he nicked himself. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Bald as an egg, but she needed a shave. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It appeared he was able to shave from time to time. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z To see if he would swing his legs over the side of the mattress and stand up and wander to the bathroom and shave his face, the smell of soap wafting out to the hallway. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z His lopsided Mohawk had been shaved away, leaving short and stubbly hair everywhere except for his long bangs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They came into town once a week, their skin scummy and stinking and blackened from oil and caked-on dirt, to get a bath and a shave at the barbershop. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z So I showered, and I actually shaved, too, and put on some of that cologne. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I cut class almost every day, I shaved my long blond hair off and dyed the little bit that was left jet black. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The room smelled of metal shavings mixed with whatever grease was used in the lathes and other implements that I never learned to use. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It was hard to tell them apart, because they all wore blue jeans and torn T-shirts and had their heads shaved bald to keep away lice. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Last year Bren tried to shave his head like Pitbull but ended up with just one side of his head shaved because his mom caught him before he could finish. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z When a favorite teacher shaved off his beard, Wesley no longer recognized him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z "Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They sat in the darkness while he shaved sticks into a pile with his knife and broke up the small branches with his hands. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Lurvy shaved and got a haircut; and his principal farm duty was to feed the pig while people looked on. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Eight o’clock had struck before I got into the air, that was scented, not disagreeably, by the chips and shavings of the long-shore boat-builders, and mast, oar, and block makers. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z ‘Thing is, the more you shave it, the more it grows back. It’s like lawnmowing.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “And you should worry more about fixing their ship and being rescued than shaving your pits.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z While I was shaving, I wondered what I was going to do and I decided to go for a swim. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “Fine, then we’ll shave it off. Jones has a razor in his car, don’t you, Jones?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Cohn said he was going over and get a shave. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Later, when High-Tech told him, “Operation in two days,” in a whisper, Ugwu thought about the people who shaved their hair off as an act of mourning. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After that, I brush my teeth, using as little water as possible, and shave with an electric razor. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The shave and bath had gone well; with a fresh face the man looked almost innocent. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Somkit's smile faded as he eyed the fuzz of Pong's shaved head. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I brought him hot water to wash and shave with, and I washed in his room. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z And fix my hair or maybe shave or whatever, since you think I need to start doing that, and I’ll be down in a few minutes. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z When I looked into the temples, I could see the holy sadhus sitting in long rows, bare chested, their heads shaven, holding sacred lamps and accompanying their chanting with bells. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The diviner of shells shaved her head as everyone chanted in the language of the Yoruba. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “It hurts, right? Not the shaving but the...you know. Ugh. I’m freaking out.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Vendors on bicycle carts sold shaved ice that sparkled like gems under the orbs. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Ma usually shaved my head herself with our electric clippers. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z It wasn’t bad—usually—to be possessed: the Mellower had a shave for storytelling. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Tiller sat down on the porch steps, took out his whittling knife and a piece of wood from his pocket, and shaved slivers from the bark. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z We discovered what he looked like when he didn’t shave. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His head was shaved and round and resting on mossy granite. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore a pony tail in the back and had the sides of his head shaved. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll be right there after I get ready. I think I need to shave.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Everything’s the way it always is—the “shave and a haircut, two bits” blast of the horn and Grandpa’s disbelief over how tall I am now. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He turned the colonel’s chin with one finger, then delicately shaved away a stripe of soap with a razor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Miig wore his hair shaved to the skull except down the middle and had a moustache that only grew on the left side of his top lip. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He ignored the pain tearing over his skin and focused all his attention on the bits of metal clinging to his clothes, the shavings and tiny particles from the severed link in the gate chain. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Finally I began to cut my hair and shave my head. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Once clean shaven and conservatively groomed, he now had a beard and longish hair and affected the military-style clothing characteristic of freedom fighters around the continent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctors shaved off his whiskers so that they could cut into the gland and free the pus. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Along the walls, the women outnumbered the men by five to one; what few males he did see had long grey beards or looked too young to shave. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z While he was shaving, he remembered a few months earlier, President Johnson had shown him the hidden safe where he stashed top secret documents. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z No one had bathed him or shaved him for many days, from the look of him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That sticking-up hair of his had been shaved off, and his monk’s robes also helped to hide him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Chuck, incidentally, had decided that the best strategy was to shave off Lefty. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z When he gets closer, I notice the tiniest speck of shaving cream in the little nook where his jaw meets his ear. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z It was shorter than it had ever been, shaved close on both sides, with long bangs. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t be shaved with lather from the common cup. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Through countless talks, Harold and I reached an understanding about not including personal things like “mascara,” and “shaving lotion,” “hair spray” or “Bic shavers,” “tampons,” or “athlete’s foot powder.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a squatty man with a shaved head and black stubble on his face. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Sunday morning, in a Vermont town, my last day in New England, I shaved, dressed in a suit, polished my shoes, whited my sepulcher, and looked for a church to attend. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The vanity-glass vanished, and in its place there was a shaving mirror about a foot square. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, there’s these already that look like shaving cream . The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z His cheek looks rough, like if he didn’t shave it, he would have a thick beard. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z His hair was only three-quarters of an inch long and had a stripe through the middle, shaved right down to the skin, to mark him as a concentration camp prisoner. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Without stopping to shave or comb my hair or even change my clothes from the night before, I grabbed my Greek Prose composition book and my Liddell and Scott and ran to Julian’s office. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Until I can barely see his shaved head bobbing up and down above the water’s surface. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He’s shaved, washed his hair, and put on a smock, which is spattered with clay, as is the water bottle he’s holding to his lips. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The swearing, the straight razors, the shaving brushes, all these were my welcome to the masculine world. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “But I don’t know how. Why do women always have to do such unpleasant things? Heels, thongs, shaving, plucking, bleaching. It’s really not fair.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He found Father Franco, jacket off and needing a shave, sitting behind a cluttered desk. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z There was no one to see to it that their clothes were clean, heads were shaved around the edges, skin was oiled and not ashy. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z They presented him with a wallet bulging with traveling money, a train ticket, new clothes, a shaving kit, and a suitcase emblazoned with the words torrance tornado. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z He was teaching him the catechism as he shaved the necks of his roosters. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Five years earlier, on a Monday afternoon in the fall of 1929, Strub had sat down in his lucky chair at his barber’s and settled in for a shave. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was Doug Swieteck’s brother, for one, who was already shaving and had been to three police stations in two states and who once spent a night in jail. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The gray wood was bald, shaved by many seasons of wind and snow. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Poppy was in the bathroom when they went upstairs, “shaving,” Mom said. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Someone says we should let him sit in the sun, shave his skin open little by little, and rub salt into the wounds. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After the shower our heads were shaved and we were sent back to the field to stand naked in the raw October night. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z With his shaved head and muscular build and his habit of holding his arms crossed in front of his big chest, Smith looked like a black Mr. Clean. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His afro is gone now, shaved to a black shadow on his perfect skull. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I wiped a circle on the fogged-up mirror and shaved with one of the hotel’s old-fashioned razors, the type that opened and you slid the blade in. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When Francie got back, papa had shaved, wetted his hair down, shined his shoes and put on a clean undershirt. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if it was my guy with the shaved head, but no, there was no British accent. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Some of them looked like they had to shave two or three times a day. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He would have washed and shaved his face, cleaned his teeth, brushed his hair, changed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He commented upon Wang Lung as he shaved his upper forehead, “This would not be a bad-looking farmer if he would cut off his hair. The new fashion is to take off the braid.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I could smell tobacco and wood shavings and suspected Miles’s jacket. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z At dinner that night we found that Robert Cohn had taken a bath, had had a shave and a haircut and a shampoo, and something put on his hair afterward to make it stay down. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “This carpet is made of fine hand-woven unicorn hair—shed not shaven—and it will not be blemished by the likes of you!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She dressed him in his soldier's uniform, shaved him, combed his hair, and waxed his mustache better than he had ever done in his days of glory. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z If you were clean shaven and fit the dress, you played Lady Reythiel in The Swineherd and the Nightingale. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Go ahead and turn before the next century. No, take your time, shave, contemplate the universe...” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I wished he could remember even more details, like if Dad had unbuttoned his shirt’s top button, or if he smelled like shaving, or if he whistled “I Am the Walrus.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z From the look of him, he had not shaved since she rode south; his beard was a fiery bush. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Milo’s office was a barbershop, and his deputy mayor was a pudgy barber from whose obsequious lips cordial greetings foamed as effusively as the lather he began whipping up in Milo’s shaving cup. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He clearly hasn’t shaved the last few days, either. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z With much delight, Zooey wet his razor and began to shave. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z But England did not change him too much—his hair is still shaved close on one side and long on the other, and his eyes are still bright. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Not to mention throwing up on one of the women who was offering and then passing out and having somebody shave my balls and paint my face and stuff me into a trunk. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Why, for instance, do we shave our legs? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I leaned against the doorframe while my father twisted his face to shave down one side. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time the count guard came by I was sitting on my bunk, half shaved and trying to will my shaking foot into a shoe. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Warm steaming water—tired limbs—presently a shave—a cocktail—dinner. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The men aren’t shaving carefully and the women never remove their boots. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z It is the Wal-Mart payroll manager who goes into the computer and shaves his employees’ hours to make his own performance look better. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z One of his dark eyebrows was cut in half by a long white scar that curved like a scythe across his forehead and into his shaved hairline. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “That’s why you shaved your beard? To be like everyone else?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Anyway, I was sitting on the washbowl next to where Stradlater was shaving, sort of turning the water on and off. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Now, like the other prisoners, his head had been shaved, probably to prevent lice. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Cain’t you just see my daddy and Uncle Camp and Cudn Hope if you walked in the store shaved? They’d take you for a stranger and sell you a mule collar or something.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Well, I’ll go and shave. I didn’t have time to shave before I left.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He had shaved off the beard he had grown during their journey, and it made him look younger and more vulnerable. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He was tall and African American, with a shaved head, glasses, and an easy, sympathetic manner. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He’d bathed, changed into fresh clothes, and even shaved for good measure. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A person shouldn’t be discriminated against because he hadn’t shaved for a picture. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Everything about him was smooth—his pressed clothes and perfect shave, his cavalier voice and blithe expression. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Looking back on that, I remember the woman had a nearly shaved head, which should have been a sign to him that hair wasn’t her specialty. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z When she looked out, her eyes blurred from her migraine, she did not recognize him because he had shaved his beard and was wearing spectacles. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Colin prepared by shaving and wearing that Wild Rain deodorant she liked so much that she'd nestle up against his chest to catch its scent. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Henry sounded hoarse, and Naomi noticed that he had not shaved in a day or two. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he pulls out a huge metal sheet and hands me a bottle of shaving cream. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Grover yelped, but Polyphemus just picked up the nearest sheep like it was a stuffed animal and shaved off its wool. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He could shave some tinder off it, and there were always Bonneville’s notes, five volumes of them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Some of them look as if they shave a lot. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think I look that different now—just older. Bigger. I was kind of scrawny back then. And I have to shave more now.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Jewelry lines the glass display case—nothing of value, just cheap-looking costume pieces—along with used lipsticks and half-empty bottles of shaving lotion. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Their clippers tore out our hair, shaved every hair on our bodies. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Thank you for the pictures, the shaving gear, and the postcard from Paris. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That morning he’d added three shaved lines over his left ear. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z While I was washing the dishes, Grandpa said, “I think I’ll shave.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Very probably, it was not part of the sofa vaudeville of a showoff but, rather, the private, exposed achievement of a young man who, at one time or another, might have tried shaving himself left-handed. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The shortcut shaved off nearly eight thousand miles for ships traveling from New York to California. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I checked out my pop’s shaving stuff and copped some of his aftershave lotion. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z They had shaved the hair off his body to facilitate a "clean" execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The water turned the consistency of shaved ice in blue sticky syrup. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He needed a shave; his fingernails needed paring. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t shaved recently, so his face was covered in silver stubble. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z His bare feet were deep in wood shavings. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I’m pretty sure a monkey shaves his facial hair,” said Ian. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The other night, sitting on the bedroom floor, where he was shaving a corn from his foot, he said quite casually, “So what was it like between you two?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z You can get crushed ice or shaved ice, even, if you have that kind of preference when it comes to ice. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He shaved kind of awkward, nicking his face in several places. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “They shouldn’t pick on you, Fezzik, just because you need a shave.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He only shaved every other day, but he put on aftershave lotion every day. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I know some people lose their hair because of one disease or another, but this girl looked like she shaved her head. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He trades in fountain pens for ballpoints, Wilkinson blades and his boar- bristled shaving brush for Bic razors bought six to a pack. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My face is shaven, I’m clean, and someone’s changed me into fresh fatigues. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “My husband,” Mrs. Klugman began, but at that point, having finished shaving, Isidore strode into the living room and shut off the TV set. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z They took my shaving razors and my shoelaces. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Like a pile of fine metal shavings or powdered glass. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He was burnished, his face shaved so close that its darkness had a shine like polished wood. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z If he shaved his head he could not, perhaps, buy the beef. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He made the tiniest shavings, cutting very slowly and carefully, making whatever he thought would be pretty. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z My one hope was to shave the whole fuzz off. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “I never even got to shave my legs.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He hasn't shaved in days, and his eyes are bloodshot, like he hasn't slept all night. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z In the photo, his eyes were pointed toward the floor, and hair dotted his chin and upper lip, like he hadn’t gotten to shave. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Or: “Do you know how the mavro men shave? With a powder! I saw it in the store window.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His hair was long and swoopy on top, with the sides shaved. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The stubble beneath her makeup despite her close shave. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Someone had even shaved down the sides for him. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z My head shaved clean to keep lice away. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I dragged one of the crates over and upturned it on its side, spilling out mounds of sodden wood shavings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Daddy was in my parents' bathroom, leaning toward his mirror, shaving. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He did not doubt that a boy down the street had been dragged away in the afternoon and taken, with a shaved head and no training, straight to the front in the evening. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Maybe if Miss Palma had been allowed to read the journal entry, she would have understood why I shaved my entire head the next night. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Whatever. It’s a stupid bet. I wouldn’t have made you shave your head.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He traveled alone after that and made sure that he was shaven and clean. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Even though the boy’s head was shaved, Jack could tell he had bright red hair to go with his freckles and blue eyes. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z In shock, she had to let her captors shave her head while she awaited execution. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Aston was a tall, thin Black dude with a shaved baldy. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z His hair was already shaved to the skull. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite a recent shower, beads of sweat form above his lip and on his newly shaven head. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She smelled the faint perfume of his shaving soap. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Nyame blew gently on the Story Box, and, like an artist removing shavings from a sculpture, revealed his gleaming masterpiece. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z We all burst with laughter, imagining the late-night newspapers circulating all over the kingdom with pictures of Edel's little girl, the word shaved into her hair beside a picture of cow feces. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z In search of something similar to her box, Mouschi had found herself a pile of wood shavings, right over a crack in the floor. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He was dark-haired with an afternoon shadow on his chin, which is what Dad says he gets at weekends when he has a day off shaving. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know what I know when I look at you mooning around and shaving taters down to nubs. Who else could you be thinking of?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Let me tell you, you don’t want to open your gym locker and find that someone has squirted shaving cream into it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Except on days when I shave new prisoners, I cut the hair of SS officers and guards and and give them shaves,” he said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “Once you shave that off, you could draw an eight in its place and your head would look like a Magic 8 Ball,” she said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z His wavy blond hair gleamed and he smelled clean and fresh from washing and shaving. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He makes quick work of shaving the heads of all four of them with a straight razor. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “I was only seventeen and hadn’t started to shave. We were troublemakers, tough kids, and we wanted experience and adventure.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z One of the Speckled Sussex went over to a pile of wood shavings in a corner, sat down, and started fluffing up her feathers. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Father always smelled of bay rum, the shaving lotion he used, and Mother smelled of some kind of perfume or cologne. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Coconut shavings are sprinkled above the top two slices, in wide crescents that look like eyebrows. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I’m in a place where I’m not allowed to shave by myself—even if I needed to shave biologically—because they’re worried that I’ll use the razors on myself. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Justice Wargrave, shaved, dressed and with his false teeth in position, came down the stairs. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z It was the same soldier who, when they arrived at the training camp, a former primary school with buildings sheathed in palm fronds, shaved Ugwu’s hair with a piece of broken glass. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He had been shaving in mid-week, for Billy held Grandfather in reverence, and Grandfather said that Billy was one of the few men of the new generation who had not gone soft. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa never spoke about the barber shop, yet he had come here three times a week to be shaved. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I had grown to five feet nine inches, an inch shorter than Danny, and I was shaving. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He needed a shave and there were dark circles under his eyes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Her legs are shaved, making me think I should have known earlier that it was a girl. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Unconsciously Milton was adhering to the Greek custom of not shaving after a death in the family. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Matthew scratched at the lines he’d shaved into his head and appeared to be studying the baseboards. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I manage the old man’s shave—a task that usually involves all three of us—and then drag him out to the area in front of the horses. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z By the time he reached kindergarten, he was ready to shave. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z On slave ships, newly captured Africans were forcibly shaved in a profound act of dehumanization, an act that effectively severed the link between hair and cultural identity. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Kenna is very tall and strikingly handsome, with a shaved head and a goatee. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Well, we talk about words, but it’s not the same as other teachers. Like we never use paper. Ever. He has me write letters in blue or pink sand. Or sometimes in shaving cream.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I notice the planes of his skull, showing through his shaved hair, and the jagged path his crooked nose carves down his face. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He keeps himself shaven, but sometimes leaves a stubbly goatee, which he’s done today. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Even the time she found out I had shaved my legs, she was hysterical. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He shaved his down to a powder with a straight edge razor then dipped a heaping spoonful into a cup of hot water and stirred it up with sugar. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z She always had a pair of scissors hanging by a white tape from her waist, and with this she began shaving thin slivers of soap into the palm of one hand. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “There you are, Prussian. I think it looks nice. You could use a shave though.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The scent of tobacco and wood shavings filled my nose. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “I'm looking for someone. A boy about my age with a shaved head. He was a monk-in-training. His name is Pong. Have you seen him?” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Papa was stocky, not tall, but he was neat about his clothes, had a handsome face, and shaved every morning. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Prison officials had shaved his head and all the hair from his face. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He does that razor shave stuff with the cream and the towels. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I mourned that one whisker I’d shaved off, because I would have shown him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He shaved and showered quickly, then put on his most faded and beloved fatigues, pulled his swagger stick from a top drawer, laced up his combat boots, and strode toward Ben’s room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I got up and shaved and took a hot bath. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The potatoes proved that all too well, as did the wood shavings, which Father collected in a bucket and brought downstairs to burn. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He had not shaved, and in the clear morning sunlight, his stubble looked like tiny dots drawn on his jaw. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Had he ever seen a fireman that didn't have black hair, black brows, a fiery face, and a blue-steel shaved but unshaved look? Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z At the next station our body hair was shaved. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Her outstretched fingers find an old shaving bowl, an umbrella stand, and a crate full of who knows what. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He took his shaving cream, her soaps, and some sponges and threw them in a bag. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His hair was shaved close to his scalp, and he smelled of Vetiver. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z She pulled a knife from her belt and, with a flick of her wrist, shaved off a chink from just above where her ankle would have been. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Brother Khoi asks what if Father escaped to Tibet after shaving his head and joining a monastery? Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The mother sponge-bathed the children while the husband and I shaved. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m pretty sure his mother shaves his facial hair,” said Evan. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The edge of the scythe shaved off my shirtsleeve and grazed my arm. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He scratched his neck contemplatively, as if he were thinking of having a shave one of these days. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The last time I saw Uncle Max was when he had shaved all his hair off and looked like an ex-convict. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “It is because they shaved it dry,” High-Tech said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z For a second I thought he was Ares, because this guy looked exactly like the god of war—tall and buff, with a cruel scarred face and closely shaved black hair. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “When you’re eighteen, you can shave your scalp for all I care. In the meantime...” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The waif had shaved her head for her when they took her eyes; a mummer’s cut, she called it, since many mummers did the same so their wigs might fit them better. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A woman with curly green hair and another with a shaved head and a cheek piercing that hurts to look at are heading to me and Mom. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z They were freshly showered and shaven, cocky in their Sunday suits but uneasy, too, as if they were about to go to court. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z For he shaved our skull, and cleansed our wound and bound it neat with bandages stolen from the home of an unsuspecting leader of the mob, ha! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your work clothes will be hanging in the closet—you’ll see. You’ll want to wash up and shave first, I guess.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Once this was accomplished, the building was set on fire and “burned like a pile of shavings.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “He might have. The guy was so hairy it was kind of hard to tell. He’s the kind of guy who has to shave three times a day, if you know what I mean.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The water in this lid was meant to be used for shaving and to clean our hands and faces. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A few of the other women prisoners walked out into the yard, their chins nearly touching their chests, their shaved heads sunk low on bowed necks. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z They are shaving the heads of the women, who cry hot tears. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He had not shaved since leaving the Fist of the First Men, and the hair on his Up was soon stiff with frost. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I was shaving in my room when there was a knock on the door. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He sat before me without tear or grimace, and in silence, I shaved off his hair. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Years later Gogol had learned the significance, that it was a Bengali son’s duty to shave his head in the wake of a parent’s death. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He hasn’t shaved for a year, though they cut his hair short, whenever they feel like it, for lice they say. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z For a while he wore a tiny mustache, but she made him shave it off, for it made him look, she thought, like a half-breed gigolo. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Old Stradlater watched me in the mirror while he was shaving. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z "Try again after you start shaving, little man," she says, and keeps walking. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I can’t believe all the ciphers were broken. This is going to be way harder than I thought. I don’t want to shave off Steve.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Tyler said they contained his pencil shavings from the past five years, which he had collected to make fire starters for our “head for the hills” bags. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His face was so close that I could see a couple of beard hairs he’d missed when he shaved. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “Well, there was the time I whacked my head on the pump handle of our well. Doc Cafferty shaved part of my scalp so he could put in stitches.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z My hair, what was not burned off, is shaved. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you lose, you have to shave off that stupid tuft of hair you treat like an imaginary friend. And just that—I want a bald spot in its place.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He was immaculate, everything fit him perfectly, he had the cleanest shave at Fullbrook; he looked as strong and fresh as a tree—he even smelled something like cedar. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Biff had shaved his head in tribute to my brother! Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When I stepped in front of the prisoner who was to shave me, he just laughed and motioned me on. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The little boy stood barefoot, one arm wrapped around the man’s thigh, his shaved head resting against his father’s hip. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I handed him things, and I sharpened his pencils, which he kept in a shaving mug. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z At Pine Mountain, if a boy showed up to class with facial hair like Joey had, they’d take him into the bathroom and make him shave on the spot with a nasty old, used razor. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It looked like he could shave off a hundred of them by taking the shortcut, so say around two hundred. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But in the heart of this chaos, Tyler had half a decade’s pencil shavings, cataloged by year. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He trimmed his beard with the scissors while a pan of water heated and then he shaved himself with a plastic safety razor. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Only plunging it into basins of snow and shaved ice gave any relief at all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Cotton was also bald, but that was because he shaved his head. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z And Mong just keeps peeking his shaved head around the Dumpster every ten minutes or so, to make sure we don’t miss his cousin’s car. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z But his father was not disposed to leave him in peace; Nicolas’s followers began to appear in the newspaper with shaved heads, indecent loincloths, and beatific expressions, bringing public ridicule to the name of Trueba. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He was shaved, and even though his skin was still dry, he seemed to be way more alive than he had been on the train. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Shirtless and with hair shaved short to prevent lice, they scampered and wrestled and searched for frogs in the mud. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z On Saturday morning Joey and me got up real early to watch cartoons and Dad was already up brushing his teeth and shaving. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Siddhartha raised himself and saw a monk in a yellow gown, with shaved head, sitting opposite him in the attitude of a thinker. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z He even smelled right—like oakum and wood shavings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Even Francis and Charles were well dressed, freshly shaven, very much their unconcerned old selves. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His mate would be marching sturdily beside him, also with a price on her head—her hair shaven off before she took to the woods, and known as a weyve. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z This Sarai knew from years of perching on sleeping faces, and not from Feral who, though he had begun to shave, could go days between with no one the wiser. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The magnets kept shorting out for reasons the engineers were able to diagnose only after opening one up, when they discovered its cooling oil had been thoroughly contaminated by rust, metal shavings, and sediment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Half of my head was shaved and my long hair was gone. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I let him think I’d shaved my head for that reason. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the bones were so well cracked they looked like wood shavings. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Her ginger hair was shaved on the sides, long on top. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Not luxury, which was beyond his ken, but simple comfort: a wash, a shave, a meal, a bed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He wore black, but his hair was combed neatly and he had shaved his beard. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Aunty Uju said, laughing, and then lay on her back, legs spread and held high, an old gossip magazine beneath her, while Ifemelu worked with a shaving stick. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A shave was a friendly spirit with a skill to bestow. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “So you were going to try to make him really see you—kind of like me shaving my beard.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Bowing my shaved head in front of my father's portrait, I repeat the age-old Bangla prayers in a strong and steady voice. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The Asian girl’s dark hair was shaved down into a buzz cut, and she was wearing baggy boys’ jeans, but her face was so pretty she might have been a doll. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The man with the shaved head took another step. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z All activity seemed to indicate the end of their journey—crates and cartons were packed, sails were sewn and repaired, and sailors whistled as they shaved their beards. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt like I was six feet tall and shaved. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z They probably all shave their heads or have discovered some other trend that is going to be totally intimidating and exciting. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He gets out of bed, brushes his teeth with freezing-cold water from the tap, decides to skip shaving. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I fill four pages of sketches until I settle on a painting of a woman with a shaved head dancing in a swirl of fire. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z We came back to the house and showered and shaved, and because it was Thanksgiving we put on white shirts and jackets and ties. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s too hot. And besides, your mother won’t kiss me if I go more than a day without shaving.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I wondered if she noticed I’d shaved that one whisker off. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He showered standing in the cast-iron tub and he shaved, very nervously, with a straight razor that Jacquel loaned him. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Getting the lakebed off the men was problematic; the hot water ran out long before the men did, and because the PX didn’t sell shaving soap, practically everyone had a brambly, dust-catching beard. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The server who hadn’t acknowledged me had a round, shaved head and, like many food workers, had grown a bit pudgy from the practically unlimited opportunity he had to filch food. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The men shaved their heads and carried long wooden poles with a crook at the top. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t mention that disgusting stuff in front of me! Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z He was a skinny guy who shaved his head at the beginning of every soccer, hockey, and baseball season. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z This eliminated the need for me to shave or cut my hair, both hassles I didn’t need. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z How your uncle has always shaved the left side of his face before the right—for good luck, from habit. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He hadn’t shaved since we arrived in Iran, no doubt in an attempt to cultivate a rugged Iranian five-thirty shadow, and his chin scratched against the bridge of my nose. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I wear a beard and mustache but shave my cheeks; said beard, having a dark skunk stripe up the middle and white edges, commemorates certain relatives. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z For a while he tried shaving with two razors, but he finally gave that up. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Both boys still wore the youth-lock, a thick strand of hair left to grow from one side of their shaven heads and fall in an ebony curl to the shoulder. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z "No,” he said calmly, "it’s shaving cream, you idiot.” Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z The woman shaved off a fat sliver into a glass bowl. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The monks stared at Pong, tilting their shaved heads at him in confusion. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z For all his grand imagination, he couldn’t conjure an image of a monk shaving that golden head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Inside the medicine cabinet were three kinds of deodorant, shaving cream, a razor, and two bottles of face wash. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The men’s faces, too, were covered with stubble because they would not be allowed to shave until the period of mourning was over. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d pulped a coconut, which they were using for shaving cream. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z They passed two tattooed girls—one with a shaved head—strolling and holding hands. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Uncle rushed out and bought a pair of dogskin gloves, some ugly, thick shoes, and an umbrella, and got shaved à la mutton chop, the first thing. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It looks like he hasn't shaved in a couple of days. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I did not shave or cut my hair. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Old Hirsch will shave his beard, and they will both dress as workers, like Max did. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A tall Asian woman with a shaved head and glasses with round bright blue frames gets up. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He pointed to the woman with the shaved head and the paper birds roosting on her shoulders. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Neither beards nor slacks were forbidden, they said, although of course they preferred men to shave and wear their hair short, and women to wear dresses. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a big, spacey kind of building with windows high up, and daylight coming down in beams, and the clean smell of wood shavings in the air. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He was fresh looking and clean shaven, neat in his serge suit with its exaggerated shoulders. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He had a shaved head that looked like it had been used as a stickball one too many times. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z To these people just off the train, we all must have looked like escaped mental-asylum patients with our shaved heads and our wooden shoes and oversized blue-and-gray-striped uniforms. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He has a very black beard so that he has to shave twice daily, and he owns one of these electric razors. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The queen was dressed as modestly as any matron, in a dark brown gown that buttoned up to her throat and a hooded green mantle that covered her shaved head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I often watched my father shave on Sunday when he was in no hurry. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We decided I must shave my head, since I had no curl. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I stopped at a barber shop and was shaved and went home to the hospital. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “It’s better than having to shave part of your head,” James said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She refuses to picture what she shall see soon enough: her mother’s vermilion erased from her part, her brother’s thick hair shaved from his head in mourning. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then Rowdy snuck in, shaved off their eyebrows, and cut off their braids. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He had a sunburn and he needed a shave. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Mudd explains that one of the strangers used the razor to shave off his mustache. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Here, it said, wearing a kid grin, was a very personable character, clean-cut, affable, a fellow any man might trust to shave him. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z His whiskers wouldn’t be shaved because ten other men had used his razor. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He shaved and trimmed his mustache and put on a silk tie. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He learned the technique of shaving with broken glass, of judging a house before knocking to ask for a handout. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Flames had been tattooed across his cheeks and chin and shaven head to make a bright red mask that crackled about his eyes and coiled down and around his lipless mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Parts of his hair was shaved off and his head was bandaged. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But this stick was intricately decorated, and from the shavings on the table she could tell that the boy had been working on it. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘And a Dwarf is no horseman. It is orc-necks I would hew, not shave the scalps of Men,’ said Gimli, patting the haft of his axe. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Of course you like her cookies. They could be made from baby powder and wood shavings and you’d still like them.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z It felt smooth and clean to Robin’s hands, and he liked to watch the small white shavings peel off. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z 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 The only thing I’d ever shaved was maybe a few points off a Calculus test so my friends wouldn’t hate me if I set the curve too high. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He’s showered and shaved, and his hair is neatly combed, the way Abuela likes, but I can still see that his eyes look tired, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z As he shaved for the visit, he recalled the day that Katie had come in to thank him for the wreath. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "He cut his head off trying to shave." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The wood stood all round the hill like thick hair that ended sharply in a circle round a shaven crown. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “The only man in a houseful of women. They won’t let me into the bathroom in the morning to shave.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They’d shaved his head smooth and dressed him in an orange prison jumpsuit. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z When our cheeks touched, and I breathed in his smell of tobacco, Vitalis, and whiskey, I realized he’d shaved for me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe it wasn’t an after-shave, for he hadn’t shaved. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I think about mustache-covered men, and about how naked they must feel with the thing shaved off. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Robert Cohn spent the mornings studying Spanish or trying to get a shave at the barber-shop. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The grass under their feet was smooth and short, as if it had been mown or shaven. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z "Hey, sport," he called, "what do you charge for a shave?" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I read somewhere that the woman who posed for it was three months pregnant at the time and that it was shaving cream, not whipped cream, she was suggestively dipping into her mouth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Suppose a man goes into the bathroom to shave. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z If the problem had been a bullet or a blade, they might have succeeded, but the flecks and shavings of steel were too many and too small. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z From my angle I was a girl again, white belly, dark triangle, foreshortened legs shaved smooth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He has shaved off his beard and cut his hair, she realized. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The one who taught me how to angle the blade beneath my chin when I shaved. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z For all I knew, he was shaving off my retirement years. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The man with the shaved head stood by the garage door. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z We had a big block of brown soap from which we shaved slivers with an old cheese knife. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His hair was long down the middle and shaved close on the sides. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She then bathed and powdered Francisco, changed his johnny, shaved him, and brushed his hair. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Like a perfectly shaven cheek is how you get to some perfect heaven. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “It’s better than having to shave part of your head,” James said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I jumped out of bed and began to dress, in great haste, without bothering to shave or even comb my hair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z That morning he’d added three shaved lines over his left ear. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Gitl?” she whispered to the stranger with the shaved head who was holding her. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Drifts of sawdust and curls of wood shavings lay on the floor. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They’d shaved off their eyebrows, but the hairs were growing back and they didn’t bother to pencil them any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The officer received me with his boots up on the desk, chewing a greasy sandwich, badly shaven, with his jacket unbuttoned. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You need a shave,” I say, taking in the unusual stubble covering his chin. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I selected deodorant, disposable razors, and shaving cream. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Everyone shaved today—it turns out that the shaving rule is only enforced on weekdays—and they look ten times better. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She shaved her underarms, dug out the lipstick she had not worn since the day she left Lagos, most of it left smeared on Obinze’s neck at the airport. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z That beautiful black hair was gone, shaved to the skin, and so were the fire in her eyes and the flush of her cheeks. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Everything sanitary, as you can see, which is more than I can say for most barbershops in this neighborhood. Haircut and shave?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z His lathering technique was very much out of the ordinary, although identical in spirit with his actual shaving technique. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Like another time when Julian was dumping some pencil-sharpener shavings into Jack’s backpack, Amos, who was usually tight with them, grabbed the backpack out of Julian’s hands and returned it to Jack. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I counted the shaven rabbits; they numbered seventeen. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z His braids had been cut and his head shaved. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His head is completely shaved, and his jeans are riding so low, I bet they’d fall down if he didn’t stand that way—with his junk pushed out. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Milkman left the diner/bus station with a small satchel of shaving things and walked out into the streets of Danville, Pennsylvania. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I love the way that shaving soap smells. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He had combed his hair, shaved, and slid a dark suit jacket over one arm, leaving the other jacket arm to hang free over his sling. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The way it works with dice, if you shave just a bit off one side, you supposed to be able to roll more sevens and elevens. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Because it’s the weekend and he hasn’t shaved, he has a line of fine bristles poking out of the skin around his mouth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A boy with thick thighs and muscled arms and a shaved head full of sores had volunteered to fight me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s cut himself shaving: there’s blood on his cheek and on his collar. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “The pleasure is mine,” I say, painfully aware that I haven’t shaved in two days, my clothes are stiff with manure, and that manure is not the only unpleasant scent rising from my body. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z His bristling golden side-whiskers framed a face so still it might have been a mask, but Tyrion could see tiny beads of sweat dappling his father's shaven head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They were always getting scratched by cats, or cutting themselves shaving, or stumbling over footstools in the dark—reasonable explanations, certainly, but for sedentary people they had an odd excess of bruises and small wounds. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I shaved for the first time on my fifteenth birthday. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The attic smells of heat and dust and confinement and her own urine in the shaving bowl in the corner. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Now, in the courtroom, the jurors could see that he had not shaved or combed his hair; he looked at least ten years older. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She washed, shaved her legs, and thought about Scott. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The top of his head was shaved so close it was almost bald, but his face was covered in a thick curly black beard. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z His own head was shaved, and with the bones so prominent on his face, he looked to be all forehead and nose. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He shaved, and sprayed deodorant under his arms, while a zoo guide on a raised platform outside explained what Billy was doing—and why. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He leans up and kisses the underside of his jaw, finding it rough from a full, fitful day without a shave. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was cold and felt like shaved ice. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That task completed, he shaved, changed into his best suit, and proceeded to load both a semi-automatic .22-caliber rifle and a Ruger .22-caliber revolver. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z White shirt, tie, and my brother's head shaved clean. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He felt a dribble of sweat slide down the crown of his shaven head. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “She said she had been possessed by a shave for stealing, but a spirit medium drove it out.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Kaede noticed he had grown a beard, too, and she wondered when he had stopped shaving. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The next man follows with the clippers and shaves my head clean in five quick passes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It had been naked as an egg the first time Lazlo saw her—forcibly shaved, as his own had once been, and just as crudely—but her hair was growing in now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Dad was stirring the soap dish up with his shaving brush, and I got close to the sink to smell the soap. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And then for hours after school each day he makes potions, mixing chemicals that stink up the house, causing sparks to fly from shaved bits of iron, puffs of smoke to pop from strange-colored liquids. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z You couldn't tell whether the person in the picture was a man or a woman, because their hair was shaved off and sprouted in bristly chicken-feather tufts all over their head. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He had Dad’s razor blade in his hand and was shaving off the faint hairs over his upper lip and laughing at the same time. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z His face is cleanly shaven, and he smells of Old Spice. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The tops of hills are shaved off to make level warrens for the rabbits of the present. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’d say three shavings long and one shaving wide,” I said. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z His face was shaved, the mustache trimmed to a neat pencil line again, the hair combed and slicked down. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The pleasant, remotely masculine smell of him hit her when he walked into the hall, but shaving cream, tobacco, new car, and dusty books faded at the memory of the conversation in the kitchen. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I was so depressed I even stopped shaving, didn’t change my clothes, and I don’t think I bathed either. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nice job denuding your face, by the way,” she said, waggling her fingers under her chin to indicate his shave. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Matthew scratched at the lines he’d shaved into his head and appeared to be studying the baseboards. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z On the following day, however, he came back to the house shaved and clean, with his mustache perfumed with lavender water and without the bloody sling. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Some man with a searchlight looking up between her legs, where she’s been shaved, a mere beardless girl, a trayful of bright sterilized knives, everyone with masks on. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Who was that creepy dude with the shaved head and dark suit? Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe that the man who could top a tree faster than most men take to shave ever thought on something as slow and small as tinkering. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He got up early every day, bathed, shaved, and put on a necktie to translate Attic Greek for two hours before breakfast. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A bag of salt was sent for from the kitchen to be mixed into a solution that would be applied to the prisoners' legs and partially shaved head. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z And even after more than a year, it still smelled like shaving. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He even used two shaving brushes to lather his face, because he found that by so doing he could cut seventeen seconds off his shaving time. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at my little brother and now I notice the bald spot on the side of his head where they shaved his hair. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He had a pile of saucers in front of him, and he needed a shave. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z John Isidore, being yammered at by the television set in his living room as he shaved in the bathroom, was one of these. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z And I don’t know why I turned the water on either, because I just stood there, looking horrified at my reflection in the mirror as Chas smirked and shaved and smirked and shaved. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z We were skin and bones, with shaved heads and shuffling gaits and red skin on our arms where they’d tattooed us. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The hair on our heads was growing in thin and scraggly from not-too-recent shavings. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z But often the problem was with the inmates—they could take forever with showering, shaving, and coiffing, trying to get together the perfect self-presentation. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter that the Mellower was of the English tribe and the shave was obviously Shona. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I walked down to the river to keep Charley company, returned, even shaved and took a sponge bath in a bucket. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In the fast-food business, time is truly money: shaving even five seconds off the processing time of an order is significant,” the article noted. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The second guy grabbed him, pinned him under his arm, squeezed his shaved head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z During the night he slept among the boats on the river, and early in the morning, before the first customers arrived in the shop, he had his beard shaved off by the barber’s assistant. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I combed my hair down with my fingers, squeezed a red sore place on my chin, and examined my upper lip to see if my mustache was any more ready to be shaved than yesterday. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When he looked up, I could see that his eyes were kind of bloodshot and his whiskers hadn’t been shaved since the day before. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Lurvy went to shave and put on his plaid shirt and his purple necktie. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He needed a shave, his stubble like slivers of ice. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he would have a faint shadow of stubble on his jaw, waiting for a morning shave, or maybe the circles under his eyes would wash out in the low light. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He grew a mustache for six days, then shaved it, then let it grow again. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was more exciting to work at a real bench, to draw the sharp knife along the clean wood; to hear it “snick” as the knife took hold, then slither off into shavings. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He showed Joe wood planes, their wooden handles burnished by decades of use, their blades so sharp and precise they could shave off curls of wood as thin and transparent as tissue paper. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Most men in Cold Sassy had a beard or just shaved on Saturday night to get ready for Sunday. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Miss Gage was finished with me and went out and the barber lathered my face and shaved. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He was a light-skinned black man with a shaved head, and he was always trying to make eye contact with me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hope so,” Bull answered, applying shaving lather to his face as he talked to his wife. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Before we went inside, she built up a big fire from the stove lengths and shavings. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z A soft down of hair has sprouted on her shaved head, helping to hide some of the scars. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He bathed and shaved and laid out fresh linen and his best seersucker suit. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I like makeup and dresses, and I will shave my legs and armpits, but everything else is such an ordeal. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Actually, he was one of those guys who shaved all the hair on his face except his eyebrows, which wasn't a good look. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I decided to shave my head that evening and begin my journey. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Luna has his reading glasses on, and he looks like he hasn’t shaved in weeks. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I got the ‘shave before you go to the airport and don’t read anything in Farsi or Arabic when you’re out of the house’ speech. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I am envious of her for a moment, and then I think she must hate it, and that’s why she shaved her head. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z A thirty-five cent piece was big enough for a man with an ice shaver to buy and sell “icies,” shaved ice with flavored syrup, and make a day’s wage. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Ammu always noticed them in the market, the women with vacant eyes and forcibly shaved heads in the land where long, oiled hair was only for the morally upright. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If Pocock was done for the day, Joe would help him put tools and lumber away or sweep the sawdust and wood shavings from the floor for him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He’s pleasant of face, not so much handsome as he is gentle-looking, and pink of cheek; he only shaves in spots. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Sullenly he packed a travel kit with his toothbrush, dental floss, razor, shaving cream, and a jumbo bottle of aspirin. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But walking down the street again with the wind fresh upon his shaven skin, he said to himself, “It is only once.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She turned around and smiled, and Jaime Hugged her compulsively, clasping her to his chest and scratching her forehead with his chin, whose impossible beard was already clamoring for a shave. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z What it was, they were jealous of me being the first to shave. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z As her knife moved nimbly over the wood, shavings drifted down the steps, mixing in with Tiller’s wood chips. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He brought the shovel down the side of the hole, shaving off a slice of the dirt wall. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I don’t like its hairiness, but Mami says I am too young to shave. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The top is shaved off and a television relay station lunges at the sky and feeds a ner-vous picture to thousands of tiny houses clustered like aphids beside the roads. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was obscenely sharp, and had a mother-of-pearl handle, and Shadow suspected it was usually used to give dead men their final shave. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings when he is shaving, songs like sobbing. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think you can skip a shave today, Winger,” he said, and wiped some menthol-smelling shaving cream on my never-so-much-as-fuzzed cheek. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He looks strong and healthy and freshly shaved. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Stripped and shaved, they were left in the middle ward beside the bear pit, free for the use of any man who wanted them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The man with the shaved head kept doing the head pivot, like a surveillance camera, and then suddenly he jerked to the left and zeroed right in on me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z It’s like the time Dad shaved off his beard, and he was Dad, but he wasn’t, and my twelve-year-old brain couldn’t handle it. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Once he got tired he might check into a hotel: room, like he had said, one with a big mirror, and shave for the first time. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Shadow washed his face with the restroom’s liquid soap, then he lathered his face and shaved. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Well, have you ever seen the little shavings of rubber left on the paper after you erase something?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He had told his body slave to give him his first, very light shave, just his upper lip where the dark down had begun to gather. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z But, hoping to shave time off his robbery sentence, he agreed to divulge to White and other agents what he knew. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She wears black stockings with runs and doesn’t shave under her arms. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z His head was shaved and his arms were covered with Celtic tattoos. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His nose was flat and broad, and he always seemed in need of a shave. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She was reputed to be able to understand the serpent, which offered her shavings from its horn as the core of the first ever American-made wand. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad rubs his chin, which he hasn’t shaved in a while since he’s growing in a beard. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I was shaving and staring hard in the mirror, which was warped and gave my face the shape of an unshelled peanut. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Untangling a carrot from the bunch, I imagine Cinnamon and Nutmeg in their cage, shuffling through the shavings, drinking from the water bottle. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He had not changed clothes nor washed nor shaved in a week. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I washed my hair and shaved my legs and put on makeup and changed four times. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked like he’d just had a bath and a shave, and he was wearing an expensive black suit. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She sleeps in the cat box and does her business in the wood shavings. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The waiters have those soda jerk caps set at an angle, and the right haircuts, a close shave up the back of the neck. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Its center they filled with straw, brush, bark shavings, and bundles of dry grass. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I would have recognized him even if he had shaved his head of thick, wavy black hair—if he had tattooed his cheeks, or pierced his long, straight nose. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Lucy was a hairy' girl who never shaved her legs because it was against her religion. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I asked Mam why they had no hair and she said their heads were shaved so that the lice would have no place to hide. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Did he stand on a chair in order to shave, or was his home customized to meet his needs? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Lewis Isbel, a black barber who claimed to have shaved the city’s first mayor and President Abraham Lincoln, talked about his work with pride. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The boys had shaved heads, snotty noses, and no shoes and we followed them through the streets of Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Biff pushed up the end of his nose with his thumb and shaved his upper lip. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Inside the class- room, everything smelled of chalk dust and pencil shavings and disinfectant. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Arrange flowers in a vase, talk to boys, tweeze your eyebrows, shave your legs, apply lipstick ...” “What about vomit in a sink? They teach a charming way to do that?” she asked. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jack,” he said, “you come back over here and spread some more shavings for Rosie, would you?” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z The cowlick isn’t there anymore; it got shaved off when Joon decided being bald and wearing black made him look tough. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Each time they shaved her head, my mother had kept the hair for her pillow. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Her eyebrows had been shaved and penciled in, one thicker than the other. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I shaved this morning for precisely that reason. I was like, 'Well, you never know when someone is going to clamp down on your calf and try to suck out the snake poison.’ Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He ran his large, freckled hand across the side of his head, where his hair was shaved close, and then through the tousled crown, where Mother lets it grow longer. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At breakfast, I appeared in my starched shirt and mourning suit, shaved and calm. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s wearing a suit...even has a spot on his chin where he nicked himself shaving and left the little piece of tissue there “for effect.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Many nights he sat on his bed working them against a flat stone until they could shave paper. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The police had one picture of me with a beard, which they widely distributed, and my colleagues urged me to shave it off. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “What floor?” the girl with the shaved head says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He had sworn not to shave until Chicago got the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He gets up early on weekdays, lights the fire, boils water for the tea and his shaving mug. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Tariq ran his hand over his newly shaved scalp and smiled, showing white, slightly uneven teeth. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z My hair has grown back since Starry shaved it, but I keep it short now. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Afraid to get out of bed, he sent the barber away, forgoing his morning shave. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She set a tube of paste and a cup by the door, next to Papi’s shaving things. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Max needs a shave and a bath and a month of meals, but he doesn’t look like a starving Jew to me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He shaved his pinched, pale face every third or fourth day, and most of the time he appeared to be growing a reddish- gold mustache over his skinny upper lip. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We placed buckets of water on the cast-iron wood stove in the kitchen so we could have warm water for washing and shaving. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “If it’s about my legs, I don’t shave them. That’s just how they are.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z A few days later, Tree-ear crouched under the bridge, watching idly as Crane-man shaved another sliver of wood from the chopstick he was whittling. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He gets his head shaved once a month. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Never letting on that he was aware of the threat, Lynds ordered the man to give him a shave in his bed-room. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z What he does is feel along the edge for the pencil mark, and shave off the wood real smooth until it’s just touching the line. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The only thing that feels familiar is the mustache, the excess hair on his cheeks and chin shaved less than twenty-four hours ago. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Starry looks into the mirror where our father used to shave every morning. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I did, and he has shaved his whiskers off again. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z When the soldiers marched and made a sharp left turn, I saw that hat sitting on top of my uncle’s shaven head. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Meanwhile Mr. Popper had abandoned his telephoning and was now busy shaving and making himself neat in honor of being the owner of such a splendid bird as Captain Cook. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z But I had become attached to my beard, and I resisted all efforts to get me to shave. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore her head shaved—all but an inch-thick strip down the center of her scalp, which she left long and wove into a single braid. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I love the feel of the scratchy stubble on my father’s face before he shaves. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z When his once-thick golden hair had begun to recede, he had commanded his barber to shave his head; Lord Tywin did not believe in half measures. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Jason wondered if you could shave a thundercloud beard. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The floor was thick with shavings and sawdust. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z One of the best things about Mr. Woodwell’s boat shed is the clean smell of wood shavings and varnish. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z His head was shaved except for a tuft that ran the distance from his forehead to his neck. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Biff went into the bathroom, and after he had bathed his face he decided that he would have time for a shave. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He had a fleshy face in need of a shave and his hair looked a little like that of the main character in Eraserhead, high and square on top like an elevated putting surface. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z You’d almost think he was a regular Asian kid with a shaved head if it wasn’t for the nasty scars on his cheeks. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z His hair’s been cut and shaved tight to his skull by a barber—no more nappy braids. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In the gas station Shadow bought a Clean-U-Up Kit, which contained a razor, a packet of shaving cream, a comb, and a disposable toothbrush packed with a tiny tube of toothpaste. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He asked for a razor so that he could shave, and asked Dr. Mudd if he would make a pair of crutches for Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He even agreed not to shave until after we had opened our presents. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The same ones she’s always doing out of mashed potatoes or Dad’s shaving cream or whatever when she thinks no one’s looking. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He grinned at me and said: “Man, you really got your top shaved, didn’t you?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She was about to subtract Henry from the bathroom mirror where he had stood shaving that morning when she saw him walking toward her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And now Mustafa practically lives in the bathroom, shaves, gels his hair, and drowns in cologne. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He kept imagining he could smell her close by: the scent of lemon flowers and wood shavings. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z They were more like Father’s cheeks—the cheeks of a man who already shaves. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z In his earthly life Grandpa Dowdel had shaved over that sink. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She helped him into his backpack and then turned away, picked up a block of wood, and began to shave off slices as if he were no longer in the barn. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Because a person should never show vanity in the presence of death, Lefty stopped shaving and by the day of the funeral had grown nearly a full beard. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Christoffel the errand boy has curly blond hair and big blue eyes and the tender skin of someone who hasn't been shaving long. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Here’s a rolled rug, its hollow filled with what smell like wood shavings: mice. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If your chest is hairy, it takes even longer to get the electrocardiograph all hooked up, because first someone has to shave little bare patches for the medical sensors. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And he just about looks like Santa Claus after a close shave. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z After this Wang Lung’s eldest son came in dressed as he had been in his red robe and his black jacket and his hair was smooth and his face fresh shaven. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z As we entered, a giant man with shaved blond hair, a business suit, and a holster with a gun in it walked in. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She felt a warm, brutal sensation as his rough, badly shaven skin scraped her face. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please hold your face still,” he said and went on shaving. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z This proved futile, and when I decided eventually to rise, it was still so dark that I was obliged to turn on the electric light in order to shave at the sink in the comer. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He was whittling, the shavings falling to the floor right outside the kitchen where we were standing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He did not treat the rich foreign merchant differently from the servant who shaved him and the peddlers, from whom he bought bananas and let himself be robbed of small coins. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Working methodically, she shaved some dry tinder, set the fire, and struck a match. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A girl with a shaved head stomps on my toes on the way in and doesn’t apologize. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He remembers when his paternal grandfather died, sometime in the seventies, remembers his mother screaming when she walked in on his father, who was shaving off all his hair with a disposable razor. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Down that alleyway there—clear to the end. You’ll find a rest room. You can shave there right quick.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe you should dress in blue from now on,” she says, “if you’re going to act like such an Erudite. Plus, you do the same thing, but without the head shaving.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z On all sides the booing rose, and a man cupped flabby hands around his mouth and yelled, "Ya sissy, I cut myself worse shaving every morning." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Men in various states of undress are using them to bathe and shave. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z In the rearview mirror Mr. Kapasi watched as Mrs. Das emerged slowly from his bulky white Ambassador, dragging her shaved, largely bare legs across the back seat. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “You’ve known him for five years and he’s hardly looked at you. He threatened to shave your eyebrows off! He’s an obstacle, Celia! One you need to remove.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He was also several days away from a shave. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z That summer, all the men except for my grandfather Walter Tate cut their hair close and shaved off their thick beards and mustaches. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Her gray tunic was torn and smeared with blood and filth, and her head had been crudely shaved. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The clock on the mantelpiece shaved minutes into seconds. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z We definitely looked different: I was thin and wore my hair cropped very short, practically shaved, per the style for kids back home. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z His head is shaved, and he drips with piercings—six through each ear, one in his nose, his eyebrows, his lips. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He kicked at the shavings near his feet. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The dancers shimmered, their sleek shaved bodies covered with a fine sheen of oil. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was shaved by a manservant with a blade sharpened daily, and his tailor’s bill could have fed a village. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Like Digger, he wore blue jeans and an untucked T-shirt and didn’t appear to have shaved or in any other way attempted to spruce up his appearance. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you have him shave my head, Dad?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When the baby was a month old, we gave him a name and shaved his head. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z All I succeeded in doing, however, was in shaving my arms bare of their hair. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We knew that all those rabbits that had shaven bellies—our scientific knowledge adequately covered this point because it was our job to shave the rabbits—were undergoing Aschheim-Zondek tests. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We shave our legs and pluck our eyebrows and slather our bodies with creams and lotions. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z |
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