| 单词 | beads |
| 例句 | Some of her glittering beads had become entangled with her glasses. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She drew all the beads up to one end of the string. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The beads of my sleeve catch my attention, and I smooth them out. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It was like stringing the beads of a necklace together to make something really cool. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z There’s a swish of habit and click of beads and then Sister Rita’s voice. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Sahara is shaking her head, making the beads dance again. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then he does something that surprises me almost as much as the beads. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Calder concentrated on the table, which also had a necklace of beads and a book with French words on it. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I read about the blusher mushroom, a pale fungus that blooms with beads of a red liquid that looks uncomfortably like blood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She tests the edge of her knife on her forefinger, then wipes away the drop of blood that beads there. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They line up silently, eyes downcast, bony fingers counting the beads of the rosary, lips mumbling prayers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Assistant Principal Stephen Jacobs offered a curt smile to Mrs. Torrance, whose head had swung toward him, her beads tinkling again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The two of you started collecting what remained of your beads, while I searched for the hollow in which I’d hidden our money. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Giggling, we hurried back to the stall, planning all the while what colored beads we wanted for our own bangles. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z On my fifteenth birthday Liliane brought over a whole jar of hair beads. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Park's mom, everything Eleanor was doing with her hair—washing it with whatever, brushing it, tying in beads and silk flowers—was dead wrong. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He’s whispering over and over, “For the Collective. For the Collective,” while sweat beads up on his transparent skin. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The seamstress has even sewn on little crystal beads to represent stars. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I opened my stride early to make up for lost time, and it wasn't long before I caught up to the pack, my beads clicking in time with my heartbeat. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z She seemed partial to the color green, because she was covered in it from her wax-print dress to the glittering jade beads clacking at the ends of her box braids. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I looked down but I couldn’t say I’d ever seen abacus beads like that. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I counted out our dollars and he nodded and limped through the beads. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Next to him, a fat lady played with a string of wooden beads. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z His fingertips felt like rolling beads of sweat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z In one grave they found the skeleton of a fifty-year-old man, covered with strings of mammoth ivory beads, containing about 3,000 beads in total. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Minho shrugged, then wiped fresh beads of sweat off his forehead. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z A turban made of kente cloth, necklaces made of glass beads, and a rainbow of bandanas are spread out on the stairs. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She tells us these rosary beads were blessed by the Pope himself and would stop the flow of a river if requested never mind Patrick’s poor nose. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I kind of liked the sparkly beads after all. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Erin plops onto the couch and takes the remote control from Pop’s hand, because he’s passed-out drunk again with my grandmother’s rosary beads wrapped tightly around his left fist like brass knuckles. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He wears a necklace of a large piece of copper, and many strings of beads. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z They gave her blue pollen and yellow pollen they gave her turquoise beads they gave her prayer sticks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She shot an anxious look at the freckled patch of skin on her wrist, where her red Talent bracelet with the shiny silver beads usually sat. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Susana plucks some dangly earrings and a heap of gold and red beads and a long ribbon from her jewelry box and sets them on top of the wardrobe. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes flashed silver, like the twists in her hair and the beads around her wrists and ankles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z These islands are strung together much like beads on a necklace. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z To pass the hours, I counted the beads of water as they dropped from the pipes. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “The weddin’ beads that Pa gave her,” Mama said, her voice choking a little. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Grandmom’s rosary beads are wound around his fist, but he’s not drinking and looks sober. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Glerk came lumbering out of the swamp, the dark waters shedding in great beads from the oily sheen of his darker skin. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z To further proclaim their status, wealthy Olmec carved deep grooves into their teeth and pierced their nasal septums with bone awls, plugging the holes with ornamental jade beads. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Colorful beads capped the braided tips of her hair, a style she shared with my mother, and large, blackframed eyeglasses covered half of her face. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The missionaries really did tell me, “Remove those clothes! The beads you’re wearing! It’s not right!” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z She also found the mask I’d worn at Father’s wedding, white with tiny white beads along its edges. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Clutching a handmade cross of plastic beads on a string around his neck, he leaves his chair and moves frantically from one stranger to another in the hallway. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z A few beads of sweat were forming on his forehead, but he didn’t wipe them off. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Some of the beads she was wearing were driven into the wound. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z She became a complete hippie before our astonished eyes, dressing in beads and berets and wearing sweet-smelling oils that, she said, gave you certain powers. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z If Matt thought he’d been bored before, it was nothing compared to writing the same letters, coloring the same pictures, and counting the same wretched beads and flowers all over again. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not a lily maid of Astolat they saw, but a middle-aged woman whose hands, in stiff-looking gloves, grasped a pair of beads obediently. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured it was just hippie love beads and stuff. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z If they see me wearing an anaco and lacy blouse and gold beads, they might start to treat me as an indi'gena—maybe a well-off one, but an indi'gena all the same. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As the lesson proceeded, Hanako could hear the other kids’ beads clicking away. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I have my rosary beads in the sleeping bag with me,” Bri said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Even when she fastened the beads on, sometimes they looked odd or crooked, and she had to take them off. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Percy’s leather necklace had four beads for four completed summers. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And then everything— his clothing, his beads, his heart and the rainclouds will be yours.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z There were a few candy beads hanging from the sad-looking elastic band. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She has to see the beads of sweat on my forehead, the beads of sweat dripping down my temples onto my cheeks. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Then came a roar of flowing air, and her suit bloated up, fat and hard, and a whiff of dry air cleared away some tiny beads of sweat that had collected inside her faceplate. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I see Charlie, standing in the center of the kitchen, playing with his spinner, bright colored beads and rings threaded on a string. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They finally leave with handfuls of intricately colored glass beads, some bells, small mirrors, and a large copper pot. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Then she quickly and efficiently set two more in at the next two beads. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When we played make-believe, I’d put a sheet over my shoulders and pretend I was walking down long corridors, saying my beads, in my starched vestments. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I twisted her beads so hard I thought they might snap. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z As Lillian’s fingers circumnavigated the beads, Ben’s mind wandered and the prayers became thoughtless, untongued words whose meaning was bled out of them by repetition. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I cycle faster into my freedom, tiny beads of sweat popping up on my upper lip and brow, first hot, then cooled by the wind. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z In return we give them knives and hatchets, beads, and copper, and they are happy. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z How guilt refined the methods of self-torture, threading the beads of detail into an eternal loop, a rosary to be fingered for a lifetime. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Inside the circle of men, the women in long dresses and ropes of beads had joined arms and were dancing around one older woman who was wearing a regular cotton dress. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z His warm complexion had blanched to an ashy pallor, beads of sweat gleaming on his brow and cheeks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The butterfly fell out of its glass box; one wing was crushed under a bottle of glass beads. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They left on foot, carrying two suitcases packed with clothes, toiletries, Desdemona’s dream book and worry beads, and two of Lefty’s texts of Ancient Greek. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In seeking these articles, I encountered the beads of a pearl necklace Mr. Rochester had forced me to accept a few days ago. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I had always found his obsession with everything Star Wars kind of geeky, and that braid in the back of his hair, with its little beads, was just awful. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Pop’s passed out in his wheelchair again, dead to the world with a beer can in one hand, Grandmom’s rosary beads wrapped around the other, and the TV remote in his lap. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He kissed the prayer beads, tilted his head. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s still pretty early in the morning, and her front yard glistens with beads of dew. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z As we get into Coach’s truck, I see sweat beads on his forehead and dark spots on his shirt where he has sweated through the fabric. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After delivering the water home and snapping green beans into a big pot to steam with a cinnamon stick, Sitti took Liyana to meet a neighbor who was stringing orange beads on nylon thread. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “It’s nice. It’s the same color as Mother’s amber beads. Is it supposed to look like that?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They were covered in drawings, which wasn’t unusual for her, but these symbols I recognized: Greek letters, pictures from camp beads, sketches of monsters and faces of gods. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z From the stoop, I could hear the rhythmic clicks of her rosary beads and the soft hum of her voice reciting prayers whose music was familiar to me, but whose words I’d never learned. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She took off her necklace, with her five years’ worth of camp beads and the ring from her father, and tied it around my neck. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z "I'm almost done. Just chill out, so I can..."I picked up the can of beads and shook them in her ear like one of them Spanish shaker things. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z But she wouldn’t answer me, just dabbed at her beads of sweat and looked flustered. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I knelt in the chapel every day, hold-ing the smooth, cool rosary beads Sister gave me, play-ing them one by one through my fingers as I repeated the prayers. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A few sweat beads rolled from his bald scalp. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I have no magic beads, no water gourd sight, no rabbit that will jump in the fire when I’m hungry. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A rosary of dark wooden beads hangs on a wall. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z He left them gifts—an ax, a knife, and a string of red beads. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The hot February sun beats down on them, causing beads of sweat to collect on their upper lips. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The cylinder catches the light, projecting a group of elegant men and women on the wall like glittering, colorful beads. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I lay in bed under the crucifix and pray ’til my fingers go numb on the beads. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z You wrapped one around a finger and twirled it so the beads caught the sunlight. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “One string of beads for one otter pelt is not our bargain,” my father said. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He also kept his leather necklace with the beads, the silver ring, and the probatio tablet, and of course he had Riptide in his pocket. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They were large white beads that hung on a hoop. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She slouched down in the pew and fiddled with the beads on her bracelet. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The beads around her neck are small and expensive, glass coated with real gold paint, and her blouse shimmers with flowers of finely stitched gold and pink thread. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The sisters held strands of wooden beads and moved them in their fingers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried watching and imitating what you did, but it took me forever just to string a few beads. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The picture showed a beautiful woman with braided hair decorated with beads. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He reaches to part the strings of beads and stops, suddenly, and turns around. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Grumman sat impassively, moving a magical token of feathers and beads from one hand to the other in a pattern that Lee could see had some purposeful meaning. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Pop just shakes his head, grabs onto the crucifix at the end of Grandmom’s rosary beads, and says, “I hate this neighborhood.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Tatterfell gives me an approving nod, her eyes like two wet beads of jet, neither pupil nor iris visible. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Instead, the beads now summoned to her mind images in a magazine hidden in their father’s old desk. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But her hand is shaking so badly that she can’t even finger the beads on her rosary. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Dark blue pony beads hung down a swatch of fringe, and Fishtail touched them carefully and lovingly as he stepped quietly along. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The beads clatter as the strands hit one another, and the sound that echoes in the dark space sounds like rain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Instead of the dyed quills Grandma used so skillfully, Ten Snow had sewn the bag with trade beads bought in precious packets at the company store. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The beads in her designs were laid down in strict rows. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Accompanying the noble few in the tombs to the world of the deceased were copper beads and bracelets, stone tablets and collars, textiles and awls, and, sometimes, stone pipes in the shape of surreal animals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She wore a blue smock and rubber shoes, but when she was around him Jaime was convinced he heard the tinkle of the glass beads she used to wear. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z All of them had long hair and bell-bottom jeans and love beads. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I passed through the crackly beads into a tiny kitchen with a stone sink and a massive oven. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The beads of perspiration still danced on his forehead but he had become stiff and cold. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Racks of yellow head scarves; strings of Egyptian beads. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Some nights he favored button-down shirts with clip-on ties, while other evenings I arrived to find him dressed in flared slacks and snug turtleneck sweaters, a swag of love beads hanging from, his neck. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It was the story of the white shell beads all over again, the white shell beads, stolen from a grave and found by a man as he walked along a trail one day. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z For the first time ever, a few beads rolled off your tired fingers. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But even in the chilly room, sweat beads on my forehead. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I had more than one hundred pairs—a collection of big hoops and long dangly beads and small studs shaped either like hearts or daisies or baby animals. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “They do nothing but thumb their prayer beads and recite a book written in a tongue they don’t even understand.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I looked up to watch him, to watch his dark skin covered with beads of sweat that gleamed in the sun. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I was surprised when the prayer we said after dinner each night, the one with the beads, started up of its own accord and recited itself in the back reaches of my head. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Our old backgammon set came out from under a stack of board games, and a few of the older women began to count their worry beads. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She wore a sleeveless summer dress, a row of white plastic beads, and spectacles on a chain that hung like a swing against her chest. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I can feel beads of sweat gathering across my forehead, against my neck, all along my hairline. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z No one else has ever strung this exact same combination of beads in the whole history of the universe. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Sweat beads assemble on my forehead, ready to cascade. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z You used your thumb to move beads up, and you used your pointer finger to move beads down. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I put on the longest string of beads, which were blue, and a pair of blue bracelets, which exactly fitted my wrists, and walked down the shore, admiring myself. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z From a large handbag embroidered with beads she takes out a clean one and makes the child fresh and presentable. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandmom’s green rosary beads make a V on Pop’s chest and Jesus hangs on a black cross right around Pop’s outie bellybutton. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A silver crucifix on a string of beads. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She washed Eugene, and Aunt Aggie went to a shop for a little white gown and a set of rosary beads. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Her voice tumbled around inside my head as she slowly circled the ghostly ancestors, humming and rattling her beads. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z His brow was dotted with beads of sweat, his pig’s eyes shining above his fat cheeks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z For a moment she saw them gliding out of their huts with Aunt Shuvai’s beads twined around their long bodies. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z From under the collar of her T-shirt she pulled a leather necklace with five clay beads of different colors. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Captain Smith holds two strings of beads in his hand. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Her posture was straight and formal; the only movement about her was the swaying of a long strand of wooden beads wrapped around her waist and extending down to her knees. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z But instead of plugging your ears with your fingers and shutting your eyes and cringing, as you used to do whenever firecrackers went off, you handed me your bag of beads and picked up Kutti. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z On one trip, he watched with gentle amusement as women in flowing skirts and love beads put flowers in soldiers’ guns, then sat on the lawn, holding hands, trying to levitate the Pentagon. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One other doorway was screened by beads on strings. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She still wore her long black dress and rosary beads, but had no veil on her head. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “How much?” one of the girls pointed to a necklace with red beads in which you’d tied your special loops and knots. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She tried to string these new words with the old ones in sentences, but she had no more success than a blind man threading beads. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z He was wearing his coat, although the day was so hot that perspiration stood out in gleaming little beads on his forehead. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Tuerto bats leftover beads among the tools and scraps lying around. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They made braided bracelets for me with embroidery thread and beads, but I wouldn’t take them unless they made some for Cassie, too. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Desdemona would stay where she was, clicking her beads and growing even older than she already felt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They held their wings above their beads for a moment, then folded them with a quick and pretty neatness. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z For the occasion I received a new set of clothing and a blue cap woven with beads for my unruly hair. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And hoping that when I come back, she'll be all dressed, with her head wrapped and beads and makeup and deep, joyous laughter. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The roaring fire made beads of sweat break out on my forehead, but in her chair Miss Avocet lay shivering. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z "And did the beads have to be a certain color for this spell to work?" Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z She wound her bracelet around her wrist again, fingering the knotted red thread, the three sparkly silver beads. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z And although he had never touched them, they haunted him; all he could think of, all he dreamed of, were these white shell beads hanging in that tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z This morning each thin strand was decorated with dozens of tiny beads of water. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z His skin was much paler than the other two men’s, almost sallow, and a crop of tiny sweat beads gleamed on his forehead just below the edge of his black turban. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We continue looking for the perfect few rocks that will join Dad’s other beads. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “A flower child,” said my father, opening his eyes, “is a hippie who lives in Greenwich Village in dirty jeans and beads and who can’t change a pair of socks.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z She had a statuesque figure—tall, lithe and ebony-coloured—like a Masai woman, complete with tribal garbs and multiple anklets, beads, earrings and bracelets. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z As I help him to sit up, he goes pale and beads of sweat break out on his face. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The noonday sun beat down on the back of my neck and beads of sweat dotted my forehead. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z That was why every Christmas she sent a dozen pairs, glittering with yellow and pink plastic beads, sequins, and turquoise blue flowers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Fishtail’s square bag was beaded all over in swirls of green vines, leaves, and glowing crimson flowers that popped out vividly against the white beads of the background. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Well, then I saw Ma’s blue beads in the pin tray on the dresser.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Moonlight glinting on Finnick’s bronze hair, beads of searing pain peppering me, a leg turned to wood. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z There were raisins and a buckeye and a string of beads—one cigarette with matches. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I put in that picture of all of us that Mami had and your rosary beads and your diary and the Starry Night postcard.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Flowers, candles, beads, pretty stones, blown-glass figurines of birds and deer, in fact, anything beautiful, seemed to suit the lovely goddess. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare down at the hodgepodge of beads. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Someone who was there looking for beads among the trash told Úrsula that the night before he had seen her son in the tumult of the caravan pushing the snake-man’s cage on a cart. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The leader of the starboard watch was a short, spry man with neatly kept dreadlocks twined with beads and shells that winked like gems in black chenille. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Even in the freezing December night, beads of perspiration rolled off Papa Will’s forehead. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His eyes were closed, his face was an ashen colour, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He took blue pollen and yellow pollen he took tobacco and coral beads; and he walked into the open country below the mesas. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He wore an orange tank top, cutoffs, sandals, and a leather necklace with five different-colored clay beads. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Raindrops slid across the curved bottom of the rusted gutter on the edge of the roof, like shining beads on an abacus. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I loved looking at the colorful photos of tribal people who wore face paint, loincloths, and beads. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She was pinching the gold college ring that hung with the beads. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I used tiny bits of aluminum foil on the ends to keep the beads from slipping off, even though I knew they would anyway. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The soldiers cast away grass mats, pottery, and beads. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He will give us food if we bring him what he wants: a grindstone, a rooster and a hen, copper, beads, fifty swords, several muskets, and workmen to build him an English-style house. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z When it was dark, we went inside and kept threading, stopping only to hunt for any beads that slipped away. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The purse—sorry, masculine accessory bag—was rainbow tie-dyed with a peace symbol stitched in wooden beads and the slogan Hug the Whole World. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Then he goes back inside the house to deal with my pop, who has recently returned legless from the hospital, clutching my dead grandmother’s rosary beads. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re those precious ivory beads your father bought me in Rome, Italy, blessed by Pope John the twenty-third.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Slattery comes in with her rosary beads in her hand. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Inside the bag was a beautiful collection of jewel-toned beads, as well as some neatly knotted bundles of twine. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z His rosary beads hung from a corner of the shelf, and in between a pile of sweaters and a stack of spineless books was a framed plastic ID card. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The girl scampered back to the house, raindrops dotting her hair like silver beads. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z We were also graced by the presence of little children running around totally naked except for a string of beads around their bellies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sand trickles down with the beads of water. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z "She's pretty spacey right now since she's on heavy-duty pain meds since it's the first day. When I spoke to her earlier, she was talking about putting beads on her fingernails." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z He tried focusing on her face, on the spilling of her hair over her shoulder, on her razorlike movements, but his vision seemed to roll off her like beads of water over feathers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Angel says loudly, shaking her head so hard, the beads on her braids make clicking sounds. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z He unfastened his belt, a Navajo belt, silver-buckled and studded with turquoise beads; he took it off, flexed it, placed it across his knees. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z In its simplest form, this consists of a number of wires; on each wire there are a number of beads that can be put in one of two positions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Shell beads from Florida, obsidian from the Rocky Mountains, and mica from Tennessee found their way to the Northeast. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The hedges and the acres and acres of lawn were covered in a network of spider web that caught the dew in beads so that it glistened white as frost. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Small beads of sweat studded her skin like diamonds. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Afraid that he might lose it, he had bought a second one to keep in his shirt pocket, and then a third one, with ivory beads, to hang on Theresa’s headboard. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It was enormous and its eyes were black beads. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Sweat beads up on the cheeks of boys, leaning on the walls with their hands in their pockets and their ties loosened. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “We can buy more beads, and you can try to make a go of Rukku’s necklace business, like you’d wanted. After all, it’s thanks to you and her that we’ve still got any money left.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She opens her prepacked suitcase, feeling among nightgown and slippers for her worry beads. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Tiny beads of sweat, like pimples, covered her nose. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She kept counting her worry beads and, little by litde, they did their job. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The beads clacked as his fingers flew back and forth. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z If chromatin, as Morgan had suggested, was a string of beads, then proteins had to be the active component—the beads—while DNA was likely the string. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Miss Annie loved them beads, boy. Right away she started saving a rosary.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “In fact, looking at the beads and design, this doesn’t look Spokane at all. I don’t recognize the work. Does anybody here recognize the beadwork?” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I was scrabbling around, trying to pick up some beads I’d spilled, when I heard a girl’s voice behind me. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Your voice was hoarse, but you grabbed your bag of beads and hugged it to your chest. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The chest was filled with beads and bracelets and earrings of many colors. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z "Looks like you have thirty beads left. You started with ninety." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Teashop Aunty disappeared into her kitchen again, and emerged with a small package of beads—many fewer and not as pretty as the first set she’d given us, but enough to get you going again. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The beads continued to drop, one by one, through Desdemona’s hands. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The beam dividing them was called a “reckoning bar,” and the only beads you counted were the beads touching the bar. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The crystal beads looked like paste now, and where Ana had torn the bodice, ordinary threads hung loose. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z First they assume the form of elongated threads, on which the genes are aligned, like beads on a string. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z "It's a good-luck story, about a lady who almost lost her arm, but a girl saved it because she had thirty magic beads." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z You could see the streets tilting skyward and the houses scattered over them like varicolored beads, and the brightest cluster of beads was the Tang people s town. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Tiny beads of sweat glisten on his upper lip. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Just sat there, watching me, one hand drumming the upholstery, the other twirling turquoise blue prayer beads. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It burns through my black hair as little beads of water collect around my hairline and on the curve of my upper lip. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, I need to get beads and buttons for the sarcophagus, if Abuela can spare some. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It was more fun than the thought of beads to wear around my neck. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z They were passing around a copper vessel, sharing water that embroidered the outside with beads of cool condensation. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z At first I thought that the Indians were strange to be willing to trade so much food for a few glass beads. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The tribes of the North and the South have long had contact, at least as far back as the ninth century, as some of the magnificent beads discovered at the historic Igbo-Ukwu site attest. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Rose hips were everywhere, yellow and red, and you could make strings of beads clear to your toes without stirring off the porch. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z There, at the center of Therese’s hands, spring bright beads of blood. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Puffy red lanterns hang high between buildings, strung like beads on a necklace. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Her rosary cross is silver, with sparkling blue beads. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z We said the Hail Marys together, Queenie and Violet moving strings of wooden beads through their fingers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember the nannies in Cuba with their leaves and rattling beads. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z For my debut, she gave me one of her gowns, pale green taffeta with a pleated skirt and a million crystal beads. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z All around him beads of water sparkled as blades of sunlight struck through them. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The Hungarian woman, her bracelets and beads jangling, took her place alone at the bar. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He’d found himself in the courtyard of a burned-out mansion in the middle of the woods, wearing shorts, an orange T-shirt, and a leather necklace with a bunch of strange clay beads. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They rubbed me with blood and leaves when my mother wasn’t looking and rattled beads over my forehead. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When we pulled into the driveway, I bounded out of the car and ran into the house, the beads in my box braids swinging around my face. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z White strings of gulls drag over it like beads. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z "Glass beads from Savoy—this color is made for you." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Just when I thought we were done for the day and could go eat dinner and say our evening prayers with the beads, no, we were just beginning. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The one with the blue beads eyed me like she was studying the model at the Cro-Magnon exhibit. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The air was cool, and the dew had settled in tiny beads on her hair and on the sleeping bag. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Her love beads and perfume seemed so irrelevant. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z New beads of sweat slicked Ekon’s neck, and it wasn’t from the small room’s stifling heat. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z On another sat Nivea in her slip, head bowed, murmuring over a rosary as if she were finding fault with the beads that dangled between her knees. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The old people gave me the fifteen beads, which I was to use if I got into terrible danger. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He pushed them into circles and rows like unstrung beads; he scooped them into his hand and shook them like dice. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z All the beads were made from blown glass. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z For a long time I stood beside it, looking at the bracelets and the beads hanging from my neck, so beautiful and bright in the sun. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z You can’t just string these verbs together like beads in a necklace. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We went to our knees, wrestling for it, the geyser weaving between us, her eyes staring at me, close and bright with beads of water on her eyelashes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He carried the beautiful white shell beads on the end of a stick because he suspected where they came from; he left them hanging in the branches of a piiion tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z A machine gun fires somewhere, a sound like a chain of beads passing through fingers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z As I hold the detachable showerhead for Pop, he washes his hair, and I watch the suds run down his neck and over Grandmom’s green rosary beads. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I run my hands over the new planks and find a few beads of moisture at the seams, but from what Mr. Woodwell told me, it don’t amount to nothing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z With every step they took came the clink and rattle of their silver bracelets, their heavy necklaces of bone and turquoise beads. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The beads of the rosary, which were twisted around the waist of her sky-colored habit, rustled as she moved. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She worked at this task all day, pausing only to wipe her forehead of the beads of moisture that sprang from the hard work she was doing. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Soft, dimpled elbows poke out from her lacy sleeves, and red beads wind up her wrists. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The natives are happy with the glass beads and copper we give them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He launches into a lively description of Okeus, the vengeful god, who requires sacrifices of tobacco, copper, beads, and sometimes animal blood, and sends punishment if he is not made happy. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He fell forward onto his hands and beads of sweat fell from his face to patter on the ground like rain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Since the revolution, it’s been difficult to obtain the right beads. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wonderful. I was going bonkers with counting beads. The poor thing—it was all she knew how to do.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It rattled the latch on her hope chest and her father’s old worry beads lying on top. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As for the necklace, the four clay beads were each decorated with a different symbol. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The bottom beads, called the “earthly beads,” were worth one, and the top beads, called the “heavenly beads,” were worth five. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Each evening we sat cross-legged in the courtyard threading beads in the last light of the day. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The mashed celluloid doll and the beads and junk Ralph played with were scattered on the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The newcomers then offered gifts to the chief: small ropes of sparkling beads unlike anything Amari had ever seen, casks of wine, and lengths of fine cloth—so shiny and smooth that Amari marveled. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Three silver beads, strung onto a short length of red thread, plopped carelessly on top of the rest of Zane’s loot in the suitcase. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Samira sounded confident, the way she always did, but I spotted tiny beads of sweat on her upper lip. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They leave with some colorful glass beads, mirrors, bells, needles, pins, several pieces of copper, and three hatchets. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Her face glows a rich golden brown against her colorful beads and white head scarf. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z All you could hear in the room was Malachy whispering to make Eugene happy and Grandma mumbling to the click of her rosary beads. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Later, along some quiet side road, use would be made of the belt with the sky-blue beads. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Innumerable chains and beads hung around her spindly neck, and her arms and hands were encrusted with bangles and rings. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He noticed the ashen tone of her skin, the tiny beads of sweat above her lip. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Where trillium had spread its wide white petals, there were now long beads of berries, some red and some black. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The surface is covered with courtier portraits and tiny beads from broken beauty-scopes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Then he told them he would gamble with them— their clothes, their beads for his. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We’d run outside to watch the caravan plod through our street, men with dusty, weather-beaten faces and women dressed in long, colorful shawls, beads, and silver bracelets around their wrists and ankles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I watch as sweat beads up on his forehead; he dabs at it with a white handkerchief. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z His hand trembled with the strain of the pulled elastic band and beads of sweat had erupted on his brow. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He walked and turned around for them to show off his fancy clothes and expensive beads. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Around his neck hung a pouch of tobacco, a long knife, and a thick chain of the prized white shell beads called wampum. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Her eyes were closed tightly and her forehead was covered with beads of sweat despite the cold weather. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sweat beads are jumping from my face to the floor. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The beads are not so loud as they settle, and when they quiet, everything is soft and still, as though there is no other room behind them, no fortune-teller sitting at her table. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We formed a long line, each boy taking hold of another boy’s hand until we were stretched out like a long string of human beads. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “While the two of us work at the dump, you two can get more beads,” Arul said. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z When he came out he was bearing in his arms a great load of treasure: things of gold, silver, copper, and bronze; many beads and chains and jewelled ornaments. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But the important thing was this witch didn’t show off any dark thunder charcoals or red ant-hill beads. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I rub the beads in my left hand and feel a warm current drifting up my arm, across my shoulders, down between my breasts. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m surprised when he closes his eyes, fingers Grandmom’s rosary beads, and starts to mouth words. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Her tiny dress of good blue wool was embroidered with white beads and ribbons, and her new makazins were carefully sewn. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Feathers and beads of every color under the hot sun fly everywhere in swirls, as people clap along to the music and dance on by. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Hesitantly he puts a hand out to touch the beads, which are smooth and cold, and he finds that his arm slips through them easily, that they part like water or long grass. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The bodice was embroidered with hundreds of tiny crystal beads in a complex pattern of flowers, and in the dusky light that came through the window, the bodice shimmered like the scales of a fish. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Pop pulls her rosary beads over his head and then extends his arm toward me so that the black crucifix is dangling right in front of my face. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Lula stood talking with her mother, the tiniest beads of sweat on her nose, her loose hair a silver-and-gold cataract in the sun. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I put it on my camp necklace—four beads now. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Torrance walked over, the beads at the end of her braids clinking together, and examined what was on Kaisha’s screen. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A boy zooms toward me on a dirt bike wearing a Celtics jersey with a hoodie underneath, clear beads on his braids. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Another was fanning his wife, a woman with yellow skin and rows and rows of jewelry hanging round her neck, gold pendants and beads and corals. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She filled it with lucky beans to make up for the lack of proper beads, and hurled it far into the lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten Snow removed from her little sewing kit a needle, and Angeline took out her own work, her own beads, bought with dried whitefish. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The beads made not two loops but three. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw how it momentarily twisted his face and forced beads of sweat to pop up on his forehead. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She looked as odd as ever, glittering with beads and trailing shawls, her eyes magnified to enormous size by her spectacles. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z His eyes narrowed and I could feel beads of sweat forming on my nose once again. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z A toddler is playing with it, knocking beads together, chasing them along the loops and waves of colorful wires. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Milo let out a long, melancholy wail and staggered back, beads of perspiration popping out suddenly all over his ashen face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The beads click on my abacus: twelve ounces of hot chocolate = 400, but I am freezing. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z She could feel the strain in the beads of sweat on her forehead. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Not only did Ayana work in planetary science, but she also had really cool hair braided in a complicated pattern with beads on the ends. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Inside were snapshots, old letters, precious buttons, worry beads. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes, they all wear short black skirts, or have their hair braided with the same color beads, or laugh at kids like me, Andrew, and TaShon. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Sweat beads on my lip, under my arms. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Unlike my embroidery, which came from my head and heart, the threading of tiny glass beads grew tiresome. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z His big hand wiped the small beads of sweat that had accumulated on his brow. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was a sight to see—the bright-painted wagons with little curtained windows, and the horses decorated with tassels and silver beads. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She smiled with pleasure and swiped at the sweat beads scattered on her nose like freckles, and we ran off to find the cranky pony. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The girls touch the beads around my neck, the red beads at my wrist, the shiny blouse, the soft anaco fabric, the ribbon wrapped around my ponytail. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair beads had chipped and faded from blue to white. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She found more black clothes and a necklace of beads with a cross attached. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky stretched above the black hills like a cloth embroidered with tiny beads. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The turquoise one with colored beads laced around the edges. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z One of the beads of light was quivering, inches from the tip of Voldemort’s wand. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Mama, beads of sweat covering her forehead, lets out a long sigh. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z As the older girls returned to their work and their talk, Omakayas curled near the fire to look at her beads and to imagine what she would make with them. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He said a few words, which were strung together like beads, but one of them was polici'as. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The tugging caused her necklace—three rows of big, multicolored beads—to clack. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z A horse galloped up, and he leapt on it, escaping into the forest, the beads in his fist. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "Sure I did. I was going to wear it tonight, but it was too big in the bust and had to be altered. It was gas blue with lavender beads. Two hundred and sixty-five dollars." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z She’d collected the dreams like bright beads on a string of nights that wound around her each day, every day until this one. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She might drive that tame ravid with its tassels and beads to maul the lovely women with their long black hair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Ghosts wearing jeans and colored beads like they wear during Mardi Gras. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z It stopped often to dance, wiggling this way and that, so that the string of beads around its waist swayed and rippled. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I notice his beads of sweat and handkerchief more than his words. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She put Ralph down on the bed where her Dad and Mama slept and gave him a string of beads to play with. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She took her rosary beads she kept next to the statue of the Virgin on top of the chest of drawers, then knelt in prayer. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Perfect beads of light reveal the cherry red of her fluttering eyes and the gray of her skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z My muscles tightened and beads of sweat mingled with blood covered my body. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Some are forty feet long with two levels, sturdy wooden walls, brightly painted roofs, and strands of colorful beads hanging over the doors. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Bailey nods and turns back, pushing through the strands of beads into the still-empty vestibule. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Mom put her beads on her Bible and Dad wrapped his around his fingers. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But he had always been so proud of it, of how long it took him to grow it, of how he had chosen the beads himself in a crafts store in Soho. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Everyone leaned in as Suya opened the jar and the uncooked rice began to fall from it like beads from a broken necklace. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I move on to the next and realize Dad’s patience is in every last one of these beads. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “My grandmother’s jewelry. She had long jet necklaces. The pupils are filled with those beads. They flash in the light, make my friends seem alive.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z What they have in common are the trinkets from their homelands swaying from the rearview mirror, the strings of beads, shells, the brass letters, the blurry snapshots of their small children, the night-worn eyes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as I caught my breath, I found beads and scarves to make the outfits more discreet, and we went out as gypsies. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Yellow beads, on the tips of her black braids, clack. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I had two bangles made of glass beads and some plastic toe rings, nothing more. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Anger made beads of sweat come out on her forehead. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Away from the cocoon of the car with those velvety songs and that meandering chatter, little beads of sweat began to form on his forehead. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A necklace of blood beads glinted ruby on his father’s neck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She did not wear it with the air of the women on campus, the women who were used to owning coral beads and gold earrings. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He wore a leopard-skin cap and a necklace of small bones and glass beads. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I have the blue beads and my Algonquian words. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Lillian opened the glove compartment and fumbled for her rosary beads. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a hot day, and I wiped beads of sweat from my forehead. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There was little light in the sky, yet the beads sparkled as he turned them this way and that. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z As the beads clicked together, Desdemona gave herself up to them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Cora’s grandmother was sold a few times on the trek to the fort, passed between slavers for cowrie shells and glass beads. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Omakayas planned out a flower and began immediately, imitating Mama, to sew the beads into the design. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z "When the girl runs around, the beads go clickey-clickety-clickety and that's like a magic spell that heals things. It's like a special hairstyle." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Morgan had visualized genes as “beads on a string,” but even Morgan had no idea what his description meant in material form. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It was held together by a Love-in-Tokyo—two beads on a rubber band, nothing to do with Love or Tokyo. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart was pounding so hard that my chest felt like it had stopped pumping blood and was pushing those red beads I put in Maddy's hair through my veins instead. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Excitement had made him sweat; there were beads of perspiration on his forehead. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I drew away, and his hand touched the string of beads which held the crucifix. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma came out holding a huge rosary with blue beads and a metal crucifix. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The man in the gray robe had a string of beads around his neck and at the end of it was an ornament of polished wood. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Necklaces of shiny beads, copper, and tiny, beautiful shells go scattering over the ground. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z And they have no means to make glass, and so the beads, with their bright colors, are to them like rubies, emeralds, and diamonds are to the English. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The bag was covered with four beaver-skins’ worth of white beads—they were expensive! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She obeyed, her gaze fixed on the golden wedgies that slapped the bottom of the woman’s bulging feet as she led the way through a curtain of colored beads to the piano. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Her focus jerks back, her pupils small, hard beads. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She's rocking in her chair, hands pressed together, prayer beads looped around her palms. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z You set your beads down and hummed the tune along with me, and Kutti stuck his nose in the air and yowled. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The lady in black, with her Sunday prayerbook, velvet and gold-clasped, and her Sunday silver beads, was following them at no great distance. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Before leaving, he quickly grabbed some tools and beads, which he planned to give to the Indians as a peace offering. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z They took more pollen, more beads, and more prayer sticks, and they went to see old Buzzard. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Around their necks and looped over their arms were many, many strands of black beads. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The golden skin of the peach had been torn open, and where a chunk of flesh was now missing, a sweet, sticky juice was dripping like crystal beads gliding off a string. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z A carnelian bracelet cuff one time, a choker with lapis lazuli beads another. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The white Reverend Sisters stood with arms folded, or lightly touching the glass rosary beads that dangled at their waists, carefully watching to see that every student s lips moved. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She touches his nose with the cross on her rosary beads and says a little prayer. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z By one hand was her inhaler, in the other her rosary beads. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She heard him muttering as he clicked the beads on his abacus, figuring out new ways to pocket a cent. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z She grabbed for a tissue, but she spilled a tub of glitter beads across the desk. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z A short copper rod was linked to the triangle by a chain of beads. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Now that we were no longer stringing beads, I entertained Tanu after supper by reading Tagore’s poems aloud, although the older widows said I would have done better to read the sacred verses. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z "Yeah, only thirty. Thirty red, good luck, magic beads. Just like you got." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The women’s faces and arms are tattooed with patterns, the men’s hair is long with beads and bones—human bones?—hanging in decoration. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The cool air chills the beads of sweat on my skin, making my teeth chatter. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain slows, and beads of water collect in the palms of green leaves in the trees, trailing to the edge of each leaf and plopping onto the roof. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She did her best to give them a little respite from the war zone: she wore her love beads, put ribbons in her hair, and dabbed perfume behind her ears every morning. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and breathed in, letting the beads of sweat on my skin dry up in the cool air. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I also took the rest of the beads from the chest. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z But when I went home during the holidays, I changed back into my traditional dress, put on my beads, painted my body. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt stupid in my hair beads, and I was too angry to sing. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t even know what the rosary means, which prayers go with which beads, and they’ve been around Pop’s neck or fist ever since my grandmother died. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z You were shivering and coughing, but you started stringing beads while we sang out, “Bead necklaces, pretty bead necklaces!” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Three days of rain and 4,287 cold beads of water beating against my windowpanes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Her fontanel was sunken in, a telltale sign of dehydration, and her ribs and the small bones of her spine had been visible under her skin, like a string of beads. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They counted the dead otter and thought of the beads and other things that each pelt meant. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking at it, Omakayas had to blink her eyes, for the beads were so perfect and the repeated pattern so compelling that the ferns seemed to move like little waves. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The beads on his braids clink against each other. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z His face was leaden and set and beads of perspiration stood out on his forehead. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I could only stare at Ruth May’s bare left shoulder, where two red puncture wounds stood out like red beads on her flesh. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Six beads from a child’s necklace, five building blocks, a darning egg, a bone, a small harmonica, and a partly consumed lollipop. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z His line was strong and made for heavy fish and he held it against his back until it was so taut that beads of water were jumping from it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Sweat rolled down the back of his neck in beads as he marched, focusing on the steady crunch beneath his sandals instead of the eerie black-trunked trees to his immediate right. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I felt the familiar contours of her love beads through the fabric of her designer blouse. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Arriving at the train station back in 1906, the smiles they both smiled at the women with little children, strung like beads over suitcases, were touched with pity. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Each protest brought more beads of perspiration to Grandmother's forehead. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I can hear the swish of Sister Rita’s habit and the click of her rosary beads when she leaves the room. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I watched with alarm as my sweater accumulated hundreds of tiny beads of moisture, which gradually began to penetrate the fabric and join the dampness of the shirt beneath. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The usual large amount of beads, chains, and bangles glittered upon her person in the firelight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I still have one, the only one we didn’t sell, and nights when I just can’t get to sleep here, I count the beads on it, like it’s my own kind of rosary. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I touch the beads through the soft buckskin of my carrying pouch. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He gives them glass beads and copper in return for the food they have brought. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The curiosity of love and being kissed fills me with a blush so deep, sweat beads form along my brow. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A ravid, its arm-long fangs festooned in beads and tassels, rose up on its hind legs to lick a cake with its long, rasping tongue. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Du Barry is wringing her prayer beads, and Elisabeth has bitten her lips raw. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Nhamo closed her eyes and flung the beads into the lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Tiny beads of sweat glistened at Kiowa’s forehead. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Morgan’s work had pinpointed their location on chromosomes, where they were supposedly strung like beads on a wire. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z There were dirt beads on his sweaty neck and an oil stain on his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Her husband, a burly man in baggy pants and sky blue turban, cradled an infant in one arm and thumbed prayer beads with his free hand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He collected beads from the braids in his mother’s hair and swallowed them in secret so he would always have a piece of her inside of him. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z In the meantime, the Kecoughtans are very close by, and my blue beads have kept us well supplied with corn from them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I can feel the beads of sweat form on my upper lip. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z You worked quietly, your fingers sifting through the beads, searching for another that matched. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Miri said she got her hair braided in Jamaica, too, that she got those bright plastic beads put in, the ones that clink clink clink when you move your head. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The inside of the truck is warm, and soon we are all covered with beads of water instead of snow. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z If copper and beads are the Powhatan gold and jewels, then he must truly be wealthy. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I did not look up from some beads I was stringing for a Thanksgiving program. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Once there, Rondon gave them a generous peace offering—gifts of food, beads, handkerchiefs, and metal tools such as knives and axes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Around her waist was a belt of glassy rosary beads, from which dangled a leather purse. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She removes prayer beads from her dress pocket and wraps the string around her hands. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z His soft brown eyes have turned to icy beads. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Carved in relief, the figure’s beard looked like it was made of enormous stone beads, each with a little swirl in the center, countless tiny galaxies of rock. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The first thing we were told when we arrived was to take off our traditional clothes—our nanga and beads. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the air of the room was cold, beads of sweat broke onto his forehead and his breath stopped. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Rosary beads rattled against one of the pews, loud in the stillness. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Patterns of clear green beads were embroidered in whorls and vines across the whole of it, and bone-colored stitching stretched along the ribs. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Sometimes, after we’d done our prayers with the beads, I could not remember how to cross myself right, getting it mixed up like you would expect any Baptist-raised person to do. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He strained and clenched his fist and thought about dragons so hard, beads of sweat popped up on his forehead. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The room was sweltering; three small fans stirred the heavy air, and the brothers sat in their shirtsleeves around a scarred table upon which a pitcher of iced water glistened with beads of moisture. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Nuah is looking at me laughing, his head tilted in that odd way of his, the wooden prayer beads hanging around his neck askew. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z After mass, long after the priest’s words stopped echoing against the cement walls, she remained in church, inspecting the pews for forgotten veils or rosary beads. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The material seemed to absorb light, and if I gazed at the beads too long, they started to glow and burn my eyes, like I was staring into the sun. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z One dress had sparkly beads and looked heavy. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The beads and the bracelets made tinkling sounds. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The tree was decorated with ribbons and beads, and the villagers danced around it while they sang old Slavist songs. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Then Dona Ramonita emerged dressed in white, with a rosary wrapped around her waist and some beads dangling down her side. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The dirt and grass beneath my feet are moist with dew, and there are even beads of water on the side of the tent. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Nokomis’s tobacco pouch was decorated with blue and white beads in the shape of a pipe. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Cassiopeia sat by the window, idly flicking the beads on the abacus up and down. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The cockatoo noticed him before Darlene did, for its beads of eyes had been focusing on Ignatius’ hoop of a novelty earring ever since it had come onstage. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She sits up there, working her lacy handkerchief as if it’s prayer beads. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It is made up of strings of shiny beads. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She wore delicate “love beads” around her neck and was in wholehearted agreement with the protestors who wanted America out of Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z There is an arm around my shoulders, a brown robe, click of black rosary beads, a Franciscan priest. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She could see beads of brilliant light through the weave of the scarf. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Our money was gone, and we weren’t any richer, except for the raincoat and bananas and bag of beads that Teashop Aunty had given us. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z When the burly guy with the beads—the praying woman’s husband—asked if I was going to get sick, I said I might. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The girl’s golden brown skin set off the beads, making them sparkle even more. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z There’s a silver cross dangling from black rosary beads. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z They seemed like a mismatched set of bookends in their flowing gowns, beads, and veils. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z An older lady mouths prayers with a string of beads in her hand. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She left a few things inside the hole: a precious box of matches, some glass beads that had come off Aunt Shuvai’s bracelet, some of the copper wire Uncle Kufa used to decorate his snuffboxes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The little man stared up at him with eyes like beads of jet. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z An old lady in the row behind him had her eyes closed while she counted her rosary, her lips moving silently as her trembling fingers pushed through the beads. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Spiders hatch and crawl out of my belly button, hairy little tar beads with ballerina feet. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z He remembered how sweet Lemore had looked after her morning swims, with beads of water glistening on her naked skin, but the only maiden here was his poor Penny, the stunted little dwarf girl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Outside the church, I’m adrift in a sea of anacos and gold beads and blue ponchos; only a few other people are dressed like mestizos. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I wipe beads of sweat from my face. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Sweat beads plump up on my cowboy’s upper lip. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The sun's still in the sky, and I can feel beads of sweat on my face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z A priest had supplied a rosary, with instructions; day after day, Ralph fingered the beads, moving his lips. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A strand of plastic gold beads shaped like hexagons. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z A light rain falls on rooftops, trickles through runnels, beads up on her scarf. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It makes a sound like rain as the beads collide. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Other beads of light reflect from the pearls and her right hand. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z If two beads are on the same string, then they are always tied together, no matter how one attempts to mix and match strings. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z In the folds of skin at the back of his neck were beads of perspiration. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The rest of the day was spent counting things—beads, apples, and flowers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulls out ten or so round beads from his shirt pocket and lays them in a row in the dirt. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 The old woman led the boy to a room at the back of her house; it was separated from her living room by a curtain of colored beads. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the order of beads on the string carried the secret code of life. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He’s still wearing a necklace of beads, but the pendant’s out of his shirt now. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Her jewelry hangs there—slices of agate on long chains of raw crystal beads, collars set with moonstones, deep green bloodstones strung together, and an opal pendant, bright as fire in the sunlight. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z By the light of the street lamp, she saw her grandmother sitting at the window with Sissy’s sleeping baby in her lap and amber rosary beads dangling from her trembling fingers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that a bunch of beads on a string is going to fix what happened, but it shows she cares. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They placed his hands on his chest, one hand on top of the other, bound in the little white rosary beads. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The next day, at lunchtime, the bangle man gave us a bag of beads and a spool of wire. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z There are probably Carib Indians on the island, Captain Newport tells us, but we will give them beads and our soldiers will stand guard at night, and we’ll be safe. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Olanna smiled gently and said nothing because she knew that this man, with his prayer beads dangling from his rearview mirror, needed to believe that. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She found books with no pictures, a tobacco pipe, bottles with beads inside. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I realized they were Camp Half-Blood beads—necklaces taken from defeated demigods. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z From the top of the ride, Kat says London looks like toy-town and the cars on the roads below look like abacus beads going left and right and stopping and starting. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The morning was unnaturally warm; beads of sweat dotted the Lord Commander's broad forehead like dew on a melon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Percy strung it on his leather necklace with the strange beads. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z One by one, beads of sweat form in an arc across my forehead. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Suddenly she knew, as though the beads told her themselves, that they were meant for her little brother. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I see his wife’s face in the beads of sweat marching down his chin. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z A few beads of sweat gathered on my forehead. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were dark beads almost hidden beneath his furrowed brow. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z While our greased cybermassage beads travel up and down your back! Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The beads felt important, like pictures from a family album, but he couldn’t remember what they meant. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He fingered Mami’s rosary beads, wishing she had them with her. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z A necklace of wooden beads hangs on his neck, the pendant disappearing into his white T-shirt. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She tried to count the green beads on her rosary, but couldn’t concentrate. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They wrap her in garlands of beads and stroke her face and eyelids with branches of rosemary. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His own tokar was burgundy, with a golden stripe and a fringe of golden beads. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sun Man pulled out his things: four sets of new clothes two pairs of new moccasins two strings of white shell beads Kaup’a’ta smiled when he saw these things “We’ll gamble all night,” he said. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Nielsen and I bring boxes filled with glass balls and china ornaments and ribbon and strings of sparkling beads up from the storage room in the cellar. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Slithering beads of rain sluiced down my window. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I said, drop them!” she screeched, pressing the blade into Hermione’s throat: Harry saw beads of blood appear there. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Maddy jumps out and runs to the door, her red beads clacking with every step, the foil on the ends glinting like each braid was a Fourth of July sparkler. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Faisal dabbed at the sweat beads above his lips. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I look away and brush beads of water from my arm. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I kissed her on the top of the head, immediately noticing fewer beads on her braids, which was normal. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z We laugh, float, waste my mother’s bath beads. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There was much to take—my two birds, the skirt I had made, the stone utensils, my beads and earrings, the cormorant feathers, and all of my baskets and weapons. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Fake gold earrings and fat plastic beads loop around her neck, framing a face that might have once been pretty but is now deeply lined with exhaustion. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She was not mistaken about the braided hair decorated with beads. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “But Rukku makes necklaces—like you taught her to—and sells them. Only, we’ve run out of beads. May we borrow some more, if you have some?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “What a good idea, Rukku! Let’s visit Teashop Aunty. Maybe she even has some beads left.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “The pageant’s in, like, two weeks. I was thinking—” He wipes a few beads of sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help it, I wanted to go and lick the milk beads from her shoulders. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Dresses made of brocades, laces, velvets, glass beads, cashmeres, silks, and pastel satins in every color and pattern. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The instant I saw him standing there with all that hair and all those beads, I just knew. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The shaman’s eyes were closed, and beads of sweat stood out on his forehead as he rocked gently back and forth. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My face burns as Lesedi—a short, compact girl with pretty pink beads at the ends of her braids—steps forward. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Percy fingered the clay beads around his neck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “The Inner Eye,” said Professor Trelawney with dignity, straightening her shawls and many strands of glittering beads, “was fixed upon matters well outside the mundane realms of whooping voices.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I saw ripe bilberries gleaming here and there, like jet beads in the heath: I gathered a handful and ate them with the bread. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Then her shaking fingers sought her rosary beads. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Why shouldn’t she be trusted to use the precious beads? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z |
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