I stop, thinking, while my friends kick off their shoes. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They grinned the way people who share a secret do, slyly, like they’d sat in that dim shoe shop all day not making shoes at all but devising secret plots. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

People were probably going to rent cars and spend a few hundred dollars on a slick pair of shoes. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Um, I don’t know it,” I say, staring at my shoes. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She put out shoes for the Wise Men to leave gifts at Christmas. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did Ifemelu have such an experience in Nigeria? she asked, and looked disappointed when Ifemelu said her mother would slap her if she ever stepped outside without shoes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I kicked so hard that my shoes popped out of the foot straps on my chair. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Red crashed through the underbrush, his boots much better suited for tramping through the weeds than my saddle shoes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa opened the screen door and stepped outside to put his shoes on. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Driving your car and shining your shoes and cleaning your house.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Off came my shoes, my shorts, my top. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pet it vigorously, then remove my wet shoes near the doorway and step inside. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not wanting to give her time to change her mind, Jonathan leaped forward, pulled on his shoes, then bolted up and began to run. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

In his room, Ben packed his gym shoes and trunks into a blue zippered bag that had the Marine Corps seal stamped in white on the outside. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second her shoes touched the mud, she bolted to the right, ducking around the nearest PSF’s hands. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Charlie scoots back in his seat and stares at his shoes. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The old woman gets sick, but Karen puts on the red shoes and goes to a party anyway. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

My clothes and shoes are getting heavier and heavier. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Presently she sat up wearily and pulled on her socks and shoes, and they set off once more. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We go to the bedroom and take off our shoes. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun stepped into the jumpsuit, zipped it up, and put his shoes back on. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

When I came back, Fay had taken off her shoes and was sitting on the floor, sipping gin out of the botde. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Satisfied, he picked up his shoes and walked to the edge of the beach and then onto the reef to the point just before it was wet. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, do you need me to take my shoes off?” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A bunch of our things were going to be sold at a yard sale on Sunday, except for important stuff like shoes and mattresses and a few dishes. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And I just didn't want her to have to give up something—something else—for me to have some stupid shoes. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Not covered in cuts and bruises and mud like we were, but in decent clothes and shoes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The river, it seemed, had carried away her shoes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped me so fast I spun right out of my shoes and they went shooting up the hall. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I get home from therapy, I see an extra pair of shoes by the coatrack downstairs and I know Aunt Joan must be visiting. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Many a time I have longed to see you. Now at last you come,” and I bent down to kiss his feet, shod as they were in leather shoes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

See, the shoes are bait, like I’m one of those fat bass fish Granddaddy likes to catch in the summer and Dee-Nice is Supreme’s bobber. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I got up and kicked my shoes off into the corner. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The black ’dobe mud covered Adam’s shoes and splashed the bottoms of his dark trousers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She took off her shoes and climbed into his bed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mam said, Look at you.Your shoes are drenched and you’ll catch your death and your father will surely get the pneumonia without a shoe to his foot. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He stayed in his sweatpants and T-shirt, but pulled on his shoes and a windbreaker. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I kick out my feet and stare at the white bows on my shoes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

My father’s shoes are all over the place. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He decks me out in the shoes and the pearl jewelry and the veil. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to imagine Deen small enough for the tiny shoes, and found it made her smile to picture him so young. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The soles of my shoes are worn through and growing useless in wet weather. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Which is how we found ourselves with our shoes and socks off, holding our skirts up as we waded in the creek. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every Sunday morning, my once-Hindu grandmother swishes out of the apartment in a floral muumuu that skims across the tops of her tennis shoes. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She also bought boxes of used high heels that she called her dancing shoes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Boys appeared wearing sports shirts and white shoes for the first time since the previous summer. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Alexander was wearing jeans and training shoes, which old people don’t normally wear. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Evening has fallen and my foot hurts from all the crazy shoes, so I abandon any thoughts of going into town. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Devine loosened his belt, unlaced his shoes, and set his stocking feet up on a glass coffee table. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hard-baked shoes were slippery, and her sodden knapsack seemed to weigh a ton. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The salesclerk allowed my brothers, my sister, and me to actually try on new Sunday shoes, as well as Hush Puppies and penny loafers for school, before we bought them. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When Cinna comes in, he shoos them out and dresses me in a white, gauzy dress and pink shoes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

On the wall there were shelves filled with small boxes—boxes of shoes—so that you would never guess that the wall actually opened. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I handed out my suits on hangers, my shoes in the game pocket of a hunting coat, and my shirts in their neat wrapping of New England road maps. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noodles looked pretty fresh too, but I could tell by the way he was walking that his shoes were too small. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Stooped and dark and sprouting rags from his shoes, hat and sleeves, he shuffled slowly toward me, bringing a threatening cloud of carbolic acid. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francie looked at his well-polished black shoes and noticed how the cuffless trousers came down in the back over the heel, and what a nice break they made across his instep. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lost one of my shoes in the mud, and failed to care. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tops of his feet were so fat that once he got his shoes laced up, there was nothing left to make a proper bow. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry reached for his hat, and the twins went to put on their shoes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But all the jobs seemed hard for Moon Orchid, who was wearing stockings and dress shoes and a suit. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shoes, twin pets That snuggle his toes, Are under the bed. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rashid rolled down his pants, put his shoes back on, and picked up his bag. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

At some point he gets up, laboriously removing his shoes and socks, and walks calf-deep into the water, regarding the surroundings with his hands on his hips, his chin thrust pridefully into the air. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You can return to your seat now,” she said, and I walked back as fast as I could, my shoes making a flat sound on the cold marble. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Noiseless on his pneumatic shoes, the man came up behind him. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

On two trestle tables, shoes and boots were displayed. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad expect me to take off my shoes and let those hands pour water all over my feet? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Instead of wearing sweatpants and sneakers like most coaches, one day Sam showed up in what looked like a pink zoot suit—pink slacks, pink shirt, pink fedora, and pink alligator shoes. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Once in a while he would take her to the mall and buy her some clothes or shoes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drummers liked to flirt, were fresh-shaved, and wore suits, patent leather shoes, and big smiles. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Black men worked as butlers in the homes of the rich, shining shoes, polishing silverware, serving guests at parties. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her red velvet shoes felt flimsy and thin against the wetness of the chamber. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In the corridor, I knotted my necktie and buttoned my shoes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I kick off my shoes and start unrolling my socks. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

We all put on our shoes and went down to see the airplane land. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to wait four months for these shoes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They took off their shoes and shoved them into the already overflowing shoe rack. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As a child I secretly welcomed the first warm day of spring by yanking off my shoes and standing waist deep in the cordgrass to feel the cool mud squish up between my toes. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tears froze on his cheeks, and the cold pounded against his forehead as he trudged along, weighted by the heavy, oversized shoes and the many layers of clothing. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harrison looked at the narrow spring bed in the corner, the table and chair, the shirts hanging on nails stuck to the wall, the two pairs of shoes arranged carefully on the floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She lowered herself off the counter and stuffed her messed-up feet into the shoes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I will,” I promise, although I cross my toes inside my shoes. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Riding downtown for the piano recital, I sat in the backseat of the Buick wearing a nice dress and patent leather shoes, my hair in pigtails, experiencing the first cold sweat of my life. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“He hated us. He hated everybody who did not remove their shoes and bow to him. Is he not the one who did not allow our children to go to school?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ghost turned around and walked toward Lu, who was sitting on a bench, unlacing his track shoes. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Jule took her shoes off and stood still with her toes in the sea. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The kid took his wallet, money, phone, shoes, coat. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The neighbor downstairs had been awakened by the clatter of their shoes on the floor. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“My shoes melted crossing this big patch of burning flowers.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Men in straw hats and ragged pants and shirts, with torn sneakers or flip-flops or leather shoes without laces, were gathered around a cockfighting pit. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in khaki shorts, a blue shirt, and tennis shoes—so that at first glance she was like a very young boy. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Framed photographs of her parents on the bureau, poems framed on the walls, and her closet— everything in its place, the floor varnished, and her shoes standing diligently side by side. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clouds of silt and disgusting garbage—beer botdes, old shoes, plastic bags—swirled up all around me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The sand was ribbed beneath our shoes, and the puddles often deep where we plashed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She would let Cari wear their mother’s red shoes with it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought your feet might be getting tired,” he says, “in those shoes.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Henryk was clopping away in his new shoes and did not notice anything else until the Flop had him by the arm. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Then she leans against the wall, pulling on her shoes and looking at the asphalt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Amazed, Stella asked her, “So why did you take your shoes off? It’s freezing out here.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They were both young and looked almost alike in their white jackets, white trousers, and white shoes. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

By midnight, I was still keeping an eye on his shiny shoes when I saw something moving behind the trees to the left of our house. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Raizel had discarded her shoes, hat, and petticoat somewhere back, and had a fistful of her skirt hitched up to keep from dragging as she crept closer. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sam and I laugh, but Mom says, “No, it’s true! These new work shoes are great for being on my feet all day!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Some had holes in the knees of their trousers, or shoes with the heels coming apart. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Beto stared down to see urine running down his leg and pooling in his shoes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now that she was closer, he could see that she was carrying shoes. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He sets her new pair of running shoes on top of the other stuff. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Holding his shoes in his hand, he waded in. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The solution is to wrap them: their shoes are wrapped in plastic booties, their bodies in white nylon lint-free jump suits, their hair in nylon caps, and their hands in gloves. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After retrieving my shoes from the mudroom, I let myself out through the front door. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Your letter came,” she called as she crossed the mid-tide channel, her skirts held high in one hand, her shoes and a white envelope in the other. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I grab a fistful of napkins and dab at my shoes. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I hold the sealed letter as I kick off my shoes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It soaks through Mark’s shoes and socks, the bottom of his pants, and he feels its warmth, then its full heat. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Some of them wore the cotton slipperlike shoes of the Tang men, while others wore demon boots. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Murphy has been so generous that I now have two suitcases and a satchel filled with clothes and books and shoes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her shoes were off, though, and her frizzy hair—I inherited my wild mop from her—had fallen out of its bun. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I can arrange it. For a pittance: your shoes. I’ll give you another pair.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

You see, me and my wife and kids, we’re tired of eating stewed tennis shoes instead of meat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Give me your shoes!” she said to Olive. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

When the dance finally concluded, she bowed to the man with relief, for she did not enjoy the feeling that her shoes knew more about dancing than she did. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull my shoes out of the bag. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But he went on dawdling and dragging the sides of his shoes along the pavement in order to scratch the leather. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The truth is that I got to like the war Dante was having with shoes. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

We were depressed and on edge, still shaken up about September 11, and then re-shaken when someone tried to blow up another plane by hiding a bomb in his shoes two days before Christmas Eve. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Miraculously, she puts on her dress, her underwear, her socks and shoes, and we’re out the door. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They should give him a gavel so he could keep his shoes on.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had also brought bonnets, aprons, and shoes. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would have grabbed some shoes, too, but I didn’t know what size.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He took a breath, and then he informed her very calmly that after finishing his drink he was going to put on his shoes and go outside and remove the Virgin from the front lawn. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It took Stanley a moment, but then he realized Zero was asking about Clyde Livingston's shoes. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

There was no need to bother with our jackets or shoes—the work would keep us warm for a while still. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His shoes were shod with silver, and they rang hollowly as he stepped over the threshold. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was yelling, clawing at the ground, but the winged shoes kept dragging him toward the pit, and it didn’t look like we could possibly get to him in time. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

We sell him the shoes, and now we’ve gone and turned 60 rand into 200. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We’d seen it a hundred times, but we took our shoes off, put our feet up on the coffee table in the living room, and enjoyed the heck out of seeing it again. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the movie version Dorothy wears ruby slippers, but in the book she wears silver shoes that she takes off the Wicked Witch of the East when the house lands on her and kills her. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

From the good Buick she drive and her nice buckle shoes, I spec Miss Fredericks got a lot more money than Mister and Miss Leefolt do. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Rather than looking at the door, then, the orphans looked down, and saw that although Count Olaf was wearing shoes, he wasn’t wearing any socks. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He smelled of good aftershave and his shoes were polished to a high shine. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The land was harsher now; for shade they had to rest in the shadow of rocks, not under wide-spreading trees, and the ground underfoot was hot through the soles of their shoes. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Tess got an entire outfit, brand-new shirts and shoes and pants, and bandages and rubbing alcohol and even a bottle of aspirin. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

They looked like regular Congo Boy Scouts to me, marching, except they didn’t have any shoes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we finished the outfit with a pair of simple black pants, suede square-toed shoes, and a cream-white knitted sweater. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was a tiny man, not more than five feet tall, wearing a rather soiled linen suit, black shoes, and a black felt hat with the brim turned up all around. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He closes the door behind us and slips off his shoes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Before you get in the car, I want you to scrape your shoes. If I find dirt in my car, you’re going to be the ones vacuuming it.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I think I need to match the shoes to the jewelry, don’t you?” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

They could be deciding Caleb’s verdict right now, as I tie my shoes, as I straighten my sheets for the fourth time today. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The soles of her shoes—her perfect, beloved shoes—were melting. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

One of his shoes is untied but, with his belly leading the way, he has a new swagger in his step. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It made no sense to them that shoes that were so obviously out of fashion could make a comeback. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I were the kind of girl who remembered things like bras and shoes and purses. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Behind the priests' refusal is an implied request: You know what it is like to be in our shoes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Thin streams of muddy water flowed across the road, seeping into my shoes and soaking my socks. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When it was a dream of new shoes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Abue says not a word about my sudden need for shoes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were several sizes too big, but still better than her regular shoes, and as she followed her mother they made a curious slapping noise on the tile of the kitchen floor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Our matching skirts and blouses and shoes are stylish, but because they're identical, they highlight how different the two of us look. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

On the desk we found a wicker basket full of presents from the Genies: wooden shoes, an orange Holland T-shirt, chocolates, and various other goodies. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She pulled the silver shoes from the box and set them down in front of me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I pulled on my shoes, took my daughter’s hand, and led her across the field toward the jeep. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped on my warm-ups and carried my shoes in one hand so I wouldn’t squeak on the floor, and I left. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Leo could tell this was in the past, because all the girls wore dresses and buckled leather shoes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Bring the women’s shoes and phones over to my house in the morning,” Hamza says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm really, really sorry for stealing the shoes. I just...I didn't mean anything. I made a stupid mistake." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She could feel the vibrations through her shoes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They don't wear men's golf shoes with the spikes still attached. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

From her bed, she listened to the click-clack of his heels, to the muffled shuffling of his feet after he’d shed his shoes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“There’s Daddy’s plane,” Karen squealed, jumping up and down in her new ruffled dress and patent leather shoes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s split right down the middle,” said Major Sanderson, who had laced his lumpy GI shoes for the occasion and had slicked his charcoal-dull hair down with some stiffening and redolent tonic. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I slipped my bare feet into a new pair of tennis shoes Dad had given me the week before, and I followed Cade Hernandez out of my room to face my audience. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Kit thought a moment and then printed out: "Charity Hughes Has new red shoes." The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Shadrach asked, removing the boy’s heavy shoes and chafing his feet with cheerful vigor. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lots of shoes, more than were ever needed, and strings of ties. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I twitch at every unidentified noise, tensing until I realize it is just the wind, or the squeak of Tobias’s shoes on the rail. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The pancakes could have been cooked shoes for all he could taste, and the sweet smell of the syrup was making him feel sick. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled on my warm-ups and slipped my feet into my running shoes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Even though he resented the way his father took this duty for granted, he derived a guarded satisfaction from his custodianship of his father’s shoes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were little boys dressed in white shirts and blue ties, and high school girls wearing lovely red velvet dresses with white shoes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Ophie entered—her shoes wet because she’d poured out the water too fast in her excitement to go to a movie—she paused on the threshold at the twin expressions of Cook and Mama. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Delia pulled her ratty tennis shoes off her feet and beat them against each other, trying to loosen the clumps of dirt from their soles. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Unlike anyone in the camp, the cutter had assembled a complete extra set of winter clothing and shoes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

When Gustavus Swift died suddenly in 1903, acknowledged by the Tribune as having “revolutionized the industry,” his son Louis filled his shoes without missing a beat. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His transgressions were small ones, always: shoes on the wrong feet, schcolwork misplaced, failure to study adequately for a quiz. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

But let it be her shoes I worry about instead of the other thing tugging at my mind now all the time. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor did I care that my leather shoes, catching roots or stones, kept tripping me, causing me to fall. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wear my first of three costumes, which is this scraggly, oversized oatmeal-colored shirt and baggy drawstring pants and no shoes. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

People still get their shoes repaired, despite all this chocolate, they don’t just toss them out at the first hint of wear. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Please remove your shoes and have a sit on my carpet.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I glanced down to make sure I hadn’t forgotten anything important, like shoes, or pants. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her jacket is in the car; her regular running clothes and shoes are back at home. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then he dressed in Faber's old clothes and shoes. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

This, however, was something else entirely, and Ophie shivered as the cold stone leeched the warmth from her toes through the thin material of her house shoes. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It felt strange to make the trip wearing shoes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I pictured his cot with his shoes sitting under it, how he was prob-ably lying awake this very moment watching the ceiling, listening to the other boys breathe. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, because I wanted something other than the murmured greetings in Yiddish to listen to, I began to hear, distinctly, the tapping sounds of Danny’s metal-capped shoes against the cement pavement. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The vines protected their turf with the meanest, nastiest thorns ever and could even stab through shoes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And my big, talented boy over there, the one who’s trying to stare at his shoes until I stop talking... Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The servants cooed, wiping mud from the woman’s skirts and suede shoes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then he took the shoes and made a call on his radio. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I watched him kick off his shoes, tug off his socks. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“When I stepped out of my sedan chair, the villagers said, ‘Ahhh,’ at my good shoes and my long gown. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could see his feet, though, and he was wearing new shoes. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The woodsman had left the shoes for her to find. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Most of the men across from them were wearing dark shoes. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

While you shined shoes, I learned, you also kept watch on customers inside, leaving the urinals. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except she doesn’t scold TaShon for putting his dirty self and shoes on the bed. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You looked under my dress when I was buttoning my shoes!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Not in my faded dress and worn shoes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

One day, a girl asked, “Sandra, were you surprised when you saw shoes for the first time in America?” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And after it did, weeks after, when she could finally get up out of bed again, she put on her shoes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I could hear Danny’s capped shoes tapping against the outside hallway floor. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The bleachers were filled up with new basketball shoes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rubbed handfuls of dirt on his shoes; then he crawled to the river edge. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d found a pair of workshoes and the boy was wearing blue tennis shoes with rags stuffed into the toes and they had fresh sheeting for face masks. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“His feet hurt too much in regular shoes.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Laughter resounded through the gym as Mumford rested his arms on his prominent knees and stared hard at the laces of his new shoes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His shoes are caked with filth,” he said. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

There's a chair in her bedroom and on the seat of it there are marks of seaweed same as on her shoes. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad might get us a little present—a comic book or a pair of shoes or a package of underwear— but at least as often, they forgot our birthdays altogether. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever the water came in, which wasn’t that much, we’d just step our shoes up on a big rock or a part of the cave wall until it went back out. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Quickly, Rashid slipped off his shoes and socks and rolled up his pants in order to wash and get ready for prayers. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while he would cough or spit between his shoes. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He remembered the threat of battle off Cadiz, when he had pulled off his shoes and had gone to the powder room. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has six identical outfits in the closet, and two more pair of shoes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized that when you took our key from the fire hose, when you left me the notes, when you stole Richard’s shoes and Jimmy’s Fred Flintstone bank, you had already read my letter. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

All three were wrapped in coarse saddle blankets but wore no other clothing, not even shoes. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They're into clothes and shoes and jewelry and cell phones and beepers—and cars will be next. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My party shoes for the parties I don't go to anymore, with satin bows at the toe. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I had a picture of Mrs. Willard, with her heather-mixture tweeds and her sensible shoes and her wise, maternal maxims. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Overnight someone must have removed his shoes and socks. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Stanley couldn't help but think that there was something special about the shoes, that they would somehow provide the key to his father's invention. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

But he couldn’t help sharing with Macon his love of good shoes and fine thin socks. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Your trouble comes from years of wearing the wrong kind of shoes," Jake lectured. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You showed up without shoes, but I couldn’t find another pair in your room.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For him she planned sugar in his motor, scissors to his tie, burned suits, slashed shoes, ripped socks. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now we were supposed to get enthusiastic about long-range marriage plans, while lying here in bed watching our shoes mildew. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She simply sank to her side of the double bed and took off the offending shoes and began to rub her swollen feet. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Our helmets line the front of the cave wall like shoes lined up in a home’s entry way. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But Christina just passes me a muffin and crouches in front of me to tie my shoes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He gets his shoes, jacket and hat and starts to open the door. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a thrill to be in such a different world and I’d feel a prickly awareness of how good my shoes were, how clean my white pinafore dress that Constantine had ironed for me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Olive squeezed her tight, slipped off her leaden shoes, and then, just as they began to rise, Bronwyn transferred Miss Peregrine front her shoulder to the top of Olive’s head. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He put on their shoes and then stood and walked back up the road but he couldnt see the thief. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“But, Eva, dear, your shoes are carrying your most valuable possession—your life. Do not delay. Everything else can be replaced,” said the shoe poet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They crossed the broad stone plaza, then a modest rock garden, then waited as Constance shook the gravel from her shoes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He rose while the boy slept and pulled on his shoes and wrapped in his blanket he walked out through the trees. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, I’m taking them off here,” I say, leaving my shoes on the mat. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he watched her flat black shoes go up the long aisle to the front of the room. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She brings us fizzy drinks from the staff refrigerator as a treat and slips out of her shoes. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The house settled under a quiet spell, broken only by the rubber marshmallow soles of Ms. Byrd’s hospital shoes padding up the stairs, followed by the creaking of Clayton’s bedroom door being pushed open. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Mud spattered my horse and stiffened my shoes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The girls wore pleated gymdresses with badges, snow-white shirts, caps with badges, blazers with badges, ties matching badges, shining black and brown shoes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley had felt like he was holding destiny's shoes. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I swallow my candy, look down at the floor, my shoes, anything but Pastor Dames’s eyes. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He finally found what he was looking for, holding up a pair of shoes similar to the pair I wore. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He wanted to smile, but his mother stood before him in her white hospital shoes. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Any thrownaway lover in wet unlaced shoes and a buttoned-up sweater under his coat is a foreigner here. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he handed the boy the pistol and sat in the sand and began to unlace the cords of his shoes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

In those days, children wore heavy, practical shoes that felt like they would outlast a steel monument, so whenever you could go barefoot, you appreciated it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried my best to get all her Dolly collectibles, including a pair of glitter-encrusted shoes Dolly wore to a show in Vegas. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The floor was cold beneath the thin soles of her shoes, but she was used to the cold; it no longer bothered her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was more than one pair of shoes, and they were following me in the dark. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

From outside the barn came a cry of men and the double clang of shoes on metal. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a facial massage and a mud pack, and around the edges he had his nails manicured, and he had his shoes shined. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The warm sand came in over the tops of Laura’s shoes. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we had taken off our shoes, he showed me to the bathroom, all porcelain and dark wood, with running water and a toilet operated by a pull chain. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Like, how is it that people can even pump gas or pay bills or tie their shoes when they’re in love? Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She takes her shoes off without untying them, and kicks them across the room. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He put on his shoes and walked out of his room, laces trailing, down the corridor, and stood quietly outside Rahel’s door. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found some flat-heeled shoes in her suitcase, picked up a pair of panties, and took them all into the bathroom. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I know ’cause she looks right at my shoes. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

That's the summer I grew so fast that Grim said we'd best let the boy go barefoot, he's exploding out of his shoes. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell her I got dead rat all over my shoes.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He felt a hand touch his shoulder; he did not turn round; his eyes looked downward and saw the man’s gleaming black shoes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Black shoes sat on the worn Persian carpet beside the bed. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He belonged to a walled city of the fifteenth century, a city of narrow, cobbled streets, and thin spires, where the inhabitants wore pointed shoes and worsted hose. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I got up every morning, polished my saddle shoes, and went off to war,” I reply. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I rhymed! Did you hear that? I’m a poet and didn’t know it, although my shoes kind of show it.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure deduces what she can from the sounds of their shoes: those are small, those weigh a ton, those hardly exist at all. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Put these on,” he said, holding out a pair of knee- high rubber boots.“Tennis shoes aren’t much good up here except around camp.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I thought of Lettie and her friends, with their beautiful new dresses and pressed hair and shoes without buckles. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes to avoid seeing his hands and fumbled with the laces of the heavy high-topped shoes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped off his shoes and padded toward the kitchen in his black socks. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A perk of being a goody two shoes is that Barb will probably believe me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s just something they tell kids, though, to get them to wear shoes when they play outside.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

We eased closer and took up a spot with our shoes in soft black soil and our backs against the bark of a tree. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I slipped on some shoes, snuck past Mom, who was watching TV in the living room while grading tests, and went outside. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

To order shoes from a catalog, you stood on a piece of brown wrapping paper, and your mother drew a pencil line around both your feet. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if Diego was joking about the dress code, but I would have worn clown shoes and a tutu to get out of my house. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Stupid! These new shoes! A grasshopper couldn’t walk in them!” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was going to be a lot of fallout from the party at Horn Rock, and I wanted to avoid it all, so I laced up my shoes and went for a run. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

An aide reaches into a basket and places a pair of shoes into each one’s hands. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She didn’t need the cosmetics, the dress, or the shoes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Under the nearest hydraulic lift, which was holding a ’98 Toyota Corolla, a pair of legs stuck out—the lower half of a huge man in grubby gray pants and shoes even bigger than Tyson’s. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mother then commanded that we put on our shoes. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She unbuckled his trousers and moved back to pull them down and laughed because they got stuck at his shoes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wants to be Like his shoes, A little dirty From the road, A little worn From racing to the drinking fountain A hundred times in one day. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stirred the dust we kicked up with our shoes, and blew my hood up around my hair. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was now smiling at me, bright-eyed, from his place at the altar, dressed in a rented tux and a buffed pair of new shoes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The column on the left lists top, bottom, hijab, shoes, purse, and accessories, and the next three columns are filled in with her outfit details. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She barefoot and holding her muddy shoes in her hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The fourth is to pick up your feet so they can’t grab your ankles and write on your shoes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Corporal Whitcomb’s mud-caked shoes were on the chaplain’s blanket, and he was eating one of the chaplain’s candy bars as he thumbed with a sneering expression through one of the chaplain’s Bibles. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Silas produced a grey sweater the color of Bod’s winding sheet, a pair of jeans, underwear, and shoes—pale green sneakers. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“I saw you sit down on the bench. My little brother’s been trying on basketball shoes for forty-five minutes.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I told him what I saw, and then he got up as well, grabbing his shoes and pulling on his overalls. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Now look, I don’t know if it was a manly instinct, a friendship instinct, or both, but the second I realized she was crying, I stood up to put my shoes on. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She remembered the young man’s shoes with their ridged soles. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

While Howard gathered up the old shoes to have them cast into silver ashtrays to give to reporters, Smith got a farrier to design special new turn-gripping shoes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elbows out, flapping along in his outsized tennis shoes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Cooter looked at his shoes and Pa looked at me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I felt like cursing as I watched her hurrying back into the building, hearing her flat-heeled shoes crunching the graveled walk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of us speaks, and I am conscious of every squeak of my shoes, every voice in the distance, every snap of every closing door. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Everything, that is, except the house behind me, where Mom was shouting at Laleh to get her shoes on, and Mamou was shouting at Mom to remember the water bottles and snacks. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Laia’s a person, Helene. Someone’s daughter or sister. If you or I had been born to different parents, we might be in her shoes instead of our own.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Amá must have been wearing ninja shoes because, when I open the door, there she is with her hands on her hips. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Lauren went to find her shoes while Maya tiptoed into their parents’—their mom’s—bedroom. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His hand-shined shoes were squirting water by the time he got there. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They glided quietly through the shallow water, holding their shoes in the air. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She walked as if her feet hurt her, as if she had been standing and walking in the high-heeled shoes all day long. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neeley got the shoe-shine kit from the closet and proceeded to put a higher shine on his already flawlessly polished shoes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of shoes slapping against the pavement, and two men were on the other side of the gates, rattling them, pulling at them. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Once I have the scissors, I place my shoes on top of a sheet of newspaper. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I staggered and tripped my way over the uneven ground, took out Izio’s shoes from beneath the coat and threw them in two directions. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He watches me for a few moments, then says, “You remind me of me when I used to be in your shoes.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Plant your feet on the seat. No one can see your shoes. Eat.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I was intrigued by her strange, flat-toed shoes, badly frayed, worn down by the boards. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s larger than Finch’s but packed full of clothes, shoes, purses, jackets. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My very shoes and stockings were purified and rendered presentable. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the T-strap shoes of Long Island debutantes, the sparkling fringes of daring short skirts that swish and glide to music that intoxicates them more than the champagne. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her bowling shoes pounded the floor purposefully, carrying the swinging breasts and rotating hips back and forth between the table and the stove. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have nine pairs of these exact same shoes.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She takes the fellow prisoner's combined currency of camp money, ration tickets and an additional "tip" for the shoes—two cigarettes wrapped in a bit of newspaper. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I slipped on the tennis shoes and paced around the kitchen. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

If they need shoes, I ask what size, what color. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

These shoes I have seen, they are in the tiendita, little store, of what we call the pueblito, our village of San Juan. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

One group sat by a farm gate, trying on new shoes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

By the time I broke free of the mangroves, my shoes were soaking wet and my shins were scraped from the barnacle- covered roots. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

In South Carol-liney, if there was some nice smooth water like this big pond, folks would jus’ willy-nilly pull their shoes off and dip their foots in the water, then go home. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He gave her the reed whistle, unlaced his shoes and sat in the rocking chair in the kitchen. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

John picked up his shoes and plopped them into the box the shoe skates came in. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I try to stomp the chill out of my shoes. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You stumble if you wear yours. The bowling shoes slide.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The heat from the flames melts the surrounding snow and a black trickle runs across my shoes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

This morning, I woke up with the thought, Jacqui has to get some new shoes! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

These game submissions piled on the table were a physical representation to Emily of how many people would wish to be in her shoes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He has fairly short brown hair, stands a bit smaller than medium height, and wears a shirt, black jeans, and blue athletic shoes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

My dress shoes squeaked on the smooth tiles. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They were brown shoes with black heels and off-white laces and stitching. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t too worried because I could see the toes of Miss Thomas’s shoes in the doorway. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He sat on the grass, emptying the water from his shoes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When Alan reaches us, I take a box of shoes and two mobile phone boxes from him to stack on top of my stuff. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

It used to happen a lot pre-Firebirds, when I was often in her shoes: the only Black girl on my team. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

For a second I wasn’t sure what I was seeing: there was nothing inside his shoes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I feel as if my feet in their flat red shoes aren’t quite touching the floor. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben sat on his desk, put his gym shoes on his chair, unlaced them, then tied them tighter. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then came that terrible day with the phone ringing endlessly, the police showing up at the door, Sierra’s parents hurrying their shoes on and rushing out to Brooklyn Hospital, where Lázaro lay comatose. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Instead I babbled on in Krio as I tried to explain about the ballerina and the special pink shoes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petra Cotes helped him pack his clothes and bade him farewell without shedding a tear, but she forgot to give him the patent leather shoes that he wanted to wear in his coffin. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t wear shoes until it gets cold.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black, spit-shined police shoes with hard rubber soles cracked down on every inch of hardwood floor. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He had been selling to friends to earn extra money for shoes and basic things his mother could not afford. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Encouraged, the three students enthusiastically began cutting open the shoes. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath the hems of the dresses the feet dangle, two pairs of red shoes, one pair of blue. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are shoes, too, mauve ones with absurdly high heels. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the craziness of a dying young man with his shoes full of snow. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they sit on the ground, I take a closer look at those shoes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then I slipped out the back door, holding my new shoes. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you could see that far—which you can’t—you’d see a hole in the deck between the shoes of the big young man, the one with the bow.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Because at Tab’s everyone was supposed to take their shoes off by the front door. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Now if I hear of one boy in this class jeering and sneering at McCourt or his brother over their shoes the stick will come out. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

With outfits from last year, some old shoes, and no new haircut. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Theresa takes off her roller skates, but then begins to cry because she can’t find her shoes. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Did the shoes have red X's on the back?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He was looking down at the tips of his shoes and his scabby hands were trembling. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It sucked off boots and shoes and ruined the brake linings on cars and trucks; it built up crippling deposits under horse and cattle hooves. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a second, Seven thought it might be enchanted mail, but then she noticed the old brown dress shoes sticking out beneath the boxes. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Back with the old ladies, the white stockings, the white shoes, the fans, sitting next to my mother at her own funeral again. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You get his shoes, and I’ll look for his wallet and his watch.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I shoved my feet into my shoes and followed her through the ink-dark night to Doc’s cabin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Besides, everybody will be showing off the new clothes and shoes they got for Christmas. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Wolverine, the company that makes Hush Puppies, was thinking of phasing out the shoes that made them famous. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he bought the first shoe she had had in his life not made by a woman, and they were black velvet shoes such as the Old Lord had worn flapping at his heels. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Trying to help her memory, Roberto added, “He also bought me a pair of shoes when he saw mine were worn out. I was in the sixth grade.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I scoot myself up on the sink and kick off my shoes. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I want you to stay up top with the flying shoes. You’re the Red Baron, a flying ace, remember? I’ll be counting on you for backup, in case something goes wrong.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He must be able to see my shoes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In good times, when wages were up, the family might enjoy a little extra mutton on the table or a new pair of shoes. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“But colored people need shoes and hammers and nice dresses. They spend their money too.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have any shoes,” I told Lissa, suddenly conscious of my bare feet. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

"Not that day I carried you down from the Punch Bowl to keep your shoes dry?" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Meggie was very glad he had made them take off their shoes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to fill another man’s shoes, but he’s wearing them tonight. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the bed, I heard the key turn, and I saw the shoes and pants cuffs walk in. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He quickly leaned over and slipped on his shoes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“People with shoes”—Fortune shakes his head— “they just pretend they have money. People with cars now, they do have money.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miep arrived and promised to return later that night, taking with her a bag full of shoes, dresses, jackets, underwear and stockings. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

So I pulled his damp socks off, tucked them into his shoes, which I placed on the floor at the foot of Blake's bed, and shut the door very quietly. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He laced up his shoes as Seth jogged around the mat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“When we didn’t make it home, Babou came and found us. But he didn’t know why we were there, and he hadn’t brought us any shoes.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Ophie had even gotten a pair of shoes left behind by one of Cook’s grown daughters. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

There they all were now, the cream of the school, the lights and leaders of the senior class, with their high I.Q.’s and expensive shoes, as Brinker had said, pasting each other with snowballs. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Fabio, judges, I spent my day digging for grubs in the most disgusting mud you can possibly imagine. Then I helped build a desalination still. Oh, and my shoes are by Cheri of Paris.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

A light dress, silk stockings, shoes without scuffs, her tube of lipstick. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They entered through a small room off the kitchen, where they took off their shoes. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She leans her head on his shoulder; he pulls off her shoes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The lights are bright as I wiggle out of my shoes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He opens a stall and helps Marie-Laure into the corner and pulls off her shoes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His shoes were bound up with wire and coated with roadtar and he sat there in silence, bent over in his rags. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Nearby a white heron posed regally on one leg, in the same tree where the boys had hung their shoes before swimming to the derelict boat. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hops in her pointy shoes around the pool of vomit and flees the room. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The surf breaks nearby; water purls past her shoes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

So far I had seen no one and I sat down by some bushes along the bank of the ditch and took off my shoes and emptied them of water. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She leaves, and I hear her walk down the hallway to her room and close the door, and I wonder if she will even notice the down-turned picture or her out-of-place shoes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“So my moms said I already had blue Vans, but these were totally different,” Stacy says, sticking her legs out to show off her shoes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

To celebrate my recovery Serafina presents me with new clothing and a new pair of tennis shoes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

My shoes were dry and waiting for me by the door, along with my socks. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Besides me being humiliated by it, my mother would whup my butt if she knew I had let some dudes swipe my shoes. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The bottoms of my shoes, which were thin as paper, grew ragged. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She slipped carefully out of her shoes and then bobbed up in the air like a balloon. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Agent Davenport was hurrying up the steps to Commons, head down, black shoes slapping on the wet marble. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I unbuckled her shoes, pulled off each one, and rubbed the swelling in both feet. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She put on her dress shoes, the only pair of black shoes she owned. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was incongruous to see her there in her black shoes and her knee-length dress. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He kept his shoes shined and his brass polished. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’ll also give you a ration of bread with some margarine . . .” He liked my shoes; I would not let him have them. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was always an exciting day to get new clothes and new shoes for the holidays. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

You voted instead for a woman and a family with Texas dirt under their shoes, who would lead you into four years of progress, of carrying on a legacy of hope and change. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His shoes glinted in the noonday light so that it was sure he had gone over them with his handkerchief just before the train arrived. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He did not have on stockings or shoes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t usually ask me to get dressed up and take me out. I’m even wearing shoes.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

A pair of baby shoes dangle by tied laces from a drawer handle. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Of course! You’d have given it to him yourself if I hadn't...,” said Elinor, turning red and looking down at her dusty shoes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She takes her shoes off, sits on the sofa, and lets out a sigh. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"This kid will steal the shoes off your feet while you're running after him to get your purse back." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I was half way between waking and slumber in the dark corner of the stockade, shivering beneath my blanket—my shoes once again my own—my spirits ebbing with fatigue. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I am suddenly self-conscious in my prim blouse and modest skirt, my sensible shoes and churchy earrings. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Those kids simply wore the shoes when they went to clubs or cafes or walked the streets of downtown New York, and in so doing exposed other people to their fashion sense. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It still fits—one of the rare nice things I own that does—but I folded it up anyway, and put my favorite patent leather shoes in a bag. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Now I kick off my shoes and yank off the shirt. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, my big toe. If I wasn’t wearing shoes, they’d be amputating this toe sure as hell.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reality was decaying, dingy cities, where underfed people shuffled to and fro in leaky shoes, in patched-up nineteenth-century houses that smelt always of cabbage and bad lavatories. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Fast-food bags, gym bags, paper, shoes, and who knows what else. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

My mother was barefoot and I was wearing cheap flip-flops, my only shoes, which I had repaired with plastic bags fashioned into straps. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I packed the brushes Maxim had given me, a nightdress, my dressing-gown and slippers, and another dress too and a pair of shoes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I saw him out the window when he stopped and put on his shoes to show up proper at my door. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He might even get a new pair of shoes with the dollar he just won. That is, if this gentleman will give Ned his rightful winnings.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The woman headed straight for the big desk at the front, the heels of her shoes clicking on the tiled floor. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The wind makes her eyes water and buries their shoes in sand, hurls knots of dead grass from the curved ridges of one dune to another. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When we arrived at the cell, Brereton was fierce to the inmate: “Collect your bag! Put your shoes on! We’re leaving now!” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man who had been caught stealing shoes would get a hundred lashes. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I need tennis shoes” is how I end the scene. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Papi brushed his leather shoes and stuffed them inside a plaid zippered duffel bag. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Dad’s choir is in whatever white shirts, black pants, and black shoes everybody could find. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

When it was light enough to see he pulled on his shoes and rose and wrapped one of the blankets around him and walked out and stood looking at the road below. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

It had taught the black man to think if he had no shoes, and was hungry, “we gonna get shoes and milk and honey and fish fries in Heaven.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came to my house, Dante would place his shoes on the front porch before he came inside. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

My sister had the cleanest white tennis shoes of any eight year-old ever. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I reveled in the feel of the ground through my shoes, the taste of the air, the quiet hush of wind brushing through the spring wheat in the fields. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The girl would not wear her shoes in the hot weather. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I noticed she was wearing two entirely different shoes. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Dad was kicking off his shoes and loosening his tie. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As if I had never seen a pair of shoes until I came to America! How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

"What kind of shoes do you want, my Star?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A pair of her shoes was standing outside the door to be cleaned. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He had almost finished shining the shoes before I asked, “Is there something familiar about these shoes?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin was putting on his shoes in the school dormitory when his teacher came looking for him. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Her hands float on the surface of the sea, still clutching her shoes, as if they could lead her to a new place. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sweaty shoes do not care what those pages have on them. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Forget that she sometimes wore a diamond crown and that I’d flown to London on the presidential jet; we were just two tired ladies oppressed by our shoes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He cleared the crud from his vision just in time to see the boy run off, the rattraps clattering like castanets on the toes of his shoes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned, to my dismay, that the black Communists in my unit had commented upon my shined shoes, my clean shirt, and the tie I had worn. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were careful about their work, protecting Theresa’s shoes with lunch bags, folding her clothes so as to fill their father’s old black trunk with precision. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a library in there, tall stacks of rods, shirts, hats, pants, shoes and jackets, and tennis rackets and inflatable rafts lining the narrow aisles. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of girls hurried in his direction, their shoes squeaking against the light-gray tile. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Her shoes are off now, stockinged toes hooked over the lip of the coffee table. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I’ll ask you again: Was there a reason to ask this gentleman to remove his shoes?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We pressed the toes of our shoes against each other. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I picked up my toes-to-the-carpet shoes and hurled them at the window. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I sat down in the grass along the edge of the lane and took off my shoes. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The boy she had met wore strange-looking shoes and unfamiliar clothing. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He’s asleep, but he’s still got his shoes and glasses on. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

The winged shoes kept bucking up and down like tiny broncos. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

His toes, which peeked through leather slippers, seemed feminine, perhaps because they were so clean; they belonged to feet that always wore shoes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But tough meat had to be cut up for him, and he needed help with his high-top shoes. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But there wasn’t much I could do about it nowL so I just put the shoes on anyway. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there be Miss Skeeter in a red dress and red shoes, setting on my front steps like a bullhorn. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The brittle stems of flowers crunched under her shoes, and the heat coming off the scorched earth stung her eyes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

His shoes were black and white, long and narrow. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I shove my feet into my shoes and walk the hallways, shoelaces slapping the carpets. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Gitl had been working in the sorting shed, where mountains of clothes and shoes, mounds of books and toys and household goods from the suitcases and bags were divided up. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her house shoes slap against the floor as she takes the few steps toward me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Alex climbs onto the bed, sliding back to prop himself up on his elbows by the pillows, watching as Henry kicks off his shoes and regains his bearings. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her heart raced even faster than the patter of her shoes on the sidewalk. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Soon he had invested almost all his money in boots, half boots, and shoes, and had ordered them to be packed for the journey to Bourbon. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned over to tug at the laces of the wet, sandy cloth shoes, but Ess gave a cry. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

On her feet she wore her leather shoes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My hard-soled shoes slapped the tiled floor as I raced for the secret pocket doors. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly Alfred stuffed his sweatshirts, trunks, supporters, socks, his secondhand boxing shoes into a paper shopping bag. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s dressed in a perfectly tailored white collar shirt rolled up to his elbows and with two of the top buttons casually undone, a pair of lean, dark trousers, and deep scarlet oxford shoes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The cell door opened and the inmate stepped out backward, wearing socks but no shoes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have also received a tie, a white shirt, shoes, and an old belt. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

During the summer we went barefoot, except on Sunday, and we learned to resole our shoes when they “gave out,” as Momma used to say. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took Matt’s hand and said, “Let’s take the afternoon off, chico. The Alacrans can eat their shoes for dinner for all I care.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at my shoes, in case my eye goes berserk. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Would you like me in my shoes or out, when I stand against the wall?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It’s basically the bouncer at the door telling you, “We can’t let you in because of your friend Darren and his ugly shoes.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Grover fluttered with his flying shoes to the lowest bough of a tree, put his back to the trunk, and stared at the night sky. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Finally calming a bit, Johnson asked the men to put themselves in his shoes. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then I saw the note lying on top of my shoes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Do you want good shoes or don’t you? Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Marly’s hand trembled and the water spilled all down her front, over her shoes. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Too busy tripping over my feet, trying to get shoes on. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The cobbled street presses up irregularly against Marie-Laure’s shoes; the tip of her cane catches, vibrates, catches again. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I knew that he was trying to do me a favor, and a few days ago I would have jumped at the opportunity for free shoes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He barks and sniffs at all the shoes. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He remembered that he had to change shoes and retreated to a comer of the lobby, out of sight of receptionists and guards, to sit on the floor and pull on Eric’s brown Oxfords. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up and drank my tea and watched him take off his shoes and socks. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In his mind, she arrives at the door with a box of Nike shoes for him. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so because he always makes me take my shoes and stockings off.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog is big, like a man dressed in a dog suit, and runs the same way its owner does, clumsy and wild and with the limbs flopping all over the place like untied shoes. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two women were sniffling, and one man kept staring at his shoes, as though he was waiting for them to untie themselves. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Ammu felt a sudden clutch of love for her reserved, dignified little son in his beige and pointy shoes, who had just completed his first adult assignment. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a contest to see who could throw their tennis shoes the farthest. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Stella scurried over to help, delightfully aware of the clatter of her shoes on the hardwood floor. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Once, leaving mass, I was thinking so hard that I forgot my shoes, which because they were too tight, I had left under my pew. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t say anything, just put the towel down on her bed and climbed up and sat down cross-legged beside it, dropping her shoes neatly to the floor. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Salva’s shoes stood no chance against the hot stony desert ground. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on the curb with my shoes in the gutter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She picked up my platform shoes and I got up. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, I cleaned off my shoes with the towel Coach Fortes found me, got dressed, and headed to geometry. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I found the edge of the bed in the dark and sat down on it and started putting on my shoes. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I remember watching other Catholics, girls in their Communion dresses and boys in their spit-shined shoes, walking down the street below our apartment, their mothers pushing prams and fathers strolling along beside. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

No one took from the bodies under the newspapers, as there were no clothes left to take, no shoes, only rags. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

One midnight she decided, up in the sweltering loft, I am going to survive—and the next midnight she was in the swamp, tracking after the moon in stolen shoes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I know but try to put yourself in her shoes. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Sen wore shoes; Eliot noticed several pairs lined on the shelves of a small bookcase by the front door. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I cringed when it sniffed at my shoes, then Zaman’s, and scurried through the open door. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I lay for a few minutes, finding patterns in the ceiling, then put on my shoes and run my fingers through my hair to flatten it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The modern shoes seemed strange with their old-fashioned clothes. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The little girls wore pretty dresses and shiny black shoes and ribbons in their hair. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Squeaking chairs and. shuffling shoes broke the anxious silence. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Dog owners out for a stroll would continuously pass by, pulling on leashes and calling out commands to keep their animals from scurrying under the tables and sniffing the ankles and shoes of the players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

One morning, my roommate and I were in our tight five-by-eight room, sitting on our respective wooden chairs, shining our shoes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

At some point in the rise of Hush Puppies, the shoes were discovered by Connectors, who broadcast the return of Hush Puppies far and wide. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re not throwing our tennis shoes around, Dad. We're playing a game. It’s the common man’s version of throwing the javelin. And we’re seeing who can throw his shoe the farthest.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

In Oklahoma, when people from church come to our apartment, they don’t ask if they should take their shoes off. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Even her feet were small; her shoes looked like they were less than half a toadstool long. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I found a pair of shoes and I went downstairs. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

One of them says, “Man, Mercedes’s breath smells worse than your shoes!” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Once I knew the place was clear of cops, I pulled the silver shoes out and slipped them on my feet, lacing them up tight. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

One of my shoes had a rip in the heel and every time I took a step it looked like my shoe was opening its mouth to say something. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

None of the girls at school would own leather shoes, purple coats, or plaid skirts, so she wouldn’t fit in the way she liked to do. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And look at these shoes they making now, she say. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I feel more confident when I’m looking at the floor or my shoes or far away at the rain clouds. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She had never curled onto her back like this, lifting her feet to take off her shoes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He docs as he’s told, kicking off his shoes and lying back on the bed, docile as a sick child. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore box-toed shoes and Duchess trousers and his wide square coat came almost to his knees. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought longingly of the black shoes on the beach. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Without putting on her shoes Portia stood at the table and carefully began to pick over the greens. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“What about Supreme? And those shoes didn’t give birth to you. Look at me when I’m talking to you.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The laces in her clunky shoes match her dress—Millie’s idea, of course. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

All along I was sure he had a job, Mam told me he did, and I thought there would be no shortage of food and shoes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile she remained slumped sideways in her desk, her legs with the blue knee socks shoved out, revealing the worn heels of her shoes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I slip my feet into my shoes, slapping at the mosquitoes that have already whizzed into the tent. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s going to happen all over New York pretty soon. The wetter the city gets, the more people’ll need nice dry shoes. Hey, it’s a family. Look at that: Daddy, Mommy, and baby.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Those without shoes were the first to fall behind and die. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kate threw on her shoes, fastened her bucket to her belt. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I tie my shoes in a hurry, pull on a jacket, and sprint out of the room, catching up to the line of initiates quickly, conforming my pace to theirs. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Bill was still sleeping, so I dressed, put on my shoes outside in the hall, and went down-stairs. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Just...just getting medicine for my brother,” Stella replied, looking down at her shoes. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“At least for us. They send new ones in the Box every so often. If we had bad shoes, we’d have feet that look like freaking Mars.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Over a limb of an-other, someone’s tennis shoes dangle with the laces knotted. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Like all of us, his shoes came from the Sears, Roebuck catalog. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip off my well-worn boots, tuck them carefully in one corner, and then try on the new shoes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pulled on his shoes and walked out to the edge of the trees. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Lord, boy. You look like you fell off a horse. Where are your shoes?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The next day, even as he pondered the question, he ran into Old Chao, who raised an eyebrow at his shoes — or so Ralph was convinced. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least, that's what Lloyd, the older boy that used to cobble shoes back at Rose Hill, told me they looked like. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

On the way out of the assembly, he took the shoes. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jake brushed the dirt from the soles of his feet and put on his shoes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And as her mother continued to sing her praises, Ashima, unable to resist a sudden and overwhelming urge, stepped into the shoes at her feet. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were thinking, New shoes, Thomas Garrett, Quaker, Wilmington—what foolishness was this? Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over our first few days we would learn how to shine our shoes using Kiwi black shoe polish, a cotton rag, and a pretty disgusting amount of saliva. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

First a tall boy dressed in a linen suit and gilded shoes entered the room with a sack in his arms. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I excused myself and walked over to the kite stand, my shoes squishing on the wet grass. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The change bell rang and I was still cleaning off my shoes. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My shoes made a sharp clip, clip across the creaking floor, which sounded important and made me smile. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He sat down, took off his shoes and socks, stuffed the socks in his pocket, and rolled up his pants. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank Volkheimer emerges from the shadows, dragging a tattered and skeletal man in mismatched shoes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

How many kids are we talking about who began wearing the shoes in downtown Manhattan? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom led us up the wide stone steps to the temple, and showed us where to slip our shoes and socks off. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I’ll get you a pair of shoes,” he said, then paused, rubbing her arm. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The foamy soles of her white nurse shoes made a sticky sound on the linoleum as she walked over to the table. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I just hiked my pants up and let my shoes do the talking. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

There, in the middle of the path, was a pair of shoes. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She buttons my sleeves, and when she leans down to retie each of my black shoes, a mildewy smell rises from her bonnet. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh my goodness, honey bunch. Are you ever going to wear shoes?” she asks, shaking her head. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Anh’s patent leather shoes shone in the sun as she practically skipped through the doorway. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

When I met her, we were wearing the same shoes! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Tally turned away, unlacing her grippy shoes as she collected herself. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The girls, in loose skirts and clunky shoes. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They buy shoes and go to the movies. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

"I picked them up in a secondhand shop on my way home yesterday," he says, handing me my shoes first. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The brambles would tear off my shoes and the rocks cut my feet and fingers, but I would keep climbing, eyes upward to follow the bird. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore an off-white dress so long it covered her shoes. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She arrived, changing out her too-tight shoes for the slippery house shoes. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

‘Ten dollars a week would buy about fifteen fried chickens. Or five pairs of shoes or five dresses. Or installments on a radio.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I run back into my bedroom and dig through my shoes to get to a cardboard box. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He leaves his clothes and shoes strewn in the living room, empty beer cans on the front lawn. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Our footsteps in the long corridors echoed so loudly I wondered if our shoes were amped up. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Lola includes all kinds of things: big coffee tins, mass quantities of toothpaste, shoes, clothes, and lipstick in pretty shades for all the aunties there. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

When I am grown my mother will still have my shoes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still made sure to switch back and forth between my two pairs of nonsneaker shoes every day so I wouldn't wear down the soles too quickly. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But these are the only shoes I have. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on the top porch step, put his shoes on, shivered, and then set off down Parker Head for Mrs. Cobb’s house. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Real women's clothes--silk stockings, high-heeled shoes, brassiere, and one of those corsets with the straps hanging down and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Not easy to walk in women’s shoes over rubble, boys.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sí, she would buy another dress and shoes to wear to church as soon as she could. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

"Your shoes weren't burned, so at least you won't need to go barefoot to the queen." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We all shook our feet in de light at our new shoes and looked at one another’s hair ribbons, white socks, and especially our tin or plastic necklaces and rings. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

That was the last time he had tried to talk to Monique about anything more complicated than homework or shoes or mashed potatoes. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His clothes and even his shoes had that chemical stink. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Full of nervous energy, Doha hurried to slip on his shoes and wait for his sister at the front gate. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I imagined her donning big Jackie O glasses, a silk print scarf, white tennis shoes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, when the weather is good they go backpacking all the time — even the doctor. They’re all real outdoorsy,” she told me quietly, examining her shoes, too. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to say which is worse, seeing it run out and waste the water, or seeing it hold in and wreck the shoes.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he looked at his watch he remembered that before setting out he should polish his shoes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They wore little blue suits with snap-on bow ties, and their Sunday shoes made a terrific racket on the floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’d changed into my sneakers too quickly today and hadn’t yet tied my shoes. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I packed everything. You’ve got your toothbrush, underwear, shoes, and all your clothes.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He was in the chair one night, having a friendly argument with the drummer, Sonny Greer, who was standing there, when I tapped the bottom of his shoes to signal that I was finished. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet that sonofabitch rakes off a million bucks in graft a year. Boy, if I was in his shoes for just one day I’d never have to worry again.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

On her feet were sensible, wide, flat shoes. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing his navy tweed blazer and shiny, polished shoes. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The air was stiff, like the time Fig had chewed up the laces of every pair of Dad’s shoes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

From an early age they look different, move differently, they can’t find shoes or gloves that fit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, everybody. They’ll match my shoes to the prints, you know they will. And then it’s... Why are you both shaking your heads?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And Sunny crawled around solemnly biting each of Edgar and Albert’s shoes, leaving small teeth marks in each one so she would not be forgotten. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I heard Danny’s capped shoes in the apartment hallway outside the study. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She spent the day under Mack’s bed happily eating up his shoes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fastened the stockings and admired the fine, double-soled shoes and their good fit. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I have never been this close to his shoes before. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t, he said, the kind to kick off his shoes and sit by the stove. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

One important fact about Dante: he didn’t like wearing shoes. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Look, Ess,” she said, brushing at the pile of sand until she uncovered the very small shoes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Yoren had plucked some from the streets with promises of food for their bellies and shoes for their feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The faithful tennis shoes and I make a dash for it. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

She decided to change her shoes because they didn’t match her dress, and left to catch her bus. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our shoes tapped against the linoleum floor, and the fluorescent lights above us were so bright. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The last thing she put on were her own leather sandals; his tennis shoes were too big for her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Heavens above,” she murmured, taking off her shoes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s just hard to take a guy seriously when he talks about his family pulling themselves up by their bootstraps while he’s wearing his own five-hundred-dollar pair of shoes. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for bringing these back. They’re the only shoes I brought.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They dressed me in my black velvet First Communion suit with the white frilly shirt, the short pants, the white stockings, the black patent leather shoes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Last they have me try on a pair of formal shoes that I can wear with my talent dress and evening gown. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Alex slipped off his shoes and, carrying them in his hand, hurried down. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He always wore sharp suits, and my mom would always talk about how nice his shoes were. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I notice he’s not wearing socks and his shoes are really shiny. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

My legs felt warm and wet and my shoes were wet and warm inside. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She was dressed up for a job interview—her best blue dress and high-heeled shoes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She had a pair of running shoes in her bag. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

This particular girl never wore shoes, and like Hanako, she seemed to own only two skirts. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The uniform was an ugly mustard shirt with a chocolate-colored skirt and brown shoes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

And another one of a little girl in a pink party dress and black shiny shoes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She ran to the car in bare feet, still holding her shoes. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She did not expect to see a ring of candles with her mother’s braid and red dancing shoes at the center. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bleachers in this moment were ruled by virgin shoes and wool socks fresh from cellophane. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exhausted, his feet clotted with pain, he sat down at the curbside to take off his shoes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dad’s sister, Aunt Anne, was an ample Victorian who wore full, sweeping skirts and high ground-gripper shoes. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run back to John Mark’s office, grab my ball and shoes, and hurry back out to the lanes. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The snow was knee-deep, and most of the kids weren’t wearing anything beyond their paper-thin uniforms—most of them hadn’t even remembered to put on their shoes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs, wet shoes squeaking against the floor, and shut the door to my room. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I guess he could see for himself what happened to Lolo’s shoes and how he had wandered off. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I may not know how Scout’s overalls feel but I think I know how Snow White’s shoes feel because now I know why Snow White was happy. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s left with a box of shoes and a plastic bag of bicycle bells. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I'm wearing my clothes from last night, though someone has removed my shoes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Ma’am sounded to me like an older woman with a proper purse, good posture, and sensible shoes who was maybe sitting somewhere nearby. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Try to take it back to the man who sold him the shoes? Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore no coat, no shoes, nothing but jeans, an old pair I’d left behind, and one of my worn T-shirts. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Grinning, Cole pulled on his tennis shoes and gloves, and picked up his hammer. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When Nigro introduced Bobby to writer Murray Shumach of The New York Times, the boy shied away and just looked down at his shoes. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dorcas, at sixteen, has yet to wear silk hose and her shoes are those of someone much younger or very old. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was getting late and Papá had not changed his pants and shoes. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

His black gown clings, his shoes have been ruined. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was transported to a world where men wore shiny shoes, kids tap-danced, and ladies were called dames. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that day, each morning he’d find a handsome new pair of shoes on his workbench. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Why, Diana,” he said, “come in. You must be freezing in that thin blouse and skirt. And look at your feet. Where are your shoes?” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“A little more practice,” Mr. Ballard said, “and you’ll be a better thrower than President LBJ ever hoped to be. You come by anytime, okay? The shoes will always be waiting for you.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He plowed across the tissue paper battlefield, his shoes collecting colorful scraps. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I pulled on my warm-ups and slipped my feet into my running shoes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Some came limping in with their shoes and sore feet from walking. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The black tips of their shoes poked out from under their cuffs like the snouts of wily animals. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I shake away the thought and take a navy skirt, black dress shoes and a light blue blouse with a pattern of blossoms on it. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The smell of shoes lifted straight from their boxes filled Ben’s nostrils. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The curtains drawn, shoes taken down to be cleaned, the towel laid out on the chair in the bathroom and the water run for my bath. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Jack Ketch darted forward, his polished black shoes almost soundless on the leaf-mold. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He had on a red T-shirt under a sport coat and wore blue-and-yellow track shoes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He let Big Henryk squawk some more, then said to him, “Are you going to wear the shoes?” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It means we’ve gotten to the point that we need shoes that someone decided to give away. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I stepped out of my panties, socks, and patent-leather shoes and ran into the shower. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it; I understand,” she said while looking at her shoes like they were the most fascinating things in the world. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Girls moved around in football huddles, the way they always do, wearing lots of makeup and spaghetti-strap tops and brightly colored pants and shoes that looked like torture devices. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I nod, though she can’t see me, and we keep moving, the flashlight beam bouncing, our shoes scraping, the moldy air rushing toward us from whatever is on the other end. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Until then, I had not seen the factory-outlet stores in the open country selling shoes and clothes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought of her father wearing a fresh dicky and collar every day of his life and shining his worn shoes as often as twice a day. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

For migrant children, there are few options: shining shoes, selling gum or candy on the sidewalk, or washing cars. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She took in his patent-leather shoes and his gold pinkie ring. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I could hear the caps of his shoes clearly against the stone of the stairway, and then against the cement pavement of the sidewalk. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We had no medicine or speed balls, no proper boxing trunks or shoes, and no mouth guards. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I plopped it into the toe of one of Gay’s favorite shoes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

While I’m not sure taking off your shoes in a strange hotel room and swallowing too many sleeping pills is what I would call dying valiantly and with acclamation, it’s the thought that counts. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He stared deeply into the gloss on the shoes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fully awake and on fire with puzzlement, Lyra nodded and slipped her bare feet into the shoes Mrs. Lonsdale put down for her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Papa Georges hates having shoes in the house.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I walked him to the door, then stood there listening to the tapping of his metal-capped shoes on the hallway floor. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

For a few moments they scuffled on the tile, their shoes leaving streaks on the cabinet doors, and then Trip got Moody into a headlock and the fight was over. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

McCormick opened his backpack and fished out rubber gloves, a paper surgical gown, a paper surgical mask, and paper boots to cover his shoes, to keep them from becoming wet with blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went back to see, and I heard her tell Maman how it was, a desolation of lost shoes and hats, of blood, of burned ballots floating in the breeze, sticking in the blood. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

That even if his father hadn’t taught him himself, some crotchety old nanny had waxed poetic on the value of tucking your shirt in, polishing your shoes, and combing your hair. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When he did, I saw the holes in the bottoms of his shoes. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I can hear his shoes clipping on the stones, and I can tell he's trying to walk slowly enough to buy me a few extra seconds. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was standing in his bare feet, his shoes and socks having flown off during his wild ride. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The women stayed at home and made shoes and mended clothes, if they were thrifty, and thought of preparations for the feast of the New Year. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

They felt like someone sneaking down a hallway in the middle of the night, carrying their shoes in their hand—leaving without saying good-bye. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

They gave her a shift of grey roughspun wool and a pair of ill-fitting shoes, and sent her off. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Blood was pulsing strongly from the stumps where his fingers had been, and his jeans and shoes were sodden already. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One ... two ... three ...” We heard their shoes strike the hard wood. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door to his bedroom opened and Albert appeared, wearing a faded black tuxedo and shiny black shoes. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

At home that evening, I took off my shoes outside and dumped out the water. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d hit him with her fists, or whatever she had close: shoes, chairs, sticks. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Have I got the right shoes on, you wonder frantically, and bloody hell, where did I leave my two million francs? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

We’re running around outside the motel, wearing nothing but our worn-out summer shoes, with our bare hands outstretched to the falling snowflakes, our heads thrown back, our mouths open, eating snow. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the shoes lightly taps my left boot for what I realize must be the second time. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Yeah you did, butthead. The shoes! He was trying to take Mohawk Man’s shoes!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I cleaned his shoes and mine as best I could with my handkerchief. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mourners removed their shoes at the door, nodded at acquaintances as they crossed the room, and sat on folding chairs arranged along the walls. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“He en’t pleased at all. I wouldn’t be in your shoes, not for money I wouldn’t.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Sissy trotted along beside him on her tiny high-heeled shoes and cast a spell over him with her soft fluttering voice. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Booth isn’t wearing a boot on his injured leg, and his foot and ankle are in pain and quite cold from walking on swampy ground in the thin shoes he took from Mudd. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

She shoved her feet into Naomi’s shoes, pushed out of the closet, and clomped across the cafeteria. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She noticed that the child removed her shoes and stockings and washed her feet carefully. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And you go over to Doña Carmen's and tell her to call Don Victor and tell him to come right over and pick up his tennis shoes. Tennis shoes, you hear?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my shoes and the rest of my clothes and boarding pass in a bundle under one arm and walked out from behind the screen. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you care to smell?” he asked, holding the shoes toward me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But, boy oh boy, let me tell you, they all have shoes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a flowered dress and pink plastic shoes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doris always says that the worst thing ever is a man dressed up in a sharp suit, wearing dirty shoes. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Before she even closed the front door, she kicked her shoes across the living room floor. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

And she could in her sorrow see that Samuel had a clean white shirt and that his black broadcloth was brushed and free of spots and his shoes blacked. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His needs were obscure to me, and what I could perceive of them seemed to me ridiculous, laughable, like a fetish for lace-up shoes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I left my shoes by the front door and noticed how tidy Baba had kept everything. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She watched the girl in the book step inside, trembling, her wet shoes leaving mud and bits of grass on the carpets. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He had to buy shoes one size smaller, shorten his trousers, and have a tuck taken in his shirtsleeves. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not work in the yard, help in the house, wash cars, shine shoes, or anything. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Books, papers, shoes, football helmets, baseball bats, dolls, trucks, bicycles, musical instruments, lay everywhere and were used by everyone. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve both removed our shoes, and the shoreline is cool and coarse. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the doorway Mom slips off her sandals and I fling my flip-flops onto a mountain of shoes. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, from the school bus windows, she would see other wild girls on the edges of the cornfields, running without shoes, hair unkempt. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Getting ready meant scrubbed hands and face, shined shoes, clean clothes, combed hair. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet when I looked at Morrie, I wondered if I were in his shoes, about to die, and I had no family, no children, would the emptiness be unbearable? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boys are crowded around, so that all you can see is them purple shoes of hers and that tight, black designer skirt. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine, Miss,” he mumbled, looking at his shoes. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

After Johnny Cakes bought me new shoes, I stopped by Too Bad’s to play marbles. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had my shoes and book bag in his other hand. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes I hear footsteps on the stairs, and Tobias comes into the room, slipping off his shoes by the doorway. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I learned how to lash together makeshift shoes out of rags. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I dropped down on my knees to see what kind of shoes the Amish girls were wearing. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want me to take off your shoes?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Roza turns on some charm and persuades her to buy a pair of shoes, too. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Master was at the dining table, finishing up breakfast, and would come in any minute now to pull on his socks and shoes and take the files on the shelf and leave for work. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But I have to admit that there’s something kind of awesome about soccer calves and scuffed tennis shoes coming out of pleated cheerleading skirts. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

One sock was lying beside her shoes and she discovered its mate on her foot. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Her head was half bent to watch her shoes stir the circling leaves. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

And his shoes were something out of a social studies project on the pioneer days. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

So I got two six-pound little ones, because they would look like a pair of shoes wrapped up. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has been a long time since I have worn shoes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d taken his belt and tie as well as his shoes and he looked a little like he was in his pajamas. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I take off my shoes and pull off my hat, and I walk all the way back home because for once I’ve worn myself out. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She felt the soles of her tennis shoes slipping, and eased herself down so that she straddled the peak of the roof. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I should be crushed that less than a month into my junior year of high school, my latest girlfriend kicked me to the curb like a pair of too-small shoes. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

No shoes sat on the rug by the door. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a blue shirt and suntans and white socks and black shoes. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mordred wore his ridiculous shoes contemptuously: they were a satire on himself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alfred shook his head and lowered his eyes to Lou's shoes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wore jeans, a large gray T-shirt, and steel-toed boots; the other girls wore black leotards and sheer, shimmering skirts, white tights and tiny ballet shoes the color of taffy. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He put on his shoes that let him travel through the sky, and he went to Svartalfheim, where the dwarfs have their workshops. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“And I hate these shoes! And this miserable dress! I don’t care if it’s Eyllwe silk and I’m supposed to be representing my kingdom—the material’s been itching me ever since I put it on!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My mother wore a silk robe and western shoes with big heels, and she rode home carried in a sedan chair. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It contains my clothes and a spare pair of shoes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I look down at my shoes on that one. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were far better than tie shoes, that was certain. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“She doesn’t need to. Everyone just slides around in their shoes. Let’s go on Sunday, after church. The roads will be clear by then, but the marsh should still be frozen.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Men and women moved with high tiptoe leaps as though speed and posture might keep the snow from their shoes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is better to be a shoeshine for people who don’t wear shoes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, he had made sturdy boots and shoes for us while working with the two Siberian women. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I slip Mama Ya-Ya’s black clodhopper shoes off her tiny feet. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

We leave our shoes in the foyer, and I look around, finding myself wishing Anastasia could see this. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

How did you get new shoes in the Smoke? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then he sat down on the steps and slipped his shoes on. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think we’re going to have anything to match that outfit,” Selena said as we walked to a wall of cubbies full of shoes that reminded me of a bowling alley. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The students cheered and triumphantly threw the mutilated shoes into the air. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kicked off my shoes and stuffed them into Abbey’s backpack. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

On his feet were cheap, low-cut civilian shoes which he had bought for his father’s funeral. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reckoned up what a braid and a pair of shoes had cost her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

C.P. sat on the edge of his bed unlacing his shoes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Major Major’s father was a towering, gaunt man in heavy shoes and a black woolen suit. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Self-conscious, as always, I sat down on my sleeping bag and slipped off my shoes and socks. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I wish I were in your shoes. College is the best time of life. I hope you’re ready for all the girls.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Adam wiped off his shoes and dropped the cloth on the floor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His shoes, as he worked them off, slurped loudly. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crouched over the flames for a long time, then practically burnt the soles off his shoes warming his feet. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it was shoes for running, with cushioned soles and breathing holes, and stars of fluorescent fabric that reflected light in the darkness. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right there she knew she must decide on whether to get to Virginia or settle in a town where she would probably have to wear shoes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the sound of squishing shoes and a strange, rapid little clicking sound, the boys awoke to see Kate giving their radiator a bear hug, her teeth chattering furiously, her clothes dripping water. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Wearing a long-sleeved white shirt, blue jeans, and brown shoes, she looked— impossibly—even more striking than when he’d seen her in the coma. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

At home that night, Mom cleaned out a suitcase she’d used for her collection of dancing shoes, and I filled it with my clothes and my bound copies of The Maroon Wave. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, a photographer caught her without her shoes. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I said a cuss word in class,” I say, staring at my shoes. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

How would you do that, wear shoes without a mark on them? Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I take them quickly, my heart racing, my leather shoes soft on the stone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The men descended on the large shoe store next to the city hall, shouting as they threw hundreds of pairs of shoes into the street. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I will take off my shirt and my shoes when they try to board me. I will seek asylum,” he told Obinze. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The bed was made, the clothes that hung on a post were ironed, the shoes were properly lined on a rack, and the brown tile floor was shiny. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Ben tied and untied his shoes without a single recollection of having done so. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he rolled up the long sleeves, pulled up the baggy pants, and laboriously climbed back up on the wooden sea horse, “These shoes are going to fly off my feet!” he complained. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He ran back to catch up with Ned, who was also dressed in dripping shorts and holding only his shoes. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Gusty looks down at himself, his shoes covered in grass clippings. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

With Hush Puppies as well, perhaps the shoes caught the attention of Connectors precisely because they weren’t part of any self-conscious, commercial fashion trend. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time she would bring her own ballet shoes. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Sea foam, gray in the darkness, runs over our shoes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Everything she wore was white, including her shoes. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“So everyone is scared to get in the water, and suddenly you kick off your shoes, Amir agha, and take off your shirt. ‘There’s no monster,’ you say. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hair uncombed, dresses falling apart, shoes untied and caked with dirt. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip off my shoes and walk the ocean’s edge, the way I used to with Lolo. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Ernie stayed scowling, and Grandma moved to the shoes and jeans, telling Genie to start matching the socks. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And she went after him in ill-considered shoes, brave and completely unprepared. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Good. You can start by giving me them designer shoes and that three-hundred-dollar watch you got on.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Or to get something I really want, like a pet goat or a pair of shoes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crudely drawn Olive Oyl lies on a bed with her legs open, naked but for her shoes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The jumper had landed funny, his body twisted around, and Kevin was finding it difficult to pull his shoes off. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I slipped my feet into my school shoes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He reached over and unlaced my tennis shoes as he talked. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

When I had her carefully wrapped up I put my shoes on her feet and then began very gently to wake her. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He rose and let the blanket fall to the sand and then stripped out of his coat and out of his shoes and clothes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She pictures her son working in a crisp shirt and shiny shoes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Looks like she drew the line at wearing shoes, too.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Why would anyone wear shoes on the Cape? It’s like wearing a wet suit in the bathtub.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“For bowling? Yeah. You have to have special shoes.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

There was no choice—he stepped into the water, shoes, jacket and all. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Because she went barefooted, the soles of her feet were calloused, but the toes were straight, never having known the pinch of new shoes or any kind of foot covering. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bottoms of his pants legs were wet, and mud clung to his shoes and smeared his hands. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m calling to ask you to FedEx me a new pair of running shoes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her shoes dragged on the ground like her feet were too heavy to lift properly. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Each identity has been projected onto me and fits oddly at first, like a pair of shoes you have to break in before they’re comfortable. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Alex took a deep breath, then pulled off the woman’s shoes. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You know, wearing shoes is an unnatural act. That’s my basic premise.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I shove my feet into shoes and sprint, wincing, behind Christina on the way to the train. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He had kicked off his tennis shoes but still had on his white tube socks, and she found this oddly endearing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So I picked the top crust off and ate that first while I stirred my finger around trying to find the shoes and flies. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not looking too blooming in her new brown kid shoes with two buttons—the idea! Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Yet amidst all that, life has spit in the eye of death. We must find her some shoes.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They offer advice on subjects ranging from relationships and finance to travel and shoes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My shoes squeak loud when I walk, and my fingers are all wrinkled. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I hope that my first tennis shoes, stolen by thugs, somehow got this far. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Go upstairs if you’d like. Look around, but leave the shoes on the stairwell.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I was just a dude who needed some new shoes to run in. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He cannot find the shoes she asks for, but he finds a pair of men’s loafers in a closet and helps her put them on. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe the teachers were too terrified to insist that this kid wear shoes, or maybe he just didn’t have any. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then Howard broke through that frozen curtain of time by grabbing his shoes and heading off up the path toward his house, leaving me standing there ashamed and heavyhearted. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A few days later, Mother drove me forty miles to a small shop whose shelves were lined with exotic shoes and strange acrylic costumes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My mother has put the clothes and shoes into boxes, stored against hard times. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big deal, thought Matt, scuffing his shoes along a newly laid stretch of white carpet. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing these real nice shoes made of leather, I think they’re called penny loafers, and they don’t have a speck of dirt on them. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Rachel says yes, and Lucy says yes, and yes I say, these are the best shoes. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she walked to the table, her cloth shoes making no sound on the cold stone floor, her pulse quickened with curiosity. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He does not stand at the altar; he paces up and down the church aisle’s pink floors in his white robe, which he wears with broken-down tennis shoes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

In the first days the feet always had shoes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Any hotter, and my shoes’ guttapercha soles might melt to the floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“All right now, pull off his shoes and get his feet close to the pit.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I had got no further when I heard the scrum of shoes upon the floorboards of the kitchen. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They purchased some new pants, shirts, underwear, socks, and shoes, leaving their dirty and sandy clothes behind in their dressing rooms. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He threw a black trash bag at me and said, “Come on. Put on your shoes.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, I wore my shoes to pasture the cow and sheep. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went and got my clothes for school the next day and put ’em in a tote sack ’long with my school shoes and schoolbooks. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I let the subject drop as Jessica returned to show us the rhinestone jewelry she’d found to match her silver shoes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was glad Zero put the shoes on the parked car. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I stand in front of a mirror looking at my dress and my first shoes with a heel on them. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I peel off my shoes and socks and sit at its edge. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was nearly dark and the street was deserted, no cars or people, and Linda wore a pink dress and shiny black shoes. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I was proud of my family, with our ragged shoes and stringy hair; we were still kings among men. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I imagine her campaign merchandise strewn across the floor of the cafeteria and kids stepping on it in their fancy shoes. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t smell the blood on their shoes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I put my feet down in a puddle of rainwater, then realized my shoes were still sitting on the floor beneath the backseat, where I’d left them. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The hem of her dress drips; her shoes squelch out water; to both sides rise sheer walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Bridge stepped out of her damp shoes, got a banana from the kitchen counter, walked to the couch, and dangled it in front of his face. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I knew everyone would be wearing new clothes, new shoes, and have new haircuts. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Cloth was getting scarce, and leather, because the Continental troops needed them for clothing and shoes. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snow has stopped falling now, but enough has collected on the ground that it squeaks under my shoes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We were surrounded by silence and when we started to move towards the boat, you could hear the squelch under our shoes. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got into my blue pants, white shirt, blue tie, black socks, and black shoes and went down to the kitchen. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they chop them off and the shoes keep dancing by themselves, her feet still inside them. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

As soon as he disappeared from the window, she slipped off the bed like that stupid cat and put her bra and shoes on in the dark. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“The shoes were not my first choice,” he told Cora, “but the dress suits you.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“It was so damp, the mold complained. Several people dissolved. Just melted away in the street. Left nothing behind but soggy pairs of shoes.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He walked slowly, brushing the snow off and shaking it from his shoes now and again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

His clothing in tatters, his shoes cracked, the old knapsack on his shoulder his only luggage, he looked like a beggar, but his bearing had a dignity that was in frank contradiction to his appearance. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He says he will turn his back, and does so, and I take off my shoes and stockings and my cotton underpants and slide the feathers on, under the tent of my dress. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mud got on my shoes and splashed up my legs, making my skin itchy and uncomfortable. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Still suspicious, Crow slipped the innersoles into her shoes and tried walking. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could go at a full sprint in high heels, but if she really wanted to come after me she had this thing where she’d kick her shoes off while still going at top speed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The store clerk who wouldn’t let Kay try on shoes because she didn’t have a silly piece of cardboard. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They wore scratchy prison uniforms, including one-size-fits-all shoes with interchangeable right and left feet. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The tide reaches his shoes, picks one of them up, carries it a few feet toward Mong and sets it down. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I walked to the dump, just a block or so from our house, wrinkling my nose as I got close, swatting away flies, and making sure I didn’t step on anything in my nice shoes. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We freeze, and then Max drops to the floor and slides beneath the bed, taking his shoes with him. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’m trying out some good old-fashioned Bloch pointe shoes this time. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She didn’t have food or shoes or even a pair of underwear, but she had English. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I wait until I’m down the hill to take off my shoes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Taking a deep breath, I gripped the tree tighter and wrenched my gaze away from her saddle shoes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hanging on the cross and sporting shoes, sir. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Kevin brought him a ladder so he could climb all the way to the top to look for shoes and watches. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I have not been able to find my shoes.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They were coming in slowly and hesitantly, as though the owners of those shoes were frightened of entering. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

In a scramble in a women’s shoe store, somehow he’d grabbed five shoes, all of them for left feet! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked upstream together until he found his shoes. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

But I decided to save my riales for my first pair of shoes, because my bare feet looked ugly next to all my classmates’ shoes and boots. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my Vans off and set them in the corner next to Sohrab’s slender shoes. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He is wearing a deerskin mantle, and also slops and shoes. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“O.K., Kenny,” I said to myself, “you know you’re going to be all right. Just get real calm and swim back to the land. When you count to three just go back to your shoes.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked slowly through the bustling crowd, looking closely at people’s pants and shoes. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Alice took out her tap shoes to show her, so it must be girl talk. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turned, and there he was in the night sky, flying in from twelve o’clock with his winged shoes fluttering, Grover, holding a tree branch the size of a baseball bat. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to hike, and she was definitely wearing the wrong shoes for it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her thick shoes shushed her through the grass toward us at a surprising clip. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing jet earrings, patent-leather shoes, a natty, closely cut black velvet suit. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We’d skateboard to the park, and he’d take his tennis shoes off and rub his feet on the grass like he was wiping something off of them. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Snake took us to Miss Mary's house to collect our blankets and too-small shoes but nothing else. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the sneakers were his favorite shoes ever—and he considered them lucky. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Mr. Curtain shot forward in his chair—Sticky nearly jumped out of his shoes—and screeched to a stop with his face inches away. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother liked the shoes she sent, tasseled and tapering, the kind she could wear to church. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When I got to the front door, I double-checked my shoes. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Pa, why the shoes? Why are they bad?” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The shoes always tell the story,” said the shoe poet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She can’t tell if Terry’s outfit is a uniform or if it’s just so boring that it looks like one: black pants, clunky black shoes with rubber soles, a matronly peach-colored T-shirt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I put my shoes on, over my stockings and my peeled feet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I get up and put on my shoes and curse myself for wanting to leave in the first place. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benji grabbed an armful of shoes and handed them to a guy with a name tag that read MIKE. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

We tromped off to church in the same old shoes and dresses we’d worn all the other African Sundays so far. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a nickel, they had their new leather shoes shined and gave their old ones away to the shoe shiner. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

They felt amazing, almost like I didn't have any shoes on at all. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The sand was thick over his black shoes and the heat hit him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I yank my dress over my head, kick my shoes away, and speed walk on my toes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Wait. It’s slippery. Our shoes will slide,” shouted the shoemaker. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

At the start of school, he was given a black uniform: pants, shirt, an undershirt, and a pair of shoes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I’m still waiting on Daddy to buy me pants and a belt, and shoes that ain’t worn through the soles, so I can look like the boys here in the North. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

She herself I noticed had not taken off either her wig or her gloves or her shoes. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I had to leave them up there. Waste of good shoes. So how do we get down?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Coupons are needed for everything, from flour to shoes, and yet the Nazis continue to press for war donations—more woolen clothing for the soldiers and German marks to buy cannons, tanks, and airplanes. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

We boys and common men abandoned our shoes, stockings, doublets and slops weeks ago. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Annie and I checked our bags and took off our shoes to pass through the security line. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang and we stood up, I noticed for the first time Quentin’s worn, faded shirt, thin at the elbows, and his patched cotton pants and his scuffed, ankle-high shoes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He always wore a starched clean shirt, and there was never a spot of mud on his shoes. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Rondell stared at his shoes for a little and then he looked up at me and said: “I don’t think it’s right neither.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

And she had on high- heeled shoes that made her wobble back and forth when she walked. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had taken off her new shoes and was walking carefully along the side of the road. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mary Alice’s forehead was greasy now, and we were both down on all fours, pawing through strange old dresses and funny shoes. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Under their shoes, the paving stones were moving—spiky plant tendrils were pushing up from the cracks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mother didn’t even kick off her shoes, just rushed to the kitchen and began shuffling pans to fix a real dinner. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I listened to the sound it made scraping under our shoes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Shined shoes, shoed shines," it rang in my head. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They measure trips not in days but in shoes lost, beatings taken, belongings robbed. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

They ripped up her clothes and shoes and broke her combs, grinding them underfoot. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to run in regular tennis shoes in Conditioning class because of what I’d done with my running flats on Bainbridge Island the day before. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Clay stretched himself out on the bed, shoes included. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Miraculously, Matty’s shoes remained, coated with the slippery mud so that he appeared to be wearing heavy wet boots by the time he dragged himself from the other side of the swamp. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

And I do the little thing with her toes, but she can’t get to mine cause I got my white work shoes on. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He knew he should be leaving soon, he should be polishing his shoes, but instead he leaned back in the chair, stretched his great length and yawned. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then his dad laced up the multicolored shoes, put on the red felt nose, squeaked his bike horn, and drove away to make balloon animals at a six-year-old’s birthday party. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Selfishly, I wondered if I were in his shoes, would I be consumed with sad thoughts of all that I had missed? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look at how they're dressed. I know a baller when I see one. And no rapper will be wearing them kinda shoes.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Moss moved to the side in the foyer and slipped his shoes off and gestured at Javier to do the same. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He had no string and that threw him until he looked down at his tennis shoes. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walt is wearing gray sweatpants, racquetball shoes, and a satin baseball jacket embroidered with the logo of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then mourning and weeping loudly they went to the graves, the laborers and Ching following and walking and wearing white shoes. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

So I took my shoes off, the Angel family rule, and padded quietly down the hall. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

You step out of your own shoes and put on someone else’s because you’re trying to BE that person for a moment. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her shoes leave delicate exclamation points in the wet sand. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little girl had on a blue dress and little blue frilly socks and black shiny, shiny shoes. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I bent over to tie my shoes I thought I would faint, but fought it off. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Safer steps out of his shoes and lines them up on one side of Mr. X’s doormat. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was always taking off the sneakers Dustfinger had bought him and going around barefoot, even on hot tarmac, with his shoes tied to the backpack like loot he was taking home. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She drew out pins and thread and with little tucks here and there stuffed in the loose materials, then filled the toes of the shoes with tissue paper, until everything fit. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seems short; she wears blocky, heavy shoes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I took her shoes off for her, and inside one of her shoes was a kind of worn-down picture of a little white boy with a girl’s hairdo and a smiling dog. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a bulky gray sweater with only a few light stains, and black leather men’s shoes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’s ashamed of the way we look with the dirty old torn shirts, raggedy ganseys, broken shoes, holes in our stockings. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The secondhand supplies she had grown to depend upon—the shoes for Lydia, the slightly worn dresser for Marilyn, and the food for them all—were gone, a true catastrophe. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They have distributed among them the surveillance equipment George was carrying, and they’re destroying it, hitting it with shoes or rocks or hammers. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was in a hurry to bring the shoes to his father, or maybe he was trying to run away from his miserable and hu-miliating day at school. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I removed my shoes, laptop, camera, then I passed through the checkpoint, reassembled my pack, and headed for the terminal. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, they retrieved their buried money, and that night in the loft, they stashed some in their shoes, some in their pockets, and some in their backpacks. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

When winter comes, I’ll have shoes on my feet instead of rags and straw. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

He wore a pair of fine, polished patent leather dress shoes, silk dress socks, creased trousers, and had a pocket-watch chain dangling from the pocket. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The shoes are attached to the feet of his biggest campaign contributor. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Bits of skin still peeled from his toes because of the two days he had spent in wet shoes and socks. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

These game submissions piled on the table were a physical representation to Emily of how many people would wish to be in her shoes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The best I could, I told her the miserable details, careful not to leave anything out: Rosaleen practicing writing her name, the three men taunting her, how she poured snuff juice on their shoes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pulled off his shoes and flung them into the street, and all the people on the other side suddenly had eyes and dove for the shoes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Robin had already begun to unbutton her shoes. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cursed in the only way Mama said was all right for a lady, and took my shoes off. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Joseph was confused, but he was distracted by the wind whipping down the street and the cold water seeping into his shoes. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She sat back down on the bed beside him and wiped the shoes on the hem of the blue dress before she wrapped them up again and put them back in the trunk. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The third man wore something on his head that looked more like a dead possum than a wig, but his coat was crisp and new and the buckles on his shoes gleamed. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she arrived with scuffed-up shoes, it was because her old pair had been sent to Italy for repair. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At restaurants and bars, they sometimes slip Bengali phrases into their conversation in order to comment with impunity on another diner’s unfortunate hair or shoes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. Pair of shoes I had half-soled. Not until tomorrow, you hear?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked down at the dust on her white shoes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

We were also grateful that we had concluded the dirtiest of chores and had only gotten the evil-smelling swill on our shoes, stockings, feet and hands. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The littles would run around wearing party clothes and no shoes. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I slip on my shoes, grab my backpack. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Manya was forever muttering about the streaks of black tar that clung to my shoes and sneakers and rubbed off on the floor of the apartment. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The bottoms of her shoes were clean worn out. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They’re her dance shoes for when she takes the free dance class at the Tango Palace downtown. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Madame Manec takes off her shoes and lights a cigarette and lets out a contented groan. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He bent down and looked at the shoes underneath the partition. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is not dressed right for the weather—an old leather jacket, thin black gloves, jeans, and battered gray gym shoes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I take off my shoes and get myself under the sheet on one of Hildy’s “settees” which seems to be just a fancy word for couch. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It wears red athletic shorts, a hooded gray sweatshirt, but no shoes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Everything in here is so new it makes my worn shoes look more worn. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“You can keep your shoestrings, but we’ll put the shoes in the pile. How’s that? If you get to keep something?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Sneaky would flip out if he found a hole in one of his shoes. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

At first, all he was aware of were the heels of the shoes beating rapidly against the floor, and he wondered if Lalo and the afternoon customers in the bar downstairs could hear it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stomped her own shiny black shoes against the floor, and Mom gave a startled laugh. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He was wearing his good shoes, it was true, but he didn’t care. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to top it all off, I had on the most uncomfortable shoes in the world—stiff, clunky dress shoes, cutting into my ankles, forcing me to walk like my butt hurt. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He knows I’m not one of the barefoot boys and he makes me go back to the yard, bring in the shoes and put them on. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But with the Hells Angel on the slab I kept my eyes lowered and stared down at my shoes. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He tossed his tennis shoes across the street with all his might and anger. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

My patent-leather shoes slipped on the rotting wood of the pier. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Is there anyone in this class that comes from a rich family with money galore to spend on shoes? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tally shivered at the sight Without a blanket or shoes, she’d frozen in the cave all night long, even huddled in David’s arms. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think she’s worried about the moped. People sometimes get mad when someone they care about throws himself in front of a charging thousand-pound animal wearing steel shoes.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I had no intention of doing that. I forgot that 1 was wearing iron shoes. Who will believe that I did not do this on purpose?” Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The fox went a-walking Down by the sloughs; But it made me so sad, For she had no shoes. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the morning our shoes were filled with nuts and candy, and each one of us had a small gift wrapped in green paper tied with ribbon. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But as I raised my hand to make my presence known, I saw her kick her shoes off and twirl around happily. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The shoes he’d never bothered to put back on dangled from the fingertips of his other hand. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A few hours later, he tells me that the body has been dressed, except for socks and shoes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Twice in his black despair, Mack reached under the bed and caught her and put her in bed with him for company but she squirmed out and went back to eating his shoes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It reminded me of the old rag Dad used to polish his dress shoes. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But then, I mostly stare at my shoes. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my shoes and jacket and ran out of the house. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

There were dirty shoes in the corner, medical books beside the bed, pictures on the bureau. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She later agreed with a complaining Lupita that the shoes had cost far too much money. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He gazed down remorsefully and saw that the orderly forced upon him by Colonel Korn to keep his tent clean and attend to nis belongings had neglected to shine his shoes again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Henry knelt and laced his white boxing shoes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can ask Connor about a TV show that came on the night before or tell Jessica that I like her new shoes. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“He chopped the back of his shoes off. Like slippers.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The shoes on them belong to Mr. Daniels. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

And once I’ve disappeared to the bedroom to put it on, I find an old pair of black shoes to match. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, he tries to pull down my jeans, but I have to take my shoes off first. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“So now you want to see the bottoms of my shoes.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Manman told me not to judge people by their clothes but by their shoes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

After I squeezed my feet into those small, dreadful shoes, it was back to the sweeping, and then the polishing of the banister with soft rags and beeswax scented with lemon. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Lina dashed across the street, took off her shoes and socks, and wrapped herself around the cold metal of the pole. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Stomping through the front door in a pair of unmatching shoes, she made for the cash register. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s taking off his shoes and putting his bag on the bench for a pillow. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then I took off my wet shoes and went down the hall to my room. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I washed cars, swept driveways and polished the baas's shoes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped forward and placed the shoes on top of the blankets and stepped back. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Now she put on her shoes and stumbled through the house into the darkness outside. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The droplets plinked consistently, and Ophie instinctively picked up her feet just a little to keep her shoes from getting wet. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Now and then he felt his shoes sink into a soft, cushy substance. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I knew my parents were in there because their sandy shoes were on the porch, but no amount of knocking got them to let me in. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sliding into my shoes, I sneak out of my room, heading down to the first floor, to the recovery room where Stella sleeps. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

As she was straightening out the shoes in the bottom of the tall rosewood bureau, Awaiting Marriage appeared at the door. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I polish my good shoes as best I can; although they’re scuffed from my walk to the pasture, most of the dried mud comes off. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was awfully tiring, all this marching, especially when you’d gone and lost one of your shoes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

These cloud shoes, they speak to me as plain as anything. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

A very white skeleton but wearing a lady’s flowered dress and red shoes. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Every inch of them was covered in black, from the ski masks pulled down over their faces to their black shoes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was no older than twelve, and his scraped knees, tattered shoes, and windblown hair spoke of a life spent dodging wagons. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The snow had melted around the Maserati in a perfect circle, which explained why I was now standing on green grass and my shoes were wet. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

On Sundays he spends an hour occupied with his tins of shoe polishes and his three pairs of shoes, two black and one brown. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because after your mother died, the schoolmate saw your sisters, by chance, while shopping for shoes at the Number One Department Store on Nanjing Dong Road. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the center of her image, the red shoes had seemed to pulse, like her own true heart. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some waddled on legs partially fused together, while others had flippers for feet, which reminded Percy of clown shoes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

This time I have to lift my dress and kill them with my new white shoes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

While he groused about so preposterous an idea, the kid laid down the mat he never used, bulldogged him down to it, pulled off his shoes and draped a blanket over him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom’s left me some pretty big shoes to fill,” I tell him. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

At school that morning, each of the Spencer children showed up with a fresh, clean outfit, and wearing an amazing assortment of new shoes. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

Racks of clothes, shelves of books, shoes, tennis rackets. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I prop Miss Celia’s head on a towel, take off my shoes so I don’t track the blood over the house, and run for the door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what to do with the shoes. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

One time Li’l Man come up from behind and touch me on the leg and I near bout jump out a my work shoes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

If she didn’t tend to the house, she was apt to find clothes, shoes, open rice bags, cans of beans, and dirty dishes strewn about everywhere. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Many of her shoes are in a Filipino museum. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I ran over here with no shoes on, Fang.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She sailed across the room like a man-of-war, showing the brocaded tips of her shoes and layers of lace-trimmed, starched petticoats. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke started taking off his shoes as Coach O searched for words. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe they were full of spare new shoes—Finn saw that the picture on the side of the nearest shoebox was of the very same sneakers he wore on his feet. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Look what we got!” he exclaimed, dangling a pair of worn and soiled tennis shoes in front of me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

My eyes open and I realize that I'm looking at a pair of green shoes without laces. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

People barter their belongings and a shoemaker and his apprentice repair shoes on the upper promenade deck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“The shoes, Gitl, I dropped the shoes outside. They’ll know it was me out there. What will I do? What will I do?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Crouch took a step backward, freeing himself from contact with the elf, whom he was surveying as though she were something filthy and rotten that was contaminating his over-shined shoes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Miscellaneous other expenses, including clothes, shoes, and personal items such as toothpaste, quickly exhausted what was left. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He sighs, drops his head in defeat, and then pulls off his sweater, his shoes, his hat, his gloves, and his jeans, even though it’s freezing out. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Robotically he got into his clothes, though when he reached for his shoes he saw that only one was hanging from the forked bough. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I peeled off my wet shoes and socks, and a wave of relief swept over me, like wet feet had been the worst of my problems. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny looked at the pile of shoes, the tree, the island rising behind the beach. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She gave up on trying to identify shoes and raised her gaze, studying all the people crammed in behind her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I can’t find any water shoes on the shelves, so my old pair will have to do. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I blew out my lantern, pulled off my shoes and socks, and started shinnying up the tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m putting on my shoes at the very moment the sky opens up and it starts to pour. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The story of soldiers closing down the Standard was tucked into the middle page, next to advertisements for womens shoes imported from Italy. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t afraid because they weren’t accompanied by a tophat, tap shoes, and a corny jingle. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I stared at the tops of my shiny new shoes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Why not sell apples or song sheets, or shine shoes? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Handkerchiefs flew out like soiled white doves, worn shoes, ladies' combs, a cowbell—a junk heap. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

My brothers and I obediently searched until all three of us found our shoes, then hurried outside. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Lourdes removes her shoes and walks barefoot to the water’s edge. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind me was the scuffle and clomping of shoes. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Twenty paces stretched twenty miles, every faint crunch of our shoes sounding like gunshot. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dante took his shoes off on the bus, too. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe their shoes were made out of licorice or rock candy. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was impossible not to notice that she was wearing those wild fishnet stockings and tippy high-heeled shoes that made her about five inches taller than normal. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Doha immediately noticed the shiny western shoes on its feet. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

We shook hands and I watched him walk quickly away, tall, lean, bent forward with eagerness and hungry for the future, his metal-capped shoes tapping against the sidewalk. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The shoes kept slipping off his feet at every other step, and the more he tried to put on a dignified face, the more people kept turning around to laugh. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The toes of my shoes slipped over the concrete floor, struggling to gain purchase. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Think you can run in that outfit? And in those shoes? I'd like to see you take a stab at softball this morning." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ess delicately set both her shoes on the very top of the pile, then stood a moment, staring at her arm. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They were shoes that called to Hazel’s heart. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They squish and squash, and twelve miles was a long way to walk in squishy shoes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I strung deer hide crisscross through the loops. I made a loop of hide to hold my toe and straps to tie the shoes on. “ My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took off his shoes and placed them side by side on the floor. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“For the moment, yes,” Penelope mumbled, staring at her shoes. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

So no one paid much attention to the little girl with tumbling brown hair and button shoes, or the fact that her shoes did not quite touch the floor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

This particular summer afternoon, in a dusty geological library in Vienna, Sergeant Major von Rumpel follows an underweight secretary wearing brown shoes, brown stockings, a brown skirt, and a brown blouse through stacks of periodicals. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Sara motions for me to put my shoes on a rack in the corner. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Normally Africans would receive sandals made from car tires, but in this instance we were given shoes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next day they could run farther, and soon their shoes were oiled and put away and they ran barefoot all day long. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She would have suffered. My family would have never accepted her as an equal. You don’t order someone to polish your shoes one day and call them ‘sister’ the next.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had long straight hair on her legs, which everyone said made them even prettier, and small feet encased in plain brown shoes with a low square heel. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Glue. The nano kind. You can stick your shoes to the ceiling with this stuff and hang upside down.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was not uncommon for some desperate, enterprising shebeen queen to throw dirty shoes, tobacco leaves or dirty underwear into the brew to speed up fermentation, so as to sell it before the next raid. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing I recognize is the feet, decked in a familiar pair of white old-lady shoes. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a bright white embroidered blouse and shoes made of black velvet with square toes and a dainty string tying them to her ankles. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pointed at my shoes like an idiot. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Kay reaches for a pair of strappy black suede heels and before her hand touches them, a white clerk grabs the shoes. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A minute later, Richard came in and said, “Didn’t I leave that extra pair of work shoes here a few months ago? I know they were in the closet, but I can’t find them anywhere.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Zane studied the laces of his shoes, the way they crossed each other. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Each day, he wore fresh white shirts and flowered suspenders, and his special shoes cost twenty dollars. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a tall, thin, chocolate-skinned man with a mustache, who favored shades, short-sleeved shirts, shiny shoes, and sharkskin pants, and always held a lit cigarette between his teeth. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ended up with pants that were too short and a shirt that was too big, but I was lucky to get a pair of wooden shoes that fit. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

They had strong, shapely legs and wore knee socks with heavy lace-up shoes that became lethal weapons in fights. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

My shoes shush along the hotel carpet, on the seventh floor. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A sadness gripped him as he realized how many pairs of new shoes were bought for nothing. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk home in moonlight, feeling absolutely incredible, like I’m standing in a clearing, in a river, in the most awesome shoes, high-heeled even. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

There were photos too, of ice skates and soccer balls, tubes of lipstick and red high-heeled shoes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I walked up the three steps to the landing and slipped my shoes off. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They left their shoes on the warm painted boards and dragged the boat up onto the beach and set out the anchor at the end of its rope. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“They’re supposed to be running shoes. I never run in them.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Omer was wearing a thick, white, long-sleeved T-shirt with three buttons at the throat, blue jeans, and purple high-topped tennis shoes. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The boys grumbled some more but sat in the grass to remove their shoes, clap them together to rid them of the dirt. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

One part of the rule is correct: it’s odd to use that with a nonrestrictive relative clause, as in The pair of shoes, that cost a thousand dollars, was hideous. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I combed my hair, put on my socks, buckled my leather shoes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

We take off our shoes and sit on the edge. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Might be the finest woman I ever seen, and she might be looking for a smooth brother like me, with clean shoes. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“When I escaped, I flew right over the pen. Croy must have seen it was me. He knew I didn’t have shoes. We joked about it.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She hears the sirens wailing as the cold envelops her, numbing her face and her hands, her feet in their thick-soled shoes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fitted jeans, scuffed shoes, gray shirt—with the words Dream & Bean Coffee barely visible above the box he’s holding. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I balanced the handle of the pail on the jutting tip of the metal faucet and waited for it to fill; the pail slipped and water drenched my pants and shoes and stockings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped over several pairs of shoes on the way and in three seconds I was out in the corridor, still clutching the precious bottle to my chest. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She pulled him behind the nearest boulder, wedging herself so close against the riverbank that her shoes almost touched the river’s fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A little while later she rose with an unconscious sigh and stepped lethargically into her tight cotton panties and dark skirt, then buckled on her shoes and left. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It cannot be explained away as an instance of shoemakers’ children going without shoes. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever invented these boots should be shot because once the boots got ahold of your shoes they wouldn’t let them go for anything. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francis was sitting on the side of my bed, lacing his shoes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

At seven, Belky wears a white First Communion dress and long white gloves; at nine, a yellow cheerleader’s skirt; at fifteen, for her quinceanera, a pink taffeta dress with lace sleeves and white satin shoes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She bends and carefully cleans the blood off her shoes. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I notice his shoes, his pants, his shirt...they’re all smudged chalky white. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He remembered the feel of the gravel through his thin-soled shoes, he could feel it now, and the icy touch of the handcuffs on his wrists. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I slipped my hard black dress shoes off, glad I didn’t have any holes in my socks. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I saw my dirty shoes and crumpled dress, my wet coat lying on the dewy grass. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But Mama had not brought me pink dancing shoes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look carefully down, aslant under the stall wall, and there are two red shoes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two men in dark suits, with dark hair and shiny black shoes. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

When he left home this morning, he was wearing a white shirt and dark pants and shoes. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the handle with both hands and braced my shoes against the sink. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Boxes arrive in Tegucigalpa bearing clothes, shoes, toy cars, a RoboCop doll, a television. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

At first I was going to tell them about the shoes. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But no matter what I do, and despite myself, I am pulling on my snowpants, wadding my skirt in between my legs, tugging thick woolen socks on over my shoes, stuffing my feet into boots. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She set her suitcase on the bed and slipped off her shoes. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting there, her hands deep in the forbidden pleasure of her hair, she noticed she had not removed her heavy work shoes. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dirty, sir! Look at my shoes. Not a speck on them.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The man was close enough to be catching some water around his shoes, which, Maniac noticed, were actually slippers. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart falls to my shoes, which is not quite to the floor, but close. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She took off her shoes and socks, slid the socks over her hands to protect them, then put her shoes back on. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

That weed-filled yard was littered with balls and tools and shoes. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Vines curl around the buckles of your shoes. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The skirt and blouse cost rather less than the pullover, and it was only one code set apiece for my shoes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Catherine was dressed in purple tennis shoes, green tights, a purple suede skirt, and the ugliest green sweater I’ve ever seen. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Take your shoes and socks off,” said Malcolm, hauling off his boots. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Merchandise—coats, shirts, neckties, shoes, hardware—lay strewn along the streets where it had fallen out of the arms of looters already loaded down with more than they could carry. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of dumb to begin with. And I’m wearing the wrong shoes. It’s hard to run in these.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Freddie got on the stand and went to work on his own shoes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll never fight with friends over who gets the better bowling shoes or who gets to be Wolverine when we play video games. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The bare white legs I saw while putting on her shoes and socks. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Now that you are an assistant professor, I didn’t think you would,” said Theresa, feeling among the shoes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put in everything except my new suit and an old one and two pairs of shoes and two hats, and my books. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my wild zoot suit I wore the yellow knob-toe shoes, and I frizzled my hair up into a reddish bush of conk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not the shoes of a man who ran. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’s yanking off his shoes and…now his socks. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He raised his eyes to look into hers, as if he was pretty sure he could get those shoes from her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was full of musty clothes and old shoes, but if he pushed them aside, he could get to the door on the other side. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Average height, skinny arms and legs, white socks, black shoes. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I was a wreck by the time I got there: 330 miles, two days, standing in the truck with the cows going to the bathroom on my shoes, on my clothes. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

We go to my rooms and she puts me in a full-length gown and high-heeled shoes, not the ones I'll he wearing for the actual interview, and instructs me on walking. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Upon this net lay a jumble of artifacts—desks, chairs, metal bunk-bed frames, clothing, tables, books, shoes, even a sink basin. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Rows of shoes lined the shelves, and a painted track on the floor circled the entire department. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

They move in perfect silence to the bunker, because no one is allowed to wear shoes and because Max has made them practice a hundred times. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Christine allowed herself to walk in their shoes for a moment, wondering how she would deal with the taunts, the bottles, the epithets, and the humiliation. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I switched from gray sneakers to black sneakers a week ago, but the gray shoes are buried in one of my drawers. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I put my shoes on and took my air-raid hood with me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lynn says, “Not all shirts, though. Jeans, underwear, maybe a spare pair of shoes?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had gray and black skater shoes and dark blue socks with sharks swimming and swimming up around my ankles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her heels hung off the back of her mother’s shoes; she could not even buckle the straps. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know a black poodle who will fetch his mistress’s outdoor shoes and bring them to her, one by one, when he wants to go out. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I keep walking till I reach the gutter, pressing the toes of my shoes against the curb. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

From under her sleeping shelf, Rivka pulled out a pile of shoes. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she pulled on her red jacket and tied the frayed and knotted laces of her shoes, she thought about it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even own ten pairs of shoes.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The urge to use it to scribble all over Max’s shoes was strong, painfully so, but she just set it down on her desk and looked forward. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But Bernard looked at me like he wouldn’t have minded squashing me right underneath one of his big shoes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Sunny and I practice in the platform shoes while Ma gets ready. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’d left piles of clothes in the closet and the armoire, but no shoes anywhere. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

If we kept to our budget, we believed, we could afford new clothes and shoes and coats, and buy a ton of coal at the cheaper off-season price. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Scipio had brought the shoes that were keeping Bo's feet warm, even though they were a bit big for him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Nice,” I say, not really caring about his stupid shoes. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He pulled off his sweatshirt and kicked off his shoes. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

His eyes swept his audience, all looking at their shoes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like new hoop shoes from Foot Locker or some low-tops to roll in. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He removed his shoes and set them by the door. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t staring at me either, he was kind of looking down and kicking at the dirt with his raggedy shoes. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them marveled over ladies who sported hair curled tightly into the latest bobs, high-heeled shoes, and dresses made of cotton and crepe. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His clothes and even his shoes had that chemical stink. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She didn’t even bother to remove her shoes. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

At the first sign of trouble, Victor said, get in touch, code phrase is tennis shoes. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

An experienced traveler could have told by looking at my shoes that I wasn't French. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The last few fields, furthermore, became increasingly muddy and I deliberately refrained from shining my lamp on to my shoes and turn-ups for fear of further discouragement. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had been considerably rolled about in the streets of Shelt before someone had me carted off to the hospital, where I had arrived without papers, belongings, coat, shoes, or cash. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was probably still deodorizing the shoes Drew had puked on at the last party. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The wrinkled coverall was gone; he was dressed in a whole new outfit; khaki drill slacks, very neat; a blue work shirt; even new work shoes and a straw cap. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He wore an ancient flat straw hat, blue jeans, both coat and trousers, and heavy shoes of which one sole was loose so that it slapped the ground when he walked. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made them take off their shoes and stockings and stand in their bare feet on his green carpet while they sawed away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was wrong with the clothes I planned on wearing, my cotton pants and plaid shirts and penny-loafer shoes? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pull off my shoes and socks and get to my feet. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I look in the window of the shoe store next door wondering if Daddy’s gonna be able to get me some new shoes ’fore the winter comes. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Grateful to have slept fully dressed, I just put on shoes, and the Colonel and I jogged to the classrooms. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, she crossed one foot over the other and, looking down, aligned the toes of her shoes. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

We even dressed the way we knew Sarah wanted us to: I had on an outfit, matching shoes and all, and Jon wore a suit and an actual tie. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We were told that Isaac Mizrahi was wearing the shoes himself,” Lewis says. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing that made my heart race was how Sahil could be so adorkable around me sometimes, tripping over his shoes and stuff, and other times, he was so smoothly, dashingly confident. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She wore sneakers, because they were the only shoes she had. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she uses her cane to knock a clump of dried mud off one of his mismatched shoes. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

It’s nearly twelve now, and I put on my shoes and head for the library. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I can see her dresses are still hanging in the closet, like little ghosts of her missing her body, and her shoes are still lined up beneath them. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The door to the second bedroom is open, and there are clothes everywhere, Ilse throwing shoes haphazardly into a suitcase. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ben walked home beside the river, his gym shoes slung over his shoulder, and his thoughts going back to the one team from which he had been cut. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ayesha looks at her shoes and kicks at the dirt a bit. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Aunts and uncles came up the alley trailed by girls in white patent-leather shoes and flouncy dresses, their hair rolled into finger curls. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I could have brought in enough money for Michael and Alphie to go to school with proper shoes and bellies well filled. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They knock again, and I bout jump out a my shoes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I peeled off my shirt, socks, shoes, and pants and dumped them all into the washing machine. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped out of her shoes, pulled her dress over her head and was ready. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hasn’t worn her shoes in so long they’re awkward on her feet. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Instead, she cashed the check at the grocery store, where the man knew her, and put the money into the box Maybeth’s church shoes had come in. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can have all the shoes, then. I’ll keep Daddy’s watch and you can have Mommy’s.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I stared at those shoes and my heart slowed beat by beat by beat until I was finally able to think about Stan and Mr. Bernoffski and what the hell was going on. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Luma kicked off the black Puma soccer shoes she wore each day to practice and offered them to the boy, who stepped out of his sandals and slipped the shoes on. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

After six months on the job, Cullen knew it was inevitable that the sand would creep into his socks despite the canvas gaiters covering his pant legs and shoes. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The little shabby shoes stood in a row before the furnace. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were dancing shoes—real ballet slippers, not just what Adelaide had, but the kind they have in books, the kind where you can wrap the ribbon around your ankles. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The rich merchant and his wife wished to take her back with them to Salisbury to care for their son and mayhap perform more miracles; he spoke temptingly of new shoes and a shrine. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I owned only one pair of church shoes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Van wore khakis, a golf shirt, and tennis shoes; he stood six feet tall and weighed 185 pounds, fit, his head a bushel of blond hair. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Was it always so, or did they multiply vastly, along with telephones and new shoes and transistor radios and cellophane-wrapped tomatoes, in our absence? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shoes crunched over the pebbles on the dirt road. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kicking off her shoes, Kit waded into the water, plunged in and struck out toward the ship. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Special shoes as in ugly shoes? Why can’t I just wear mine?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

We sat on a bench and put our shoes on. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She still had her hat on, and her shoes were dusty, as though she had been walking in deep dirt. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have shoes in matching satin or silver straps, I have earrings which pinch like hell. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He broke the newness of the shoes with rubbed sand and kneaded the raincoat to destroy its newness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I looked for my shoes and I found them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, the dude exploded down the line in a blur, even faster this time, his silver shoes like sparks flicking up off the track. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The new shoes rubbed against my bare heels. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stole a cabin mate’s shoes, which were in better shape. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Her shoes clatter against the wooden planks faintly, under the heavier sound of soldiers' boots. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

So I put on my shoes and coat, and started down the highway. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the case of Hush Puppies, the great mystery is how those shoes went from something worn by a few fashion- forward downtown Manhattan hipsters to being sold in malls across the country. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was wet and half-frozen, and while she could bear sodden hair, she couldn’t withstand the agony of wet shoes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Two boys, in gym clothes and boxing shoes, were balancing themselves on their shoulders, kicking their legs up in the air. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt as uncomfortable as walking in shoes a size too big. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I mean, where my mother clothes at? Where my mother shoes? I knew about her watch and ring, but it was stolen. That was after my brother killed that boy.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I believe it was a lovely summer morning: I know my shoes, which I had put on when I left the house, were soon wet with dew. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She got up without a word and went off for the shoes. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Jonas continued to work with the two Siberian women making shoes. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

We pass a bookstore, closed for the night, whose owner I find coffee for sometimes, and an optometrist, and a cobbler who is willing to trade shoes for beer. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Joseph could see his shoes and the bottom edge of his long fur coat. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Parents who could afford it had ordered new shoes and ready-made clothes for themselves from Sears and Roebuck or Montgomery Ward. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What is this doing in an advertisement for shoes?” demanded Terryl. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I love my new shoes from my First Communion. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No shoes, no backpack, no books—strange, indeed, on a school day. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Major Major had taken it for granted that he was being shaken roughly awake again to stand barefoot in the mud and had left his shoes and socks in the tent. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

One boy picked up the shoes and threw them at the man. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One time, I sat with him at Mass. He untied his shoelaces and took off his shoes right there in the pew. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

There are strappy shoes and artful curls; thin, stylish ties; big smiles. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Like my parents, Mr. Pirzada took off his shoes before entering a room, chewed fennel seeds after meals as a digestive, drank no alcohol, for dessert dipped austere biscuits into successive cups of tea. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He gives me a surprisingly appreciative look, from my flat shoes to my flat hairstyle. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They walk together hard in the road and then stop so fast the dust comes down on their shoes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly she must have noticed their military bearing, the high polish of their shoes, their vivid neckties. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Enrique, a slight youngster with two left shoes, pulls the shred of paper from his jeans. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He closed the powder room and dogged shut the door, and went for his shoes. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts on dry jeans, a dry shirt, and his two left shoes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It’s a long way to drive for trees of old shoes, but I tell myself not to look at it that way. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The way she talks about herself reminds me of Du Barry discussing a worn-out pair of shoes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

‘That certainly is a nice way to talk to me while I trying to put on your shoes and socks.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

Her shoes were on the floor—pale pink vinyl stilettos. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I picked up my pocketbook and started back over the cold stones to where my shoes kept their vigil in the violet light. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t dare look down—I was sure there was a puddle developing around my shoes. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I just wind up nodding when she repeats herself: 'Dante, we can afford shoes.’ Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Once both shoes are set aside, he tickles the bottom of my left foot, and I totally snort. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“It was hot,” I conceded, staring at my shoes. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

When I get on the bus, my shoes squeak and slide as I walk to the back. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

By the time Christina comes back, a muffin in each hand, I’m sitting on the edge of my bed, staring at my untied shoes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He smiles a real quick shy smile, and then he looks down at his shoes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Early one morning in 1899, in the back garden of the Globe Hotel in Richwood, Ohio, two men met while having their shoes shined. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

A tall ebony-skinned woman in a lime green jumpsuit ran by him, and he caught her tennis shoes in motion. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

So when he ran, his shoes often came unlaced and flapped up and down on his heels. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blue shoes, white shoes, leather work boots, Nike sneakers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

And he makes another still life of shoes, similar to the one of the year before. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But I had several special church dresses and one pair of black patent leather shoes I saved just for Sunday church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I have to jump a little to reach the branch, and the shoes bob and twist before settling. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After a long wait, a man brought back a giant cart of mixed-up shoes and tossed them toward us. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

It is often the case that with a great father the sons feel they cannot fill his shoes; the Darwin boys did not try. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, pretty and good. And now can we put the shoes in the pile?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Had to ride in one of the wheelbarrows as I now had neither trousers nor shoes—they hid me under the same sacking they’d used to hide the radios, stinking of onion and cows. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Mom calls out that I’m not wearing shoes, but I ignore her and swing open the flimsy wooden door. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He could have said he found the shoes in the street. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

We took off our shoes and socks, rolled up our pants, and stepped gingerly out into the frigid water. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He stooped to remove his shoes, damp with the heavy dews of pasture and field. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watch me while I sat out on the porch helping Zu lace her new tennis shoes before walking with her and Hina to the cabin serving as the classroom. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I looked back down at my shoes and took another deep breath. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The cubbies were filled with the kinds of shoes I would never voluntarily wear. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The kind when the streets seem to be melting—the blacktop actually sticks to my shoes as I’m walking back to my pad from dropping the bets off to Archie. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the boy’s legs and pulled off his shoes, then slashed the soles of his feet with a piece of broken bottle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Or maybe Cousin Eunice could give them the money for shoes and underwear. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other mothers dressed up for mass, wearing black lace mantillas on their heads and clutching green or red or yellow handbags that matched their shoes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mark half expected them to be wearing crazy robes or be flat-out naked, but they wore simple clothes—T-shirts, tank tops, jeans, shorts, tennis shoes. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I built up the fire in the hearth, set my shoes and damp stockings to dry in front of it, and rubbed a calendula salve on my blisters. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a crazy urge to take this murderer’s shoes off and put him to bed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I shivered from the freezing cold of my wet shoes and overalls. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed open the front door, and as they kicked off their shoes, she wondered about the answer. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

In low light, I kick off my shoes and sit cross-legged in the middle of my bed. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Twig wore these plastic-heeled shoes that clacked when she walked, and everyone hushed and stared like we were in a movie. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Leave my soft, worn hunting boots for a pair of expensive machine-made shoes that my mother thinks are more appropriate for someone of my status. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But now that it’s reached that point, I realize how difficult it is to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and find the right answer. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

That afternoon I was delivered a new suit, tie, shirt, and shoes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The apartment was quiet when I let myself in earlier, and I could tell Muhammad wasn’t home by his big shoes missing from the mat. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I can’t see daylight because the soles of shoes cover every inch of glass above us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Besides, few shoemakers will do repairs, or if they do, you have to wait four months for your shoes, which might very well have disappeared in the meantime. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I grab Caleb’s arm as I stumble over the man’s shoes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His shoes were black too, with these jumbo silver buckles. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She took off her shoes as the boy waited beneath the crossbar, rocking back and forth and growing more anxious by the moment. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“He walked about with scuffed shoes and a funny hat, and, more important, he didn’t know anything about equipment.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

In the locker room, the lockers are in long rows, and there are aisles in between with little benches so it’s easier to change your shoes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I took off my pants and shoes and got into the tub still wearing my blouse. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Their leather shoes splash through the shining puddles on the road, the sacks of books bang against William's broad back, and Jeanne shouts to the heavens. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Her brown shoes were worn out—there was even a hole in one of them—and she carried a stack of books the mean woman was piling onto her arms. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“So how come you have this thing with shoes?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

When she came to the shoes, she bent down and picked them up. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

But then she gave him foot lotion and powder to sprinkle in his shoes, and that made his toes smell fresh like lavender or something sweet. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I looked at her, in house shoes, her breasts turgid, her belly heavy and high. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find Aliya in the hall, arranging guest shoes in neat rows, and ask her to tell Fizz that I’m sorry, but I had to leave because of not feeling well. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

No one wears shoes indoors, and there’s always the faint scent of food lingering in the air. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She was looking toward my open closet, bulging with racks of shoes, ties, my dresses, and Rich’s suits. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The glossy leather on your shoes, or the document that protects your invention, is pronounced PAT-ent. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who were too poor to own a pair of even rubber shoes. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

In Phnom Penh, I had black buckle shoes that went with my school uniform; the soldiers burned those too. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before we got to the first store, I had muddied my shoes three times stepping off the curb to let white people pass. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But then I hear it: the crunch of twigs beneath shoes, and the quietest gasp. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I’ll hang them together on the original tree, the one heaviest with shoes, which has been struck by lightning more than once-—I can tell because the trunk looks dead and black. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I steal away down the back hall, step out the door, then tug my shoes on and head toward a black sedan that is idling in the driveway. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The kid took his wallet, money, phone, shoes, coat. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Don’t make me go through your clothes and throw out all those holey pants and shoes,” she threatened. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

You need your running shoes and your sandals and your boots. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A day or two after I had started living with my uncle, Allie gave me my first pair of dress shoes, a dress belt, and a stylish shirt. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The day before school started, I laid out my new dress and stockings and shoes so I’d be ready. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then another Manhattan designer, Anna Sui, called, wanting shoes for her show as well. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were big boots and little boots, big shoes and little shoes. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel wondered at this girl who had not only a great variety of shoes, but culture, too. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

On the first trip back to the car, though, I fell down in the river, so I took my hoodie off and tossed it onto the backseat with my shoes and socks. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The woman was lying on her bed in a purple dress that fastened at the neck with a cameo brooch and reached midway between her knees and her shoes. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

After a week or so, I could walk just about normally and I could wear shoes if I didn’t lace them up. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cupboards were dangerous to open because clothes and books and shoes would cascade down and some of his books were heavy enough to inflict real damage. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As my captors waited, I stepped out of my shoes one at a time, pressing down on the heels with the opposite foot, wobbling and nearly losing my balance without my arms to steady me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

My shoes tap along the paving stones, the wind moaning through the missing windows. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

If I couldn’t afford sweats and shoes to try out for a track team, it was obvious that I wouldn’t be able to afford to go to college—not even City College. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was now wearing a dark blue jacket, with matching trousers, a blue knit tie, a thick blue sweater, a white shirt, and black shoes. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

A big heap lies on the floor: school clothes and dresses and torn blouses all thrown together with panties and shoes. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The old man spoke of nothing but shoes. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

For that reason, poor Call never had a pair of shoes that would lace properly. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull turned his attention toward the closet, inspecting the arrangement of shoes, the hanging clothes, and the shelves. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was fun observing all the different kinds of shoes people wore and then looking up to see the face of the person wearing them. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He took his shoes and socks off and placed them neatly at the foot of the pole. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I put on my shoes with the open flaps and flapped about like a Wino Ghost. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recognized those tracks from the many winters in Piatra Neamț where I had stumbled out onto the frozen pond with a neighbor friend, dull blades tied to the bottoms of our shoes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lor long stretches no one spoke, leaving only the tap of our shoes on pavement and the sounds of the city: airplanes, the ever-present hum of traffic, sirens that warbled and pitch-shifted around us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Only then did my mother take her foot off my chest, slip her shoes back on and exit my room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In the Museum’s glass cases there were shoes and canes and bicycles and a wheeled chair. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

We watch men leave Greenville in their one good suit, shoes spit shined. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“But I had on stout shoes,” Roosevelt noted. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I put my books under my shirt, took off my shoes, and ran from tree to tree. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When John and Barbara crawled along the floor and each took hold of one of his shoes and gurgled, he just pushed them roughly away. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Alfred pulled off his shoes, and lay down. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered up my art supplies and found clothes, but couldn’t decide which shoes to wear to a necropsy. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu imagined her combing through the piles of secondhand shoes and clothes in the side stalls of Tejuosho market, finding the best pieces and then haggling tirelessly with the trader. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We stumble up the path, climbing higher above the Pit floor, scattering stones with our shoes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She wanted her shoes to sprout into a broom and take her away. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She puts my feet into little red shoes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The veil of security I thought the uniform provided had been lifted, and now we hustled in our black dress shoes and stained wool pants through dirty fields and grassy yards. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Jumble of shoes and boots and shopping bags by the door. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It was rumored that the Italians carried knives, even the girls, and that the morenos had brass knuckles in their pockets and steel toes in their heavy shoes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I can tell from their clothes—torn shirts and trousers, mismatched shoes filled with holes—that almost all of them are from the poor sectors near the lake. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Clothes and shoes were brought to him and a servant prepared him a bath daily. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

She busies herself then with dusting off a pair of my shoes that have never taken a step. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Sticky winced and put his shoes back on. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But she doesn’t know how to tie her shoes. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only untoward incident he had was that someone once stepped on his newly polished shoes—on purpose, he said. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

All three of them wore matching pink dresses and smart black shoes that they had left on—an act of defiance they’d get a scolding for if Aunt Rose wasn’t out. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Would he be stepping into a dead man’s shoes? American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I pulled off Mamá’s frumpy shoes and pushed on my own sneakers. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And I was so hungry that I could have eaten my shoes! Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He appears even older now, inspecting his shoes and the carpet. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Just as Harriet had promised, Garrett gave them all new shoes, and provided carriages to take them on to the next stop. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mai already has running shoes because she uses them in her high school gym class. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Despite the risk of hookworm, she removes her shoes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Denna removed her shoes and danced lightly through the shadows, delighting in the feel of the grass beneath her feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She imagined dew-dampened grass batting at her shoes and the legs of her trousers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He’s pulling on his shoes the next morning when there’s a knock at the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The sound of my shoes tapping across the cobblestones echoed down the street like a latecomer sneaking into church. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get back in this house and put some shoes on!” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I set my backpack down in the wings, kicked off my shoes, padded over and sat on the floor next to her. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked him if I could stay and help him shine shoes for a few days. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cook stirred in his lean-to behind the kitchen, groping for his clothes and putting on his clodhopper shoes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be off but my shoes had glued themselves to the floor and I had to hold on to the sides of the coffin to remain standing. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I need new laces for my saddle shoes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a pale yellow shirt, spotless and clean, with gray slacks and suspenders and polished black shoes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The door of the cabinet was cracked, so Luke had been able to peek out and see the man’s patched trousers and holey shoes. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Limping along in the new tennis shoes, I take walks, at first small ones, then longer. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I found one of my doll’s shoes under the bed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She sat on the edge of her chair and looked at the tips of her shoes like a little girl. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Living in a big city like Blythe meant I had to wear shoes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He considers packing a spare pair of shoes but decides he can likely borrow some from Widget if need be. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her purse sits on the breakfast table next to a set of car keys, and her shoes are on the floor. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He laced my shoes and put my cap on and we went out. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I wish I could send what my older brother's shoes smell like," Sasha said. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He slipped off his shoes on the woven mat by the front door. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds I hear Bertha’s loud shoes pound away. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

On the way to the pasture, my good shoes become completely coated with mud. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, this pair,” he waved the shoes he held, “are new. They haven’t been walked a mile, and for new shoes like these I charge a talent, maybe a talent and two.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And did you know it’s supposed to be a bad omen to tie shoes together and hang them from a nail?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“We’re too tall for our feet. It’s the only thing we can’t change by magic. Our men stuff their shoes so no one can tell, and we ladies hide them under our skirts.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We’d blush and squirm, and wish Dad had a nice job selling shoes somewhere, and that he had only one or two children, neither of whom was us. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked to the front seat of the car and lifted a pair of shoes whose toes were covered by white sweat socks from under the seat. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the drill sergeants yelled at us for not doing a better job spit-polishing our shoes, I said to myself, "Well, I won't be shot for that." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The women received jackets, skirts, and petticoats, the men wool trousers and wool jackets and caps and shoes. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Inside the small closet behind the two empty beds hangs two pairs of black pants, two neatly pressed white blouses, and polished black shoes. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He took off one of his shoes, peeled off his sock and stuffed it in the goddess’s mouth. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Their feet were wet and cold and their shoes were being ruined. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

On the last day of the summer session, he came to the classroom where she was changing from her work shoes to her flip-flops, zipping up her sweatshirt and gathering the rest of her things. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I could hear Papa’s car engine as it pulled into the driveway or how his shoes sounded coming up the staircase. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Put yourself, for a moment, in Herman Miller’s shoes. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The same man that play the killer is playing the priest And look at these shoes they making now, she say. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to wear anything I might ever want to wear again, so I grabbed my gym shoes. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I would swing my patent leather shoes back and forth like an impatient child riding on a school bus. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point his words slid together to form one word—sounds as confused as the threads of blue and green oil in the puddle next to my shoes. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just in front of the shoes, I swing the pipe and smack the canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Squatting, Rashid peered at a small gap that was letting in light and saw black shoes on the other side. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He had dirty reddish hair, a torn shirt, and wore no shoes. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another soldier gave me a pair of wooden shoes and a blue-and-gray-striped prisoner uniform made out of a thick canvas material. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, I suppose I would buy everyone some new shoes, she says and looks down at my sneakers that pinch at the toes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

"Do you think we can afford new shoes, Baba?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His costume was high-topped shoes and old-time britches held up by one suspender. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I found her a new pair of tennis shoes with rosy laces, she actually wrapped her arms around my waist and hugged me, like she could squeeze the thanks into me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I like shoes, too, but if I had a hustle, all my money would go toward getting us out of Smoky Inn. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

People pointed, laughed, and looked to see who would claim these sorry belongings, who could have thought the faded, torn clothes and stained shoes were still good enough for their new life in Brooklyn. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They’ll live in shacks wearing Italian leather shoes that cost thousands. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A wise person will only be left with threads, but their shoes should be made for endless walking in search of a better life. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I tuck my knees up against my chest and only my shoes stick out. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I brushed the dirt on the ground flat with my brand new shoes and kneeled down. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The clock ticks with its pendulum, keeping time; my feet in their neat red shoes count the way down. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet he did,” Liam grumbled as he searched the ground for his shoes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He held up a pair of woman’s shoes and Hannah tried not to stare at them, but they drew her eyes. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I seen pictures of snow in my schoolbooks, and I don’t think my shoes are gonna hold up. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

You can tell they are a set because they wear matching pairs of orthopedic shoes, the kind that lace on the side. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt it during the mornings when he couldn’t bend over to tie his shoes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll take all that for the wallet. Now what are you going to give me for these shoes and watches?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“And she’s donating her favorite cord skirt and a pair of shoes.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about how maybe one day I’d grow up to wear black shoes with small heels that clicked as I walked down a hall. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

After he drops it on top of my discarded dress, he steps out of his shoes and kicks them aside, then kneels in front of me to take mine off, too. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Mrs. de Vries nods permission for me to open it, and when I do, I see two oxford shoes and a pair of ankle socks. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Something about seeing her there alone on that log, in that field, with her tennis shoes in a plié, makes me remember why I liked her a few months ago. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Drunkards, incorrigibles, poor whites who didn’t even own shoes delighted in this opportunity to scourge the colored population. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

If your pointe shoes are too slippery or satiny, you can walk over to the trays, step into them, and grind the resin dust into the smooth fabric. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As a white woman in Kinshasa I present possibilities, but even a black woman with my same purse and leather shoes would be approached on the street. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks down at Bea’s Wellington boots next to his shiny dress shoes in the grass. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He kicked off his shoes and displayed his goat hooves. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I knocked the snow from my shoes then planted myself in front of the desk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

One by one Miss Bimp’s students come out, sweaters over bare chests, shoes with no socks, jumpers with no shirts beneath. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shoes were polished, his nails were clean, his hat was well brushed, and a white handkerchief adorned his breast pocket. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I switch off the nebulizer and throw my legs over the bed, sliding into my shoes and peering into the hallway to make sure the coast is clear. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He was a pudgy guy in a leopard-skin Hawaiian shirt, purple shorts, red running shoes, and black socks, which didn’t exacdy make him blend in with the crowd. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I thought he was appreciating the special light-up quality of my shoes, until he added, “You have grass growing on your legs.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

My mother says to wear black so young is dangerous, but I want to buy shoes just like yours, like your black ones made out of suede, just like those. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maya and Grace had left their shoes back by the steps, but Joaquin carried his. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

If they take the shoes home, their mothers will sell them for food. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Then you walk to one of the lounge “beaches,” which have no sand, but green turf, and a ton of lay-down chairs, and lockers for your clothes and shoes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The floor under her shoes was slick with monsoon scum. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a clinging green taffeta dress and high-heeled shoes, and when she danced dozens of slave bracelets clinked on her wrists. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

June’s face turned as red as the shoes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Below the bottom pictures I saw a pair of pants and saddle shoes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. My shoes are fine. It’s strange, though. While we were walking, I kept having to stop to pull twigs out of my shoes. You probably noticed.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Ophie finished pulling on her new dress, all black like the rest of the household staff at Daffodil Manor, along with heavy stockings and her shoes, which pinched just a bit. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I keep watching until one of the blond girls cries because her mom won’t buy her a pair of shoes that cost more than my entire life. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

At home, in the evenings, her father stows their shoes in the same cubby, hangs their coats on the same hooks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Roza changed from the nightgown to the dress, not even caring that there were still no shoes for her to wear, for this was not the place for shoes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

After a little while, Jinny reached the spot where all the shoes were buried, where the white bone tree stuck up into the sky. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was hard to do anything but shuffle in the shoes. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stomped out a beat, and I tried to follow, but my feet felt like they were weighed down by big Frankenstein shoes. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

By six A.M. he’s in the hotel lobby in full dress, polish on his shoes, pistol case snapped shut. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

If a shoemaker’s shoes were not bringing in enough money, he could make better ones — or cheaper ones — or bellow out the virtues of his shoes in a louder voice. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I wanted to do that, but I didn’t have money for track shoes or sweats, and I was ashamed to admit it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t even thought about it when Johnny Cakes bought me the shoes. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other moms and dads are dressed in power suits and shoes that glisten. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

That morning, he took most of his clothes and shoes off to cross the river. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I’m wearing my track shoes, which I bought for gym class—they come in handy here. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His suit, she could see, was expensive, fine silver thread running through the wool, and his shoes were, too: cordovan with tassels and smooth leather soles. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But we had to get up whenever a Kapo came in to check if, by chance, somebody had a new pair of shoes. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

To get away from the monks and the rules and the chores and the life that pinched like tight shoes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Unbuckled and unzipped, my pants went to my shoes, and then she laughed and said, “Are those Pokemon?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I knew every last crease in my tired old shoes by heart. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Because there seemed no other way to reach it, Olive took off her shoes and floated up to get a closer look. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mirren took off her shoes and the rest of us followed. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I consider the dazzling clothes and shoes and heaps of delicious white rice that so much money could buy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shucked off her shoes as she ran and, holding the baby under one arm, tore off its shirt. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got to wear glued shoes when I’m hung,” he said, “because I shake the nails out of the other kind.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterwards she could not walk for a week, her feet would not fit into her shoes, they were too swollen. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace felt her heart sink into her shoes. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I was also listening for rioters, for the scrape of shoes on the dirt, the first sounds of yelling growing closer, or the crackle of a torch. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Clifton didn’t say anything after that, and I figured maybe he was waiting for me to look at him instead of at my shoes. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

At sunset, after an impossible day of driving, he pulled to the roadside, kicked off his tight shoes, laid himself out in the seat, and slid the gray Homburg over his weary eyes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip out of my shoes and pants, into the zoot. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They saw my silk scarf, my Zegna pants, my gleaming shoes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I simply can’t dance anymore,” she panted, slipping off one of her shoes and rubbing the sole of her foot. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They are going to raze the Time and a Half Pool Hall, where feet in long tan shoes once pointed down from chair rungs. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When he moved forward his feet squelched and he had to take off his shoes and shake them out before he could go on. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Can you get me one? I don’t want to take my shoes off.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I have a wide black elastic cinch belt with an imitation gold clasp buckle, and flat ballerina shoes of velveteen that scuff as I walk and bulge out at the sides. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They’ll be fine. When I was a kid, I never wore shoes. Made me tough. ’ Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was a pair of bright red high-heeled shoes with glitter all over and a red bow in front. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Mama asked as I hung up my coat by the door and kicked off my shoes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

For the past year, Layla was usually the one Ivy went to when she had a headache or cut her toe while playing outside barefoot because she hated putting on shoes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The door was opened and then I saw a whole lot of feet and shoes beginning to enter the room. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

His large hand trembling, he pulled off his old robes, which were hanging a foot above his ankles, pulled on the spare ones, and laced up Goyle’s boatlike shoes. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I pull on my socks and shoes and rise, staring at the edge of the clearing. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The shoes passed a certain point in popularity and they tipped. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I headed for the first alley I saw, my thin shoes slipping on the light layer of snow that covered the ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

No chance of that, not in these shoes. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

All at once, I remember that day when he taught me how to tie my shoes, two rabbit ears twisting together, those chapped fingers guiding mine. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He pulled on his muddy shoes and went to gather wood, blowing on his cupped hands. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Ophie quickly laced up the house shoes, tying them as tight as possible. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting in an elevated chair, his shoes supported by a metal rung. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z