| 单词 | soap |
| 例句 | Peeta spends a long time considering even small pieces of information, like where people bought their soap back home. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z After a while I look to see if there are any little bars of soap in individual wrappers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She rinsed with a bowl and soaped her hair again. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Sweet brought him soap and a boar’s-bristle brush and knelt to bathe him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z "What a thing to say. Want me to wash your mouth out with soap?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Your mama’s gonna make you wash your eyes out with soap when you get home tonight.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He got him a towel and a cake of soap, told him to take off his rags, and pointed the way to the showers. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I poured off some hot water into the bread pan, leaned the washboard inside, cut off a hunk of soap, and began to rub. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z As soon as I had the jacket over me the smell of the spice and soap and the sound of the crickets and toady- frogs outside made my eyes get real heavy. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z If Mrs. Moss caught him biting off hunks of soap, eating big globs of toothpaste, or drinking from the shampoo bottle, he would get the hot-sauce punishment. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Estha put his wet clothes in a bucket and began to wash them, with crumbling, bright blue soap. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Low-ranked wrestlers must tend to their superiors, preparing their meals, cleaning their quarters, and even soaping up their hardest-to-reach body parts. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He had never learned to love soap, though Kira gave him some for his own. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I could smell the stench of the intruders and the soap Grandfather had used to wash his face before he went to sleep. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nope. I cleaned pots and dishes all day and ended up covered in soap bubbles. And I almost got eaten by the gigantic dishwasher.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z One evening Lourdes and her boyfriend are watching a soap opera on the living room television. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Come soap the car before the bubbles dry. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z She neatly lines up little bags of beans, sugar, and laundry soap—items a local grocery store donates because the packages are damaged and cannot be sold. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Spare parts, tools, boxes full of supplies—everything from soap to toilet paper. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z There was something that looked and smelled like soap. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Many told stories about how they had become addicted to Hollywood movies and South Korean soap operas. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z At this moment, Katie was walking down the stairs quietly with the bar of yellow soap in her hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she wetted a tenugui and washed herself with soap, rinsing by pouring the bowl on herself. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There is no soap or shampoo, and as a result my hair becomes very sticky and knotted, and it is painful to comb. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And, honestly, my back was still bruised from when Chas slammed me up against the soap dispenser the day he caught Megan rubbing her hand on my leg in the mess hall. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z "They're not my parents. It's just a picture from an old magazine—two actors from a soap opera," Belet said, her tone cold and flat as she tossed the shreds into the air. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I spend most of the day watching the quiz programs, the old movies, the soap operas, and even the kiddie shows and cartoons. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I walk back to the car and begin to soap the hood. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “Your hair must be”—Miss Grund grimaces and reaches up to her own head, as if patting down soap bubbles—“tamed. You never know how they might feel about a redhead. Especially that tinny shade.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The fug of body odour, perfume and laundry soap hangs oppressively above bowed, damp heads. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The network hadn’t found a sponsor, such as a cereal or soap company. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Now they were gassing Jews to death in trucks and boiling their bodies to make soap, or so it was said. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The soap in the bathroom is black and rough. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When I stepped in, the hollow roar of water beating against the wall of a metal shower filled the room, along with an odor of cold sweat and soap. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Our godmothers had bathed us with sweet-smelling soap and were dressing us in new outfits that Grosie had approved. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing cures a cold faster than the thought of an old perv wearing a cologne of alcohol and lemon hand soap. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I tried not to look at their tortured little bodies as I filled the washing machine, added the soap, and got it started. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If he thought about it too much, Joaquin could almost feel the warmth of her skin, the heat of her mouth, the way she always smelled good, like soap and shampoo. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “The automatic mop must be running out of soap. I’ll check it.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z If I hadn't made him watch so many episodes of Days of Our Lives, he wouldn't have developed a nasty habit of speaking in the vernacular of a soap opera villain. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z For the second day in a row he didn't use soap. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Sadly, my soap will not work on everyone. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I washed that foot thoroughly, lifting it by the ankle to soap the underside as one does a baby’s legs in cleaning its bottom. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She speaks in a mild, pleasant way and smells like rose-scented soap. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Each morning after drinking the thin soup, do what you can to clean up, though you have only a trickle of water, no soap, no towel, no scissors, no toothbrush. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z She buys mismatched teaspoons, percale pillowcases, colored candles, soaps on ropes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a smell of scented soap on his face. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He unrolled his bindle and put things on the shelf, his razor and bar of soap, his comb and bottle of pills, his liniment and leather wristband. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Here there are several empty storefronts, their glass window s scrawled with soap. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it was the soap again, the warm water, and the razor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There’s a heap of rags, a few bars of soap, and a carton of baking soda in the indoor lavatory, Miss Larsen tells me, in case you want to freshen up. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z They fill their mind and hands with soap and repair and dicey confrontations because what is waiting for them, in a suddenly idle moment, is the seep of rage. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Filth, filth, filth, from morning to night. I know they’re poor but they could wash. Water is free and soap is cheap. Just look at that arm, nurse.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She smelled like Ivory soap and her sweet orange hair pomade, and I breathed deep to try and relax. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She didn’t switch on the light, but she advanced into the room and picked up a cake of soap from the nearest basin. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z They went down with a bunch of bubbles and soap suds and dirt. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z In the bathroom, Kim throws soap, shampoo, towels, and other assorted items into a pillowcase. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to the bathroom and carefully scrubbed the ink away with the gritty dark-brown soap which rasped your skin like sandpaper and was therefore well adapted for this purpose. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He never managed to use his bar of soap, which was just as well, because he wouldn't have had time to rinse off the suds. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z And even though they couldn’t stop their much larger mother from lifting them up and plunking them into the water, they could refuse to touch the soap or washcloth. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave her a small bucket and sliver of soap and she got to work washing a pair of stockings and singing to herself. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of the kitchen soap I usually used, I helped myself to Hattie’s store of bath oils and fragrant soaps. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z No. He had no cause to look at her like that, Milkman thought, and heaving himself upright in the tub, he soaped himself hurriedly. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon, a week after the audition, I came home from school and saw a boy blowing big, splendid soap bubbles that shimmered with colors in the sunlight. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His brown robe is rough against my cheek and there’s a smell of soap. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The watch part might have been waterproof, but the plain brown leather band didn’t care for soap and hot water. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z On Monday a man comes and collects three barrels of scraps of fat and brings back one barrel of soft soap on Wednesday. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was fresh-cured leather and new material mixed up with fancy powder and soap. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She rubbed her body with the yellow soap and a handful of sandy gravel until she tingled. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Better, ten kilos of rice and two bars of soap,” she said, which we do need badly, but I despaired for an imaginary windfall that would bring nothing but more white starch into this house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Not sterile, of course, but I had just spent the day cooking clothes in lye soap and water. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z But I was already squirting green liquid soap on everything. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Maybe the merchant wives came here to scrub the floors and walls and windows, to honor Ghezen, the god of industry and commerce, with soap and water and the chafing of their hands. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I used every kind of soap within reach, Lifebuoy, Ivory, plus a local, rustic brand that felt like sandpaper. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I smelled the sweat and soil and soap on the tender skin. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a quick hug, but in that minute, I inhaled deep and he smelled like soap and cinnamon candy. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z True Belle who helped him up from the grass, soaped his tangled hair and told him what he had to do. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d be needing a fresh bar of soap within the hour and could kill two birds with one stone if she got it now. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A dozen fans of Days of Our Lives gathered religiously every day for the latest installment of their favorite soap. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It smelled of soap and clean towels and bay rum. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If a black kid could take home the soap box derby trophy, what else might be possible? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “She didn’t need to teach you how to make soap. I don’t see you making soap anyway.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It had taken two baths and an entire bar of soap to get the tar off her aching hands and feet, and Philippa had spent thirty minutes cleaning out and binding the wounds on each. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Patti lets me play with the shiny soap bubbles in the sink for a while, but then she says I must stop because if I don't, my fingers will get as wrinkly as her skin. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Dad painted his face with the soap, then bent down and rinsed it off. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He barked an order at me one day, something like, “Pick up those soap bars,” and I looked in his mouth and saw a brand-new set of white chompers. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When I listened in, I immediately wanted to scrub my ears with dishwashing soap. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z All a sudden the Dial soap commercial over. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z After Reynie had repeated this several times, Sticky gave a dull nod and reached for the soap. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “You wash that with soap; otherwise, it will get infected,” she said in a voice more maternal than angry. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He picked up his razor again, and took the soap off his face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He pried out the soap and put it and the brush in a bigger unlettered cup. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “You think I need, your money or your flimsy soap?” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t bring soap because Mama said they would have that in Japan. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The soap in the washtub burned my skin, and Mami scrubbed me so hard her fingernails dug angry furrows into my arms and legs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He shows her the things he’s bought, a tie for his father-in-law, soaps for their mothers, a shirt for Samrat, a silk scarf for Sonia, sketchbooks for himself, bottles of ink, a pen. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They tried soap and water, earth and a scrubbing brush, and lastly a pumice stone and lye, but they could not remove the crosses. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z At that moment, his smell, which is an even mixture of soap and sweat, wafts upward, and it fills my nose, fills my entire head with him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Apa kneels and soaps the last two tires on the station wagon. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I must have water here for him, the boy thought, and soap and a good towel. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The notes of a mandolin drifting like soap bubbles from an illuminated window. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Laundry soap, knitting wool, and a special syrup to strengthen the lungs were distributed free, for Trueba did not want anyone dirty, cold, or sick living on his land. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I glanced back at Dad, sitting on the couch watching soap operas with Laleh. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The only thing that roused her was her daily lineup of soap operas. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Alyce asked the kitchen maid skinning a pig in the manor yard, the laundress boiling great kettles of goose fat for soap, the carpenters fashioning a coffin for Old Ned, who had died that morning. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The money I earned in Kilvin’s shop was spent on essentials: ink, soap, lute strings ... the only other thing I could afford was pride. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Dust, old paper, the scent of soap on his hands, but nothing of her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Once in a while when I got too far off the beaten path, he would come around and cram a bar of soap in my pocket. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel sick by the thick smell of gardenia soaps by the sink. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I gobbled my cold food that had been left covered on the table, seized a piece of soap and rushed into the streets, eager to display all I had learned in school since morning. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart thumped the name “Armando,” whispered hoarsely as in the radio soap operas, and I willed him to look up and fall in love with me at first sight. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z —CO, can I have some soap balls to mop out my cell? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned the colonel’s chin with one finger, then delicately shaved away a stripe of soap with a razor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z They wash themselves with orange-colored Lifebuoy soap, dust themselves with Cashmere Bouquet talc, clean their teeth with salt on a piece of rag, soften their skin with Jergens Lotion. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z On market days, traveling merchants and local farmers came from miles around, selling everything from bolts of cloth to scented soaps and balls of twine. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We get water all over the bathroom floor as we both splash it on ourselves to get the soap off. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z They were going to turn us into soap. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The British had no way of knowing it, but the candles and the soap were made from the fat of rendered Jews and Gypsies and fairies and communists, and other enemies of the State. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a mean job, and some very strange-smelling stuff had gone into that soap. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I caught the scent of lye soap as she walked past. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He smelled different, though, like American soap and American clothes and American food. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Behind those morning smells lingered the mellow scent of mildew, wood, and Ivory soap. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Dad would lead the way from the house to the beach, dog-trotting, holding a bar of soap in one hand, and beating his chest with the other. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The squeals of young girls, the grunts of old women, and the trickling of bathwater echoed between the walls as backs were scrubbed and hair soaped. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “I don’t go to the baker for soap. And I don’t go to the storyteller for cures.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They were gone in an instant, like soap bubbles. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She carries, as usual, packets of warm, salted food for her grandson, a nail file, and a new bar of soap. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z About the way he smelled, like sweat and bar soap. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Finnegan’s wasn’t too bad on its own, but as soon as Miles waltzed in, I had the sudden urge to both hide and put soap in his food. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I carried the basket of linen back to the house on Wall Street, put a pot of water over the fire, and gathered the soap and the scrubbing board. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z In our modern civilizations, we don’t really think of bathing with soap and water as being gendered. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I thought about the women in novels I’d read and in the true romance magazines and on the soaps. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The nuns would certainly have toothpaste and soap, but Bri would want her own toothbrush. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z All other supplies—including soap, shampoo, detergent, and clothes—we have to find for ourselves. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Smell of dish soap rises from the hole. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z She picked out a can of chicken noodle soup, a quart of milk, a loaf of bread, a bar of soap, a box of safety matches and four tomatoes from a bushel basket. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a bit of coconut husk that I could use to scrape the dishes clean, and a tin of powdered soap. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z With a bar of soap, I fashioned a thick ball of lather. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, the wave of politically strategic invites chosen by the press team, and lastly, the fashionably late—minor to mid-range pop stars, teen soap actors, children of major celebrities. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I stopped off in the bathroom, slicked the clip with soap, headed back to my locker and dug at the gum. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He squeezed some dish soap onto his plate and swirled it around with the brush. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z After a commercial for gum and another for laundry soap, MacGyver comes back on and makes a plan with all the villagers to defeat the higher-up bad guys. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But he also took out a couple of bars of soap—I recognized the blue wrappers. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She was ready to spend all the time it took to help her son, Levi, build a humdinger of a car to race in the peninsula’s 1960 soap box derby. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z When she comes home from work, they sit on the couch, watching her favorite soap opera, with her hand resting on his arm. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z From a local tourist shop, he had bought three sets of fresh clothes, some towels, some soap, some bottled water, and, yes, a huge box of wet wipes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She produced an oblong cake of soap in a black case, a hydrating mask, a vial of cell renewal drops, and two tubes of face cream. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He run some water out of a jug and started soaping up the cap’n’s hair. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z His salty neck that smelled sometimes of sweat and sometimes of soap. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The walls were covered with yellowed clippings from the local paper, angling competitions, soap box derbies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They had used store soap, not the slimy, soft, dark brown soap that Grandma made and kept in a big jar to use for common every day. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z According to the soap operas, someday I would fall in love at first sight, but my love and I would suffer before we could be happy. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I breathe in the soap smell, the disinfectant smell, and stand in the white bathroom, listening to the distant sounds of water running, toilets being flushed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a blanket and a towel, plus a zip-up plastic bag with soap, comb, razor, toothbrush and washcloth. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She washed him with the warm water and the sweet-scented soap and dried him carefully bit by bit with the towel. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Many noble creatures had died here, died and been dissected for a few bars of soap and some heating oil. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z We had to turn on the television for the day’s soap operas and we had to turn it off before the murders on the evening news. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They soaped the glass down with sponges and dried it with the pieces of towels. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary Poppins then had a great argument with Father Christmas over a cake of soap. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “Our family is a regular nighttime soap opera.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He lay there in lukewarm water, still sweating, too hot and tired to soap himself. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Monique took two days off from work, mostly to watch the soaps, but she did open a can of chicken soup each day and give it to Angel. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They were all miserable, cold, and completely filthy, since the last of the soap had been saved for Green, who stood all day in the greasy smoke of the blubber stoves. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She smelled the faint perfume of his shaving soap. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I think for a moment what I do know of herbicides, ranging from less toxic solutions like vinegar, salt, and dish soap to something like Agent Orange used in the Vietnam War. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Then I soaped my entire body, head to toe, and rinsed off by swimming around for a couple laps. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I love the way that shaving soap smells. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as I soaped up my hair, I heard banging on the bath room door. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z How that had lost against what type of soap kills the most germs, I’ll never understand. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He emptied it onto the desk and quickly sorted through it: a few clothes, a woolen sweater I had just finished knitting, toothpaste, soap, a towel, and a jar of Grandma’s fresh beef chili sauce. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The soap even got into my eyes and I couldn’t see. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z As if by magic, sitting on a shelf were containers of hotel shampoo, conditioner, and soap. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z White soap bubbled up, then turned brown from all the train dirt. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She was right—the sea did leave an itch when it dried—but the soap made me smell sweeter than I was. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Celia fears that the citizens of Santa Teresa del Mar once again will consider the court as hardly more than occasion for a live soap opera. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Dicey took a cake of soap and washed herself, head to foot, hair and ears, toes and fingers, face, torso. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She went up to the hall closet, found three brand-new toothbrushes, and shoved them into the front of her pants, along with a bar of Dove soap. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z After washing our clothes with boiling water and lye soap, my ma finally admitted defeat and burned them in the hearth. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I grab the cart and push so hard, I run into a basket of lotions and soaps. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z But when I next saw him, that’s where he was, soaping himself. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Often they ducked behind bristly soap plants for cover. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z She could this in many different ways, with Kleenex or soap bubbles or maybe even a blade of grass. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The room still smells like him—a mix of soap and cigarettes and the heady, woodsy quality that is distinctly Theodore Finch. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Eyeglasses could not obscure it, nor could the pimples on her skin brought on by hard brown soap and a tilted diet. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there’s a channel entirely in Spanish playing what is surely a sappy soap opera. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z She took a small chunk of soap and scrubbed at my scalp and face, ignoring her own body. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Bob’s stubbly face smelled of cleaning supplies—fresh lemony furniture polish and Murphy Oil wood soap. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The shower alone has a panel with more than a hundred options you can choose regulating water temperature, pressure, soaps, shampoos, scents, oils, and massaging sponges. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Our playmates’ families exchanged their unwanted food for sugar, coal oil, spices, potted meat, Vienna sausage, peanut butter, soda crackers, toilet soap and even laundry soap. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I shower in the dark, barely able to tell soap from conditioner, and tell myself that I will emerge new and strong, that the water will heal me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He knelt before her in the tub and massaged black Spanish soap between her legs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed pointless to me to try to do laundry in a sink with hand soap, but there was no bathtub or laundry detergent for him to use. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Dad was stirring the soap dish up with his shaving brush, and I got close to the sink to smell the soap. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a trough to wash her hands in, but no soap. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “You should go back to your cave and run warm water over that so-called injury. Then wash it with mild soap. You don’t want it to get infected, or...” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z You wiped off the thick soot, mixed it with toothpaste and soap, and there was your ink. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The bed had been slept in, and his razor and sponge and soap were wet. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “If you dig the pubic lice out of the soaps.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Was it that dark chocolate kind? I hate that kind. But white chocolate is worse. It tastes like soap.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I scrubbed my hair with soap and dunked again, over and over until my hair was free of blood and filth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Others had wagons made of a wooden soap box with solid wooden wheels. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The soap blows up to four times its size. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Building a soap box derby car was an apprenticeship in engineering, and the earlier a kid got started, she knew, the more likely they were to fall under its spell. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z With a POP, the bubble burst like it were made of soap, and Seven fell gently onto the cushiony sofa. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Instead of using something that might harm us, I mix a concoction of a surfactant, NaCl, and a chemical derivative of acetic acid—aka Dawn dish soap, salt, and vinegar. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Harry wanted to slam the door in their faces, but it felt as though a cold draft had entered the room when the door opened, and his shining moment had popped like a soap bubble. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I limp into the shower and program in the gentlest cycle I can remember, free of any soaps and hair products, and squat under the warm spray, elbows on my knees, head in my hands. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Tacked to one of the central posts is a yellowing poster for Palmolive soap. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “I know where there’s a package of soap flakes in the woodshed. It has writing on it. I’ll bring you a piece of the package.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z My shaking hands move of their own accord, scrubbing the diapers, adding more and more soap. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It took three full bathtubs and a whole bar of soap to get me clean. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The woman kept song sparrows in small wicker cages and gave Liyana two fat olive oil soaps to take home to her mother, too. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z By midafternoon I’d done all I could do on the soap pot, and a nickel was burning a hole in my pocket. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z If she left her soap in the bathroom it would walk away. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The woman shakes her keys at us, shouting, “What disgusting, foul language! Where is your mother? I hope she washes your mouth out with soap!!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Get ready for questions like, ‘How many bubbles in a bar of soap?’ or ‘How many wrinkles in an elephant’s trunk?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I stuck my leg up in the air and rubbed it with soap. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Another bag held shampoo, a bar of soap, a tube of toothpaste. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The barber scraped off another stripe of soap and whiskers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She checks my photo ID, then squirts what looks like soap onto my palms, although there is no sink in evidence. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, I guess you don’t stink ’cause, you know, the soap bubbles.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Hope you washed out that jar real good with hot water and soap. Hope you washed away the dill-pickle smell.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The colonel sighed deeply, waved off the barber, and stood up, his face still half-covered with soap. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z If we didn’t go out, we would listen to her soap operas on the radio. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z They passed out boxes of heart-shaped soaps, fuzzy slippers, creamy pink lotions, fancy hand towels, men’s shiny ties, and chocolates, which surprised Liyana, since they’d barely eaten chocolate in their own house. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I pick up the bar of soap and turn it in my hands until my skin is coated with white lather. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I felt Dante’s hands on my shoulders, the warm water, the soap, the washcloth. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I had a rented hospital bed in the living room, where I watched soap operas on t.v., and my family cranked me up and down. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He soaped and rubbed her until her skin squeaked and glistened like onyx. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z As though I’m a famous actress on a soap opera. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s similar to the way, while watching our favorite soap opera, the Doctorita sobbed over the cruelty of Isaura’s enslavement while failing to see that she herself had enslaved me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyra was used to washing with hard yellow soap in a chipped basin, where the water that struggled out of the taps was warm at best, and often flecked with rust. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z There being few babies born that September, Alyce and the midwife spent their days making soap and brewing cider and wine. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember this well, because that was the soap we were issued for laundry; later on, the smell of it would permeate these rooms. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z In this situation, pretending to be a soap opera character failed to help. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Knowing there were soap bars by the dozen, bacon by the rasher, and reveling in her shiny pots and pans and polished floors. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he reached into the gold-plated soap dispenser, pulled out a gun, and shot the guard dead. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There was gentle soap in the sample case already so she could bathe him in the kitchen right away. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He excitedly showed each of us the bed that was going to be ours and lockers that contained soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, a towel, a clean shirt, and T-shirts. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He had bathed regularly in the lake, but not with soap and he thought how wonderful it would be to wash his hair. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The soap went from bubbly white to oily black in two seconds. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z And then the other employees—they were just trying to be nice—they started asking him if he needed some soap or anything. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z David always smells like a nose-tickling combination of the floral laundry detergent his mom buys and the minty soap he uses. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z In a city where every woman over the age of fifty has blond hair, my Mr. Science miracle soap would surely have the Parisians lined up all the way to Bethlehem. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I turned the tap and washed the yellow chemical soap down the drain. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The rain was letting up, but the streets were as slippery and as smooth as melted soap, and one had to guess distances in the darkness. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The air inside smelled of soap and food and sweat. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She fumbled the soap packet open, squishing it between her fingers, across her skin, and into her hair. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The guards led him to a large cement bathroom with showers along the walls.They gave him a brush and a chunk of green soap. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Music plays them out, and then there’s a woman reading a list of expected shortages in the Capitol—fresh fruit, solar batteries, soap. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He would lend it to the boys for a few hours in exchange for toothpaste, soap, lunch, and so on. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z They tried rubbing it off by hand, then with a cloth and soap and water, but it remained as clear as ever. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Every Thursday morning, just when Father Mulligan was due to arrive, Baby Kochamma force- bathed a poor village child at the well with hard red soap that hurt its protruding ribs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a great kettle of soap boiling over a fire just behind the house, and all day long Judith and her mother took turns stirring it with a long stick. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z To rinse the clothes, you’d repeat the process without soap, then let the water drain into the yard to help the grass grow. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I intend to stay on her like hair on soap. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She made her own soap and insisted on giving me a bar from time to time, “to take the itch out.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I look away, pumping the soap until it overflows in my hand. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He pretended he was taking a shower bath; he made faces and danced around and rubbed imaginary soap under his armpits. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The crabber’s skin resembled soap more than anything; he seemed encased in it, a kind of ambergris. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then he washed the last traces of the soap and the toothpaste from his face with lukewarm water. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I dropped the knife into the bag and replaced soap, tooth paste, some clothing, a few other things. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The Governor reached his other hand into his pocket and drew out a glass orb, clear and thin as a soap bubble. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I washed my face and hands, but even then I could smell it within the soap stinging, constricting the nostrils a little. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I lie back, listening to the soaps, and after a little I try finding it again, and my stupid radio will pick up every Chicago station except the one carrying the football game. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The first pail was half-filled with warm water and a little soap. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I reported each night at ten, got a huge pail of water, a bushel of soap flakes and, with a gang of moppers, I worked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I added a bar of soap, a comb, and the pink plastic jar of tooth powder to your bag; from the kitchen, I grabbed a bunch of bananas—your favorite fruit—to add to mine. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Being poor, you’ve sometimes got to ask for stuff—food, toothpaste, even soap. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z We wear ribbons every day except Saturday when we wash them by hand, Dell and I side by side at the kitchen sink, rubbing them with Ivory soap then rinsing them beneath cool water. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He haunted the house, making fresh milk curdle and stealing the bathroom soap. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I let out a breath when I see a few bubbles from the spilled dish soap. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Evy took the glass globe from the parlor fixture, coated the outside with soap and attached it to the bedroom fixture. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z First, we head into the bathroom and rub soap and hand lotion onto our wrists. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He gripped the soap bar and his pain reawakened with piercing stings. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The soap is insanely expensive, and everybody over the age of forty simply has to have it. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Please find out from Corporal Snark if he put laundry soap in the sweet potatoes again,” he requested furtively. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z There the candlemaker’s rack, the pan where Pilate’s homemade soap hardened into a yellowish-brown slab. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z No Mrs. Thompson bustling around cleaning and cooking or in her favorite spot, on the blue sofa glued to her favorite soap, Days of Our Young and Restless Lives, or whatever it was called. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z For these two people who don’t know me from a bar of soap to invest themselves in my semi-irrational desire to find out what happened to my childhood hero? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He hung his helmet on a peg, stripped off his boots and coveralls, and got into the shower and started lathering up with Lava soap. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Dicey washed out all of their underwear, using the cake of soap on the sink. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z There was never enough soap, and sometimes not even enough water. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z And a tiny box with a soap inside that smells even nicer. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Not hastily, as one would explore a hotel room, expecting no surprise, opening and shutting the desk drawers, the cupboard doors, unwrapping the tiny individually wrapped bar of soap, prodding the pillows. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I watch daytime soaps on television, where there are more crises and better clothes than in real life. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The words floated through his mind like soap bubbles, there as he read them, gone completely a moment later. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z But Grumman was directing it fearlessly, and coming to no harm either, because the thing listened closely to him and then drifted upward like a soap bubble until it was lost in the canopy. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about my beautiful dreams and wondered if they would drift away just like those lovely soap bubbles. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She smelled of soap with an underlining of onion. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When she is done, I wash under my arms with lots of soap. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The minty smell of his soap, the warmth of his arms, how when our fingers intertwine, the brown of my skin and the brown of his are nearly a perfect match. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Madame Sabbar quick shot another grape and it disappeared down Jimmy’s throat, making a sound like a soap bubble getting busted! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It would take near the whole day to wash, hang the clothes out on the line, and iron them, but I loved the way the house smelled clean with wood polish and soap. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z She had to work and worry for every bar of soap or bag of sugar she could find. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z One offered a bit of soap when Enrique slipped into a shallow green river to bathe. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I smelled her soap on the back of her neck. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The hours of strong soap and sudsy fleece had accomplished what years of cold water never had—her hands were really clean. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I rubbed castile soap into my hair, under my arms, between my toes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z There in the sink, lathered with soap, was the feline detective, yelling his head off. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Charles had moved into a shed where his nostrils would not be assailed by the immaculate but painful smells of lye and soda and ammonia and yellow soap. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mama Oji knocked; Olanna took a deep calming breath before she opened the door and gave her a bar of soap. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She was bathing four or five times a day, scrubbing herself with horsehair brushes and strong lye soap, as if she meant to scrape her skin off. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There’s shampoo and conditioner, but also lotion and rectangle soap and round soap and bumpy, massaging soap and a shower scrub soap. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I came to teach you how to make soap. Do you know how much they are selling common bar soap now?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Commercials for car dealerships, paper towels, dish soap. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z All around me, girls tug hats off and let their hair down and scrub foamy soap onto their faces and zip up garment bags. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Everything was done at last, even to Amy’s arranging different colored soaps to match the different colored rooms, and Beth’s setting the table for the first meal. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Sohrab faced me and talked while we showered, which was weird, but at least there was a spray going and soap partially covering me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I took a bar of Ivory soap and one of Cecile’s washcloths and scrubbed away at the black ink scrawled all over Miss Patty Cake. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He would like to have a bath, a proper wallow with soap. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He smells like a perfect combination of Lever soap and Old Spice. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z If S.P. didn’t use so much soap on his hands, he wouldn’t always be late at breakfast. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z All these things need to be produced: crops have to be grown and distributed, soap must get boiled, cloth has to be woven. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Those are her things. Her clothes. Her soap. Her comb. Her brush. You went in her house, didn’t you?” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “No, and that was the other thing. It was the first time I see her look anything but hateful. Like she smellin’ you with her eyes and don’t like your soap. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Root alighted gently on the deck, his boots adhering slightly to the mixture of dried soap and blubber coating the steel surface. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z There was no soap, but in the forest there was an area that had a particular kind of grass that could be used as a substitute. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I just smell like soap, but there have been days, especially after gym class, when, phew, the odor easing out has been kinda ripe. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Everyone else changed into the clothes the Dauntless provided for us, but I sleep in my Abnegation clothes, which still smell like soap and fresh air, like home. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “One. Two. Three,” she says, showing me how much soap powder to add and how many cup- fuls of water to use for rinsing. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z David, with the floral notes of his clean clothes and the minty smell of his soap and the intimate, familiar ways our bodies fold into each other. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She has unwrapped the little soap and used a washcloth to clean her face. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The makeshift crib, the gentle soap left her mind. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z One by one they came, smelling of soap and childhood. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A stale smell hit me straight in the face, and I realized how much Miles’s room had smelled like him, like mint soap and pastries. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I have put everything I can into my one suitcase—clothes, shoes, a good wind-up clock, some soap, an extra pair of glasses. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We used Fab laundry detergent to wash our hair because soap and shampoo were too mild to cut the sulfur and oil in the water. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z What I put into them: my own clothes, my own soap, my own money, money I had earned myself. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. McCullough, she was sure, must have an array of bath products at her disposal: all those lotions and soaps and creams made just for babies, rich with shea butter and almond oil and lavender. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Weeds like so many squinty-eyed stars and brush that made your ankles itch and itch until you washed with soap and water. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Alyce was greatly relieved when enough soap was made to wash all the linen in England, and brewing could begin. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Reek stepped up behind him, smelling of soap, his long hair moving in die wind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It has suspense, tragedy, startling developments—a soap opera growing out of the ground. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t have any soap or hot water, so my mom bathed me with dishwashing liquid, in a tub of ice-cold water. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Even when he smears soap lather over them, I don’t feel anything. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She says, “Where is the homeowner? I need dish soap. The whole bottle. Two if you have them.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Mama Oji held the soap with both hands and raised it to her nose and sniffed it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Pour a little of this into that water and add some soap.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Something there, the steam, the dirty water, the soap, something there had caused this to happen. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z It sounds farfetched, but like a roast forsaken in the oven or a rescheduled dental appointment, childbirth is one of those minor details that tends to slip the minds of most soap opera characters. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He’d gone to Kinshasa with a pirogue full of fish and traded it all for three bags of salt and a hunk of soap. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Mother mixed soap in it to create bubbles. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Don’t know if I soaped up or not. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s what you asked me to do, isn’t it? Laundry soap is the best way.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But today she smells fresh, like honeysuckles and soap. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Not 50 loud, or we’ll get our mouths -washed out -with laundry soap.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached for the soap as Ruth flung her half-washed rocks, now muddy, not dirty, into the rinsing tub with the clean tablecloth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The memories of the scary Nino Carlitos slide from my grasp like a wet bar of soap, and all I see is a thoughtful, generous man who is skilled at origami. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Being so hot—and, maybe, not having had a bath in a long time—he picked up the soap and ran across the road. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I toss TaShon a bar of soap and he is scrubbing Spot. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z That night, they watch soap operas together on the living room sofa. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z There she could sit and watch the foam disappear, the scoops of ice cream lose their ridges and turn to soft, glistening halls like soap bars left in a dishpan full of water. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was younger, Granddaddy would let me watch soap operas with him every afternoon in the summer. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Just soap, which I intend to use. Find it for me, will you? Then...hell, I shouldn’t be doing this. Why didn’t you take her to the doctor?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she checked Doc over, then wet a few rags with cool water and a little dish soap. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Everybody was just waiting for the next chapter in the Hickam family soap opera. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z One question put to him was “How many bubbles are there in a bar of soap?” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He smelled of soap, as though he had bathed recently—for me? Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z South Korean soaps—which display the fast cars, opulent houses, and surging confidence of South Korea—are classified as “impure recorded visual materials” and are illegal to watch in North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He scrubbed and scrubbed with the gray, seaweed soap, but it only made his skin turn a violent red. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I rubbed the soap on a rag and scrubbed my skin until it burned. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had me stand back a few yards with the sprayer and wait for him to finish scrubbing the metal mesh with an old shoe brush and car soap. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He could use the scissors from the first- aid kit to cut it off, then wash it with soap. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother, armed with a scropbrush and a piece of Lifebuoy soap, purged me of years and years of grime till I ached and bled. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She smelled like knockoff Ivory soap and powdered laundry detergent from a yellow box labeled “Laundry Detergent.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He picked up his washcloth and a bar of soap and began to clean the blood coming from his nose and mouth. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z In the afternoon, I listened to some of the soap operas—Life Can Be Beautiful, Stella Dallas, Mary Noble, Ma Perkins—and what I heard depressed me even more. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I imagine that everyone benefited from your willingness to share the bars of soap your mother sent. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I used toilet soap for the first time, not the blue detergent that I had washed with for so many years at home. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With no shampoo or soap, it is a constant battle to keep myself clean, and as a result, my hair clumps together in greasy knots, which makes it hard for me to catch the lice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I even tried using the bubblegum pink razor that had been included in the hotel’s small pack of soap and shampoo, opening up old and new scabs on my shins and knees. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z We used soap when we could, but if we ran out, we just bathed with water. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She expects fustiness, an elderly funk, but the room smells mildly of soap and books and dried seaweed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The jacket smelled real good, like spice and soap. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Margaret was so serious about that soap, when she heard a rumor that the company might go out of business, she bought an entire boxcar full of it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Then I grab Lily’s loofah, pour soap over it until it’s good and foamy, and begin to scrub at my toes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I stayed still, ready for anything: a whipping for staying out, a tongue-lashing for missing dinner, getting my mouth washed out with soap for saying a bad word. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He stuck his hands into the washing bowl and then grabbed the bar of soap at the washing area. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z So I was a little alarmed when Sohrab pulled soap and shampoo out of his nylon drawstring backpack. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “It’s cheaper to import soap operas from Mexico,” Obiora said, his eyes still glued to the television. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It looked like some kind of soap commercial gone terribly wrong. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I don’t think a single child escaped having his or her mouth roughly washed out with soap. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ain’t no need to wash your hands if you come here to work. Just take hold of that mop and put some soap and water in the bucket.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z High-Tech produced a bar of green soap and lathered Ugwu’s head and shaved it with a razor blade until it was smooth and soft to the touch. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z How sweet water tastes even when mixed with soap. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Inside, she unfolded handkerchiefs, crisp white underwear, bars of Lux soap, and chocolate, and she marveled that they had reached her intact, even sent through the Red Cross. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z While she was in labor, she was watching The Young and the Restless, and so she named me Ashley after one of the soap opera characters. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z There were no brushes, no soap, no towels, but I rinsed myself off anyway. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Armed with sponges, soap, brooms, and mops, they sweated together in the climbing August sun, working hurriedly before the movers arrived. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They giggled when we stripped down to bathe; they smiled happily while we soaped up and splashed one another. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Our front door has a tiny slot to shove mail through, but anything thicker than a bar of soap gets left outside. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “Antibacterial soap growing the lowest number of bacterial colonies, compared to regular soap, hand sanitizer, and a plain-water rinse? It took first place in third grade.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z But I soaped them with dish-washing liquid, then rinsed and dried them. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The scent of laundry soap, old books, and double chocolate pecan cookies from the Vanderbeekers’ floor gave way to the smell of Miss Josie’s Southern Rose perfume on the second floor. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The one who made cupcakes for me to take to school on my birthday while Mama watched soap operas in her bathrobe. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “This special soap will help you feel better.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Joon stands next to him holding the yellow bottle, squeezing too much dishwashing soap into the bucket. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The idea hovered and shimmered delicately, like a soap bubble, and she dared not even look at it directly in case it burst. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z That it took three minutes for warm water and a handful of Tide soap powder to make the right amount of suds. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I soon heard the shower running and the sound of him scrubbing with brushes and Lava soap. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I was observing the scene over the rim of the soap pot, and I was all eyes. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z After breakfast, Laleh and I settled in the living room—me to read The Lord of the Rings, and her to watch another Iranian soap opera. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The other kids threw bars of soap at her, pushed one another into her path, and wrote graffiti about her on the bathroom walls. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z By the time I finished with the early morning dish prep, I had practically drowned in soap bubbles. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She washed me with a cloth and soap and warm water. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The piece of soap was on a stone at the edge of the water. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I hadn’t so much as touched a bar of soap, but I got out, wrapped a towel around my waist, and sat down at the computer. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Then he’d change the soap to his left hand and do the same thing to his right side. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z To bathe, we put water in a bucket and splashed ourselves with it, using soap we bought from local vendors via the kids on bikes. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Washed plates with cold water and bars of soap. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z During the day, the bathroom was our playhouse, until the men came home from work and reclaimed it, filling the air with the humid scent of Palmolive soap. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z George made him a soap bubble pipe and a bow and arrow. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z He needed street clothes, soap, shoes, a cap, a pair of glasses. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then the woman brought them soap, flannels and two enamel bowls to wash in. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I stepped over the other’s outstretched legs and washed quickly, using the soap the man in the shower thrust into my hands. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor beyond the path is covered with white spheres, thousands of them piled like soap bubbles. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She had water to wash in whenever she liked, a chunk of soap. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He had a closet in his room, fitted up for the purpose, which smelt of the scented soap like a perfumer’s shop. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Often there wasn’t even a mirror, or any hand soap. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I washed my face and my body with the soap. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z After a second of standing quietly, he reaches down and picks up the dishwashing soap. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z It’s a little damp and smells of soap. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I squared my stance, ready to argue, to tell Grandma again that we didn’t use soap, but when I looked up, the woman I saw was not the woman I expected to see. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They appear as rings, but only because, as with soap bubbles, we see more of them at the periphery than at the center. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a soap opera playing in the background when she picked up the phone. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Shin did not distinguish himself with diligence and rarely touched soap. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z At home, I lived in a world of high drama and intrigue, immersing myself in an ever-evolving soap opera of dolls. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They had washed their hands and faces and scrubbed them well with soap, at the wash-basin on the bench in the kitchen. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Like some guy in the soap operas his mom watched. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z We ended up in front of a table with different homemade soaps and lotions that smelled like vanilla and lavender. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The maids will come in the morning to scrub down everything with soap, but I do my part anyway. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked as though he would smell like a bar of soap. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She falls asleep on the couch as the latest soap washes over the screen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He was a mess; he longed for a hot shower with plenty of soap, and for some clean clothes. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Not like soap or deodorant, but like clean laundry. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There’s no need to wave a magic wand over the noun soap and transmute it into an adjective just because of what it’s doing in this phrase. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He rolled up his sleeves and began to lather up with the bar of Lava soap. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A familiar example of interference in the case of light is the colors that are often seen in soap bubbles. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I replace the Ivory soap that was knocked off the pile. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She hired a local woman named Minnie whose sole job was washing the laboratory glassware using the only product Margaret would allow: Gold Dust Twins soap. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “I’d bind it to the bird and lather it with lye soap.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I decided to bring my own soap too. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The story concludes with high drama like a Bengali soap opera. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He shows me into a small bathroom where there's a bar of green soap. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I had money to spare for luxuries such as soap and a second shirt to replace the one I’d lost. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The salt he kept for himself, but from the soap he would shave thick peels to trade for food. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I have a feeling we are not talking about clean dishes anymore, but I add extra dish soap to the sponge to get every speck of food off the plates, just in case. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The light seemed to boil opalescently, like liquid soap shaken gently in a bottle. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “They asked me to bring some soap to scrub her up with when she had that interview,” Anna said. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I thought about stealing a piece of Madam’s rose-scented soap, but that would have made me smell like her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She forgoes all of the usual motel thrills, like unwrapping the soaps and hunting for the Bible. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z There was an endless supply of fat towels and liquid gardenia soap. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Cassiopeia preferred hot water but was frightened of the soap. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z If antibacterial soap creates super germs like they say, what if toxic tenting creates super insects? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I dipped a few ladles of warm water from the stove’s reservoir into the largest enamel bowl, then dropped in a bar of soap and rolled it into a lather. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Deza handed Bugs and the other little boy some rags and some soap powder and they started splashing the dishes in the water. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z With those words, he released me—which I was glad of, for his hand smelt of scented soap—and went his way downstairs. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I would know the smell of it—oil soap and fireplace wood. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They sat down among some bristly green soap plants. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The minty smell of his soap, the warmth of his arms, how when our fingers intertwine, the brown of my skin and the brown of his are nearly a perfect match. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He washed his dirty matted hair and bathed him with the soap and sponges. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He scrubs the bar of soap against me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the pillow, with its cotton casing smelling of washing soap, is a marvel. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Beneath the faint layer of tart whiskey, I can smell Shield soap, so he must have showered already. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I bet she knew how to meditate and made her own soap. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Jet black hairs wound themselves around bars of soap. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I need shampoo, then. Real shampoo. I can’t use Mama’s soap.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z As Maybeth soaped and rinsed, and the boys dried, and Dicey put away the glasses, dishes, knives, forks, pots and pans, they sang. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The tourists’ rooms that we clean and, beyond them, the far more expensively appointed interiors in the soaps begin after a while to merge. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d know the scent of you, like I know how Papa always smells like hospital soap, smoke, and the pistachio nuts he carries in his pocket. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She always had a pair of scissors hanging by a white tape from her waist, and with this she began shaving thin slivers of soap into the palm of one hand. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z People were always yelling at one another on soap operas. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z So while Kevin got ready to go to the library, I sat on the bed, fully dressed, stuffing a comb, a brush, and a bar of soap into my canvas bag. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I could almost smell the lemon and pine of her favorite soap still on the dress. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Funny color for soap. Smells a lot like chocolate.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I carried the boiled diapers outside, washed my hands carefully with our sliver of soap, and interrupted the afternoon’s procession of cookpots to make Elévée a cup of tea. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And after them came a line of black girls, old, fat, dressed in ragged gingham, walking loosely, carrying tin cans of soap powder, rags, mops, brooms ... Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The storefronts of Mack Avenue passed by, more than a few closed up, windows soaped over. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Mortola’s face looked sour, as if he had told her to eat a bar of soap, but she took two or three reluctant steps back. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z So I washed my face with his soap three times and put on a fresh headband. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I squirt in a little soap and swish the water as the sink fills. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z And these shelves were loaded with little articles, soap and talcum powder, razors and those Western magazines ranch men love to read and scoff at and secretly believe. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve already asked Father to compensate him for the damages, especially since Dussel only gets one bar of inferior wartime soap a month. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Not so much as a stray piece of grass decorated the cutting blade, and the garage smelled not of death but of soap and Armor All. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Never knew people could get clopped so hard the way they clop them on those soap operas,” Mr. Savo said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The survival kit did have soap, it turned out—a few disposable packets tucked into a comer of the knapsack. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She says, “Are we ready below? The soap will lubricate. He will start to slide.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z So you’re walking around this empty house, and all the towels are folded up, and the soap is still wet on the soap dish. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran hot water in it and poured soap chips under the running water so that the foam stood high and white. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m trying to get the soap on her fingers but she twisting and turning and she snake right out my arms. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And she’d managed to embed some stolen sewing needles into a bar of soap for a makeshift, miniature pike. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “We don’t even have soap in the bathroom at home.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “That sounds great,” Mom told me as she smelled one of the soaps. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The friend explained that a guy he knew, Tom Black, was leaving his job at a soap factory in Jersey City. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned that in the truck parks there are showers and soap and towels—that I could park and sleep the night if I wished. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Mami comes in and takes away the bedpan and then she comes back with clean water and soap and a basin. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z She ran some hot water over them then rubbed Ivory soap on a washcloth before answering. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z No matter how much soap I put on them, they felt cold and oily, and I didn’t know if I’d ever get the feeling of death off them. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z That soap he uses for washing up and his clothes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There are sweet-smelling soaps and bottled bathwater, love perfumes and potions promising money and luck. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z For certain wavelengths the crests of the waves reflected from one side of the soap film coincide with the troughs reflected from the other side. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached out and took her directly into a hug that didn’t smell of Mr. Chris and the earth at all, but of soap and medicine. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I soap myself, use the scrub brush and the piece of pumice for sanding off dead skin. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He liked getting soaped up, I thought, enjoyed the feeling of my hands on his body; he stared into my eyes the whole time and rasped less frequently. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “I am hungry,” I replied, and put the brush down and washed my hands in the soap and water. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But they have been permitted to shower with real soap, and so they look scrubbed. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Every single day they had to be washed, then rubbed with saddle soap. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Once a week she scrubbed Francie’s head with the yellow soap. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But mostly it was a heartwarmingly plain, sincere machine, promising good fun and few breakdowns; the sort of car that, especially in soft yellow, looked like nothing so much as a bar of soap. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The embers were white, and sure enough, the pot was solid with soap. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She learned household accounting—how to add and subtract bills for soap, candles, and flour. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I am in the bathroom washing my face and hands with soap three times when Uhmma gets home. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z They found clothes in the closets to wear—clean clothes—which they put on after scrubbing themselves with real soap and drying themselves with real towels. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t a soap opera star at all, but a head-and-neck surgeon, though I kept thinking of him as someone named Armand in some steamy soap set on a tropical island. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She had to settle for paper towels, a broken soap dispenser and an asthmatic hand dryer. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She led the way to the backyard, and after Mrs. Muokelu had explained and demonstrated how to make soap she stowed the ash near the pile of cement blocks. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Well, make sure to wash your hands with antibacterial soap.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “I dropped the soap in the shower and didn’t pick it up again. I threw away the porridge because there was a stinkbug in it.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Colonel Regan was sitting in a chair, a white cloth around his neck, his face covered with foamy soap and his eyes closed. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I could smell the soap on his hands. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Out fell the brush, the comb, the soap, the shampoo, all rolling away in different directions. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z They arrange themselves at four corners around me, unlatch the hitches, grip the levers jutting from the sides of my glass ball, and lift me off the wheeled bottom like I'm only a soap bubble. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Back up at the barn I carefully stowed our booty: matches, soap, clean clothes, more blankets, dog food, a single candle I found under a chair, and some books. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z If they smelled of anything but soap, I argued with my mother that I should skip school that day, rather than be sent home in humiliation. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Bobbette yelled from the kitchen, where she sat watching a soap opera. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “I washed it with plenty of soap and water, and I put medicine on it. Here, brine will have to be my medicine. It should be just as good.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Afterward she ran into the house and washed her mouth with soap and brushed her teeth, as if that could remove the stain in her memory. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the beds was a broad damp stain on the carpet in the center of which lay a bar of soap and damp wads of lavatory paper. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We now were entitled to a blanket, a washbowl, and a bar of soap. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I spread on a modest amount and set it on a pink glass plate, the kind that came free in bags of sugar or flour or laundry soap. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Mama Oji swiftly raised her blouse and tucked the soap into her threadbare bra. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z On it were two thin hand towels, a half bar of Ivory soap. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your friends sound like they belong on a soap opera,” Zack says. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z They need water and soap to wash with every now and then, or else they have to struggle with parasites and diseases. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She is the color of a bar of naphtha laundry soap, she is like the little brown piece left at the end of the wash, the hard little bone, my sister. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “And clean? Dress hair, press clothing—" “Make soap, wash dishes, barter—yes. You've just described every free-woman in the Scholars' Quarter." An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And we were also close to little shops that sold only one kind of thing: only tea, or only fabric, or only soap. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I use gobs of soft soap out of a barrel. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There were farmers growing peanuts, hauling peanuts, making peanut oil, peanut butter, even peanut soap. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He hugs me, smelling like soap and baby powder. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z And Mr. Jeavons smells of soap and wears brown shoes that have approximately 60 tiny circular holes in each of them. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When her locks and curls were piled up around her feet, one of the novices soaped her head and the silent sister scraped away the stubble with a razor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z You will shower daily and are provided with soap, shampoo, towels, toothbrush, tooth paste, and other hygiene supplies. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Only once in a while, on the soap operas, is there an indi'gena, and she’s usually a fat, middle-aged maid who never speaks except for yes, senora. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m deep into Soledad’s story, which is going to be juicier than any soap opera, when Manuelito appears at the edge of the eucalyptus grove, shouts something in Quichua, and then runs away. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I put the new shirt on, I bring it to my nose, grateful for the scent of laundry soap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He explained how his factory took leftover cooking grease from restaurants and turned it into nice, white soap. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z To see if he would swing his legs over the side of the mattress and stand up and wander to the bathroom and shave his face, the smell of soap wafting out to the hallway. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I also knew that I never wanted to experience that awful soap again. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a gray-veined lozenge of soap she preferred not to touch. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I happened to drop Dussel’s soap on the floor and step on it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z With no detergent or soap, I must beat the bedsheets against rocks to try and clean them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps there were boys stomping barefoot through that house right now, ransacking the near-empty pantry and setting fire to the curtains in a kitchen that still smelled of Mrs. Underdown’s disinfectant soap. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I washed him with lye soap and water, then rubbed salty bacon grease into his hair all over to rout the fleas. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z For nigh on two weeks, our clothes have seen neither water nor soap, and they are now considerably enstyed by the muck of the deck and the contagions of the air. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I was close enough to him that I could smell his lemon soap. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z All we had was the twelve bucks I had left after buying the soap and the watch and the Tic Tacs. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z She drank the coffee, took her bar of yellow soap and started back for work. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I bent over and stuck my hand in the water and tried to grab a couple but they kept slipping away like they were covered with soap. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The cab still smelled like pastries and mint soap. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z My mother took no pity on me and scrubbed the coal dirt off me with a stiff brush and Lava soap. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I tried to remember what soap opera heroines said to their lovers, but I couldn’t compare this boy in shorts and knee socks to the manly Ricardos and Armandos. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z My mother used to say that when men get old they think anything that smells bad can kill germs better than soap and hot water, so they either bathe in liquor or cologne. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “A lot of immigrants start that way nowadays. And the maids get to bring home all the leftover soap and the clothes people leave behind.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As she put the gun down carefully next to the bar of yellow soap, her hand accidentally touched the muzzle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Naomi propped herself up on the sofa after dinner and watched Beto try to get Edgar to fetch a bit of pencil as they all listened to a soap opera. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The truck stopped next to Nali, who was busy rinsing the soap off her face and drying off. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I open the windows to let some air in because it’s too dead and stale, and then I close them again, afraid the scent of soap and cigarettes and Finch will escape. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z All my discoveries make headlines, but the most controversial is a soap that rejuvenates aging skin. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z No ’mount of soap was making me feel better. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The smell of pastries and mint soap filled my room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I get my rag and my oil soap, work my way up the staircase, polishing each spoke on the banister as I go. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Then she brings a basin with soap and water, and I wash my hands. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z She gathered a bar of soap, their toothbrushes, and two washcloths. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z We would stand or squat in these buckets, soaping ourselves with the brackish water, rinsing off the dust from the day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were cans of saddle soap and a drippy can of tar with its paint brush sticking over the edge. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Bars of soap are brightly fragranced, and colored in soft pastels. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “That’s what comes from the pump there by the sink. That water’s so soft that one rub of the soap makes it full of suds.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Another time I slicked the rim of Gay’s travel mug with dish soap. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I smile to myself, thinking of how Max swiped Nurse Eric's badge and the way we soaped the alarm bracelets off our wrists. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Levi Jackson was the “first colored boy in history” to win the peninsulas soap box derby. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The soaps are the best, and Carlie turns the volume up full blast so she won’t miss anything from the bathroom or while the vacuum is on. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His hair was very fair, his face naturally sanguine, his skin roughened by coarse soap and blunt razor blades and the cold of the winter that had just ended. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z However, despite our lack of facial hair, every Navajo recruit was still expected to put soap on his face each morning and scrape away his imaginary beard. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t care that we have to wash our clothes in the sink with the soap we use to bathe with. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A stainless steel basin and sponges and bars of soap. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Only the candles and the soap were of German origin. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He smells like pine trees and fired tobacco, expensive soap the likes of which my family’s never known. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It was especially important when other physical markers disappeared—your long hair, dresses and shoes that fit properly, limited access to makeup and soap. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He brought me a brush, a bucket of steaming water, and a cake of lye soap. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We had no soap, but at least I was able to wash away the caking dirt of Birkenau. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z "We'll sleep outside, same as ever, but they got a bathhouse here, if any of you feels the need o' hot water and a lick o' soap." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He smells like soap, the green bar kind. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Jeff took a piece of soap and made an imprint of the key. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And he told me about the concentration camps, and about how the Germans had made soap and candles out of the fat of dead Jews and so on. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As if this period was suddenly the new episode of a soap opera, and the long-thought-dead evil twin had just sauntered back into town. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z As the Presbyterian preacher commenced his sermon, I was puzzled by the behavior of Mr. French Gordy, who sat with Miss Sarah in front of us, smelling of soap as usual. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "They always put lavender in your soap. It's the queen's preferred scent." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, being soaped head to toe by her mother, Nel ventured an observation. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I unwrapped the bar of soap I’d picked up at a liquor store, and eased into the water on the shallow end, but it was way colder than I expected. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z In the girls’ room, I throw away the garbage and quickly wash my hands using 3 squirts of soap. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z His hair was damp and he smelled of the strong soap in the schoolhouse locker rooms. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I want to go back to the house and up to the bathroom and scrub and scrub, with the harsh soap and the pumice, to get every trace of this smell off my skin. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The nurses and doctors whispered their secrets on General Hospital while the soap opera organ played a tune full of worry. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Isn’t that what people in soap operas get before they die young and still beautiful? A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Rabia looks from one of us to the other, as if she’s watching an entertainingly tense moment in a TV soap opera. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I close my eyes, and she’s there with me, suddenly, without warning, it must be the smell of the soap. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, not like that. The alcohol kills the tiny critters, like cleaning a mess up with soap.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Doctors often skipped the step of scrupulously washing their hands and fingernails with soap and water before treating a wound or performing surgery. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I stuck my lunch back in my school bag and headed for the bathroom, where I was grateful to find automatic water and soap dispensers. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I had to roll the pot in the grass and climb halfway in with a wire brush to loosen the clinging soap. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There was liquid soap on the wall by the sink. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Not the kind of baby hair her grandmother had soaped and played with and remembered for forty years. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Watching Iranian soap operas with her grandfather,” Dad said without looking up from his sketchpad. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I kind of wanted to go watch Iranian soap operas with my grandfather and improve my Farsi too. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z His hair is damp and he smells of soap and aftershave. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He removed all of his clothes and sponged his skin with yellow soap until the odor was gone from his pores. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I’M standing in Brent’s Drugstore picking out Mother’s Lustre Cream and a Vinolia soap bar, while Mr. Roberts works on her prescription. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She passed through a street that smelled of linens and soaps, one full of strung-up meats and animal hides, and yet another filled with artisans and pottery work. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Aunt Rose said it so plainly, like she was talking about the best kind of lye soap, and Ophie felt the tiniest bit of her nervousness break away. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Later Mama would mix this lye water with hog fat and boil it in an iron pot when she wanted to make soap. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “He dropped the soap in the shower and didn’t pick it up again. He threw away porridge ’cause there was a stinkbug in it.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Getting the lakebed off the men was problematic; the hot water ran out long before the men did, and because the PX didn’t sell shaving soap, practically everyone had a brambly, dust-catching beard. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I rub my hands together, spreading out the soap. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I soon found it didn’t matter if I scrubbed like a gal from a one-cow town or if I gave up on Ivory soap and turned to stronger cleaners. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I become hyperactive and get a rash if I forget to use my hypoallergenic soap. if/whether. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hazel,” Percy said, “I am seriously going to wash your horse’s mouth with soap. He says, yes, he can pull it, but he needs food.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The storerooms held supplies of every kind—canned food, clothes, furniture, blankets, light bulbs, medicine, pots and pans, reams of paper, soap, more light bulbs—everything the people of Ember could possibly need. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They were not like words at all, but like soap bubbles, or like the kisses blown around by a starlet in a motorcade. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Plus, I know when we get back to our apartment Daddy will fill the small sink with water and soap powder to wash our clothes. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z They bought soap from a machine for ten cents and deposited a quarter into the slot in the washer. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I strip quickly and grab the bar of soap next to the sink. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Most noticeably, there were no urinals, only a row of stalls on the left and a row of sinks, mirrors, and dispensers oozing pink soap on the right. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The bandages are forever sticking and have to be ripped away and when he comes home she washes the sores with warm water and soap, covers them with ointment and wraps them in clean bandages. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I could smell pastries and mint soap, crisp and sharp in the cold air. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z And she hit her forehead on the bathroom mirror as she washed the soiled pants in the sink without soap, because there wasn’t any. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Laughing, Thomas and Kira gave him the smooth bar of soap, which he tucked solemnly into his pocket. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She smelled the soldier’s coarse soap, the salt of his perspiring back. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Keeper selected several more hands after that, and each boy confessed to weird things, like not folding his blanket correctly or using too much soap. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave Bob a little plastic tube of soap bubbles because it just seemed to fit his personality. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z She’d mentioned that the night air would cool her brew to soap, so we went outside to see. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She scratched her forehead with her soapy hand, then wiped the soap away with her arm. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z The night balloon he’d been trapped inside popped like a soap bubble, and he landed on a hard floor surrounded by Clock Watchers. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He forgoes soap, and soon his face is as black as the coal miners’. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z People think it’s such a hard read, but it’s really just a soap opera with lots of characters, people falling in love, fighting for love, dying for love. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z They don’t spank us or rap us on the knuckles with rulers or wash our mouths out with soap, all of that stuff you read about in old-fashioned books. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He smells like wind and sweat and soap, like Tobias and like safety. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Dad would sit in the tub and put the soap in his right hand. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of the gang dumping ashcans on Third Avenue and soaping up the windows. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I washed my hands with a foamy pink soap that squirted from a bottle. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the tap there were a dozen pink and white soaps, shaped like swans and roses, resting in an ivory-tinted shell. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z James stood in the muddy water and washed out their underwear, using the cake of soap. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They had been gold at first, but now I saw how they shone iridescently— like the rainbow colors you see on a soap bubble if you look at it from the right angle. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z An argument could break out at any moment—over lost car keys or bars of soggy soap or burned toast. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z If she did not like what someone said, she would announce, “My mother would have made us eat soap—be thankful this is real food.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She walked through a water-shower stall that contained an ultraviolet light, a bar of soap, and some ordinary shampoo. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadow washed his face with the restroom’s liquid soap, then he lathered his face and shaved. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I climbed into the truck, breathing deep the smell of mint soap and pastries. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Because soap bubbles are clean, and why would I stink if I were drenched in soap?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The stranger thought that her small talk was a way of covering her complaisance, so that when she began to soap herself he gave into temptation and went a step further. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It smells like soap and it’s big enough to cover the lower half of my face. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She gave me the chore of scraping out the soap pot, which looked like a long day’s work. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “This here’s good soap,” she remarked as she went at it with the knife. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He sighed as he picked up his razor, but the soap on his face had dried and he had to wipe it off and begin again. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Actually, I saved just about everything—my movie ticket, a handkerchief from the hotel, even the soap and shower cap! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But everybody knew what “Soaphead” meant—the tight, curly hair that took on and held a sheen and wave when pomaded with soap lather. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z One girl left with a broken leg after slipping on a bar of soap Pilar dropped while the nanny was bathing her in the sink. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was still Gran’s favorite soap in all the soap dishes. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “I’ve brought you some soap, Sticky. And a towel and clean clothes.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z There, a nurse let me wash up with antibacterial soap. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I never used soap except when I showered, usually once or twice a week, and sometimes I didn’t use it even then. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The river was empty but for great chunks of the greasy yellow soap floating here and there. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I wished,” O’Brien had said, “I could float off this floor like a soap bubble.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Fancy soap is fancy. Not meant to last.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A nun at St. Agnes Academy had once washed Hazel’s mouth with lye soap for saying something very similar, so she wasn’t sure how to respond. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Propped her feet on that table while she watched soap operas on that TV? Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I understand her marriage better now, maybe from all the soap operas I’ve watched with her while lying on the floor beside her bed. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z With no soap, Keav takes the clothes to the edge of the river and scrubs them against the rocks to get them clean. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The room was bright and smelled like it had just been cleaned with the same oil soap my uncle used on our floors. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z With soap in one hand, and potty, hairpins, panties, curlers and a wad of cotton in the other, I hurry out of the bathroom. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They brought lye soap, a basin of warm water, a pair of shears, and a long straightrazor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It's amazing how quickly the soap turns the water into a froth. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I never had my mouth washed out again, but still, to this day, I cannot see a bar of brown soap without feeling a little sick to my stomach. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She took precious time, not aware of what she was doing, to set the cake of yellow soap on the washtub cover. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z For a while she simply stands there before tending to the shampooing of her hair, the soaping of her softening, slightly shrinking fifty-three-year-old body, which she must fortify each morning with calcium pills. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She soaped her hair, frantically digging fingers into her scalp, whimpering with disgust. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z It was a face that needed soap and water and Christian tolerance. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “My mother taught me the words sheet and towel and soap, señor,” Lupita volunteered. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The grain was not enough to live on, and there were other things to buy, soap and milk and thread. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A soap opera ran on the television with the sound turned low. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He was fresh from the shower and smelled of soap and aftershave. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When he made requests, they were small ones: a basin of water and a bit of soap, a book to read, more candles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then they ran me through a kind of human car wash—a series of machines that soaped, scrubbed, disinfected, rinsed, dried, and deloused me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We had a big block of brown soap from which we shaved slivers with an old cheese knife. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When I looked inside I saw that it held soap and toothpaste, a toothbrush, and a razor. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z "And Hodor too, I hope. The boy is simple, you know that. He does as he is told. How many times has he groomed your horse, soaped your saddle, scoured your mail?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I use all of Donna’s soaps that smell and look like cake. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Soon the kitchen smelled of lemons and spices, fresh bread and soap. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Eventually I pick up the soap, and as I’m sudsing the washcloth, it crosses my mind that it would be hard to soap up with just one hand. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Liars get soap in their mouths,” she said, and even made me lick a bar a few times. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z On the inside, sharp smells—vinegar, alcohol, purple liquid iodine, red Mercurochrome solution, and soap—filled the air. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z She trickled two inches of lukewarm water into an old claw-footed bathtub and handed them a slab of laundry soap. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z There was shampoo, soap, razors for shaving, a bathtub, and towels that smelled like lemon. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Judith set Kit to tend the stirring while she readied the soap barrel. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Beneath the smell of flowery soap is the deeper smell of Matilde. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Severed torsos soaping themselves, arranged like dark busts on a thin, rocking, ribbon lawn. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The television hummed, a jingly ad for laundry soap. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He turns both faucets on full blast, puts one arm underneath, then the other, scrubbing both with industrial soap. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Olanna gave her the soap, and because she knew that Mrs. Muokelu would not touch anything sent from Nigeria by a Nigerian, she said, “My mother sent it from England.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Little had provided him with a doll’s size toothbrush, a doll’s size cake of soap, a doll’s size washcloth, and a doll’s comb—which he used for combing his whiskers. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Before daybreak next morning he got out his biggest handkerchief and in it he placed his toothbrush, his money, his soap, his comb and brush, a clean suit of underwear, and his pocket compass. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z But Minnie is back with a towel and soap and hot water. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z So I hushed and Caddy got up and we went into the kitchen and turned the light on and Caddy took the kitchen soap and washed her mouth at the sink, hard. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But instead the display is homey and cheerful, and, with the pickles and olives across the aisle and the bath and laundry soaps adjoining, the rows upon rows of insecticides are displayed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “And not just with water, but with soap.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Until we started coming to Grandma’s, we thought soap was a pink bar that came out of a wrapper labeled Cashmere Bouquet. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She opens the soap container and dips my shirt in it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Calvin and I soap up our scrapes and scratches at the spigot. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z He held it away from his face so he wouldn’t get any soap on the receiver. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “If it isn’t chocolates, it’s Christmas cards. If it isn’t Christmas cards, it’s soap. If it isn’t soap, it’s calendars. But you know what?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A crow stole some soap that bubbled in its beak. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "My hands won't be soft if I clean ovens and scrape plates all day. Will you still want them touching you when they're all red and raw and cracked from hot water and lye soap?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But there’s a sponge for soaping, a washcloth for rinsing, and a towel for drying. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Their turpentine odor mingled with the soaped smells of the man’s khaki hunting clothes. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyra reluctantly slipped under the warm water and soaped herself while Pantalaimon perched on the curtain rail. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Her slightest gesture, her faint scent of fresh laundry and soap, the light in her eyes and the grace of her delicate neck crowned with untamable curls—I loved everything about her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At each place was a safety razor, a washcloth, a package of razor blades, a chocolate bar, two cigars, a bar of soap, ten cigarettes, a book of matches, a pencil, and a candle. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Finny hobbled over to the dresser and took up his soap dish. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She smelled of sandalwood and the crushed green gram that she used instead of soap. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This is how I handle it at home, but always before a shower, so a bunch of soap and shampoo will go after it and keep everything clean. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z On several occasions they would get into the pool to soap him from head to toe as he floated on his back thinking about Amaranta. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He took a rag, dipped it into the soap water, and washed Sophie’s udder. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “I caught my aunt going into my pantry getting her some soap,” she said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z She pop the world I am remembering like it a soap bubble. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As the auto wash soaped and rinsed the car, the thoughts continued. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “I could eat Brie until I looked like soap.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Certainly I wouldn’t want anyone who looks like me handling my children’s toys or bars of bathroom soap. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m gonna put you in the shower. You wash till you feel clean. Run the water hot and use lots of soap.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The warm water and soap helped to rid her hands of stains, and it was vital that her hands be clean when she touched the robe. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She smells of Dove bar soap, and her skin is soft, like Kleenex tissue. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Even the crack in the stone ledge has a purpose: to draw attention to the glass of soap by setting it slightly apart. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z This marked the first time Pacheco had seen him fly, and his heart twanged like a melodramatic soap opera chord. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew I should clean it more thoroughly, maybe with dish soap, but looking at Luke, the way he was writhing on the grass, I didn’t feel I had time. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He searched and then saw an almost perfectly straight branch of driftwood, bleached and smooth as worn soap, right at the waterline. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Above it was a shelf where you could put soap and toothpaste. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He stayed in quite a long time with his piece of soap. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z How I wish they would let us have soap! All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “They’re going to turn you into soap, Jews!” one of the boys yelled. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She would save old grease and mix it with lye and water to make dishwashing soap. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Georgie backed away from the soap as if it were poison. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z As they scrubbed her down with soap and sluiced warm water over her head, all she could see were the faces from the bailey. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I had never seen a soap opera in America, so I had no frame of reference, but the Iranian soap operas were absurd. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z So, yeah, I have a terrible stepdad, and I don't have a phone, and sometimes when we're out of dish soap, I wash my hair with flea and tick shampoo. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Every morning he soaped his chest and arms and neck and feet—and about twice during the season he got into the bathtub and cleaned all of his parts. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Because the bar of yellow soap was mixed up with the whole thing, she threw that in after the gun. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It isn’t hard work but I don’t like that soap. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I shove my head under the faucet again, this time massaging my scalp with my left hand to get the soap out. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Must be she is squeezing soap all around all the sides of Calvin. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Sinita grabbed her towel and soap dish from her night table and joined the exodus. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His damp hair was freshly cut, and he smelled like good soap. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z We were so close I could smell his soap. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She opens the kitchen window and throws out a scrub brush and a big bar of brown soap like the one they used on Finn the Horse. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I have to look decent for my job so I take off all my clothes and stand naked in the backyard washing them under the tap with a bar of carbolic soap. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He turned the cleaning into a big production, making separate requests for the tiny bags of powdered soap we kept in the office, for a toilet brush, for garbage bags. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He rinsed the soap out of his hair, brushed his teeth, and used the complimentary mouthwash to get rid of the cheese taste. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He put the soap in the pocket of his coat and stood. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z "For me? This whole new bar of soap?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Dorm sports results, soap opera story lines, city politics. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Each street was devoted to a different product: fruit, vegetables, clothes, crockery and soap. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Her stiffness reminded me of all the fish lying curved and stiff on the riverbanks, flaking in the sun like old white bars of soap. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This was much the same: the fragile skin, the soothing water, the gentle motion of his hand, slippery with soap. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z My image of the two of them in each other’s arms popped like soap bubbles. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z As a child I was taught, for example, that the words soap in soap flakes and that in that boy were adjectives, because they modify nouns. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Cameron, you startled me,” she said as if she was on a soap opera and had been caught rifling through someone else’s desk. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He had discovered, after his own contact with the anchor, that the faint dirty tinge did not wash off, even with soap and water. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Adam and Samuel came from the wash house, their hand and faces shining with water, and Samuel’s beard was fluffy after its soaping. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yet it is the girl with blood on her face,” the colonel said, wiping away the soap from his chin and cheeks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought the yellow soap was too biting, so she brought along a cake of Sweetheart Soap and a big old bath towel to dry him with. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Imani and Heather chatter about soap and lotion and head to the counter to pay for their stuff. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I didn’t use soap but when I got out of the shower I splashed myself with Dad’s bottle of Old Spice. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He held the door and as I passed by him he smelled clean, like the inside of a bar of soap. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Lack of soap and water and toilet facilities weren’t the only problems that the Soviet soldiers faced in terms of hygiene. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Washed away on a tide of soap, salt and castor oil. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In return, we present them with burlap bags of salt and a few kilos of precious soap. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “You can go back to sleep. O.K., Templeton, the soap ad will do, I guess. I’m not sure Wilbur’s action is exactly radiant, but it’s interesting.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z There’s a lady that sells cubes of caramel-colored soap that look good to eat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And wash his clothes with crumbling bright blue soap. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z That evening, she visited Mrs. Muokelu with a bar of soap. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He took his shaving cream, her soaps, and some sponges and threw them in a bag. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When Aunt Loma happened along, carrying the baby, she stared at Miss Love a minute, then flounced into the store and came over where I stood putting bars of Octagon soap on a shelf. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I sniff the bare skin of his neck—a mix of soap, sweat, and hot dog. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I dry my hands and smooth my hair back and wipe the sweat off my forehead and hope I don’t smell too much like dish soap and grease. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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