| 单词 | stain |
| 例句 | She will never wash the stain away, no matter how hard she scrubs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He’s sitting on the sofa staring at my charcoal pencil stain on the carpet. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At lunchtime Roberto and I put on our jackets to hide our strawberry stains. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Her gown was the ivory silk that the queen had given her, the one Arya had ruined, but she'd had them dye it black and you couldn't see the stain at all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Like coffee stains splattered on your sweatshirt, There isn’t any pattern. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and imagined himself fading into the stained stonework of the mausoleum wall, becoming a shadow on the night and nothing more. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z She glanced around the barn and up at the old stained rafters, feeling a little sad that this was the end of it and the old man didn’t even know it. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The great accumulation of things almost hid the cracks in the walls and the stains on the floor and the scratches that clouded the windows. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z "I am the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, not some grass- stained savage with bells in his hair," Viserys spat back at her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His torn sleeves were stained with seepage from his wounds. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I avoided the nursery, whose murals were now partly obscured by rubbery black stains where the rebels had burned the corpses of my friends. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Not much of a stain—he doesn’t have much water in him. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z To the west strives the Trojan prince Hector, his armor stained with the lifeblood of many Greek nobles. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t know if the stain would come out or if some shadow of it would always remain. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Dried blood stained his face and was streaked across his shirt. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Again she pointed at the stain on the dashboard. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z My grandfather was the kind of man who had goons, bigger guys in suits that don’t fit, with sweat stains up their backs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I could climb up trees just like the boys to hunt guavas and eat them till the juice runs down and stains my shirt, forever. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The bag contained a pair of white cotton gloves stained the Sue Monk, Kidd color of age. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee felt a deeper spasm, like a black stain. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Perfect. The stain of Trotter,” I said to myself. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She plops down in the chair next to me, and licks her thumb as she tries to rub off a barbecue stain on the lapel of her blazer. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Beside Demetrius lies Leander, blood staining his halo of curly hair, trickling down his crooked nose and off his chin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Blood seeps out where my arrow has entered its side, staining the snow bright red. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Marco escorts the man in the grey suit through the library, sliding the stained glass open to access the empty game room and continue their conversation. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If the carpet covers the stain entirely, we know that the stain is smaller than the carpet; if the carpet is one square foot, then the stain must take up less than one square foot. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A deep gash runs across her shoulder, staining her shirt with blood. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I think the spot must be some kind of stain. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z They wear ragged work clothes stained with patches of sweat; their faces are drawn. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He picked up a branch of driftwood and swept it back and forth through the stained water. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z When it arrived a couple of days later, she yanked the neck until it was loose and sprayed the bottom edge with bleach cleaner to make a stain. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Like the columns, they were stained with dark splotches. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I ran to the edge and looked for him, but all I saw was a muddy stain in the river far below. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z As he kicked his legs out straight he made a scar of oil stain across his blanket. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z All the children ran out to the yard in their shorts, twirling and dancing, because this was clean rain, the kind that did not come with dust, that did not leave brown stains on clothes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a dark blue, very much like a stain. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The water the reeds floated in was stained dark with blood. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Three of the fairies had elaborate butterfly wings with the appearance of stained glass. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z There were dirt beads on his sweaty neck and an oil stain on his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z At Dad’s side was a stack of old photo albums, their black covers stained and faded with age. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His house would be the reflection of himself, his family, and the prestige he planned to give the surname that his father had stained. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The back of her new housemaid uniform was ripped to shreds, stained with her blood. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if you grow up, no matter how hard you scrub, whatever you do, there will always be some other stain or spot on your face or stupid act, somebody frowning. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A crusted rope, stained green from months of trailing off the barge’s hull, forgotten. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The dirt came off, although the ridges were stained with vegetable matter. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Then, deliberately, he wiped his finger under his bloody nose and with two strokes stained my cheeks. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z We played soccer and kickball and basketball all night long and went home with “turf stains” all over our knees. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z His hands, face, and clothing were all without dirt or stain. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Above his right shoulder the stained leather hilt of the blade strapped to his back was visible,- a two- handed greatsword, too long to be worn at his side. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As they waited their turn to speak, dark sweat stains blossomed under the arms of their uniforms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a small, windowless room attached to the stables, fragrant with leather polish and stained wood from floor to ceiling, the walls lined with heavy saddles, riding crops, bridles, and reins. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Her lip was split and her cheek was badly bruised, and though her skirt and hands were stained with her effort to stop the blood pouring from her nose, a little still trickled down. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked down at my own white dress covered with grass stains and I felt ashamed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Chamberlain saw a dark stain, a tear, realized that the man had been bleeding. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A wine stain discolored the red-and- yellow motley of his tunic. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Maroon lipstick stains her teeth, and her breath smells like coffee. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “What is that reddish stain on your hand?” he asked. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She wore a dark, shapeless, ungirt robe covered with patches and stains. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z There was a gathering red stain in the snow around the Skraeling; even in the fog-thick dimness, Lee could see that the man was going to die. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As Rabiya and I climb back down the three flights of stairs, I try not to notice the stains on the steps or the musty odor that smells faintly of overripe fruit. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He had pale eyebrows and a ton of black hair, with a big wine stain covering the skin around his right eye and beyond, like a pirate’s patch. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A stain in the darkness, a stain that was Jack, detached itself and began to draw away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z A lot of it is dirty or stained or broken. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I sip the milk, staining my top lip white and proving that we are all just fine. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I say the name in my head one thousand times so that it remains stained in my memory. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Finally fed up, Shani turned to tell me to stop and, as she did, my right knuckles skipped off her shoulder and into her bottom lip, which immediately stained red. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Stone kings looked down on her from their thrones, their faces chipped and stained, even their names lost in the mists of time. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Beneath the window was a brown stain made by the bean seed in its pot on the windowsill. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “One broken contract is stain enough upon the honor of the company.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I thought I could detect a small dark stain, as from a blackberry kiss. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The afternoon sun poured in through one of the stained glass windows that lined the walls and the golden hue made Florence look like an angel. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come in out of the hot sun now,” she tells us, and we follow her into an even hotter hallway that’s all scuffed wood and stained wallpaper. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z In Reverend Hughes’s large office, the sun filtering through the stained glass heated up the room to a sweat-inducing temperature. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z DeeDee and I were unharmed, dirt stained and panting and destined never to be close friends, but at least I’d earned her respect. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I probably imagined this, but I thought I could detect a small dark stain, as from a blackberry lass. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I saw us wrestling in the yard next to our house, the grass stains soaking through the knees of our jeans. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The narrow hallway was painted white, but the paint showed some stains. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The stuff left stains on the seat of my trousers, big yellow splotches, and so naturally there were some jokes. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I crawl through that Troll Hole into a room lined with clothing racks, the stainless-steel poles still bolted into walls wine- stained with water damage. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Olanna gently placed a pillow beneath her head and sat thinking about how a single act could reverberate over time and space and leave stains that could never be washed off. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I got some shallow scrapes on my palms, and the knees of my jeans were stained green, but it could have been worse. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Rosa’s head was twisted toward the window through which Clara was squinting, and her long green hair hung like a fern from the table onto the tiled floor, which was stained with blood. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the dry hot summer morning when I scratched my bare arms on briers while picking blackberries and came home with my fingers and lips stained black with sweet berry juice. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He just sat on the patio as the beard, like a stain, like a fungus, spread. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Lifting it from the detritus, she ripped aside its wrappings, revealing leather covers, edges stained with age, clasps that locked all its secrets inside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It fell to the floor revealing the high bald forehead with, in the very middle, a round stained mark from which something had trickled. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z As was Gede practice, most of his body was shrouded, but dried blood still stained the white linen in places, hints of the gruesome wounds beneath. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The workers’ hands would be stained yellow; so would the ankles of the khan’s white horse. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Princesse slowly removed the checkered blouse of her school uniform, followed by a spotless white undershirt she wore to keep her blouse from getting stained with sweat. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She has taken off her make-up and her jewels; the vermilion with which he’d stained her part at the end of the ceremony has been rinsed from her hair. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Laughter changes to screams, blood stains pastel stones, real smoke darkens the special effect stuff made for television. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “I have some chemicals in the garage that will send that stain to the Promised Land.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His breastplate was scratched and dented from battle, his blue-and-red cloak stained by blood and smoke. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the middle of the brown landscape, like a dark stain, were three black old-fashioned cars and twelve army trucks strung out behind. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z So, she thought, there’s one young man who doesn’t think me stained. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His mother worked in the kitchen, checking in on him periodically, her lap stained with turmeric. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was like a liquid spilling and staining something it mustn't. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z They’ll always talk about how the stained mattress at the side of the road saved that chick’s life. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I was wearing my shift, still stained with blood at the neckline, but my skirt, stockings, and bodice were not to be seen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It was stained with red paint and contained a single word printed in enormous letters: Djakarta. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Fat staples run around my stump like a big ugly zipper, and the skin is stained dirty yellow. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The day I was twelve and woke up with the rose-petal stain on my panties. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Ugwu told her that there was a large palm-oil-colored stain on her dress, his voice low, as if he knew it to be the remnants of her own vomit. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Sleeping, Kevan thought... until he blinked and saw the deep red gash in the old man’s spotted skull and the blood pooled beneath his head, staining the pages of his book. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He could see a yellow stain on her arm around where the tube went in and little purple bruises all the way along the inside of her elbow. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Under Leon’s steady gaze, Bailey had stopped stroking his cheek, even though a pink welt had appeared, like an evil stain spreading on his flesh. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A stained mattress topper, feathers spilling from its torn edge. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I thought of the ash-trays I would have to clear, and how the squashed stubs, stained with lipstick, would sprawl in company with discarded chocolate creams. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Behind the bar a stained glass window of liquor bottles glowed: the blues of English gin, the deep reds of claret and Madeira, the tawny browns of scotch and bourbon. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Before the match burned down into James' fingertips, Alfred saw the dark, widening stain on his torn coat sleeve, and the blood running off his hand. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The refrigerator door was gone, its interior stained and streaked. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The shelves are mountains scaling the walls, tapering toward a sky of stained glass. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Nita beckons my arm forward and drags the orange- stained gauze over my skin. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The colored man’s boots was stained with blood and gore too. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z She looked exhausted, with purple smudges beneath her eyes and yellow and red stains on the front of her tunic. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Sweat stained the back of his work shirt. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z His jeans are half tucked into his boots and his baseball cap is fraying and trimmed in sweat stains. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I rubbed at the coffee stain on my white shirt. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Rarnie s eyes widen with fear as blood pours out of her nose and stains my hands. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I twisted around to see myself in the washstand’s oval mirror, but all I could make of the rash was a stain a shade darker than the surrounding skin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z His white uniform is covered in green grass stains and dirt. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Over his shoulder I got a glimpse of white and red; Bloody Miles stood in the corner, grinning at me with his stained teeth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z There’s some broken electronics, wood scraps, an old coffee table covered in stains, and a bag of clothes. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z They were about five, all a blur of food- stained clothes and fast words. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He pointed to the grass stains down my legs and across my arms. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z One book had a dark stain on it that looked horribly like blood. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I try to soak up the nail polish, but I make the stain bigger. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She walks back out, now holding a pair of blue jeans, knees stained with grass and dirt, blood caked around the ankles, pockets torn with holes and unraveling. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Against the wall of the gutter, a bearded man whose shirt was stained with someone else’s blood sat holding his head in his hands. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Just like I pretended I hadn’t seen the dark stain in the seat of his pants. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My younger brothers and sister did not understand what it all meant, but they jumped up and down on the stained mattress like grasshoppers. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Even now, the memory of Azaan’s face makes me nauseous, a stain on my conscience like spilled palm wine on linen. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I washed my hair with Fab detergent and scrubbed my hands extra hard with Ajax to get rid of the strawberry stains. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z One leg was torn and a few drops of blood stained the front. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I brought his T-shirt, new, only two weeks ago, but already it has brown patches like stains from cashew juice, which never come off. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The sun floated over the mountains, stained the blue sky red-orange, and flattened the lagoon until it looked like a mirror for the stars. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She stared at the stains on the ceiling, and waited until they gave up or fell asleep, and then she rolled out from under them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I definitely didn’t want to stain my stage outfit. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He’s skinny, in sweatpants and a white T-shirt covered, from the neck down, with an unidentifiable dark stain. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Dark red stains were on her dress, her hands, her face, yet she herself looked unshaken, strongly sure of herself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And so much for the three notes below the red stain on the ketchup bottle. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z By then it was falling apart with her tears, and the magic letters were stained and faded. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z On the third morning Caradhras rose before them, a mighty peak, tipped with snow like silver, but with sheer naked sides, dull red as if stained with blood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It is to stain their nobility, to make them vulnerable, fallible, breakable humans. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Gone were the sneakers and ski sweaters, the mussed hair, the plaid cowboy shirt, and the slightly stained corduroy trousers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Freeman lets me go to the bathroom, where I try to scrub the stains. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z It was sort of a holy moment, and the light that shone around them seemed to glow softly, like something you’d see in one of the stained glass windows at Saint Andrew’s. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z She rushed back to the bed and stared in horror at the dark red stain and die tale it told. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When a Greek Orthodox church in Flint burned down, Milton drove up and salvaged one of the surviving stained glass windows. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Renovated the whole thing, did all the woodwork and stained glass herself. Incredible, isn’t it? Two stories, three bedrooms, two baths, great kitchen, skylights, wraparound decks on both floors. It’s a floating paradise.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Her mascara ran, staining the collar of her blouse something awful. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was a living eye, the cornea a little bloodshot, the eyelashes luxuriant, the skin underneath coffee- stained and pouchy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “And where does he get the gold?” asked a woman in a stained green dress. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mom said the word “blood,” I flashed to this mental image of you in a hospital gown stained red. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was a large, stately apartment, with purple chairs and curtains, a Turkey carpet, walnut-panelled walls, one vast window rich in stained glass, and a lofty ceiling, nobly moulded. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Roommates were forever stepping out of showers, and waitresses appeared out of nowhere to deliver the onion rings and breakfast burritos that stained the pages of the manuscripts. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He was dribbling his snow cone in the dirt to make a pattern, but most of it stained his shirt. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The tobacco juice stained their fingers and made them sick when it got in their mouths. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z As they walked, she imagined them passing under the shoemakers, the bakers, the blacksmiths in their forges with the walls stained black. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 He decided to become a full-time sculptor, his black hands stained from the pots he shapes and tries to sell. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The moon hung low over the city, just below his nipple, and was stained with a strange splotch. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z She thought they had been dyed with basil and Annabella had told her how difficult the basil was and how badly it stained your hands. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Would they take the stained glass window, which Milton himself had taken? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The fabric is stiff and stained a brown so deep it’s almost black, except for a few smears of green. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Our fingers are stained red and our noses are runny by the time we’re finished. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He leads me to the repair area, where a large wooden table is covered with tools and parts and metal bits and oil stains. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Sweat rolled down the back of Sierra’s neck and stained the armpits of her gray T-shirt. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z She was crumpled like a baby bird that had fallen out of its nest, and there was blood coming from her head, staining the marble floor that was freezing cold under Maya’s bare feet. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z A layer of grime, russet flakes and dirt, clung to the back edge of the comb, and Penelope rubbed it in her apron, leaving rusty stains on the white material. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z A babe swaddled in a crimson cloak, the cloth stained with his blood and brains. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There’s a black stain on the corner of her rug that looks like a paw print. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Justin showed up wearing black track pants and a white sweatshirt that is already covered with grass stains. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He better shut his mouth or I’ll put him on my list with the rest, she thought as she scrubbed at a reddish-brown stain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I’m president of the art club, so I’ve always got supplies in my locker—and stains on my gym clothes, books, etc. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I wheeled my bike into the hallway, feeling stained. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Grease stains were beginning to seep through the wrapping—“there’s even dinner in it for you.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Hollows was simple and square, with stained glass windows showing Teccam in a classic pose: standing barefoot in the mouth of his cave, speaking to a group of students. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He’s fat, with stains down the front of his shirt. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Was there any kind of filth with which he had not besmirched himself, any sin and folly which he had not committed, any stain upon his soul for which he alone had not been responsible? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z But down in the black underworld Adonis could not hear them, nor see the crimson flower that sprang up where each drop of his blood had stained the earth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was from her stained hands that the colored threads used for rare ornamentation were produced. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Showing up with a coffee stain on your leg.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He glanced back and forth between Willy and me, and I focused on the grease stain on Paul’s T-shirt. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z ‘The blade that is drawn from this sheath shall not be stained or broken even in defeat,’ she said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In the next day’s laundry I see Therese’s night shift, stained with blood. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The birds had eaten her lips and eyes and most of her cheeks, baring her stained red teeth in a hideous smile. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The bricks were stained with soot and grime. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z In spite of their ready answers, the sport had been one-sided, as Kit could see by the daubs of mud that stained the rough boards of the stocks. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Inside the bag, two flattened strips of white cotton, each banded with black and carrying a dark brown stain. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z They swarmed afield and fled, chasing the blood that dripped from my head and stained my shift. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the stained glass windows all around us depicting several holy scenes. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z When the weather was warmer I sometimes paused beneath the juniper tree and looked at the stained ground. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Blue liquid seeped out of a wound in its belly staining the stone floor. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was stained as with dried blood; and looking closer they perceived that its nails were red. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The basin had steel taps, and rust stains. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She dropped her hands from the ribbon and smoothed out a place on her dress where the grape stains were heaviest. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The stain this has left on my psyche is not the sort of thing that washes off after a few months of grief and guilt-ridden self-reproach. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She saw his sword fallen from his hand and beside it her cloak stained and torn. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Worse yet, she’s got a giant white stain spread halfway across her face like somebody tossed acid on it or something. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The darkness hid the dirt stains on my clothes from view. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He hadn’t changed out of his work clothes, and his shirt and the knees and cuffs of his pants were stained with the slick juice of spoiled vegetables. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Columns of greasy black smoke rose up to stain a merciless blue sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Gray concrete floors stained with oil and grease, old junk cars and car parts everywhere. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Can’t be much further, can it?” croaked Ron, hours later still, as the sun started to sink into their floor of cloud, staining it a deep pink. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She ran her tongue over her teeth, then tried to brush away the stains with a finger. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The pavement outside is stained with wet spots that look like inkblots. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Then Jonathan noticed a dark stain in the middle of the road. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z He smiled slowly and Lourdes saw a stained band along his front teeth, like the watermarks on a pier. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It halts the stream of people who spill off the road to fill the stony land on either side like a stain stretching across the brown earth. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She bounced her face against his shoulder, leaving a spit stain, and thrashed her legs. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I’d forgotten how they looked—torn by brambles, stained and faded to the color of earth and moss, fluttering in rags and tatters. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I recalled him as a grizzled old man whose low mariner’s cap and dark coat were perpetually stained with blood and grease. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The stain on her pants was like a flag, but she made no attempt to hide it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She would never tolerate a stain anywhere, especially not on the bedsheets of her big four-poster. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In our basement I found an oversized knit sweater, stained and hole-ridden, and an ugly blue dress, which Mother bleached to a faded brown. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was clinging to his optimism despite neckwear inexperience and coffee stains. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mold and mildew stains rim the edges where water must collect. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I squint my eyes, trying to see if the stains are really there. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His face was stained again with the birthmark, and poetry had returned to him. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z A splatter of black ink stains the white cuff. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Did you hear the helicopter fly over? That was the Coast Guard— we saw ’em taking video of the stain in the water.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It may have been the memory of my father—open- collared, his tie loosened and stained, his eyes clouded and his breath heavy, glass in hand—that made me a teetotaler. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom’s face was stained with tears as she held Adria and me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He had re-moved his black jacket and his shirt was stained with wetness at the armpits. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sanitary napkins were not available, and the seamstress’ uniforms were sometimes stained with menstrual blood. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The elf was carrying a stained rag with which he was attempting to finish cleaning Mr. Malfoy’s shoes. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I see deep, parallel gashes across the palm, blood dripping, staining the snow. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z That from a third man, drawn by their voices—a skinny stubble-jawed piece of work with teeth stained red from sourleaf. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He pinched the curves of many women, careless of the spilled wine that stained their costumes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I go to the rest room to turn my shirt around so the mustard stain is hidden under my hair. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z While I stood debating, my mother went into the bedroom and came out with a stained white shirt and a pair of faded black shorts. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The only break in all that whiteness was a drain at the very center of the floor, surrounded by reddish stains. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Through sweet and smoky air, great columns rose to dizzying heights, while enough multicolored light poured down through stained glass so as to turn the hard stone floor into pools of liquid hues. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Many times the boy had seen the brown stains next morning, still damp and faintly reeking of fermentation. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The blood pulsed thickly with her heartbeat; the glass, stained with red, glittered wickedly in the sun. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “As you wish, Colonel Regan, sir,” said the man whose clothes were stained blue by the papers he clutched to his chest. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Three girls with lips stained damson and flowers in their hair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It also stains my scabby skin a ghastly gray-green. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The sack ripped wide open, of course, scattering my belongings, but I made it to the ground with nothing more serious than a grass stain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His eyes drifted up to the stains on the ceiling, and he tried to see if he could recognize a pattern in them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The word was so stained with all my memories of racial hate that I could not conceive of anybody using it for a title. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Magic is here. Magic! Watch out, stains! You don’t stand a chance! Magic! Magic! Magic!” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It has stains on it like it's been used a lot. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z He riffles through the rest of the stuff, looking for what she requested, and finds it beneath a napkin with a circular stain on it. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z She scrubbed the blood from my cast as best she could, but a dark pink stain remained. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z It was wrapped in a broad bandage, the white stained with fresh blood. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She has sawdust leaking out of one leg and stains on her clothes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z His eyes roved over my stained shirt and probably tangled hair. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Now I’m staring at that greenish stain on the Drinkers’ garage floor. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Blood began to stain the beach, but Gregor couldn’t tell whose it was. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He stuck my head in further, so my nose scraped the stained porcelain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “My sister made that mistake, too. She jumped up and down so much, the top flew off. Our ceiling is still stained from the fizzy soda.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z To crunch into that succulent fruit that smelled like roses and let the aromatic juice run down my chin and stain my pretty city dress with its bows, buttons, and ribbons. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The doctors examined the clothes Anna wore—her bloomers, her skirt—searching for unusual tears or stains. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I, in my turn, scrutinised the paper; but saw nothing on it save a few dingy stains of paint where I had tried the tint in my pencil. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “It was our old house, the one we lived in until I was five. I went to the wall every day to look. I studied the stain.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In places where the hogs had fed, bits of peel and black seeds and red juice stain lay on the ground. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I lowered my eyes and noticed a stain on the carpet. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Behind the church, row upon row of snowy tombstones protruded from a blanket of pale blue that was flecked with dazzling red, gold, and green wherever the reflections from the stained glass hit the snow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Dirty clothes littered the floor, and I could see the butt of a handgun poking out from under a pile of stained T-shirts. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There are stains on there, too, shimmery stains which indicate certain activities that take place between Aaron and his girlfriend. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He'd brought a pear as well and had wrapped it in a plastic bag so that its pus wouldn't stain the clothing he had packed a day earlier but bought long before he was married. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I pick them up and yes, I recognize my blouse, the coarse cotton mottled with berry and blood stains. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the mornings, my paint cans remain undisturbed and there are no suspicious stains on any of Mom’s clothing in the hamper. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The slim, stained fingers guided the brush, leaving a trail of yellow leaves across the tin. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z He too holds out a round object: it’s flat like a disc and appears to be made of purple stained glass. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Bunny’s tweed jacket was slung across the back of his chair, exposing several large rips and stains in the lining. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Chocolate stains appear on the wall, the bedspread, the desk. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Wherever we were, there were still traces of the dead leaves from the fall before staining the highway’s cement. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He wraps the book with a length of fine wool yarn dyed a deep crimson, bits of it stained darker with something dried and brown. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At last his father lifted a stained white sheet, and there it was . . . the mechanical man. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z By the time he wrenched free, with snow in his hair and wine stains on his surcoat, Samwell Tarly had gone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The living room, paneled in stained pine, served also as a dining room, with a fireplace at one end and a glass-fronted gun case against the side. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She was wearing her black pants and a white shirt with a faded soy-sauce stain on the cuff, and from this Mia knew she was headed in to work. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Theodora rolled convulsively on the bed and pressed her stained hands against her eyes. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Something that looks like charcoal stains on the front. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z One of the elevator doors opens, and 3 Dauntless soldier shoves Uriah—whose lips are stained with blood—toward the short row of the Divergent. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z At the edge of the dark stain, the boy touched his finger to something. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly his elbow, knocking against the inkpot, upset it, and the chair and the desk and the quill pen and his own best clothes were covered with great spreading stains of blue ink. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Ugwu lay on a mat in his mother’s hut, staring at a dead spider squashed on the wall; its body fluids had stained the mud a deeper red. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Jack’s seeing me with huge sweat stains under my armpits and messy hair and all smelly, but I don’t care, because it feels like I can do anything now. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z There were so many stains on the road. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s an old mirror in the kitchen, spotted with rusty stains and freckled with black specks, so ruined it’s almost impossible to see myself in. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “We’ll talk later. That dog is about to stain the rug.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Their western pants were splitting out at the seams; there were stains around the crotch. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He wondered if they were going to kill him, and his hand trembled, just a little, and one of the quarters dropped from his fingertip onto the stained green baize of the card table. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I leave the office and walk down the hall, where Bobby is leading a new recruit on his welcoming tour—a black guy with wild teeth and a stained blue sweatsuit. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z As she looked through them she rubbed at her cheeks and chin from time to time so that her tears wouldn’t fall and stain the pictures or blur the words. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The new floor was streaked with water stain, and a clutter of old papers and darkened nail bags with their nails rusted to prickly balls filled the corner of the room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His pyjama jacket, stained with rusty patches, had been unbuttoned and thrown back. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Down beneath my legs the toilet bowl had a rust stain, ancient, too. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The gas stage lights shone on the shiny blade now stained with blood. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I find him alone in the Cuddledown great room, hurling bits of Play-Doh at the wall and watching the colors stain the white paint. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I saw that oil had spilled under the jeep and stained the driveway like a big Rorschach inkblot. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Like the skirt, the blouse I’d taken was several sizes too big, but at least both things were clean and neither was torn or stained. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He’s never seen a B stain his spotless report card in his whole life, not even here at Seaward, where we get worked to death. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When Naomi opened her eyes, they landed on Henry’s coffee cup and the stained red work rag he had wiped his mouth on at breakfast. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They were still stained a pale orange from years of walking barefoot on red mud. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The brownish-green husks, oozing their dark purple stain, were beaten off on a flat rock outside the cabin. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She is dressed in the same clothes she wore the last time I saw her, Abnegation gray, stained with her blood, with bare arms to show her tattoo. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I would later learn that these types of birthmark were sometimes referred to as “port wine stains.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z May your hands always be stained with blood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A pair of slender young men in stained smithy aprons passed, their shirts open at the collars. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z No glass, no blood stains on the floor, not even a whiff of leftover funk. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Over the next months, he taught me how to remove stains, how to ensure that leather was supple. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Blood and viscera stained the king’s silk carpets. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I’m not tired, so I stare at the water stains on our ceiling. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Take a rectangular carpet and place it on top of the stain. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Or what took a stain out of a leather skirt. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z So by the time my mother discovered it while vacuuming, the stain was as wide as a garbage can lid, and dark with mold. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Squashed dogs that ate the squashed crow-shaped stains in the Universe. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z All the silk and heavy wools that Viserys had worn out of Pentos were stained by hard travel and rotted from sweat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But they just lay there, their blood beginning to stain the dust. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Redbeard, whom Lac had seen less than an hour before, lay on the dock, blood at his ankle and at his chest, staining his scraggly beard a deeper shade of red. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z That turmeric is going to leave a stain. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “There was a soda stain on the sleeve.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z As the flashlight scans the floor, I can see glue stains on the concrete from where the carpet had once been. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Don’t you think my old jeans and stained sweatshirts are gross? Don’t you think I should dress nicer?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I couldn’t tell from here whether she still had a head, but judging from the amount of blood staining the ground around her throat I thought not. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Inside, the walls were lined with portraits and stained glass. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He takes off his yellow shirt, stained and smelling of diesel smoke. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z A tub stained with rust was already full of water. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His hands are wrapped in white bandages, and as he continues his ferocious assault on the punching bag, I can see glimpses of blood staining the bandages over his knuckles. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z With a wink of her eye, the fire transformed to steam, which lifted several spit-up stains that she had not bothered to clean yet from her shoulders. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The grove of aspen and pine trees filter the sunlight like the Jonah and the Whale stained glass panel at church. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z One man looked poorer than the others; the cuffs of his coat were frayed and his hands were stained with ink. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z One better reason struck me, too: suppose a brawl starts up when you’ve been drinking—you might in madness let each other’s blood, and that would stain your feast, your courtship. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Past stained glass and statues of saints, at the very end of the room, is an entire high altar chapel removed from its church. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z We each had our moment where we put another friend first, and at times it’s still a stain that’s hard to get rid of. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He knows that Charles has never seen me like this—that every day all last summer, I rushed home and removed every stain, every smudge, hiding cuts and calluses beneath new clothes and makeup. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I could hardly even bring myself to look at her, as though just talking about something so terrible might cause it to rub off on me and stain. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She’d changed out of the stained shirt she’d been wearing into her red Chuck E. Cheese polo, and was sitting with her backpack in her lap, drinking a container of school milk. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Darkness soaks into my blood like a stain I’ll carry forever. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z On the rickety, old-fashioned stained- glass door, with its motifs of exotic birds, there was a bronze knocker in the shape of a woman’s hand pressing on a ball. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And, sure enough, five minutes later, Michael found himself standing in his stained clothes in a corner of the nursery, facing the wall. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Others wear American-style buttoned shirts and shorts in drab, stained colors. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Resentment began to stain the continuing news coverage of her visit. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Gogol has already been taught to eat on his own with his fingers, not to let the food stain the skin of his palm. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She stops when she reaches a dartboard with a silver knife embedded in the patterned cork, its blade marred with dark stains. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Right in the middle of the floor there was a big black stain in the dirt! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps for this reason she always thought of him as having candy in his mouth, candy staining the edges of his straight, cruel teeth. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I looked out over the field at the black men, the backs of their shirts stained with sweat, bent over their hoes chopping weeds among the cotton plants. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Pumpkin juice spread steadily over the tablecloth, staining several feet of white linen orange, but Hermione paid no attention. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was so dead and squashed so flat that it looked more like a frog-shaped stain on the road than a frog. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His hands were huge, stained, and calloused, and he was dressed in a cheap white-linen suit. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The Woolworth’s has old wooden floors, stained from years of winter slush on people’s boots, and dim overhead lights that hang down from the ceiling on metal stems. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It worked, and streams of juice the color of mangoes stained her face for the rest of the day, and the next day, and the next day—until, I suppose, those skin cells wore off. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z My mother quickly scoops up the blueberry before it has a chance to stain the wooden countertop. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I lifted the covers, and for a moment, I couldn’t make sense of the dark stains on the bottom sheet. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He studied me, and an inane grin spread across his lips like a stain. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z "You're not concentrating. You're wasting your father's money and my time. If you fail, I fail. That goes down as a stain on my reputation." Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z If the mattress stains were anything to go by, a previous user had not so much suffered from incontinence as rejoiced in it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I felt the cold of the blade before I saw it, and sensed the blood even before I glimpsed the red streak staining my palm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes a herd of cows grazed on this land, or a man on horseback rode the borders, a sombrero shading his face, his shirt stained yellow with sweat. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Jinny jumped to her feet before she could make a bigger mess and ran next door to the store cabin, where she pulled off her stained pants and tunic. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Their clothing was stained with mud and blood, and in the torchlight it was hard to make out all their badges and sigils, but some of those Arya glimpsed she recognized. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My fingernails were stained yellow from the turmeric when I dressed in my best salwar kameez, and I didn’t even try to wash it off. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The scale flashed in the sunlight, catching the sunshine and staining it crimson. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Urvashi refused to rent space anywhere, because I have an image to maintain, and I’m not going to put my feet on a floor that’s been stained by other people’s shadows. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It would've been easier to take up the stained tiles, but marble is expensive and hard to come by. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The concrete is mottled salt-and-pepper, stained from the sediment of old storm surges, but Santiago Creek hasn’t had running water for a few years now. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The mother sewed a new ticking over it to hide the ugly stain that had been the past part of Andy’s life. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He padded off through the stone passages up the worn circular stain to find Merlyn. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Fish in a barrel, I think, as blossoms of red stain their white uniforms. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Clothes that were almost new, with no stains or tears or mended seams. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The front seats, pale gray leather, were strewn with fragments of broken glass and stained with patches of dark brown. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Reed rubbed at a stain on the bar. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He was wearing white underpants and a matching undershirt, stained yellow in the underarms with sweat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z We were sitting on the ribbed wooden floor, on frayed, stained blankets used to wrap furniture, feeling for one another with our hands. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The pastel jungle gym, or whatever was left of it, was stained black and twisting toward the ground. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Finn sniffed a sleeve, and there it was: Mom’s unique odor, a mix of vanilla and Spring Breeze laundry detergent, with maybe some cinnamon and grass stain lurking underneath. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The entryway was huge, with stained glass windows and vaulted ceilings. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She hesitated so long that Lac glanced up from the stain on his coat to study her face. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z As stains and stench accumulated, the restaurant’s manager built a chute on the roof and threatened to jettison the garbage directly onto Olmsted’s precious lawns. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z His hair finger-combed over his left eye, and the edge of the oily stain on the sweatshirt barely visible in the bottom right corner. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Personally, I am not convinced that the school should reopen next year. The death of the headmaster at the hands of one of our colleagues is a terrible stain upon Hogwarts’s history. It is horrible.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “There was blood everywhere. I won’t disgust you by pointing out the stain on the spine.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Barely ten seconds passed, then the door was flung open and there stood Xenophilius Lovegood, barefoot and wearing what appeared to be a stained nightshirt. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I took out my cleansing cream and rubbed it on my hands and face to remove the stain. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “You may have it, you may! Only don’t stain it, and do behave nicely. Don’t put your hands behind you, or stare, or say ‘Christopher Columbus!’ will you?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She would have seen cigar rollers stepping outside windowless factories for fresh air, their faces stained a permanent brown from tobacco dust. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z No peeling wallpaper or brown water stains nowhere. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We stood by the cash register until Abby’s dad exited the kitchen wearing a stained apron and a backward baseball cap. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He wore a denim jacket covered with bright sew-on patches, and under the jacket a stained white T-shirt. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She looked at her rags and stained skin, and she couldn’t suppress the twinge of shame. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I raised an eyebrow and her cheeks stained a light pink. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The man's servility disgusted him, and so did his cheese-white hands with their dirty nails, and the stained teeth he revealed in his constant grin. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He hoped the tea wouldn’t stain too badly. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The Fairfax town marshal also shared with agents a disturbing detail: around the time of Anna’s murder, he had found a dark stain on the backseat of Rose’s car. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She spat onto the tip of her finger and started to rub intently at a particularly stubborn stain on Mary’s chin. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The wretched woman dropped him a fluttering curtsey, with one hand clutching at her breast and scuttled past him for the stain. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As he stirred with his stick, muttering curses into his stained white beard, he was thrown into a hysterical passion by Francie asking for a pickle from the bottom of the vat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “And Jackson is dead. So now Garnett will have to die bravely to erase the stain.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m conscious of my stained uniform: do I smell of underarm sweat, of chicken fat? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But not as mad as the stain on the ceiling of the Perfect Living Room made him. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Toothpaste Is supposed to get dye stains off skin. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z There were dark stains under the arms that were ringed with salt at the edges. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The bottle broke, and Robin ignored the wine stains on her dress to declare in a very solemn voice, “I christen you Dragonwings.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Their teeth were stained red, too, because they were always chewing betel nuts. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Deltas of tiny red veins snaked its stained whites. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She’d come straight from work, still in her uniform, her apron stained with ketchup and potato soup. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z We took Davon and Alfred to the Maryland Science Center, where they saw a twenty-foot wall covered floor to ceiling with a picture of cells stained neon green and magnified under a microscope. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z By die time she had done, her fingers were cramped and stiff and stained with ink. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He lay on his back, maybe looking at the same water stain. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z At the extreme end of the street, like the dazzling tip on an arrow, the two boys could see a corner of the palace walls, stained pink by the sunset. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She wondered if Einar would be able to see that it was stained with her blood as well. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Immediately inside the door is the tom mattress, stained and moldering, on which McCandless expired. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She ask about hard water stains and I tell her cream of tartar. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z That cap in my hand, its rim of crusty salt stain against the dark-blue background, made me almost lose it for a second, but I didn't let myself. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z I look around at the dishes piled in the sink, the strips of beet peel staining a wooden cutting board, a saucepan half full of translucent cabbage, a roasting pan charred and waxed with grease. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It had stained his teeth orange for days after. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She was up the side of the bed and leaving dark stains on the blankets by the time I finally shook myself out of the daze and extended the flashlight like a weapon. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Though I dress in white like a nun, I feel the stain of sin, of mortality, around me like a bright girdle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Physicist Mark Oliphant, arriving at the Cavendish from Australia in the mid-1920s, remarked on its “uncarpeted floor boards, dingy varnished pine doors and stained plaster walls, indifferently lit by a skylight with dirty glass.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Never a tremor of wind, or a splash of rain, no errant snowflake comes to stain that heaven, so calm, so vaporless, the world of light. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But Mami was one to always notice the stain on one's placemat at the table or the bruise accidentally punched on a little cousin's arm or the empty space on the bedroom toy shelf. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He touched Akira’s stain and said, “This thing will give him much luck. It is good color, I like very much.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A spray of blood flicked up over my hand as her face seemed to cave in on itself, staining the dark jacket I wore...and the edge of the white cuff beneath it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z One wore a raggedy silken gown that looked like it had once been white, the other wore a stained grey suit too large for it, the sleeves of which were shredded into shadowy tatters. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z "Stupid!" screamed the innkeeper's wife, furiously, and she advanced upon the unicorn, a knife in each hand, blood staining her right hand and forearm the same color as her dress. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z His torn, blood stained clothes had been taken from him and replaced. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The first was that of a white billy goat, its head stained red with blood. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Felice has helped her loosen two braids behind her ears and her fingertip is stained with the rouge she has stroked across her lips. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Filthy things, tom and stained and stinking of blood and urine. And thin. You must be cold. We’ll put you in lambswool, soft and warm. Perhaps a fur-lined cloak. Would you like that?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She shouldn’t have entered the tomb, she shouldn’t have strayed into the sacred places of the dead when she was so stained and tainted by her crimes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He wears the same pants for days, stained and dirty from hauling boxes of ripe vegetables. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z My present was an orange crewneck sweater, slightly stained but made, Mom pointed out, of genuine Shetland wool. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His other, stained, was in the bundle of laundry to be washed, and he, delighted with the game, was running through arched legs to find his father. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The man’s shirt was wrinkled and stained with sweat under the arms, and Stella could see bits of the egg he must have had for breakfast in his beard. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He was a lone figure standing in the moonlight, lost, unarmed, and wearing a coat stained with blood. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The late afternoon sun, trapped beneath a wall of pewter, stained the clouds a yellowish gray, making the sky unusually bright. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It’s a stupid stain, but I feel like I have to know. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Today we turn in the opposite direction from Soul Scrolls, to where there’s an open park of sorts, with a large old building on it; ornate late Victorian, with stained glass. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Not because of the smell or my stained clothes, but because there was no way out. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Liyana said, “Estate Sale sounds disgraceful to me, as if we’re planning to display stained baby clothes and sticky ketchup bottles! I hate it!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z When Buford got there the thick stain had already puddled the dirt beneath his head. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t have eye bags yet or stained fingernails. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z People pointed, laughed, and looked to see who would claim these sorry belongings, who could have thought the faded, torn clothes and stained shoes were still good enough for their new life in Brooklyn. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It was sucked in immediately, and the wet brown stain it left behind paled and vanished almost as quickly. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been a fine house once A wide black walnut staircase rose to a landing window with most of its stained glass still in. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Soot stains marked some of the arrow loops, and here and there a crack or a missing merlon could be seen in the curtain wall, but it seemed little enough from this distance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Fishermen sometimes shot duck loads at them, but for the most part the gulls were given free rein on the docks; their gray white droppings stained everything. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I’ve got to move a heavy pile of books from the stained sofa before I can sit down. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At night Werner stares up at Frederick’s bunk, the thin slats, the miserable stained mattress. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She dressed “for work” in clothes that she changed out of the minute she came home, so that they wouldn’t get stained with oil, achiote, or tomato sauce. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z We have a stained tablecloth that nobody took the time to cover. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was this that had stained the pools Matt had noticed when he first arrived. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There were pencil scrawls and ink stains, dried blood, snack crumbs; and the leather binding itself was secured to the lectern by a chain. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Big old redbrick jobbies, with wraparound front porches and stained glass windows, set way back from the road. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Falling to the ground, his face stained by the soup, the man writhed a few seconds at the base of the cauldron, and then he was still. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When the demons moved on, Percy and Annabeth reached the spot and found nothing left except a few splintered bones and glistening stains drying in the heat of the river. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The blood now drenched the sheets; his elbow had tipped the bowl so that the blood I had already let also stained his side. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He clipped his white tail and made Rabscuttle nibble his fur short and stain it with mud and blackberries. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A few weeks later, Lil comes into the store to see me, her eyes red- rimmed, tears staining her cheeks. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Horace was by inclination a private man, nearing fifty now, with a sprawling port-wine stain on the left side of his forehead that he often fingered unconsciously. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z One corner of the brick was stained with smoke. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z There was a red stain on her handkerchief. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing fine about being told by a twenty-seven-year-old guy who lived in his parents’ basement and had Cheetos stains on his T-shirt that you had to clear out in three weeks. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z There was a tapering soot stain as high as a man on an outside wall where two tramps had once, outrageously, lit a bonfire to roast a carp that was not theirs. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He was wearing his scarlet silks, soiled and travel- stained. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I open the teabag, which is labeled “Swee-Touch-Nee,” a brand I have never heard of and am not convinced actually exists, and stain my water with a bunch of deep dips. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The center of the mortar bowl was stained a golden brown from all the spices that had been crushed in there. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z One kid, the angry stain of blood on his T-shirt growing with every breath, watched calmly as the medic wrote up the tag. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There were glass display cases containing books with pages stained by age but showing the most wonderful pictures. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He wore a light gray suit that was travel-wrinkled and stained; he carried the jacket over his shoulder. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In a metal-wire wastebasket was a basketball and a football and a baseball mitt still cradling a stained and scruffed-up ball. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He was cloaked and booted as if for a journey on horseback; and indeed though his garments were rich, and his cloak was lined with fur, they were stained with long travel. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She was very gentle with us and did not notice a badly washed dinner plate that left a greasy stain on the dish towel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Jay looked up into the sky, now stained with faded purples and pinks and hot orange. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And now here comes Rachel with stained hair and one dead sister and a whole darn marriage behind her already, not to mention hell and high water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For instance, imagine that you’ve got a stain on your wood floor. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Even if I dump the memory, it will stay with me, staining me. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He honestly wants to see blood, Silver blood—silverblood—stain the arena. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z He hurried down the Street of the Crooked Dog and into the dusty thoroughfare, which was stained pink with dawn and already dotted with the scurrying figures of men on their way to work. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She’d meant the letter to show him how well she was doing—how she was learning and studying as well as working, but the black stain ruined it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z There are bloody stains on my nightgown and on the bed! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z He had grown fatter, his varicose ulcer had subsided, leaving only a brown stain on the skin above his ankle, his fits of coughing in the early morning had stopped. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He shaped the ends with the knife and sanded them smooth with salt and he stained them with soot until they were the color of lead. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The morning sun that slanted through the windows—they were stained yellow up here too—the sun showed the water darker, and rougher. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Just Sanaubar lying on a stained, naked mattress with Ali and a midwife helping her. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t have the right clothes,” I say, gesturing to the tunic I have on, stained with Valerian’s blood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Next to him was a young man she had never seen before, pale as the moon, his shirt stained with blood and his eyes drunk with love. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was blackened with blood and there were great black stains on his shirt. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He stared at a yellow stain on the ceiling just above his head. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Mom’s eyes moved over my clothes with their superscanning powers, looking for holes, stains, and other un-señorita-like offenses to point out. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Two hundred years fade into the dark stain on its edges, smoke-black, dark as a forest river, dark as the plexus from which its song comes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The beast lay huddled on the pale beach and the stains spread, inch by inch. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z When it stained the seat, I told him off, of course. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z There are no columns of smoke, no dark clouds staining the blue, but already we see blackened, broken buildings. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Harry looked over at the Slytherin table and saw a horrible ghost sitting there, with blank staring eyes, a gaunt face, and robes stained with silver blood. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Tia’s blouse has a stain near the collar. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Some of the stain came off and I wondered how long it would be before I could pass as white again. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When we got up a few minutes later, I saw the sweat stains under his arms. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t matter if there are stains on the wall. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Harry suggested, trying not to imagine how badly wounded a man would have to be to leave those stains spattered halfway up the walls. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z His cap was stained with blood from his hands. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The flour left white stains on her, the four points of the cross. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A blister pops and stains the rake handle like a tear. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He later recalled that Booth was dressed in stained, dark clothes. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The chapel was dim except for a few high chandeliers and the permanent glow of the rich hues of the stained glass windows. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Shady looked up, and with the sun gleaming in through the stained glass, he looked like he was having a revelation. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The front page of the newspaper featured an aerial photograph of our incriminating fuchsia stain. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She held up the dress so that it blocked the blood stains on the canvas, which were stark on the fabric from the streetlamps outside. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I bet they can take it so the stain’s out of frame,” I say. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The mayor scratched at the mustard stain on his cuff. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z As it happened, Buddha chose instead to bless First Wife with another daughter, this one with two perfect legs, but—alas!—with a brown tea stain splashed over half her face. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The winged man shone in unblemished stone stained blue and gold. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z When at last the water calmed, a bright red stain floated to the surface—growing larger until the entire river was red. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Its stiff walls of heavy yellow canvas were badly faded, stained by mud and water, with spots of mildew showing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He’s wearing tracksuit bottoms and a stained grey T-shirt, his hair is greasy, his skin slick, as though with fever. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Purple stains were absolutely everywhere, on the ceiling and even in drawers that had been a little open. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z When Mr. Armin yanked the doublet open, I could see the red stain on Julian's linen shirt. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I cannot take the stain from my gown or the thought from my mind: They hate me. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z But those stained threads would need to be replaced. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who desire to be purified cannot be refused and the black stain of his guilt had grown fainter and fainter through his years of lonely wandering and pain. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Cooling things down, staining and dyeing the evening purple and blue- black. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The evil gash on her temple disappeared as if wiped away, the stains of blood nothing more than dried paint. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I packed my unwashed combat fatigues and sent them to my family with a note: Dear Parents, Here are my clothes, still stained with the sweat and mud and blood of Bougainville. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The front of her yellow sweater was stained with blood. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z There are no stains on the carpet, or on the white furniture. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z A woman across the aisle handed him a cup of water, which he poured over the stain. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The bruise on her face had faded to a yellow stain. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Her pretty pink dress is splotched with water stains. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The treatment had not worked as rapidly or completely as we had hoped, but I had a dark undercoating of pigment which I could touch up perfectly with stain. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "I see," says Lev, looking down at his stained hands and picking at dried ink under his thumbnail. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Lac stumbled forward, dimly aware of his blood and the brown stain on his jacket. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It was used, the color of nickels, and there was a small stain on the passenger seat that Linda guessed was melted lipstick. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I even like the oil stains on the concrete floor. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The last time he held one, Rocky was with him, and they had stained their finger tips brown with the tobacco juice the grasshoppers spit. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “After what happened, after what he did to me, I felt stained.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was dim, even though there were stained glass windows on either side. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was unbroken, although the crystal was stained and smeared with mud and the blood from what the cliff-ghasts had been eating before they found it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And they rubbed the stain of earth from the baby’s forehead because man was not to be tied to the earth but free upon it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The only sign of Nick there was the blood stain he had left on the floorboards. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “So that people’s pomade doesn’t stain the seat back,” she answered. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The brown mouth of a drain, stained black at the lower edge by a thin, dried thread of blood: of rabbit’s blood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At the fish shop the ice beds were nearly empty, as were the lobster tanks, where rust-colored stains were visible through the water. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She stared at the dark-brown stains and wondered if, maybe, things could go back to the way they had been before. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In the hall, a sweat- stained gray Stetson hat—Herb’s—hung on a hat peg. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Blessington screamed; the blood spurted out, running down his back and staining his white shirt collar crimson. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Men were larking about on the bikes along a pavement stained with vomit. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z With its peeling, chipped paint and water stains, the interior had the air of a colonial ruin. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His boots were scuffed and stained, and he had no weapon on him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z After that came off there was just my undershirt, stained with sweat. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z His jacket was grass stained, his face ruddy with the wind, a little sweaty, too. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I lie still, listening to the constant, distant wail of sirens coming from somewhere outside, my eyes fixed on an old water stain on the ceiling. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In his stained white smock, he was half rebellious and wholly uncertain. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Or those tiny drops that fell from between his legs and stained the snow black. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Pages had been ripped out of Drum magazine and used as toilet paper, crusty stains smearing the print. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The leather is cracked and flaking, the thick shoulder strap leaves a brown mark on my blouse where the leather stain is rubbing off. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Occasionally I have to help, but mostly I watch with detachment as they upend themselves in the mud, digging and weeding, clay stains on the knees of their pants. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “She will not have her altar stained with human blood. She has herself furnished the victim and she receives the sacrifice.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Her underthings hung heavily on her slim frame, a stained white shift dripping ghostly water onto the floorboards of the trolley. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Dayah pulls off his filthy clothing and stained blankets, washes him with a damp cloth. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Underneath, there’s a big, deep stain the color of rust. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The ice-cream-eating man sat beside her on the train and, to discourage conversation, she stared fixedly at a brown stain near her feet, a spilled frozen Frappuccino, until they arrived at Trenton. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Inside it there are long hallways with hardwood floors, stained and worn from generations of students in slushy winter boots, but still kept polished. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z This interaction would feel worse if he were older, if he were wrinkled, if he had stained teeth or a sagging belly. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The photo next to it was of a group of women in stained blue burkas, walking along a dirt road. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z With its soaring steeples, stained glass windows and chiming bells, it was a way more mainstream affair than the little white clapboard number that had spirited Stan away. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Today I’m here to tell you about Spiffy, the twenty-first-century stain remover. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z It’s like I can’t help but be acutely aware of the stains on the carpet and my mismatched bedding. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The taps began to leak, the pipes to sweat, the roof tiles to'crack, and green stains to spread across the walls. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom sat at the kitchen table, still in her uniform, the black apron stained with salad dressing and other unidentifiable food particles. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The woman wore a fashionable wrap, high shiny boots, and tapered pants; the man lounged in a rumpled shirt and stained trousers, giving an air of almost deliberate vulgarity. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Delia yelled, her face stained with tears as she backed away from the scene. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The sunlight shone through the doors, illuminating the Champion’s splattered blood like stained glass. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A well-worn green cloak, stained by salt and spray and faded from the sun, draped his thin shoulders, over brown doublet and breeches that matched brown eyes and hair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Old T-shirts So you don’t stain a good T-shirt. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Bernabe smelled of fish, her body smelled like mint, and both their hands were stained red from the wild raspberries they had been eating. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When he spat into his handkerchief, it immediately stained red. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, when I look down at the borrowed ball gown I slept in, there are grass stains on it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Think of the glass itself, with its five grand colours stained right through. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to my locker and brought out my green apron along with a stained heavy sweater. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z It choked him like weeds and rot and colonies of vermin, clogging and staining him, stagnant and fetid, so that nothing so noble as love, or—gods above—forgiveness, could ever claim space in him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Light flowed in from all the stained glass windows, making the room sunny and warm. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The glass panes in the windows are stained gray as trapped smoke, making the light strange. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In the same way it lost its color and sheen with the passing of the years: creases and stains accumulated, and hidden in the depths, here and there already appearing, waited disillusionment and nausea. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z And what were those stains she was tracking across the floor? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z When they smiled, their teeth were stained an unsightly black. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z In the very center of the camp lay the body of the man with soup stains on his face, the only victim. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It is stained and ripped in places, thinned from use. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I blink, and the violent red stains the inside of my eyelids. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Cotton was strewn across the floor, piled up in the corners, and bursting out of several stained, split-open bundles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I have spent the past ten minutes staring at the ink stains on the walls, hoping they will rearrange themselves into an answer, and knowing they never will. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I felt the word politics had a bit of a stain on it, but I would be different. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Blood seeped from the entry and exit wounds in his neck and pooled under his head, staining the floorboards. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Brown tar stains filled a crack between his front teeth. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I feel the frozen stillness melt down through the inside of me, dripping shards of ice that vanish in a puddle of sunlight on the stained floor. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He noticed the peeling paint on the shutters that his dad had repainted just last year, and the brown stain on the driveway where his mom had tried to refinish an old table. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Mamá saw the stains, shook her head, and gave us a stern look. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z You need five Shiny ones For a snow cone: Strawberry and root beer, Grape that stains The mouth with laughter, Orange that’s a tennis ball Of snow You could stab With a red-striped straw. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no blanket around him and there were puke stains on the front of his shirt. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He had on a long, dirty coat, its fur-lined sleeves ratty and stained, that looked as though he hadn’t taken it off for months. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The grease made a stain on the mat like the spots her period often made in the back of her dresses. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Though Hoover had avoided the stain of Teapot Dome, he had overseen the bureau’s rogue intelligence division, which had spied on individuals merely because of their political beliefs. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It had been Ethel’s childhood Bible that Martin gave to Cora, smudged and stained by her fingers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Although it’s covered up by his sleeve, I can see that a sizable circle of blood stains the cloth there. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It’s like those ladies you see on American TV these days, the ones who are so happy they have washed out a stain so the clothes look better than new. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They were damp, stained with the muddy tracks of toads and iguanas. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It was a little child’s dress of silk brocade stiff with seed-pearls, stained with salt, yellow with years. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z It’s empty but for an oily stain slowly spreading across the bottom. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “It has a dreadful stain on it, if you haven’t noticed. All of Fort’s books have just been beautifully reprinted in one volume, so I now have that.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She found his cloak on the floor, twisted up tight, the white wool stained by blood and fire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When Jinny stood up, she noticed more blood, a stain on her tunic, where it must have been bunched up while she was sitting. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A minute later he came back, shivering, caked in sand, a red stain outlining his chest. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Then Horace muttered, “Oh, no,” and I followed his gaze upward, to a dark stain discoloring a roughly circular patch of ceiling. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I guess they’re getting ready for dinner and I decide to go take a shower myself, since my hands are stained from the juice. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Just as we did with the stain, let’s make the carpet sizes even smaller to get a better approximation of the size of the rationals. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Perhaps the house was stained to its very foundation and that smell of something long dead and dried would always cling to the rooms and the rustle of rats would always come from the ceiling. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She feels a stain descend within her, like water through a plaster wall. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Or: Monica, whispering to her dry cleaner: Can you get this stain out for me? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z On the floor next to the bed was an empty bowl stained with red sauce. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Edward’s silk suit was stained with drool and his head ached for several days afterward, but it was his ego that had suffered the most damage. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z He stares at the stain but at least he says something. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There were soup stains all down her blouse and a burn in her skirt. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She smiled back at the friendly faces, revealing a lipstick stain on her front teeth. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat on a stone bench supported by two crouching lions, their faces streaked with dark stains like tears. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Her cheeks were staining a dusky purple as she tugged the hem of her dress, as if she could will it longer simply by sheer physical strength. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Ellen sits there against the wall, still rubbing her barbecue stain in circles. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He ate his evening rice all stained as he was with the earth and unwillingly he washed himself even before he slept. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Red staircase with red spit stains in the red corner. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Plastic gloves So you don’t stain your hands. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The yellow stained walls were at the far end of the long tunnel between him and the world. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The surface stained green and finely pierced with holes. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z No one was in the living room, so I went straight to bed, after hiding my red-and-yellow- stained drawers under the mattress. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Jay stood in the doorway, a slight sweat stain ringing the neck and underarms of his shirt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Stricken with grief, Rostam hears his son’s dying words: If thou art indeed my father, then hast thou stained thy sword in the life-blood of thy son. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Around the Cornucopia, the ground appears to be bleeding; the water has purple stains. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She dared to look at Amari, who lay deathly still, and at the carpet, stained with both blood and pie. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z We tried a few more, but they exploded, too, and we walked home without having eaten anything, our shirts and faces stained with rotten tomatoes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The oldest had long ago rusted away to nothing, leaving only a few red stains where the metal had rested on stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She pulled the tom sheet from the bed, and the stained blanket as well. m have to bam them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One of the girls clutched a doll wearing a stained and torn hot pink burka. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z It was as if, in the close muff of a January dusk, she had been asked to imagine streaming, rose-smattered summer, the children in bug bites and grass stains. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw her run towards the highway, and I was glad that she did not wander towards the river where the grass was stained— Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually you learned how to block some of it out, to build up a thin wall between your mind and others’, but not before everyone else’s poisonous thoughts were in there, staining your own. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There were gummy stains on it, too, like crankcase drainings or old strawberry jam. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She advanced, then snapped her foot back, as if sensing the stain. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Remnants of the lavish birthday dinner stain its violet folds. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Olanna opened the door, wearing the apron that had an oil stain in front. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Amah was thinner and grayer, her robe dirty and stained. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Charlie wore a gray sweatshirt with an oily stain on the sleeve, and his mother argued with him the whole way to the bus stop. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z One entire wall was taken up with a huge stained glass window. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Bugs buzzed around their ankles and past their eyes; brown earth stained their hands, and pebbles got into their shoes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Page after page in my journals stained with my tears. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Mostly, though, books are for show, and real life—judging from the quantity of food stains and tossed items of clothing—goes on in the room that houses the large-screen TV. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Two hours later Alba felt a warm viscous liquid between her legs and saw that her slacks were stained with red. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore a pair of stained olive-green overalls without a shirt underneath, and he had a broad utility belt holding pruning shears, twine, a hand rake, and a trowel. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Instead it sniffed my shirt, leaving a long, wet stain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “What—?” Koffi scrambled away from the bowl in horror, not caring as more blood dripped down her arm to stain the beautiful rug. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Yellow and brown stains of whatever curry or sandwich he’d eaten for lunch dotted the material. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It looks like it’s sleeping except for the dried brown stain beneath it. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Nina thought of the violent chaos of Hellgate, bribes changing hands, blood staining the sand, a world away from this sterile place. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z One after another, they swarm through the door like bees in a hive, zipping left and right, knocking into freshly lit chandelier-lanterns, staining the marble with their dark sparks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Their dark suits were gray with dust and smeared with stains. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Lets just say that I got some stains on my soul that I wouldn't mind getting scrubbed clean.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I stood on that burnt-up field with the taste of ashes in my mouth, ashes in my eyes, on my hair and my dress, all stained and tarnished. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to breathe, stared up at the vaulted ceiling, the fluted grooves in the richly stained molding, hoping nobody would speak to me more—make me speak. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z What I don’t love: pink sofas, green chairs, plastic cover on a table, stained mattresses, old clothes, unmatched dishes. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Now it looks like we have stained glass,” she announced. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Hanako wanted to kill him sometimes, but then she’d look at him, as now, with his big, beautiful wine stain that nobody outside of the family thought was beautiful, just playing calmly by himself. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Grandpa’s eyes followed the brown stain in its arch until it landed on the clean floor and splattered. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a retched taste in my mouth from food coloring the members used to make us remember their names, and my clothes and face were stained green. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z If the stain were shaped like a circle, or like a square or a triangle, it would be easy to figure out; just take a ruler and measure its radius or its height and base. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A few strange, antique portraits of the men and women of other days decorated the stained walls; a cupboard with glass doors contained some books and an ancient set of china. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I flip it over, and on the back are yellow stains and cursive writing in pencil that has almost faded away. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He pushes the knife in farther, slow, and blood stains the hem of his shirt. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z When she pulled her hands away, the vine was stained dark with blood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Music from a jukebox blared from the windows; men in stained overalls, factory workers, and women in frayed dresses were sitting on the crumbling front steps. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They crowd my plate, butting up against the muffins, staining the starched paper with little brown flecks and clear spots of grease. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Reaching into the pocket of the borrowed dress, I touch my knife, still stained with Valerian’s blood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I stared at it, then looked at my own, stained reddish-brown. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z On top of this stain there was the torture of knowing that Arthur was kind, simple and upright—of knowing that he was always on the edge of hurting Arthur dreadfully, although he loved him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Of freeing Julius, and then wiping him out like a hated stain. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Her mother ran her stained fingers across the books. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The linoleum was stained and curling from the leaking roof. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Grandpa Lázaro had slumped over the side of the easy chair, a strand of drool stretching from his mouth to his stained white T-shirt. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Her own shorts were grubby, her knees stained. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The gorged sound of their laughter stained the sea breeze that came in over the tide. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z By the time we’ve steeped six tea bags in our custard, David, Justin, and Robin Hood tumble into the house in a blur of grease stains, sweat, and fur. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Dany’s riding clothes were stained and sooty as she stepped back from the pyres. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She whipped back around, her cheeks stained pink. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He looked down anxiously at the front of his tee-shirt, in case it had left a stain on him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The earth is stained black from the morning rains. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Tiara was sprawled beside it, her mouth and hands stained with red juice. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I got grease stains on the hem and arrived after the bell. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He was about thirty feet from the back of the truck when a family in stained, torn clothes tumbled out from the warehouse next to them and pushed ahead. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He steps out of its path easily and it crashes instead into the sunset of stained glass. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Packets of tea were floating in the folds of the crumpled mainsail that hung down through the top hatch, staining the water in brown clouds. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the meal was finished in silence until the king, wiping the gravy stains from his vest, called for dessert. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z From its hiding-place he took out his mouse-nibbled volume, turned with religious care its stained and crumbled pages, and began to read Othello. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a ragged rip along the hem and deep perspiration stains under the arms. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands were clasped together, and she stared fixedly at a small stain on the tablecloth. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The next Saturday we climbed up to the roof and cleaned out the gutters, since they were overflowing now every time it rained and the dirty water was staining the corners of the Perfect House. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Drink from mugs stained in blotches or in rings, brown from coffee and red from wine. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes even they got sick of yakking and turned to dominoes, playing with an old carved set with dots so stained from a million games that they were nearly indecipherable. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I looked down and touched a carpet stain with the toe of my shoe. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z My gown was stained and wrinkled from the journey, and my hair was probably limp and unkempt. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z A bigger chopper, a heavy affair, was leaning against the door—the metal of it stained a dull brown. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z When she raised it, his white night-robe was stained with blood where her lips had touched, and where the thin open wound in her neck had sent forth drops. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Her cheeks were pink and merry from our walk, her lips stained red from the capulis she had stolen from me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She was still having difficulty breathing, and tears were running down her cheeks and neck, staining her blouse. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Andy used it two days, then there was a last great gush of blood which stained the fine new pillow a rusty brown and Andy died. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Kindness like that is the daffodils of the world, the dewdrops, the grass stains on the knees of jeans, yet she is sick to death of being a sweetheart. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I take the knife out from under my tunic and show it to him, stained a flinty red. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Bernard even paints the glass panes in the drawing room so that they look like medieval stained glass. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Her tongue peeked through her white teeth, stained like rust. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There was a sink nearby, cracked and dry, and a string over the sink from which hung stained surgical gloves. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A stray berry stains his chin and I wipe it away. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z His blue eyes are stained with yellow, like they’ve been poisoned over the years. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The sails drooped from the yards like stained drapes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The gloves were stained and riddled with holes, but the slippers sparkled as though newly made. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “See where it stained bright colors? That’s where all her DNA at.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Even the roof was wrong, its raw new timbers light and bright, where the old rafters had been stained almost black by centuries of smoke. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One was plump and balding, with ink stains on his fingers and a quill clutched in one hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 With fingers stained from tobacco, they tied wet sponges over their nostrils to block out poisonous fumes. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z I hope that these stains about the chest are ketchup rather than blood. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The book had a cloth cover with several dark stains, and the paper was thick and creamy, soft at the edges. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z They no longer competed to see who could make the biggest puddle when they urinated, and Blanca did not tell him of the dark matter that stained her underwear once a month. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The collar absorbed the rusty stains of the monster's skin, and shone brighter than ever before. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z If the school has suddenly decided to get tough on stains, why did they have to pick me to make an example of? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Granted, they were there because Burr challenged Hamilton, and Hamilton concluded he could not refuse the challenge without staining his honor. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z His bedding was stained and stinking, but they had no way to move him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I looked toward Momma, across that square of stained boards, over the collection table, hoping that a look from her would root me safely to my sanity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Lupita finished her food, being careful not to get a stain on her white uniform. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I don’t feel pretty—I feel stained by all the blood, always anxious it might soak through my skirt. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Food stains appeared at every turn—melted cheese caked into the carpeting, tomato sauce drying on the arm of a love seat, a squashed eclair oozing custard all over an ottoman. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Well, it’s not something I would have chosen to dwell on myself, but the different kinds of stains require different cleaning approaches. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The dye had stained the skin on her forehead a pale gray, giving her a shadowy second hairline. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z You’ll need or not, however, if your meaning is “regardless of whether ’: Richie wanted to wear the green one, whether it had a gravy stain or not. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She was wearing a limp, checked seersucker nightgown with puffed sleeves and yellow turmeric stains. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I lay down and stared up at the smoke stains on the cottage-cheese ceiling. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Mandrag was clean-shaven and smooth-faced, with hands stained a half hundred different colors and seemed to be made all of knuckle and bone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Handsome Conn had no mark but for the red stain over his breast, where the spear thrust had killed him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Three lashes on my legs for a dust stain on my skirt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She couldn’t see his face, but she could smell him: the yellow stink of sulfur and stain. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I feel like the red stain on my blouse is screaming. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Lying motionless, I stare at the water stain on the ceiling for so long that it takes on more and more details that make it look like Farooq. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Dark blood stains his shirt, his shoulder, his hands, the grooves of the knife hilt. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Jasper was not her responsibility, but the stains of his blood on the wagon and her clothes might as well have represented her own dead. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The peeling stucco walls are stained with rust from the dripping gutters. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Dad sits back down on the sofa and stares at the pencil stain on the carpet. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z As she lay there staring up at the stained canvas, she could have sworn she saw movement out of the corner of her eye: Nin stirring beneath the mound of clothing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “The taint,” said Dr. Trefusis, “is not a stain upon us, but is, I believe, our primary operation. It is not simply a mark upon our skin.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z An ugly girl should dress in ugly clothing, she decided, so she chose a stained brown cloak fraying at the hem, a musty green tunic smelling of fish, and a pair of heavy boots. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had a bandage around his head that was stained with dark blood. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Juice is starting to leak from it, staining the hall carpet, but she can't bring herself to throw it away. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z One of them made a passing attempt at covering up the large bloodstains by kicking dirt over them. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her lipstick left a smiling pink stain on the inside rim of the cup. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I rubbed my hands together and watched the dry, acid stained skin fall to the floor in little rolls. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The spot where he usually parked one of his carts was empty; a huge amoeba of oil stained the concrete floor. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Abby’s shorts were spattered with paint stains, and the pocket of her T-shirt was half torn off. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z A stained armchair and an old- fashioned desk peek from behind a collection of mops and brooms. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z There was a dark stain about the size of a thumb print on one of the brass handles. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But Law if I don’t keep glancing at that stack like a stain. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The carpeting was institutional, with a hectic, stain- camouflaging pattern. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When it was all over, the floor, chair, and walls in Sister M. E.’s hospital room were stained with blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt very Iranian in that moment, even covered in grass stains. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The baby chose this particular moment to let loose a large, warm, wet stain across the front of Gherland’s robes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Her hands were stained with blackberry juice, and when she wiped the tears from her eyes she streaked the purple from her nose to her cheekbone. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z All around, the rocks were stained with purple splotches. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood off to the side as Clancy knelt in front of them, completely unbothered by the wet earth staining his own pressed pants. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Their blood stained the trees and never washed off, even during the rainy season. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “What’s that?” asked Holly, pointing at a grayish stain on the seat’s headrest. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z There was a red stain on my bed, wide as an open notebook. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The coffee stains were still on his sweatshirt. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z It still has her five-dollar bill stuck under the salt shaker, a half-empty cup of coffee, a dirty fork and an empty place mat with syrup stains. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Despite the rain, the stained glass gathers enough light to fill the cathedral with color. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I pray to every statue, to the stained glass windows, the Stations of the Cross. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z How much area does the stain take up? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But he rolled so enthusiastically that the wounds reopened: when he got to his feet again his white coat was stained with blood. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of her makeup had transferred itself to his own face or the bolster, but a light stain of rouge still brought out the beauty of her cheekbone. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He stands for some time in the spot where he found Celia hours before, scrutinizing the familiar bookshelves and the wall of stained glass. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was his blood that stained her dress and face and she was glad. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Baptist church looked a lot like the Methodist one we went to, pews, altar, a couple of stained glass windows. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood up, rivulets of water pooling at his feet, a colossal grass stain up the side of his suit. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Meet me at— The rest was a giant tomato soup stain. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The narrow alley is empty except for some piles of refuse and the icy stains of someone’s dirty dishwater. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I must look like a dog chasing its tail, twisting and twirling, trying to see the stains on my back in the mirror. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z They followed her gesture to a large rust-colored stain above them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He had no helm, and about his head was a linen band stained with blood; but his voice was loud and strong. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She had barely noticed him until after the bombing, when he said, “The mud will stain your dress,” and helped her up, Okeoma’s shirt still wrapped around her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The coffee table is stained with circular marks from mugs of tea. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z There was also an upturned dustbin lid with an inch of rainwater inside, and the incomplete tea-ring stain on the cover of his Housman poems. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The broken giant’s skull remained a broken giant’s skull, yellowed and cracked, grinning its stained and savage grin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I remember the Commandant’s whip and Barrius’s blood staining the courtyard stones. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I liked the stained glass in the sanctuary, even though crucified Jesus was really bloody, too bloody for stained glass, I thought, all those red and magenta pieces filtering sunlight. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z There was no ink stain on any of them, from what she could tell. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He put a stained piece of paper down beside the books. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The further into the journey Bull went, the harder it became for him to see through the windshield that was stained with the prints of so many inconsequential deaths. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In the center of the room was a boxing ring, its white canvas floor stained and lumpy. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It would look pretty messed up to be a social worker and have dried kid blood as a permanent stain in your vehicle. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z A red stain spread across the tablecloth, and Father’s doublet was dotted with wine. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In the cruel light of the morning, it looked squalid, neglected, overgrown, and there was something worse: the steps of the little mausoleum were stained with blood, a great deal of it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Then she clapped an old tunic, a foul cloak, upon him, tattered, filthy, stained by greasy smoke, and over that a mangy big buck skin. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The gasoline was faint now, barely noticeable, and in the mirror the stain didn’t show. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z "Yeah, but I really learned it. I can get stains out of anything." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Liselin!” she scolds, holding up my scapular stained with the blood of something or other, some cat I have skinned. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her feet were bare, her mouth stained damson. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There was dirt streaked in tear stains on his cheeks, but he was not crying now. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We were half-below street level here, and the stained glass was a dim muddle of colors. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A green doublet lay on the floor, slashed open and discarded, the cloth crusted with red-brown stains. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There was a line of drops from the wall to the wardrobe—perhaps what had first turned Theodora’s attention that way—and a great irregular stain on the green rug. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The naked light- bulbs that hung irregularly from the stained ceiling cast a weak yellow light upon the warped floorboards. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked around inside the engine for about ten minutes and then wiped his face absentmindedly, so that the grease stained his cheek. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They seemed to lift it, a whitish stain in the water. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The river’s brown waters would be stained with blood, forever and ever and ever... Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As you climbed the stairs around and around, the outer windows would shine colored light through their stained glass. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Lionel sat in silence for a minute, looking at the plate in front of him, where there was a bright pool of ruby from the stained glass, shaped like an egg. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Her small, clever hands were covered with tiny cuts—Paper, probably, Antain thought—and dark smudges of ink stained each fingertip. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z A bright streak of blood stains one thick strand of my hair, painting a dark red streak into it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She met and married an intense dark man—a man whose fingers were stained with chemicals, mostly silver nitrate. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They had listened on the stain during the royal dinner, so they knew that they were off to England with their mother. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The juice was darker than you would expect and had made a horrid stain round her mouth. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Beyond them, the screen stands unblemished, not even stained by smoke. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I could just feel the grit in my hair, which is so extremely fair it is prone to get stained. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at my hands where they rested on the table next to a mustard stain. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She leaned over the shotgun seat and pushed open the door, and that’s when I realized the stain in my pants wasn’t blood. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The stains of Scotch tape once attached to his posters are visible on the walls. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “He danced with me,” Hattie said, her teeth stained purple from a blueberry muffin. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I set the marble mortar down, the bottom of the little white bowl stained with crushed spices. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Both the soldiers and the villagers have on black pajama clothes and red-and-white checkered scarves with mud stains on their bottoms and knees. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But when I arrived, she threw a decanter that shattered at my feet and stained my hem green with absinthe. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think of you every day, Ronan. With this stain on the ceiling here.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Once it’s sanded, stained, and coated, I’ll slip off my socks to feel the soft texture under my feet. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I wet some toilet paper and used it to scrub the stain off. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z We still have stains all over the backseat of my father’s car. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Smoke and cold air poured in through the broken stained glass windows of the chapel. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Now Jackson was dead, and Garnett’s honor was compromised, and he had not recovered from the stain, and in his company there were many men who would never let him recover. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nicole had a dot of dried chocolate stain on her sweatshirt. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z A few feet from the trailer, near the door, the snow was stained with blood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His old set of white sheets was stained in revealing places, not very romantic. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked into the sanctuary, toward the stained- glass window of Jesus, his kind face and loving eyes focused on me, and that’s when I heard it. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A few drops of blood stained the edge of the carpet. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The library was even cooler than it had been a week ago, and darker, since the only light came through windows that were stained yellow and didn’t let in all that much. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Once, when concocting a varnish with Mr. Gitney, Mr. Sharpe chanced to spill some of their new mixture on his cravat, which left a yellow stain. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Jamie thought a minute before answering, “Well, let’s say a prayer in that little room of the Middle Ages. The part with the pretty stained glass window.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Even his bones would disappear—this was part of Arthur’s warning—until somebody found them scattered among the stained newsprint on the floor, looking like strips of white confetti. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She wore a bulky gray sweater with only a few light stains, and black leather men’s shoes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She wore snow boots and waders and a stained white shirt from the diner. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Mundungus stank of stale sweat and tobacco smoke: His hair was matted and his robes stained. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He likes the solidity of its plaster walls, its dark wooden floorboards, however battered and stained. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She’s a short, squat woman with neat hair and an apron that looks like it has beet stains. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The ointment had left an oily residue on the cloth, which was now stained red, but the cut itself had stopped bleeding. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Wiping with his dirtcolored rag the ring-shaped water stains they had left on his marble Refreshments Counter. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “A stain on all of France. It makes me sick.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z That night at supper Mrs. Byrne serves chopped beef, potato salad stained pink by beets, and rubbery cabbage. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I didn’t normally wear white, because it was a total stain magnet. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Her stockings have runs in them and her shoes are too large and the woolen panels of her dress are mottled with stains. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I glance back guiltily at Mom, who is pale and tired looking, trying to scrape a stain off her Waffle House uniform with her fingernail. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “Yes,” I replied, and looked at the tiny spirals of dirt rolling along the stained blade of the knife. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z To the droplets of blood staining the snow dark red, almost black. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The only person in the store was a woman in a stained apron behind a glass-framed counter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He picks Evie up out of her pram to give her a cuddle, and I catch sight of myself in the hallway mirror, my face pale and my lips stained dark red with wine. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As I read her a question about mold stains, she pours a little tea in a glass, tastes it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes we’re given slides to look at: butterfly wings, cross- sections of worms, planaria stained with pink and purple dyes so you can see the different parts. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, it meant staining one’s hands with another man’s blood. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The two women were stonily displaying the back of the stained sheet to a confused Mr. Gonzalez. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Alarm stained his face, a grayness in his cheeks. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore a big maroon Harvard sweatshirt and jeans that were covered with marker stains and little holes, like she spent her free time poking them with a fork. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The remaining pages were wrinkled and stained from water damage. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Her dress was smeared with grease stains from Leo’s tool belt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We’d stained our hands neon orange and blue, and now we wore the shirts like a psychedelic uniform. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Brown pulled a stained kerchief out of his trouser pocket and rubbed it over his face and neck. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On a low coffee table, with circular and semicircular stains bitten into the dark veneer, lay a few wilted numbers of Time and Life. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Mom was running around, tying up more balloons, her hands still stained with dark dirt after planting all of the new, pale flowers that flooded over what once had been a yard of plain grass. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was on this very Formica table where you could still see the egg stains from my family’s breakfast that the bombs were made. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The last, the under, page of the four-year-old letter was stained a sort of off-cordovan color, and it was torn in two places along the folds. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I glanced up at the stained glass depictions of Jesus all around and then at the statue in the front of the church. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z They were gathered around the blanket now, watching Fremantle perform, and everyone was laughing except the Prussian, Scheiber, a stocky man in a stained white suit, who was annoyed that no one could speak German. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is it that or is it your fear of the stain of my sad life getting on you? So you have to polish me up and make me worthy.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He wiped his mouth— uselessly, since it was permanently stained red. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I scrubbed my armpits, and scratched at the grass stains on my elbows until my skin was pink and angry. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The movement causes fresh blood to stain his bandages and an agonized sound to come from his mouth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z One of the other things they should care about, according to Harriet, the cleaning lady who came once a week and who was about a million years old, was staining the bathtub. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z His white cloak was tom and stained, and blood seeped through a Jagged tear in his left sleeve. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At Nico’s feet, two puddles of darkness stained the pavement—no doubt the remains of the cow monsters that had chased them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I tell her about Mrs. Grote lying in bed all day and Mr. Grote in the woods and the snow dust on my face in the morning and the stained mattresses. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It smelled like outside, and my sneakers were muddy, and all I wanted to do was worry about what Nana and Granddad would say when they saw how stained everything was. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The bookshelves with their neatly ordered manuscripts slumbered in the shadows, while overhead pale moonlight wafted through the stained glass windows, lighting on the bronze statues of past Librarians standing vigil over the galleries. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I don’t remember any of them, except for the one with the gel in his hair and the Clark Gable mustache, the one with the Africa stain on his cap. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Instead I got messy handwriting and a jelly stain: P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z All around, Matt saw blinding white hills and crusted pools stained with crimson. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The material was silky and a bit stiff where it was stained. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When they fell face first—always when teachers weren’t watching—he’d say, “Now there’s a new stain on my floor.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Mamou had this stained glass partition separating the living room from the dining room, and the light filtering through it cast constellations of color across my family’s faces. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Dust stained the knees and sleeves of his linen suit. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I waved nonchalantly at Tina with my free hand and hoped she wouldn’t notice the sweat stains spreading down my shirt. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing an old tweed jacket with sprung elbows, and there were grass stains on the knees of his trousers; khaki gaiters were laced over his mud-caked shoes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The wall was pocked with holes and dark stains. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His glasses were scratched and bent, and his face and shirt were stained with soot, but he didn’t look like he was hurt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And through that microscope, for that moment, all she could see was an ocean of her mother’s cells, stained an ethereal fluorescent green. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The studio floor was a distressed brown around the stain of sky. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I sit in a pew near the back for a long time, staring at the stained glass behind the altar. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The spoon is wooden, stained after years of use, but thick and sturdy just the same. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It looked like it was made of beaten gold, complete with delicate roses and a glittering butterfly whose wings reminded Aru of stained glass. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Papa has fallen asleep, tear stains crystallized on his face. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She keeps on with the stain, diligently making it worse and worse, but says nothing. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I stare at a stain on the seat and try to remember what it came from. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z He studies the ornate balconies like a burglar, gazes through the blue panes of stained glass until he spots her with the Spaniard, naked and sharing a cigarette. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His grey shirt hung in loose tatters except where it was stuck to his body, stained a dark, sullen red. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "Some weather! Hot! Hot! Hot! Is it hot enough for you? Is it hot? Is it . . . ?" My commutation ticket came back to me with a dark stain from his hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z She was still holding the bottle of zinfandel and she carefully set it down on the floor, like it could suddenly shatter and stain the carpet with all of their secrets. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I think that maybe lunch is some secret component of our final score because there is no higher achievement for a southern woman than the ability to eat barbecue and walk away stain free. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Madam walked in from the front hall, her hair halffallen out of her cap, and stains of sweat under the arms of her dress. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got my old set,” he said as he dug out a pair of heavy gloves and a stiff leather apron; both were charred dark in places and stained with grease. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Running down his legs in streams, bright and red and steady, staining the waters with the pounding of his heart. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Fayge’s white wedding dress was badly stained, front and back, and she was as pale as paper. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She has dark eyebrows and eyelashes and deep-set brown eyes, and her lips are stained a dark red. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The sail seemed less a shield to them and more of a fast food billboard, stained brown with her blood and yellow with her plasma where the blood chips flaked away. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z After the stained glass and worn mahogany pews of the First Presbyterian, GOP felt something like an office building, or even a factory. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He looked at the faint stain it made on his handkerchief. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack stood there, streaming with sweat, streaked with brown earth, stained by all the vicissitudes of a day's hunting. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He fell on them, face first, and stained his shirt purple with grape juice. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the time they crowded into crevices that were easily found by the streaks of dried urine staining the rocks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The officers requested more coffee, lit their pipes, and unrolled their maps across the tablecloth, stained now with splashes of turtle soup, butter, wine, and candle wax. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys looked down at their stained shirts and grinned. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z The two sides fought a civil war and tough stains from that war remain. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There was the checkered rug where Mikayla and I did our experiments, the purple stain where we’d mixed baking soda and vinegar—and a whole bottle of bubble bath. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z One thing’s for sure, it was a lot nicer than our school’s restrooms, which constantly smell like cigarettes and have makeup stains on the mirrors and sink. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Zooey was now gazing abstractedly at an old root-beer stain on the ceiling plaster, which he himself had made nineteen or twenty years earlier, with a water pistol. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The blade was stained with patches of what looked like rust. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a pale morning: in the East, behind long clouds like lines of soiled wool stained red at the edges, lay glimmering deeps of yellow. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Two of them had already fallen to his sword, staining the hallows with their blood; and the others cursed him, calling him outlaw and traitor to his master. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Ron had pierced the glass in both windows: Riddle’s eyes were gone, and the stained silk lining of the locket was smoking slightly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The envelope was crumpled and stained, the letter written in pencil in a round, childish hand. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing a ratty black trench coat over his Westover Hall uniform, which was torn and stained. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The carts carried their bodies through the streets, finery stained with blood and the exudations of their scabbing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z White foxes had eaten into his stomach, exposing his innards and staining the snow with blood. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z A jíbaro can never wash away the stain of the plantain. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The other men were dressed more simply—in breeches and stained white shirts. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He sat on the stained seat of the noisy train, opposite a woman reading the evening paper. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I took a bath and scrubbed my hands with bleach to get rid of the strawberry stains. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Either way, when I got in, she looked at me, my shirt stained with grass and tears and dirt, my hair with little pieces of leaves stuck in it, my face snotty. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z There was a small stain across an intricately threaded flower in shades of gold, part of a landscape that portrayed rows of tall sunflowers near a pale green stream. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Miles stood alone on the dark sidewalk, his hand brushing the spot on his chest where my tears had stained his green robe. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z My eyes settled again on the tiny red flecks staining his cuff. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She pops the glass in her mouth and swallows it, then wipes her mouth with her hand, staining her fingers with wax and blood. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Then, two weeks later, I caught him coughing a wad of bloodstained phlegm into the toilet. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When the plants were watered, she sat alone, knees to chin, and rocked herself back and forth as the sun began to rise, a faint pink stain creeping up the eastern rim of the sky. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is enough. I will make you the High King, although the stain of what you have done will forever taint your rule.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He turned in a circle, steaming and slowly disintegrating until there was nothing left but an old, stained bathrobe and a pair of bunny slippers. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I feel the shove—in exactly the spot of the stain on my jersey. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I met eyes with this old dude wearing only a stained blue windbreaker. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I applied coat after coat of stain, wiping each coat off. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He shook her, and it was only as she slumped back in the moonlight that he noticed the blood staining the ground. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He was so tired and uncomfortable in his stained trousers that he did not even wonder what was going to happen to him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Pressed white linen over a scarred table, a crisp clean sheet over a stained mattress. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z His red hair sticks up at odd angles, and a bandage wrapped haphazardly around his bicep is stained with blood. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She lays shaking, grateful and forlorn in the stained red carpet. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They were his old blueprints for the Glass Castle, all stained and dog-eared. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She kissed his stain the way she liked to do, because it was so beautiful. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Everything around me was art, from the stains in my bathtub to the razor blade and short length of drinking straw I used to cut and ingest my speed. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Her blue hanbok skirt was twisted all around her, showing her white underskirts, and the bright blue of her hanbok jacket sleeve was stained. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The hafts of the tools were stained black with the sweat of us all, our contributions, black and white alike. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Told myself I was fine, this was a malfunction in my brain, that thoughts were just thoughts, but when I glanced at the Band-Aid again I saw the pad was stained. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He was a pitiful sight—the half of his body that had lain in the rut was black and soaking, while the other was streaked and stained with blood. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, a dark stain spread over it. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The place seemed to be a geometrically reconfigured 1960s bachelor pad, with open stonework, pile carpeting, and magnificently ugly mushroom-shaped stained glass lampshades. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Only a small smear of blood stains my shirt. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z DeVante presses the towel against his nose and looks at the blood staining it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z His tongue, stained with berry juice, stuck to the roof of his mouth and he stared at the bear. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Long ago the stains, once red, faded to a rust-colored pale brown. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Grass still stained the white mesh from his last game. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z My hand was bleeding from the glass I had broken, and not knowing what else to do, I put my hand into my pocket to prevent the blood from staining her freshly scrubbed linoleum. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z But you can tell the girls by their stained, frilly dresses, castoffs from some distant land. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There were a couple more stained towels from the matching set lying in a pile on the radiator cover. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I touched her sleeve where the stain had been. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z No stains, all tucked in, and only wrinkled on the shoulders because of my backpack straps. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Trails and puddles of blood stain the steps and posts of the huts. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he saw that they were barefoot, and that their feet were stained with this same blood. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Mrs. Horsepool-Worthingham was yellow behind the stained glass, and the Mellower was blue. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She wore a stained apron stretched across her wide middle and tied in back. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The flame had a lovely light, staining the paper, curling the edges, making the slanting writing impossible to distinguish. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was stiff with a reddish brown stain. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She was the only one who stood out, the only one who wasn’t pale with freckles and amber-colored red hair, the only dark brunette stain in every single family photo that lined the stairs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Inside they found a film of excrement on the floor and damp, stained tissue paper everywhere. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Panels in the ceiling were often missing or stained. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The mirrors have been replaced here too by oblongs of dull gray metal, but the urinals are still there, on one wall, white enamel with yellow stains. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see it now, but I’d re- memorized the exact shape the stain was in. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z She had a diaper draped over her left shoulder, spittle stained, and her hair had not recently been washed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Afterward, while rain, instead of hail, fell steadily, they lay in the shallow brook, laughing and joking, washing off the raspberry stains their hands had left all over their bodies. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A wet stain had darkened his pants nearly to his knees. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He was very tall and very thin, dressed in a gray suit that had many dark stains on it. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z There was a lipstick stain where Aunt Eva had kissed her on the forehead. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s not much to boast of here—two ragged, stained, and dirty uniforms. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The apron wrapped around her was covered in multicolored stains that strangely matched her red and white top. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z His face—his mouth, to be precise—was stained crimson. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Her T-shirt was covered with grass and dirt stains, like she’d just run through a swirling Gaea. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He came slinking down the steps, the front of his white hooded sweatshirt stained with his own blood. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Red juice stain was smeared all over their snouts. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa Sorenson shuffled into the kitchen wearing boxers, socks, and an undershirt stained with brown mustard. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He stumbles onto the scene, his beer belly hanging over stained white briefs, the only thing he’s wearing. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z And it’s not new, it’s been worn before, the cloth under the arms is crumpled and slightly stained, with some other woman’s sweat. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The plush white carpet is stained with his blood as it trickles from his nose and mouth. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Ugwu felt stained and unworthy as he went about his new duties after the priests left—distributing garri, breaking up fights, supervising the scorched and failing farms. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It hit me in the chest, the grease instantly staining my T-shirt, and if my insides really were black, at that moment they were definitely turning red. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Directly overhead, the sky was a blue-purple color, stained with the last traces of night. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Twinkle grabbed the hem of her T-shirt and began wiping away the dirt staining the statue’s brow. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z In the days ahead, people begged to see the dress, to handle it and marvel at the stains on it. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Cora caught sight of it—the single drop of wine staining the cuff of his lovely white shirt. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z His blood was everywhere now, staining the snow of the courtyard. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The barrel-vaulted ceiling was stained black with soot, the floor was hard-packed earth, the air smelled of smoke and spoiled meat and stale vomit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He wore a blue serge suit and a white necktie stained with orange juice. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z The sky was stained and colored; the clouds were thickened; the mountains took on an iron taint. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z As usual her lipstick is just so, but when she steps into the bright afternoon sun, I see dark stains, deep and dried, on the front of her clothes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Jaunty curled his lip in a lopsided smile, exposing a few stained teeth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She was concerned about a purple splotch on my cheek, thinking it was a port-wine stain. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I tore it open, staining the page with grease, and looked past the individual scores to the composite. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Night had recently fallen, and the sky remained a deep blue, staining the snow piled upon the panes of the windows. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Go much prefers to sit in the Show Room, in the stained Art Deco theater seats that originally belonged to a movie house in Oakland, now demolished. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Staring at the brown water stain on the ceiling, I counted the droplets plunking from the saturated plaster. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Wearing starched blouses, armpits stained with sweat, they cluster in tight groups of two or three along the length of the pool. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As she hugs me, I wonder if I also have purple juice stains like the ones I spot around Mustafa’s mouth and hope she doesn’t notice. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, I forgot to put Vaseline around my face and I ended up with black dye stains dripping down my face for about two weeks. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Every memory for years was stained now, even the good ones. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When she flung the dirty water out the kitchen door, she watched the brown liquid soak into the ground where it left a stain on what remained of the snow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Lying on the floor, blood from my split upper lip staining the mauve carpet, pain ripping through my belly, and wondering when I’d be able to breathe again. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It had been slashed and stabbed and partly burned, and it was so stained with black and other dark marks like old blood that little of it could be read. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The stains of human misery that must have been hosed off these white tiles . Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Lichens splotch the stone; leached minerals have left filigrees of stains. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was a grubby sort of place with dark stains and bits of shells and sawdust on the floor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Tee, Izzy, and Jerome were still joking about the grease stain with the new nose job. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z A man wearing a stained white caftan walked into the yard on a Saturday afternoon, and Olanna hurried up to him, certain that he had come with news of Ugwu. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Seth was examining singed hairs in a damp stain on the floor. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z When I looked at his gloves, I saw tiny specks of blood staining them. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Her tattered cheerleader outfit was splattered with rusty-brown stains, and Percy was pretty sure they weren’t ketchup. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He looked about seventeen and wore well-tailored clothes stained with the effects of the fever. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sweat stains showed under his arms as he looked down at us. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They are ancient, full of tears and holes and ground-in dirt stains. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A crimson stain on the back of his white shirt spread from neck to waist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As the walls were also glass, the stained windows above the altar appeared to hover in midair. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The Library had a domed ceiling and stained glass windows and balconies guarded by bronze statues of past Librarians. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She hadn’t stopped chewing on her iced-coffee straw, and now it was stained with her pink lip gloss, the top starting to fray into pieces. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He died without a face in a room I never saw without my kisses in the stained gauze or without my prayers entering the center of his pain. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It had wet the back of her tight, deep-red blouse and stained it a tighter, deeper red. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And in the corner by the door is Caleb, his face stained with bruises. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Milkman bent low to see her face and saw darkness staining his hand. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hand strayed to a stubborn coffee stain just over her hip. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mornings, on our way to school, we hopped over curdled puddles of vomit and fetid urine stains on the dirt. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z To not accept dirt, dust, or stains on dothes, floors, or walls, or on ourselves. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s still got his stained shirt on, and he’s looking up at the lights. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He might flick off a boy’s hat or knock a soda can from his hand and laugh as the stain spread over the boy’s jeans. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The shoulders of his shirt were stained with the rain, his hair dripping, when he rounded the corner. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z My shoes were stained green, I couldn’t smell anything but fresh-cut grass, and I dreamed about endless lawns and enormous piles of clippings. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z “Vinegar will remove the stains from the carpet.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It was dated several months before and sent on from Arlington; the envelope was stained and creased. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She shows me where two stains collide and says that’s a pair of brothers. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her black face, stained with tears, was calm. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The cooking vessels were unwashed and a blanket thrown across a chair was stained and in need of mending. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She tried to mop it with her sleeve but the stain was spreading. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Colin unlocked the trunk and found a long, double-barreled shotgun with a stained wooden handle. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The blood orange had left a blotchy red stain on the silk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was cold but its touch was clean, and as he went on and it mounted to his knees, he felt that the stain of travel and all weariness was washed from his limbs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Our shirts were stained red at the shoulders. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z They finish their pints and wipe the wet brown stains off the coffin with their sleeves. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z His face was bright red and his shirt was stained, but I thought he looked as handsome as ever. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked inside and saw a floor mottled with reddish brown stains. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was a baby, she had looked at his wine stain and listened to him whimper in his sleep, and she’d thought he was the strangest and most beautiful baby in the world. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The walls of the new house are painted, the driveway sealed with pitch, the shingles and sun deck weatherproofed and stained. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I look up Jane: not listed sees: to eyeball something Spot: a stain run: to move really fast Meaning: eyeballs stain move. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z A tiny red dragon’s head was spitting out flowers over the stained paper. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It was an antique parchment, the pale brownish color of a tea stain. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She has frizzy gray hair and a coffee stain on her blouse; her face is kind. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My right knee bent and my brand-new Nikes stained with blood. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z To top it off, there were what looked to be pews shoved up against the wall, and the two windows had honest-to-goodness stained glass. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She could see the blond of Matthias’ lashes peeking through the black antimony she had used to stain them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He wasn’t sweating in his dark suit the way the white men had stained their white uniforms, but his face gleamed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her smile was almost too bright, so I looked down at the tabletop and started inspecting the silverware for any spots or stains. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Now hot tears stained her face and she covered it with her hands. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His palms, as pink as his gums, were calloused, and his fingertips were stained with age and soil. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He reached across the table and poured a black substance he claimed was coffee from a stained old enamel pot and smiled, a flash of incredibly white dentures in the old, brown leather face. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I could see Mama’s tear- stained face next to the glass. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Ekon noted that the fruit had stained her lips dark red; he was still staring at them when her words really hit him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Although they were no longer prisoners, their betrayal of the other Nazi saboteurs would stain their freedom. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z There was hardly anything left of her—just skin and bones and stained work clothes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z There was a brown chewing-tobacco stain in the lower left corner of his mouth. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In another, heaps of stained cloth, bent nails, and bones had been sorted into even piles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A sense of hopelessness spread in my heart like the stains spreading on my skirt. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z There was no electricity, only natural light which was stained brown, as though by the absent beer. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He didn’t need to ask what the stain was. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The autumn leaves are more beautiful than stained glass. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z A brownish-red stain discolored the back of her dress. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Where her gomo’s hands pressed into the floor mat, dark stains appeared. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Us laughing about the pen stain on Ms. Pasquale’s cheek that she doesn’t notice for two hours. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He watched the red stain spread, feeling light-headed, curiously apart; there had been no pain, not even a hint of feeling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her dark blood splattered, staining the dirt as she roared. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z His basketball shorts are smudged with grass stains. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z One of them has a big stain that looks like blood. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Amá must have figured out a way to get the stains out because she hates throwing anything away. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There was little light inside, but they could make out a stained floor, round tables, and row upon row of dusty brown bottles lining the wall to their right. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The snow drifts into our zombie mouths crawling with grease and curses and tobacco flakes and cavities and boyfriend/girlfriend juice, the stain of lies. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z She said it only had a few stains and fit well. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore an old winter jacket and stained khakis that didn’t quite fit. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I should clean those up so Dad doesn’t come home to dirty plates and mugs with impossible stains from all the hot chocolate I’ve been drinking. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It reminds me of the way candy stains children’s skin if they eat it too sloppily. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The saliva would have stained regular furniture, but it went right through the plastic weave of the lawn chair, which was another plus. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z His hands, like hers, were berry stained in the summer months. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Soot stains blackened both legs of his uncle's likeness. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My palms were still stained with a dark crud of ink I’d scrubbed from the machines’ crevices. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z There wasn’t even a stain on the sidewalk. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Bright pink rouge-stick stains her teeth, and the face powder she has used doesn't mask the tiny gray tint in her skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Its blood stains my hands, but I continue to pet it until its trembling body becomes completely still. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The pale young gentleman’s nose had stained my trousers, and I tried to wash out that evidence of my guilt in the dead of night. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The herons built huge ragged nests of sticks and trash and sat around in the trees all day long, fussing and staining the tree branches with their white droppings. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The streetlight hit his eyes and turned them into blue stained glass. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z As we all gather for dinner, I notice Peeta’s hands are faintly stained with a variety of colors, even though his hair is still damp from bathing. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He held his hand before him as if it were covered in some eternal stain that only he could see. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then the light faded and he was only a hulking darkness in a stained white cloak. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She is on the ground, lying in a fetal position on her side, both hands clutching her leg as thin, red blood pours out from a wound above her ankle, staining her skirt. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a painter; bright streaks of blue and red stained his sneakers. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Three windows of the church have stained glass—the birth of Christ, Lazarus raised from the dead, and the teaching of those fool Pharisees. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His gray-and-silver jacket was unbuttoned, showing a stained T-shirt and suspenders. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z It was still a crumpled ball of loose-leaf paper, now with a water stain. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Instead of the stained cloak and coarse jacket, Gwydion wore the shining raiment of a prince. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “I curse you. Three times, I curse you. As you’ve murdered me, may your hands always be stained with blood. May death be your only companion. May you—” He breaks off abruptly, coughing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “One more stain on the old banner!” he yells, doing his best to sound fearless. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 Kelly took George by the hand and walked her across the stained beige carpet to the door of her room. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “I feel like you shouldn’t meet a billionaire in a Chuck E. Cheese uniform, or in a shirt stained pink by your hair, which are my only outfits at the moment.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The blind man’s bird was marvelously colored, as if it had flown through a rainbow and been stained by the colors. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z She looked older than she could possibly have been, and she was very thin, just skin and bones, with a wan, yellow complexion and neglected, nicotine- stained hands. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason stood about fifty yards away, sword-fighting with a stocky centurion whose lips were stained cherry red, like blood. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He pulled the letter from his briefcase, ignoring the grease stain on the paper, and picked up his narrative where he’d left off. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z There was a long silence, and Alfred studied the green vegetable stains on Lou's apron. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Mendez told me if I pour in a cap of vinegar with the detergent, it will get rid of the stain. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I pulled back the blankets, ignored the stains. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The night stained the skin under her eyes like bruises. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Her hands were stained in the picking season with berry juice. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The boy addressed the king as if Ser Barristan were not there, as if there were no dead man sprawled upon the carpet, his life’s blood slowly staining the silk red. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Water stains formed brown abstract paintings between the store windows. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z How would I ever wash away the stain of blood from the sweet waters of my river! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Catherine did not notice the blood stains on the undershirt that Princesse had worn every day since she’d drawn on it with her own blood. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Another wave of bullets slices across the chest of her yellow coat, staining it with red, knocking the girl onto her back. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The veil of security I thought the uniform provided had been lifted, and now we hustled in our black dress shoes and stained wool pants through dirty fields and grassy yards. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Charlie pointed at the jeans ripped in both knees, the white shirt so stained with blood and dirt it would have to be tossed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The carpet was stained and worn, and the whole place reeked of industrial-strength disinfectant. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The rings of coffee staining my father’s desk. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Tears still stained my cheeks from when I’d run home from school, sobbing, because someone had pushed me down at recess and I’d scraped holes in my favorite jeans. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Everywhere children were laid out on the ground and covered with shirts and jackets and pieces of notebook paper stained red in places. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Please. I have watched how your son behaves, how your wife behaves. I know what people who are stained with violence look like.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I lean against the wall, tipping my head back to stare at the stains on the ceiling. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Yossarian bent forward to peer and saw a strangely colored stain seeping through the coveralls just above the armhole of Snowden’s flak suit. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The only colors on her were the ketchup and mustard stains on her apron. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z In the evenings he lay on the kitchen floor in his stained shirt and dusty jeans, too weary even to shower. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And dark stains were starting to bleed through the binding on her arm. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I cannot get this stain out of my gown. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Rings, we would make from them, and crowns and necklaces, stains from the bitter milk on our fingers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he’s on a rock like that one, and sometimes he’s in the clouds or on a store window or a stain on a building. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Squashed crows that had tried to eat the squashed frog-shaped stains in the Universe. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We pass a dying barn with a shattered roof, and a stained mattress shoved up against the speed-limit sign. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The woman pointed at a house that fronted onto the courtyard, then drew a stained coverlet from the tub at her feet. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The light fell on the table between them-^from a high stained window—so that their hands moved among plates and glasses which were rubies, emeralds or pools of flame. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Crimson suede sofas sat cordially next to the stained upholstery love seat my father had dragged in from the dump many years before. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His polo shirt with the Gunners logo in the top right corner had sweat stains under the armpits. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Even his father had new clothes, not a stain on them, no tears. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z |
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