| 单词 | stained |
| 例句 | So, she thought, there’s one young man who doesn’t think me stained. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 “And where does he get the gold?” asked a woman in a stained green dress. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 The gas stage lights shone on the shiny blade now stained with blood. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Tiara was sprawled beside it, her mouth and hands stained with red juice. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A few drops of blood stained the edge of the carpet. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z His bedding was stained and stinking, but they had no way to move him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 Drink from mugs stained in blotches or in rings, brown from coffee and red from wine. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I wheeled my bike into the hallway, feeling stained. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 In his stained white smock, he was half rebellious and wholly uncertain. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z His cap was stained with blood from his hands. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Light flowed in from all the stained glass windows, making the room sunny and warm. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 In the center of the room was a boxing ring, its white canvas floor stained and lumpy. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 had re-moved his black jacket and his shirt was stained with wetness at the armpits. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His blue eyes are stained with yellow, like they’ve been poisoned over the years. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The shoulders of his shirt were stained with the rain, his hair dripping, when he rounded the corner. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Furniture was overturned, statuary broken, walls stained; the pages of torn hymn books lay about everywhere. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I’m conscious of my stained uniform: do I smell of underarm sweat, of chicken fat? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 It was dim, even though there were stained glass windows on either side. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 A few feet from the trailer, near the door, the snow was stained with blood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z 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 "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 “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 Three of the fairies had elaborate butterfly wings with the appearance of stained glass. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z 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 My gown was stained and wrinkled from the journey, and my hair was probably limp and unkempt. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 material was silky and a bit stiff where it was stained. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 My right knee bent and my brand-new Nikes stained with blood. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 Our shirts were stained red at the shoulders. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z 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 Nita beckons my arm forward and drags the orange- stained gauze over my skin. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “After what happened, after what he did to me, I felt stained.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He later recalled that Booth was dressed in stained, dark clothes. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 Men were larking about on the bikes along a pavement stained with vomit. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The refrigerator door was gone, its interior stained and streaked. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “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 He wore an old winter jacket and stained khakis that didn’t quite fit. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He wears the same pants for days, stained and dirty from hauling boxes of ripe vegetables. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Delia yelled, her face stained with tears as she backed away from the scene. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z 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 A stained armchair and an old- fashioned desk peek from behind a collection of mops and brooms. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 A tiny red dragon’s head was spitting out flowers over the stained paper. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z 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 It was wrapped in a broad bandage, the white stained with fresh blood. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 In another, heaps of stained cloth, bent nails, and bones had been sorted into even piles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Now it looks like we have stained glass,” she announced. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 His gray-and-silver jacket was unbuttoned, showing a stained T-shirt and suspenders. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z It is stained and ripped in places, thinned from use. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z 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 She wondered if Einar would be able to see that it was stained with her blood as well. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I raised an eyebrow and her cheeks stained a light pink. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The flagstones of the deserted entrance hall were stained with blood. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 For months after my father’s death, long after I had arrived in Chicago and found a home in the stained brick and wharfs of the Levee, I had imagined my father still underwater. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Deltas of tiny red veins snaked its stained whites. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Dust stained the knees and sleeves of his linen suit. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 Grass still stained the white mesh from his last game. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z 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 Theodora rolled convulsively on the bed and pressed her stained hands against her eyes. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 The sunlight shone through the doors, illuminating the Champion’s splattered blood like stained glass. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “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 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 Her hands were stained in the picking season with berry juice. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 May your hands always be stained with blood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 We have a stained tablecloth that nobody took the time to cover. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 She lays shaking, grateful and forlorn in the stained red carpet. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When she pulled her hands away, the vine was stained dark with blood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Beyond them, the screen stands unblemished, not even stained by smoke. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 “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 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 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 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 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 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 Her tongue peeked through her white teeth, stained like rust. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z 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 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 The linoleum was stained and curling from the leaking roof. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Inside, the walls were lined with portraits and stained glass. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Dayah pulls off his filthy clothing and stained blankets, washes him with a damp cloth. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 She comes in telling us she’s late because her toilet ran over and she had to clean her white carpets before they got stained. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z But those stained threads would need to be replaced. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 One entire wall was taken up with a huge stained glass window. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 stuck my head in further, so my nose scraped the stained porcelain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z 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 Would they take the stained glass window, which Milton himself had taken? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The slim, stained fingers guided the brush, leaving a trail of yellow leaves across the tin. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 His eyes roved over my stained shirt and probably tangled hair. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Page after page in my journals stained with my tears. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The streetlight hit his eyes and turned them into blue stained glass. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The back of her new housemaid uniform was ripped to shreds, stained with her blood. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, two weeks later, I caught him coughing a wad of bloodstained phlegm into the toilet. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The dirt came off, although the ridges were stained with vegetable matter. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The yellow stained walls were at the far end of the long tunnel between him and the world. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 He was a painter; bright streaks of blue and red stained his sneakers. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 Pressed white linen over a scarred table, a crisp clean sheet over a stained mattress. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “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 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 His torn sleeves were stained with seepage from his wounds. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z 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 Her own shorts were grubby, her knees stained. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 A stained mattress topper, feathers spilling from its torn edge. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 Grandpa Sorenson shuffled into the kitchen wearing boxers, socks, and an undershirt stained with brown mustard. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z 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 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 The water the reeds floated in was stained dark with blood. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 envelope was crumpled and stained, the letter written in pencil in a round, childish hand. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Three girls with lips stained damson and flowers in their hair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “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 Its binding was stained and peeling in places. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 Smoke and cold air poured in through the broken stained glass windows of the chapel. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The night stained the skin under her eyes like bruises. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z 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 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 The pavement outside is stained with wet spots that look like inkblots. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z 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 The boys looked down at their stained shirts and grinned. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 The glass panes in the windows are stained gray as trapped smoke, making the light strange. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “He danced with me,” Hattie said, her teeth stained purple from a blueberry muffin. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 “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 He likes the solidity of its plaster walls, its dark wooden floorboards, however battered and stained. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Alarm stained his face, a grayness in his cheeks. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 There was hardly anything left of her—just skin and bones and stained work clothes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Dany’s riding clothes were stained and sooty as she stepped back from the pyres. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 Now hot tears stained her face and she covered it with her hands. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Blood and viscera stained the king’s silk carpets. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 She wore snow boots and waders and a stained white shirt from the diner. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Panels in the ceiling were often missing or stained. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The remaining pages were wrinkled and stained from water damage. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z There was no electricity, only natural light which was stained brown, as though by the absent beer. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 Dried blood stained his face and was streaked across his shirt. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 A pair of slender young men in stained smithy aprons passed, their shirts open at the collars. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The surface stained green and finely pierced with holes. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 When he spat into his handkerchief, it immediately stained red. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He pinched the curves of many women, careless of the spilled wine that stained their costumes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The peeling stucco walls are stained with rust from the dripping gutters. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 His old set of white sheets was stained in revealing places, not very romantic. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He wiped his mouth— uselessly, since it was permanently stained red. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z One of the girls clutched a doll wearing a stained and torn hot pink burka. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Her feet were bare, her mouth stained damson. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 The shelves are mountains scaling the walls, tapering toward a sky of stained glass. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z One leg was torn and a few drops of blood stained the front. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Think of the glass itself, with its five grand colours stained right through. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 A babe swaddled in a crimson cloak, the cloth stained with his blood and brains. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 One corner of the brick was stained with smoke. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 The river’s brown waters would be stained with blood, forever and ever and ever... Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 After that came off there was just my undershirt, stained with sweat. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 He wore a blue serge suit and a white necktie stained with orange juice. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 He sat on the stained seat of the noisy train, opposite a woman reading the evening paper. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 Sweat stained the back of his work shirt. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Sweat rolled down the back of Sierra’s neck and stained the armpits of her gray T-shirt. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I met eyes with this old dude wearing only a stained blue windbreaker. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The earth is stained black from the morning rains. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 His boots were scuffed and stained, and he had no weapon on him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The only person in the store was a woman in a stained apron behind a glass-framed counter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 His pyjama jacket, stained with rusty patches, had been unbuttoned and thrown back. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 from her stained hands that the colored threads used for rare ornamentation were produced. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 The first was that of a white billy goat, its head stained red with blood. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 His hands, like hers, were berry stained in the summer months. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “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 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 had stained his teeth orange for days after. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But you can tell the girls by their stained, frilly dresses, castoffs from some distant land. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Jay looked up into the sky, now stained with faded purples and pinks and hot orange. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 The other men were dressed more simply—in breeches and stained white shirts. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z There were glass display cases containing books with pages stained by age but showing the most wonderful pictures. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z 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 All around, the rocks were stained with purple splotches. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 "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 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 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 The coffee table is stained with circular marks from mugs of tea. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She didn’t have eye bags yet or stained fingernails. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They swarmed afield and fled, chasing the blood that dripped from my head and stained my shift. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 tub stained with rust was already full of water. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her black face, stained with tears, was calm. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 He picked up a branch of driftwood and swept it back and forth through the stained water. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Like the columns, they were stained with dark splotches. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 In the next day’s laundry I see Therese’s night shift, stained with blood. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 moon hung low over the city, just below his nipple, and was stained with a strange splotch. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z She wore a stained apron stretched across her wide middle and tied in back. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 Just Sanaubar lying on a stained, naked mattress with Ali and a midwife helping her. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z ‘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 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 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 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 All around, Matt saw blinding white hills and crusted pools stained with crimson. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z On the floor next to the bed was an empty bowl stained with red sauce. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Directly overhead, the sky was a blue-purple color, stained with the last traces of night. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 He takes off his yellow shirt, stained and smelling of diesel smoke. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 My mom’s face was stained with tears as she held Adria and me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 He was wearing his scarlet silks, soiled and travel- stained. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 He looked about seventeen and wore well-tailored clothes stained with the effects of the fever. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 They were damp, stained with the muddy tracks of toads and iguanas. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 I stared at it, then looked at my own, stained reddish-brown. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 “See where it stained bright colors? That’s where all her DNA at.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The autumn leaves are more beautiful than stained glass. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 The colored man’s boots was stained with blood and gore too. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He fell on them, face first, and stained his shirt purple with grape juice. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The gloves were stained and riddled with holes, but the slippers sparkled as though newly made. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 His torn, blood stained clothes had been taken from him and replaced. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The bricks were stained with soot and grime. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I could see Mama’s tear- stained face next to the glass. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z 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 “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 Or those tiny drops that fell from between his legs and stained the snow black. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When it stained the seat, I told him off, of course. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 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’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 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 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 The entryway was huge, with stained glass windows and vaulted ceilings. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Immediately inside the door is the tom mattress, stained and moldering, on which McCandless expired. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The winged man shone in unblemished stone stained blue and gold. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The front of her yellow sweater was stained with blood. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z 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 A lot of it is dirty or stained or broken. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I went to my locker and brought out my green apron along with a stained heavy sweater. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z 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 Every memory for years was stained now, even the good ones. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Amah was thinner and grayer, her robe dirty and stained. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 They were his old blueprints for the Glass Castle, all stained and dog-eared. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 He put a stained piece of paper down beside the books. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Her mother ran her stained fingers across the books. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z 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 The sails drooped from the yards like stained drapes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He had a bandage around his head that was stained with dark blood. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z His face was stained again with the birthmark, and poetry had returned to him. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z 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 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 Jaunty curled his lip in a lopsided smile, exposing a few stained teeth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 In the hall, a sweat- stained gray Stetson hat—Herb’s—hung on a hat peg. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z They were about five, all a blur of food- stained clothes and fast words. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 The blade was stained with patches of what looked like rust. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 She whipped back around, her cheeks stained pink. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z 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 Others wear American-style buttoned shirts and shorts in drab, stained colors. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 And in the corner by the door is Caleb, his face stained with bruises. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 |
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