| 单词 | stock |
| 例句 | Racks of weights, stability balls, and resistance bands are stocked along the edges of the room. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Assume you really are interested in making an investment of some sort, and assume further that the question is being posed to you before the stock crash of October 19,1987. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached for another dagger, but found she’d depleted her stock again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And when he read his paper of an evening, Demi’s colic got into the shipping list and Daisy’s fall affected the price of stocks, for Mrs. Brooke was only interested in domestic news. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Cheat,” he said, and finally the game finished loading and I half listened as I drove a stock car in circles around a silent track in Talladega. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “And then the eight became sixteen and we reinvested it in a high-risk stock that went crazy?” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s take some time to think about the stockings,” Mother Lois said, smiling and moving toward the trunk to peek inside. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day was a whirl of activity—picking up their Olympic credentials and their German visas, stocking up on a few last-minute sundries, buying travelers’ checks. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Technically all the pieces were there: loose trousers over tall boots, a linen rubakha, and a stocking cap. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Brenda had her lip stuck out because Ellie had gotten a pair of panty hose in her Christmas stocking and she had only bobby socks. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The room is lined with shelves stocked with cans and boxes of food—donations to help feed migrants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Brinker asked him if it shouldn’t be called “unrolling stock” now, and the old man looked back at him with bleary dislike and didn’t reply. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Camp mostly swept the floor and put out stock, and in the wintertime broke up wooden shipping crates to burn in the stove. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Over and over again, Gates was bombarded by reporters with versions of the question, “Mr. Gates, these Internet stocks, they’re a bubble, right? Surely they’re a bubble. They must be a bubble?” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Baba's prepared his usual for dinner—fish, rice, and lentils—and stocked the fridge with necessities. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Stop that at once,” ordered the plaid one clinging to his stocking. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The flower-women were coming up from the market and arranging their daily stock. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He bought a large place on the Hempstead Turnpike out on Long Island and was systematically stocking its cellars with liquor against the day. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The stock market was going up and up, and Americans were living big. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “We consumed most of our small remaining stock of luxuries,” he wrote later. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z 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 It combined the Greek prefix eu—“good”—with genesis: “good in stock, hereditarily endowed with noble qualities.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The cupboards had been stocked with canned goods. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z All luck, no accounting for it, except for the fact that I always sell my stock fast. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Like many of us in Vietnam, Dobbins felt the pull of superstition, and he believed firmly and absolutely in the protective power of the stockings. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A wild creature released or escaped from captivity will usually run as fast and far away from its prison as it can before stopping to rest and take stock. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The kids were in the back with the books and a minifridge stocked with chocolate milk, pop, and six different kinds of juice. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “Well, from all of your stocks and bonds right now, over fifty thousand dollars. It’s less because I took out my commission, but I will of course reinvest it.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Often, when the Queen was entertaining distinguished company under the flambeaux of the Great Hall, Lancelot had found him sitting by himself in a small room, mending stockings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Devine loosened his belt, unlaced his shoes, and set his stocking feet up on a glass coffee table. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z That raises my stock for her more than a little. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d assumed that Muslims were a monolithic group, and that all Muslims were made of the same devout and unbending stock. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Lourdes refilled the mosaic-lined fountain with sweet water and built an aviary in the garden, stocking it with toucans and cockatoos, parrots, a macaw, and canaries that sang in high octaves. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The house was stocked with food I had never seen before, like peanut butter. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Their Frigidaire was always stocked with newly acquired pieces of ham, half roasts and quartered chickens. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not mind saying: “Oh, Clarice, would you mend my stocking?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “You show spirit and bravery, and you come of noble stock. You will make a very valuable Death Eater. We need your kind, Neville Longbottom.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When the barn was burned to a pile of glowing coals, the men asked Jethro to draw water from the stock well to throw around the edges of the coals. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z There were oranges and walnuts in my stockings. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the suitors lie in ambush on his homeward track, ready to cut away the last shoot of Arkesios’ line, the royal stock of Ithaka. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Hyperbole is usually harmless, but in some cases it has been known to precipitate unnecessary wars as well as a painful gaseous condition called stock market bubbles. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z A number of exposition directors held General Electric stock and urged William Baker, president of the fair since Lyman Gage’s April retirement, to accept the bid. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Aunt Pooh buys my stock and lets me keep the profits. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He liked to pose Tessie in the manner of the movie magazines, standing sideways, one high heel raised on a step, an expanse of black stocking visible. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z These colors and shapes make it fun and easy to play with numbers, and I can find patterns in anything from the stock market to baseball games to the price of cereal. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Holding him in abeyance with the antler, she glanced around the ruins of her home and took stock of the damage. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When taken out of the stocks his skin was cold and shrivelled; there was no perceptible pulsation in the temporal or radial arteries, and he complained of severe cephalgia ... Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She washed her hands and inspected her shoes and stockings and wiped a dark spot from the toe of her right shoe. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But in the next decade, the stock market crashed in 1929 and America suffered through the Great Depression. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Why are they published as unapologetically as sports statistics and stock market reports? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Patterson explained how his father and three hundred other quarrymen went on strike days before the stock market crash in 1929, never to return to work in the pits again. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z After that, we’d go to the grocery store at the bottom of the hill and stock up on staples such as beans and rice, powdered milk, and canned goods. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Cut trees, cane; plowed till he could hardly lift his arms; plucked chickens and cotton; hauled lumber, grain, quarry rocks and stock. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We put the buckets just inside the entrance of the stock cars. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Momma’s always got to know what’s happening in the stock market. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z We’d open up the store at seven a.m. and Sam would saw lumber, cut ice, stack the meats out, stock the shelves, feed the cow in the backyard, all before we Ieft for school. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Benny’s stocks had taken a real header during the last crash. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z They weren’t surprised that she was frozen mid-step, one black-and-white-striped stocking and a black clog shoe stretched ahead, not quite touching the ground. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Her hair was slicked back in a small bun, and after much persuasion, Ma got her to wear a pair of white stockings to cover her jutting knees. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She sat on the edge and began to take off her shoes and stockings. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z People who protested were put on bread and water with their ankles in a set of stocks that he had set up in a schoolroom. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She stocked up, and by morning, she had moved casinos twice more. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She remembered clearly the urine running down and into her stockings until she learned how to squat properly; the disgust on the face of the dead woman and the sound of the funeral drums. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A roll of chicken wire was the last item in Uncle Chester’s stock of supplies stored in the barn. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z A picture arose in her mind’s eye—the shelves at Mrs. Murdo’s house stocked with good things, and the three of them happier and safer than other people. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And women who knew no English at all and would never own a pair of silk stockings moved away from her if she sat next to them on the trolley. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to Barnes & Noble; they didn’t have all of them in stock—they’d never had anyone ask for all of them—so they had to put in an order for me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He married a Seattle woman of Illini stock, corn blond, svelte, and somber eyed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z So was the stock market, which fell another six points. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He padded through the doors like a sleepwalker, in his stocking feet, a court officer following close behind him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then they stocked up on ammo, and Joe gleefully affixed his signature to the charge sheet while Nick fumed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The stock market required figures for profits and loss, capital and turnover. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Thinking, you know, the English. However, it was out of stock, so you have in your hands the genuine article.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I began to get terrified at what my mother would say when I brought her home three pairs of stockings. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Heavens have mercy on us!” she exclaimed as the bird began to investigate the striped stockings under her house dress. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The practical, pragmatic part of our upbringing wouldn’t allow me to put much stock in the gentle, well-intentioned platitudes people would heap on us a few days later at the funeral. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I mean if he were a girl—somebody in my dorm, for example—he’d have been painting scenery in some stock company all summer. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Our fridge is stocked with all sorts of goodies: fresh fruits, meats, and vegetables. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z My mom hunched over the lobster stock, and I saw a locket dangle from her neck. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z "Your savages might relish a bit of rapine. Tell them they may ride with Vargo Hoat and plunder as they like— goods, stock, women, they may take what they want and bum the rest." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She had one woolen stocking pulled halfway up her arm and was flapping it around with delight. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z She looked to be only a few years older than I, but she had on a woman’s dress, stockings, and high heels. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She wears lisle stockings with seams, which make her legs look stuffed and sewn up the backs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally she sat up and tried to take stock. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z That for stealing pumpkins from a field, and for kindling a fire in a dwelling they three shall be seated in the stocks from one hour before the Lecture till one hour after. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the girls went from cabin to cabin, taking stock of the situation as if they were preparing for a pageant, evaluating the good and the bad. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Foragers relied on dozens of species to survive, and could therefore weather difficult years even without stocks of preserved food. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And so he sat through a long part of the day, keeping the flames even, eating from his stock of raspberries, leaving to drink from the lake when he was thirsty. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The stocks were installed on the front lawn in the lush grass. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z "I take no stock in omens. Men make their own fates." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z These breeches reached to just below the knees and from there on down she sported green stockings with turn-up tops, which displayed her calf muscles to perfection. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “I am glad you have come. Wood and water, stock and stone, I can master; but there is a Wizard to manage here.” The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Knowing Kathy kept the freezer stocked with meat and vegetables, he leaned down and removed two steaks, quickly closing the door to keep the finite cold from escaping. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Silently, making no sound on the hall carpeting, they hurried in their stocking feet down the hall to the doctor’s room. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z So take stock in America, my heirs, and sing in praise of this generous land. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “I worked as a stock boy over the summer,” I told him. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z The women wore heels and sheer stockings, and short black dresses made of crepe and chiffon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It was also the place where the public stocks and gallows stood. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z In the fall they depend on goldenrod at a season when no other food is available, to stock up for the winter. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Carefully I slid my hand down the barrel until I got to the stock, gripped it, and gave it a little pull. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was about two feet high with a stocking cap and white beard. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z This padding to and fro in my room with bare feet, the little furtive bursts of laughter, the stifled exclamations, reminded me of hanging up my stocking long ago. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She glances across at Starry, and then swivels to take stock of my appearance. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Apparently they had entered the United States on nursery stock imported before restrictions were established in 1912. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I leave the stock car, following the noise to the edge of a steep bank. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Kit had no doubt at all who one at least of the culprits in the stocks would be, and neither, by the smug set of her pretty lips, had Judith. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z We were also grateful that we had concluded the dirtiest of chores and had only gotten the evil-smelling swill on our shoes, stockings, feet and hands. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He said that Boss Fix, Steady Work, and Fast Luck oils were the most popular ones this time of year—he almost couldn’t keep them stocked. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Next year I’ll get you stockings for your horns,” he grinned, “if you have them by then.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But I think I actually fell asleep right away and only dreamed I was taking stock. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Behind his innocent façade of a doctor without prestige there was hidden a terrorist who with his short-legged boots covered the scars that five years in the stocks had left on his legs. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They pulled heavy woolen stockings over the woolen stockings and the shoes they were already wearing. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z People are always talking about real-time—real-time stock quotes, real-time information, real-time news—but in here I think I had real-time real time. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The inside of the tree had been filled with a stock of arrows to be used in a fantasy battle at first, then in a battle fought amongst themselves. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As the war raged and the staff dwindled, I moved from stocking supplies to assisting him in surgery. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Couples danced to the latest hits while fireworks exploded overhead, or they enjoyed light comedies performed by a local stock company, in a theater that served as a casino between productions. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In the back seat, away from the notice of Macon and Ruth, they slipped off their patent leather pumps, rolled their stockings down over their knees, and watched the men walking down the streets. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Farm ranchers, most of them, they are outdoor folk of very varied stock—German, Irish, Norwegian, Mexican, Japanese. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z If the cells died in the process, it didn’t matter—scientists could just go back to their eternally growing HeLa stock and start over again. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Oh. Well, the merger triggered more interest, so the stock jumped to forty dollars a share. You have twelve thousand shares at forty dollars a share....” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z I sprint around back to where the performers and ring stock are lined up behind the big top in preparation for the Spec. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Folks said they were in desperate need of stockings and food. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary was pulling on her long black ribbed stockings when she said with great relief, “Of course.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His reputation was established sophomore year when he told Boobie one day after practice to take the stocking cap off his head. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Her once beautiful leg had no stocking and the foot was in a slipper. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And there were Capricorn's stocks of gasoline, too. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He deftly rolled a pair of stockings onto my feet, as if all his customers came in barefoot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had bathing suits he had bought when long skirts and black stockings and head bandanas were in style. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, I kept wondering: How on earth was I going to roller-skate in silk stockings? Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman read the stock report like a eulogy. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z High on top of the shelves stocked with closed cartons of games of every sort was a display of jigsaw puzzles. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z She took stock of the ball of yarn in her hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “You carried off one of my stockings last night, and you are a thieving cad, and I hope Mrs. Dudley can hear me.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Her Attendant's formal dress is a pale pink that compliments her golden skin perfectly and falls to her knees; the undertrousers are a darker pink, and the stockings and boots are cream. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The regents’ breath was taken away by Lawrence’s audacious request for funds at a time when the stock market crash still weighed on the university endowment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “How could you mistake me so? I merely meant you to be properly dignified and composed, and you made yourself a perfect stock and stone. Try to be sociable at the Lambs’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z His stockings were torn and dirty and his doublet unlaced. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Isn’t there even one stocking with nothing but a switch in it? My, my, have you all been such good children?” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z So used to summers on Beechwood, to endlessly stocked pantries and multiple motorboats and a staff quietly grilling steaks and washing linens—I didn’t even think about where that money might be coming from. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “I liquidated my stock and turned in my resignation.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She put the whole works in the toe of a stocking, pushed the wad into a rubber overshoe, and stood it with its fellow in the back of her closet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z During the course of a day, his stockings rode gradually down his legs and, by dinner, had partially disappeared into his sneakers. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “We greatly want a brief word to express the science of improving stock,” he wrote, “to give the more suitable races or strains of blood a better chance of prevailing speedily over the less suitable.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Long before dark they were chafing in the unaccustomed bindings of stockings and ill-fitting boots, reminding her that they had done too much. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z "Take off your boots and dry your stockings. I'll find some dry wood. If the ground's not wet under the rock, we might be able to get a fire burning." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In 1929, even before the stock market crash, a national newspaper story reported, “In five years, if the oil map continues to shift, the tribe may have to go back to work.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Frau Elena sits just inside the entryway with a mountain of laundered stockings in her lap and the bottle of kitchen sherry between her feet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A prison report said, “He does high grade work caring for stock, and is able to do such operations as opening of abscesses and castrating of animals.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He and a small boy were in their stocking feet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The Joy Luck uncles begin to talk about stocks they are interested in buying. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We decided to get rooms at a hotel for about a month so we can figure things out, like how to buy stocks and invest wisely. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z While I was on a roll, maybe I should have asked her to stock up on some new desk candy, too, but there are times when you just don’t push your luck. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore high heels and stockings that looked like they were made from a mullet net. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Well then, the secret is to only buy stock that goes up.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z The storekeeper who sold it to him identified the knife in court and said it was the only one of its kind he had ever had in stock. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t hear about the stock market crash that triggered the Great Depression until six months after it happened. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the unfortunate incident with Miss Texas he’d had to replace his stock. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Since money was scarce, ribbon syrup also made for good trading stock. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom doesn’t buy them too often, but Abuela always has them stocked up when I come visit. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “It seems like you’re in an awful hurry to stock up.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Three years later the rabbi married once again, and in 1929, two days before the stock market crash, Danny was born in the Brooklyn Memorial Hospital. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Harry Strickland unrolled a pair of striped woolen stockings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I could get a better price for my old stockings. Every old man in America drags his rusty sword around and claims he ran it through a hundred British. It’s a piece of junk.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She takes stock of her hands, which are shrinking a litde, warping a little, as mine are. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She doesn’t even go to work, play the numbers, or look at the stocks. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z When the Agricultural Revolution opened opportunities for the creation of crowded cities and mighty empires, people invented stories about great gods, motherlands and joint stock companies to provide the needed social links. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew that soon Wat would be standing in the stocks near the fish market with his evil-smelling goods hanging from his neck. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z After all the stock is loaded I retire to the ring stock car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Those nylon stockings you brought home—” “What about them?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Popper pulled obediently at the clothesline, while Captain Cook took a parting peck at Mrs. Callahan’s striped stockings. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “As I said, I put your money into this Walleye stock, but I should remind you not all your money. I thought it might be good to do some investing for fun.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Rachel is one of the rare ninth-graders invited to the Senior Prom; her social stock has soared. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He puts the straps aside, then produces a short, very thin stocking, which he pulls onto my stump. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Those who tended stock, like Einar, or who farmed, like Andras, or all of the village fishermen—they knew the sky. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Leo kept climbing, but he made a mental note to stock up on Fonzies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “There are so many wonderful children’s books. I have suggestions for others we should stock, as well.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “I know my flannel skirt has a dirty mark down the front, but I’ve never walked bare-foot with a stocking round my head.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The same usher women with their ashy-looking stockings and white shoes. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z For corporate “high rollers,” what matters is the “bottom line,” or whether a company is “in play,” or a stock has “gone south.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They were sitting on horseback in the middle of the road about twenty yards ahead of me—three black figures stock still in the night. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And when she had finished with these laments, she turned her complaints to me: a spot on my new dress, a tangle in my hair, my twisted stockings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Just like he said, the safe was empty—except for his will and a letter and some stock certificates, land deeds, and other legal papers. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Muddauber wasps build columned nests of mud under the eaves of houses and stock them with insects on which their young will feed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z My first week at Miss Celia’s, I scrub the house until there isn’t a dust rag or a stripped sheet or even a run stocking left to wipe with. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Al’s going to have a fit. Okay, meet me at the stock car in a few minutes. I’ll bring the gun.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The water was deliciously cool, and the pool was stocked with tiny golden fish that nibbled curiously at her skin and nude her giggle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The man led me to the stocks, then untied my hands and pointed. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z What those from the Deep South wanted was open-ended access to African imports to stock their plantations. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “When the carpetbaggers commenced takin’ over, them Stokeses built a rock wall around the fam’ly graveyard and took off for Brazil, lock, stock, and barrel. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Easy, because the stock exchange guarantees there’ll be a new random number every day. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z So while Mother and Judy and I hung the stockings, David and Daddy unwrapped and positioned the new set. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She was wearing a short plaid skirt, black stockings, and a pale blue sweater that looked as soft as a baby blanket. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sherman’s Bookstore in Bar Harbor didn’t have it in stock, and she was too shy to ask the clerk to order it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The white stockings are new though, and even itchier than the brown ones I wear to school. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The two scouts, loving the walnut stocks of their rifles in the ditch, whispered that it was time to move out again. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My hand shakes slightly, but I steady it by clutching the stock tightly until my knuckles turn white. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Byrne apparently invested quite a bit in the stock market, and the money is gone. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Would they be able to remember tomorrow’s prices and make a fortune on the stock market? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And even when I had assured myself I was on the right road, I felt compelled to stop the car a moment to take stock, as it were. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “It ate 1020 bar stock, burned it out like it was cardboard,” I marveled. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “And the next part must say, ‘stocked with necessary equipment,” said Doon. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Some would-be adviser puts a logo on some fancy stationery and sends out 32,000 letters to potential investors in a stock index. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I intended to lie there for a while and take stock of my life. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Patience, young one, patience. Let us take stock and review the facts. Lend me your knife for a moment.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Thousands of people were homeless, without even a change of underclothes or clean stockings. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z From the cedar stock he found there—long, tight-grained, straight sections cut from massive, ancient trees—he could mill elegant planks of wood twenty inches or more wide and sixty feet long. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z My Austrian sniper’s rifle with its blued octagon barrel and the lovely dark walnut, cheek-fitted, schutzen stock, hung over the two beds. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z By the time we rode the elevator upstairs, our clothes were organized neatly in the closets; the kitchen pantry had been stocked with our favorite foods. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They wander, as we do, searching for facts to fit their sparser stock of hypotheses, but when the receptor meets its match, there is only a single thud. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Right on top of the stocking, he begins marking places. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z It was a place where men lived, and it had a stock pen around which the men had built a high fence. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I can't even begin to imagine what I look like: mismatched clothes, my hair loose and tangled, a run in my stockings. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Enthusiasts proposed a dozen groups as the ancestral stock: Phoenicians, Basques, Chinese, Scythians, Romans, Africans, “Hindoos,” ancient Greeks, ancient Assyrians, ancient Egyptians, the inhabitants of Atlantis, even straying bands of Welsh. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Bit by bit people had been slaughtering their stock for food. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Forgetting that the car’s occupants were armed, and brandishing his own gun by the barrel, Joe galloped toward the vehicle, planning to beat them all to a bloody pulp with the stock of his weapon. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to get to work plumping pillows and stocking the fruit bowl. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “I’m fifty-second level, and he’s nearly killed me every time I’ve had to fight him. I have to stock up on extra healing potions every time I come down here.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I sit on a bench in the schoolyard shed and take off my shoes and stockings but when I go into the class the master wants to know where my shoes are. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z On the day of my move to the Hopkins Park Plaza, I wake up savoring the thought of the perishables I’m going to stock my refrigerator with: mayonnaise, mustard, chicken breasts. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to smile—she was still the same old Dedd, who stocked the shelves of the family store so neatly I always regretted having to sell anything. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She says in the only French she knows, “Je t’aime ma petite. I love you my little one,” and then she goes back to her stocks. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “The wild rush that followed to sell stocks was something terrible. It was a veritable panic for an hour.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Plan worked perfectly. Got the boat stocked up and now it’s ours for the taking. We’re getting out of the city.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Green corduroy shorts and white viscose-woollen stockings turned down below the knee. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z However, when the stock market slowed down, we actually had a negative rate of... Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Add to the fact we all had on the exact same stock sneaks, the same jeans, same black sweatshirts, same bag slung over the same shoulder. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z ‘God works in his mysterious ways,’ she said, which was her stock reply whenever she didn’t know the answer. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z You had lost your cars and your men as a floorwalker loses the stock of his department in a fire. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Not unless they’re intentionally stocked in the woods or specially summoned by somebody on the inside.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Left alone, Boots took stock of this strange new place. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He took his own knit stocking cap and cut a big hole in the top of it and two small holes on the side of it and then he took off Edward’s dress. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Too bad I can’t buy stock in the juice company—I am watching a trend in the making. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z On the other side in a rocker sat the oldest man on earth, in a stocking cap. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z To this day, I still can't imagine why it was stocked at the Big Store, but there it was. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Over the years he had invested in stocks and bonds, and Devine suspected Shorty was currently worth a nice piece of change. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After some cleaning, they sparkled and held small knickknacks labeled with card stock tags. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z A group of men stand in front of the stock car’s door, attaching a ramp with built-in sides. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z You see where the stock exchange closed on Tuesday night. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just tell them I was checking out the baggage stock.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She took careful stock of herself, then combed her hair and tied it back up again. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z This enabled her to stock the priests’ kitchens for a time, which, however, seemed all too brief to her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Perilee and I walked down by the creek, shedding shoes and stockings to cool our feet. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He says he will turn his back, and does so, and I take off my shoes and stockings and my cotton underpants and slide the feathers on, under the tent of my dress. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately, the price of the company’s stock began sinking like a stone. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In the autumn of each year he took them all into town and bought for them good black shoes and black stockings. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But probably a more important reason is that the original Southeast Asian stock from which the colonists of Greater Australia were derived has by now been largely replaced by other Asians expanding out of China. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Nobody that I knew owned any stock either. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z While I waited for our lunch, I wandered along the store aisles, stocking up for supper. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He wiggled a baseball glove out from the stocking. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Back with the old ladies, the white stockings, the white shoes, the fans, sitting next to my mother at her own funeral again. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When the fit passes we pick out English and American magazines and look at the advertisements for women’s underwear, brassieres and panties and long nylon stockings. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “All right, Teen Dreamers. Let’s take stock of everything we have.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “We had to wear stockings or knee socks with our uniforms, year-round,” she said. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I take a look in the pantry just to see how well stocked they are. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I remember wearing such ill-fitting dresses and wish I had some stockings to give her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Greasy Sae’s soup, made with stock from the bones of a wild dog we’d shot a week earlier, was below her usual standards. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He stood stock still in rigid, cataleptic astonishment while the girls ambled in and made themselves comfortable. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Chivalry and justice became a child’s illusions, if the stock on which he had tried to graft them was to be the Thrasher, was to be Homo ferox instead of Homo sapiens. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood up, brushing at her legs where bits of itchy grass clung to her stockings. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The sea rocks and the beaches were his stock pile. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I feel like the whole Russian army marched through my mouth in its stocking feet.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z We’d make our last collections, go over our CD stock, balance our accounts. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I took stock of what I had in the cave: a few pounds of cornmeal in a paper bag, some salt, three cans of meat, three of beans, one of peas, two of corn. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z On this particular evening, Naomi was six; her father was dead; she and Estella still lived in the back bedroom of the nice house Abuelito and Abuelita owned before the stock market crash. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z So I move to the front of the store and start stocking the cooler with six-packs and occasionally catch a glimpse of myself in the huge plate-glass windows that make up the front wall. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z My remembery called up the feel of being locked in the stocks, of my face being burnt, of him watching me from across the courtyard; him watching out for me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure and certain, he thought, as he pulled on his fine velvet breeches and silk stockings. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z The night they were married he had taken off her shoes and stockings and kissed her feet. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z One pond that had been treated with DDT to remove unwanted shiners remained so poisonous through repeated drainings and flushings that it killed 94 per cent of the sunfish with which it was later stocked. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The woman slipped a hand under her skirt to reknot the top of her stocking. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom smelled the stock, and I listened to the silver cross lightly chime with the pendant. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The day before school started, I laid out my new dress and stockings and shoes so I’d be ready. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I chop vegetables and boil pasta, pour a carton of chicken stock into a pot. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The girls got this list in their stockings. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even before the Quarter Quell, people were starting to stock up on scarce supplies.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z As we get closer to town we pass multifamily dwellings and some outlying businesses—a gas station, a corner shop, a nursery stocked with flowers the colors of autumn leaves: rust and gold and crimson. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The compression stockings were more comfortable than the bandages had been, and Sasha’s atrophied leg muscles had regained their strength. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Their clothing line, Oh La La, Laroux, had become the most popular brand in all of Ravenskill, and they could not keep their signature stupendous Spare ensemble in stock. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Inside were several guns on racks and he looked at them thoughtfully, running his fingers lovingly down the smooth grain of the hand-rubbed stocks, and finally lifted down a beautifully chased and engraved double-barreled gun. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She had lemons in a bowl on the counter, because they fit her idea of how the flat should look, but inside the cupboards and the fridge, there was nothing Imogen would have stocked. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z "Could you please check your stock in the back?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z So Howard opted to race unmodified stock models, exactly the same cars customers could buy off the dealer floor. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “My God, there are none so distant that fate cannot bring them together. But, dear child, your stockings. And your heels! You must be famished.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z More likely, whoever kept the table stocked with signs would just decide that it was time to get rid of the troublemakers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The Huntsman took stock of their bedraggled appearance and ordered someone to care for Con’s leg and Taisin’s shoulder, and then he came to Kaede and regarded her gravely. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They dress as if they are going pheasant hunting on a cool English morning, in silk doublets, velvet breeches, stockings, shoes, and felt hats, with their powder flasks hanging at their sides. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I broke many pairs and ruined many stockings running across the cobblestone courtyard. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept a bookshelf in the basement, stocked with books on herbalism, along with a few old paperbacks. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He had taken nothing which was not heavily stocked. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z That is what happened with the Internet stock boom. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z I took stock of my feelings then and there. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “I’m getting twenty head of stock to eat it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z So I am the one who quietly takes stock, I suppose. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m eating cereal, putting on my stockings, and reading ancient Mayan spells. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, almost any household with an Indian woman is well stocked with depilation products. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z In the store we collect ladies’ lightly used stockings for use in parachutes and ropes, and tin and steel for scrap and metal drives. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z 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 One day she wore a denim miniskirt with green stockings, and crawling up one leg was a parade of enamel ladybug and butterfly pins. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Her stocks of remedies are running so low, though, that soon all she’ll have to treat the patients with is snow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Lee sat with a darning basket, mending the long black stockings the twins wore to school. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Lumps of ice formed wherever water splashed on the boys’ sweatshirts and the stocking hats they wore pulled down over their ears. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Eighty percent of all the housing stock in the country dates from 1945. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He was a man of uncompromising moral strength, coming into a new country with a small stock of goods and supporting five people out of it in comfort and security at least. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z I jump down from the stock car just as a black and beige Plymouth roadster pulls into the parking lot. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z By fall, though, Barack’s stock had begun to rise in part thanks to the publication of The Audacity of Hope and a slew of media opportunities afforded by the book tour. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Stores also use the codes to Keep track of what the-f have in stock. h>ut there is no reason bar codes couldn't give us more information. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Upon setting out from Camp Four on May 10, each client carried two 6.6-pound oxygen bottles and would pick up a third bottle on the South Summit from a cache to be stocked by Sherpas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I’d gotten a plastic stock car with my Happy Meal, and it sat overturned on the table. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Because, you see, I’d put that in a stocking and hidden it under my pillow—which isn’t so mighty comfortable, by the way, kinder bumpy, if you know what I mean. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z She wears white stockings and white shoes, fine buckle shoes with high heels. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A child’s boot and stocking lay in the gutter, next to an overturned rain barrel. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He had, as they say, gone past my knowledge envelope about the stock market. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z One of the stock phrases I had learned from watching these movies was “to die with honour.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “What’s that sailor’s cap doing on your head? Don’t you have stockings? What are you trying to make me look like in this town?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She announced the death of her godfather, Don Salomon Valdes, a broker at the stock exchange, who, convinced that he had lost everything he owned, hanged himself from the chandelier in his elegant office. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing in my stock of foods looked edible. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary stood suddenly from the sofa and said, “Classes start tomorrow. Time to stock up on groceries.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I counted out three hundred and fifty sheets of corrasable bond from my mother's stock in the hall closet, secreted away under a pile of old felt hats and clothes brushes and woolen scarves. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z We talk through our visit to the gas station several times; it needs to be as well-executed as a stock car pit stop. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Today is the first of the month, which means a refilled EBT card, which means: A stocked fridge. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “They have to put these stockings on over the scars,” Debbie explained. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z At the corral the stock horses snorted at us and rubbed their heads against the bars, and Specklebottom took a kick at a gelded friend just to keep in practice. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z For days she’d been sneaking into the camp and stealing random items — eyelash curlers, a hair dryer, earrings, stockings. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He is surprised to see his father, standing in stocking feet, a small potbelly visible beneath his oat-colored sweater vest, his mustache turning gray. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Or making nylon stockings or going down in the pits. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She takes me to Roche’s Stores and buys me a shirt, a gansey, a pair of short pants, two pairs of stockings and a pair of summer shoes on sale. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Rab took the extra stockings from his pocket, untied his handkerchief, and added them to his shirt and other necessities. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As the stock market crashed and the United States tumbled into the Great Depression, she was sent to Houston to help with a court case. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And, at any rate, the price of a share of General Electric didn’t mean a thing to the vast majority of Americans, who owned no stock at all. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The pencil he’s using is blue, and when he’s done, the stocking looks like a little kid scribbled on it. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Then she opens the refrigerator, which looks like it’s been stocked for at least a month. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z In a letter to his wife in Brookline he wrote, “I am having a great deal of enjoyment, and I hope laying in a good stock of better health.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She was wearing a dark blue suit, with her blouse tucked in, and lipstick, stockings and loafers. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Beer’s fine, Bull. Tell your boys not to wear nylon stockings and lipstick this time ’cause there’s gonna be some real Marines at the bar come 1700.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of the pantyhose she normally wore to work, she found sheer stockings with a seam. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z For example, did Africa’s abundance of big wild mammals, available to kill by hunting, make it superfluous for Africans to go to the trouble of tending domestic stock? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z School has started, and Frieda and I get new brown stockings and cod-liver oil. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried not to be too disappointed—surely our bead sales would pick up again once we had a bigger stock of necklaces to show. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z However, they are not romantic and it came naturally to Hazel and Holly to consider the two Nuthanger does simply as breeding stock for the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she sat back and took stock of what she had done. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Radar stood stock still, nose twitching as he sniffed the air. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The stock hath been polished by the enemy’s hands. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z With this in mind, think of some of the pronouncements of stock analysts. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Our baggage stock has done double duty, and the big horses are foaming and blowing hard. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He had a stock cliche: No news is good news. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He pulled on his doublet, flicked some dirt from his boots, and smoothed his stockings. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She had got home late for her dinner, with her shoes and stockings very wet. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Instead he met, ran into, a wild black girl smashing herself in the head with fright, who lay now in the other room while a black boy was rounding up stock outside. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon creditors began appearing at the pharmacy demanding repayment of mortgages secured by the store’s furnishings and its stock of salves and ointments and other goods. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “You mean in my stocking feet?” said Stuart. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z But as she sat on the edge of her rumpled, still-warm bed, pulling on her stockings, she could not prevent or deny her horrible exhilaration. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Didn’t Keegan tell us in the second paragraph that the problem with Clausewitz and his heirs is that they all put too much stock in culture? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z My parents stocked gin and tonic for her visits, bought limes just so they could make her drink the way she liked it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z In each stocking there was a pair of bright red mittens, and there was a long, flat stick of red-and-white-striped peppermint candy, all beautifully notched along each side. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “I need card stock and a paper cutter.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mrs. Davis knew she wasn’t going to live much longer, she stocked up on presents and wrote long letters about her life. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “You have no sense of reality. You’ve never taken stock of how the world really is. You put your faith in utopian values that don’t even exist.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave her a small bucket and sliver of soap and she got to work washing a pair of stockings and singing to herself. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Ophie finished pulling on her new dress, all black like the rest of the household staff at Daffodil Manor, along with heavy stockings and her shoes, which pinched just a bit. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “And that company in turn owns the stock that controls the South Side Real Estate Company, doesn’t it?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When there aren’t any obvious signs of trouble, I return to the ring stock car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Girls,” she says, holding her hand to her throat, “girls! I need to tell you something. The stock market crashed today. It’s in free fall. And many lives are . ..” She stops to catch her breath. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The fire was becoming a more distant memory, even though Sasha still wore compression stockings. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I was thinking more along the lines of the ring stock car,” says August. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Today I took stock of supplies and did a quick EVA to check up on the external equipment. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood there in her Klondike-dance-hall-girl costume with sheer black silk stockings, spool-heeled slippers, one red garter fastened under a knee and swinging a black mask in her hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, it would seem I have a goodly stock of -wildfire, but still . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This led to the dot-com stock bubble and a massive overinvestment in the fiber-optic cable needed to carry all the new digital information. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z They’re just starting up and the stock is going for fifty cents a share.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z She sat up, yawned, stretched, shivered, and washed in the chilly spring before eating a couple of dried figs and taking stock of the place. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Scattered through the neighborhoods was a network of reservoirs, many apparently stocked with fish. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I have on my darkest dress, dark stockings. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The woman stood barefoot in her underwear, pulling the black net of a body stocking taut between her fingers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Before leaving the headquarters she released the prisoners from the stocks. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The days between Christmas and New Year’s day are allowed as holidays; and, accordingly, we were not required to perform any labor, more than to feed and take care of the stock. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z I stock up, and before I go back into the school to find her, I arrange them on the dashboard, spelling her name. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “I got a run in one of the new stockings last night. I didn’t notice it until I washed them this morning.’ The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “I searched his person effectually, but found nothing until I pulled off his boot, when we discovered that something was concealed in his stocking,” one of the militiamen later wrote. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The girls have red lips and their legs whisper to each other through silk stockings. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore a dark yellow jersey, a short brown miniskirt, stockings, and high heels. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As Jenner had predicted, there was a big freezer, well stocked—bread, meat, vegetables, everything—and a whole room full of shelves covered with canned food. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere among them—those green and untested boys—lay much of the stock from which he would have to select a crew capable of going all the way. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Their beds are unmade, underclothes on the floor, clean stockings left draped and hanging to dry from the electrical wires dangling through the window. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The designer jeans emporium, the Venetian paper knickknack shop, the stocking boutique with its kicking neon leg. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not going to get any. You’re going to get eighty shares of stock in a company called the Memorial Wooden Container Corporation.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z He had the prisoner put into the stocks until he could prove his identity and he resolved to defend the town to the death. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Recent evidence suggests that cattle may have been domesticated independently in North Africa, Southwest Asia, and India, and that all three of those stocks have contributed to modern African cattle breeds. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The man was dressed in a shaggy tweed jacket and knickers with long woolen stockings and a cap that had a peak both front and back, and he seemed as confused as he could be. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z We spent a whole afternoon going through his stock. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Butler wrapped the rifle strap twice around his wrist, pulling the stock into his shoulder. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Elodin ignored me and turned to climb a wide marble staircase in his stocking feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “You need to have the employees stock the cooler whenever it gets half empty so there’s always cold soda,” he says. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z My briefcase was stocked with Mr. Muhammad’s photographs. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I tell you it was your doing,—I tell you it was done through you,” he retorted, catching up the gun, and making a blow with the stock at the vacant air between us. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z It was a stocking cap, basically, except the tapered part at the top seemed extra long, almost too long, like a tail growing out of the back of her head. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The new stocks Terrance ordered explained the delay in Big Anthony’s justice. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They had added more stock and a few more acres to crops. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The stocking cap, the turtle- neck, the scarf around my face, the gloves, it all looks natural. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z All hope that this was merely an anomaly disappeared the next day, when the forces that had been battering the nation’s economy erupted in a panic on Wall Street that caused stock prices to plummet. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I climb gingerly into the stock car and push open the door of the little room. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He smoked all the time, a cigarette between his lips as he added up the figures, and sometimes left burning on the counter while he went to look for stock. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The stocks smoked, charred, and burned, the figures in the wood twisting in the flames as if alive. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Even then, Lyddie was called on to help with the milking and the feeding and watering of the stock. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I gingerly repositioned Otto to my lap so I could sit up and use the last moments of daylight to take stock of my supplies. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z They too had gone shopping, momentarily forgetting their persistent fear, and had fun stocking up on new American clothes. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z "Never mind, just write down the prices of our stocks as they cross the tape like I'm doing. Once school opens it's all up to you." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Makeshift stalls stocked with fireworks had sprung up along the sidewalks, and seeing them, I realized the Divali festival was coming up. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “I remind you that the penalty for slander is heavy. A fine of thirty pounds or three hours in the stocks. Mistress Tyler would be within her rights to press her own charges.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Frankie had already slipped his stocking off its hook and was sticking his hand down into it. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Kat told me later that they are what women used to wear around their thighs to keep their stockings up and they are elasticated. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z When Gregarious Games finally went public, their stock immediately shot into the stratosphere. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z As they crossed the clearing Kit recoiled at the objects that stood between her and the Meeting House; a pillory, a whipping post and stocks. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z On rainy days the stockings are soggy and we have to hang them before the fire at night and hope they’ll dry by morning. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, I heard that years ago. But nobody put no stock in it.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I take off the rest of the clothes, the overdress, the white shift and petticoat, the red stockings, the loose cotton pantaloons. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z All the same, we have to feed the office staff, which means dipping into our stock every week, so it’s not as much as it seems. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The corset’s skirt dropped garters attached to nothing because my grandmother owned no stockings. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “We have some lovely nylon stockings,” the saleslady said, with just the tone to make me embarrassed if I didn’t say yes. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “I rather thought that was their stock in trade,” he said. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “Oh, but I’m a mess. And just look at my stockings!” she shrieks, pointing at her shoeless feet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Leafie had slipped her shoes and stockings off; I did the same. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Construction of the sheds for the stock exhibits at the south end of the grounds had yet to begin. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Elodin ran for a few steps, then stopped, his stocking feet gliding across the smooth marble floor, his master’s robes streaming out behind him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The next day we spent taking stock and repacking our gear. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The room was drab in the fresh, hot morning sun, and a pair of silk stockings hung limp and withered from the cord of the windowshade. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Where do you get Celestial bronze? You can’t just stock up at Home Depot.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When I reach the privilege car, I sit on the roof and take stock. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z After everybody votes unanimously for the Canada gold stock, I go into the kitchen to ask Auntie An-mei why the Joy Luck Club started investing in stocks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Pete, Otis, and I unload and water the ring stock, camels, and llamas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She wore Hazel’s green silk dress and a green hat and high-heeled pumps with silk stockings. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Several days later, in the store stocking shelves in the canned food aisle, I hear a man’s voice I recognize but can’t place. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I say, looking at my own plate, which is more sensibly stocked than Uriah’s. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I am too ashamed to admit that I haven’t got a rosary, so when I return to the stock car I ask Walter and Camel if either of them has one. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Her only problem was that dumb stock market; it didn't want to play the game. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I own stock in the Reindeer Corporation here on the island,” he said. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now get! They’re in the kitchens, stocking up, but you need to hurry. Follow the tunnel to the right, always to the right, and you’ll find them!” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z There's a run in my stockings, my last pair. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Could they spare a calmante for a sick child out of their stock of kindness? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Leaning against a wall of the colmado, he strums the stock with eyes shut, singing songs to himself under his breath. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of a song, she’d twirl suddenly showing her stout legs in dirty white cotton stockings and a flash of multicolored petticoats. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh my gosh, we got all this super cute stock and I am capital D dying over here. Seriously, my paycheck is, like, gone. Bills who?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Dancers with green sequins, G-strings, fishnet stockings, and garter belts dance around me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z After the French stock market crashed when he was thirty-four, he floundered. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z One day, our caseworker John took us to a church clothing drive to help us stock up on clothes, including much-needed winter coats and boots. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The minibar in Jule’s room stocked potato chips and four different chocolate bars. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z When Martin was little, the stock boy at the feed store was a wizened, stooped man named Jericho, freed many years previously. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “The fatso probably imagines you're a huge guy with a stocking on his head who creeps around the pillars of the Doge's Palace like a cat. Anyway, he wants a quick answer.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z As was proper, Mr. Edwards had stocked the pretty little nest with champagne. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He felt with his thumb in the painted wood of the mantle the pinholes from tacks that had held stockings forty years ago. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It can’t compare to Christmas, when they hang stockings on the fireplace mantel, and set out cookies and milk for Santa Claus, and receive heaps of presents, and stay home from school. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She had made one million dollars in the stock market, lost it all, then made five million more. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She has a black bow tie around her neck and is wearing black net stockings and black high heels. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the “junk drawer” in Park Slope was stocked with things like banana chips and sugared almonds. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He carries in a big cooler stocked with prawns, salmon, and sliced lemons. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The day after Thanksgiving they had all gone to Jackson Heights, to the halal butcher so that both their mothers could stock up on goat meat, and then to brunch. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I hoped I would get another pair in my Christmas stocking. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He was allowed to submit a list to stock the kitchen, but apparently it was too hard to get Helados on short notice—all that’s in the freezer is UK-brand packaged ice cream cones. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Then we stopped at the hardware store to stock up on duct tape, which was just about the most useful thing on earth for a farm commune. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Despite my pounding head and aching body, I stand in the open door of the stock car craning my neck to get a good look. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I look at the Little Free Library stocked with picture books and shelved alphabetically by the illustrators’ last names. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z She groped through the years for Miss Martineau, but Mrs. E.C.B. was easy: she remembered a crocheted tarn, a crocheted dress through which peeped pink crocheted drawers, and crocheted stockings. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Time enough for Cora to take stock of her journey from Randall and make a thick braid of her misfortunes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Less than twenty yards away, a dark figure in a stocking cap was reaching into the trash can. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When it was time to go, her mom came up from behind her with an incredibly ugly stocking cap and pulled it over her head. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Until then, stockings were made of silk, and silk was delicate, expensive, and in ever shorter supply. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Chiron said, “The woods are stocked, if you care to try your luck, but go armed.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Because of the peculiar status of the Fox Brothers baggage stock—whose numbers have been depleting all afternoon—I’ve seen for myself that they were fed and watered. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z In the real room, her moth took stock of real Lazlo, the relaxation of his face, and his long, easy limbs, loose in slumber. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A light dress, silk stockings, shoes without scuffs, her tube of lipstick. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Fired with a housewifely wish to see her storeroom stocked with homemade preserves, she undertook to put up her own currant jelly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He rubbed tenderly at his damp snub nose while slowly taking stock of where he had landed: directly at the feet of Abbot Mortimer! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The tubing showed up on the back porch two days later, leaning against a far corner, along with some bar stock as well. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He smiled, to show me how little stock he put in the histories. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z As we make our way there, I try to take stock of what’s actually happening around us, but it’s too dark—just shapes and outlines. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Eleven horses later—five white and six black—Pete goes inside the stock car once again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There she was in silk stockings and there I was in woolen knee socks. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z My stock plummeted, and by high school, it plateaued. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Out in the Midwest the railroads were intact and carried the farmers’ grain and stock to market; trade was good, and prices high. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some of them were very wealthy on paper, but when their stock value fell they couldn’t pay their debts.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She said he was making a laughing stock of himself and everybody associated with him. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I needed to create a portfolio of current events articles and show how they related to stock prices, and to get the back issues. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Franklin Roosevelt had been in office for a year and a half, the stock market had stabilized, for the moment, and employment was up slightly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was impossible not to notice that she was wearing those wild fishnet stockings and tippy high-heeled shoes that made her about five inches taller than normal. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Some people he dismissed, some he ordered fined, or whipped, or set in the stocks, or held for a higher court. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Still wearing her shoes and stockings, she walked off towards the bathrooms. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have looked pretty daft from his side, and if he hadn’t been such a decent type, I’d have been a laughing stock in no time. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I showed her my ragged stockings, my patched pants. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z August leads me back through the men’s bunk cars until we’re standing on a small platform facing the back of a stock car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z In the mornings I get out of bed, put on my clothes, the stiff cotton waist with the garters, the ribbed stockings, the nubbled wool pullover, the plaid skirt. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But it was time for me to take stock, to think about my future. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I love to walk down the aisles, half expecting I’ll find Chucha with the big feather duster the stock boy uses to clean the shelves. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Indeed, for almost any utterance that a rabbit in this dreadful situation could find to make, Vervain was unthinkingly ready with one or other of a stock of jeering rejoinders. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Various shoes, stockings, and socks were scattered in between. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z And the Romans had six onagers, all stocked with piles of ammunition. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In her stocking feet, she walked steadily, almost languidly, toward the phone. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She had little red flannel stockings and little black cloth gaiters for shoes, and her dress was pretty pink and blue calico. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve been carted here and carted there, and put out of this town, and put out of that town, and stuck in the stocks, and whipped and worried and drove. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z After we get the animals back on board, I climb into the stock car and poke my head into the room. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Uhmma holds her high heels in one hand, her stocking feet buried in the sand. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Reaching Grandpa’s store in the middle of the afternoon, Papa said, “I’ll put the team in the barn and feed the stock while you unload the buggy.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Thin strips of moonlight filter through the slatted sides of the stock car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There was no room in the bunker for spouses or children, but it was stocked with champagne and steaks for the politicians themselves. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Just as well you can’t get stockings nowhere, hot as it is. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Oh my. No. The stock didn’t go down, it went up.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z “All in solid, safe blue-chip stocks and government bonds.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Sleepily, she sat on a chair and fumbled with her stockings. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He threw the stock certificates back into the hole. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Some of the women sat on the wooden benches and began slowly to take off their shoes and stockings. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She had her two little granddaughters on either side of her, in pleated tartan skirts, stockings and identical fringes. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m gone get the wash. You all stand stock still right there and don’t mess up nothing.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I could probably have nailed one corner of it into the floor and disappeared within, performing all of Fiddler on the Roof as if under a summer stock tent. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z We boys and common men abandoned our shoes, stockings, doublets and slops weeks ago. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She’s ashamed of the way we look with the dirty old torn shirts, raggedy ganseys, broken shoes, holes in our stockings. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes, instead of the stockings, she has thin cotton socks, above which her legs rise white and sparsely haired, like a woman’s mustache. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Helen and Ralph and Theresa stocked their cupboards like everyone else, only to have to leave them. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And the stock market boom meant money was free! The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Billy’s own horse was a stringy cayuse with a hammer head, but he nearly always won first prize at the stock trials. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z She has, I notice, a jagged run in her beige stockings, and her eye makeup is smeared. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Freshunounts were brought forth from the stables, surefooted mountain stock with shaggy coats, and within the hour they set forth once again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He will only say: “I don’t take any stock in cats. I have more to think of now, and I can wait; I can wait.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Before I leave, I make sure Rue's well stocked with food and matches. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The seams of her stockings were perfect black lines running from her heels to the hem of the coat. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z This was the first definitive film stock collection of the life of Malcolm X and it traveled extensively throughout the nation’s university circuit as well as to civil rights and Afro-American nationalist events. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He has worked part-time as a stock clerk, but he is pinning his hopes on his rap music, which his exasperated mother admits is pretty good. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z When the detectives open it, they are shocked by the sight of a tall man with a pickax slung over his shoulder, wearing a shirtsleeve on his head like a stocking cap. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He had gone over to Klein’s, looking up some cotton broker whom he wished to see in regard to securities, exchanges, stocks, bonds, or something of the sort, Madame Ratignolle did not remember what. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t take much stock in messages from the beyond,” said Charles. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We tried to stock up on a few extra tins of food. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z So I'm all stocked up on 02 and good to go. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Collins’s apartment was stocked with hundreds of chess books, chess paintings and statues, and furniture and draperies decorated with chess figures; it was a virtual chess museum. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Sister Fenella gathered up the discarded sprout leaves and cut the stalks in half a dozen pieces and put them in a bin for stock. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Six minutes later, I’m creeping across the top of the stock car on my hands and knees with Walter’s knife in my teeth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I wave back and then close my eyes to take stock of my situation, because jumping off a cliff seems like a pivotal moment where a little stock-taking should be done. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She has a black dress and white petticoat and shoes and stockings in it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t put too much stock in what Fulton said, given that the only man he had to compare anyone to was his slightly effeminate father. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z She saw that she was inadequately dressed against the raw November day in a threadbare cotton dress, ragged little sweater and thin cotton stockings. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The cabin, just inside the boundary of De-nali National Park, had been stocked with a small amount of emergency food, bedding, and first-aid supplies for the use of backcountry rangers on their winter patrols. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She held his hand in her lap and he could feel the tops of her stockings through the thin stuff of her summer dress. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I return to the stock car with my dukey box, which contains a ham sandwich, apple, and two bottles of sarsaparilla. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z This particular summer afternoon, in a dusty geological library in Vienna, Sergeant Major von Rumpel follows an underweight secretary wearing brown shoes, brown stockings, a brown skirt, and a brown blouse through stacks of periodicals. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “But my good rats, surely you must realize that I can do nothing without my stock of herbs? Now please let me pass.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Its plantations were already stocked with slaves, so opposition to the slave trade made economic sense, as did opposition to emancipation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Additional blank canvases leaned against the wall nearby, beside shelves stocked with jars of paint. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He paid Tante Heleen for information—stock tips, political pillow talk, anything the Menagerie’s clients blabbed about when drunk or giddy on bliss. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Something pulled within him when he saw their bags had been left fully stocked with rations and their water gourds full. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Deuterons being the Rad Lab’s stock in trade, Lawrence commanded, “Let’s try it out.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The rebels had stocked up for the rainy season, but now we were the beneficiaries of the looted food and provisions. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He switched to notebooks, then bananas, then socks and stockings. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z In the darkness he climbed to the loft of his store, where he stayed for three days, living on cold provisions from his stock and biding his time. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z "Yes," he said, "I know that many of the old families still survive. And individuals too, the human stock goes on, even though it degenerates. But these cabinsl" He seemed surprised and confounded. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Because British food stocks were low, Redcoats had taken grain from her. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The stamp also serves as a reminder of the stock from which we were bom and confirms significantly that how one lives his or her life today stands as a testament to one’s forever after. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems hard to believe he didn’t have a retreat somewhere, some bunker stocked with provisions where he could live out the rest of his snaky little life. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Now, as her senses returned, she took stock of her situation. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Nylon stockings—heels. Have you been reading those trashy fashion magazines again? Let’s not move too fast, young lady. You’ve got all your life to wear stockings, but you’ll only be young once.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Every drawer is a wreck, every hidden cranny full of dirty clothes and wadded-up stockings. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Below the knees her calf muscles stood out like grapefruits inside her stockings. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “I have a computer screen and numbers and stocks and things...but not the actual money.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z It was out of the stock at Sissy’s factory. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Less talk about the wise men and the way the children in Holland put out their wooden shoes instead of hanging up their stockings.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He was in his stocking feet and held a coat about himself. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z After we tend to the rest of the animals, I return to the ring stock car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The stock market had dropped another twelve points. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He stocked it with her music workbooks and sheaves of invigorating Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and a selection of Chopin. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Waitresses chafed at managers’ stinginess toward the customers; housecleaners resented the time constraints that sometimes made them cut corners; retail workers wanted the floor to be beautiful, not cluttered with excess stock as management required. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z You'd think one of them would know something about the stock market. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the dripping cliffs King Pellinore stood stock still, looking vaguely in front of him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Without further ado, he leans forward, catches hold of something around the side of the stock car, and climbs nimbly to the roof. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He made them take off their shoes and stockings and stand in their bare feet on his green carpet while they sawed away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Mrs. de Vries answers, overdressed as usual in a blue silk dress and straight-seamed stockings. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z A huge island stands in the center of the kitchen, stocked with food and drinks. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She went over to the lobster stock and poured it through a sieve to sift the chunky bits out and pour only liquid into the pot. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z We solved that problem by taking healthy stock from other cages and putting them into cages with sick animals. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I counted out five U.S. dollars to pay for the steel tubing and bar stock we were to use that day. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When Uncle Al discovers that city officials have yet to itemize the Fox Brothers baggage stock, a handful of nondescript horses get spirited from one stable tent to another. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Not always. That’s the...beauty of it. If the stock you buy goes down, you lose money.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z He had fake snow and snow globes and stockings hung by the fireplace and lots of wrapped presents from Santa Claus. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z If she has no wool for the darning and the stockings are dark we can blacken our ankles with shoe polish for the respectability that’s in it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Harry woke with a start to find a bulging stocking lying over the end of his bed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And in less than half an hour the whole stock of the Times had been sold. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Bertha emerged from the kitchen just as Bud, in his stocking feet, staggered groggily from the den. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They dressed me in my black velvet First Communion suit with the white frilly shirt, the short pants, the white stockings, the black patent leather shoes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They rowed anyway, some of them attired in ragged sweat suits, some, incongruously, in shorts and stocking caps. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Otis, Pete, and Earl enter the stock car and then reappear, hauling Silver Star’s lifeless body down the ramp by a rope tied to his hind feet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There was only one container of fuchsia on the shelf, so we asked a stock boy to go find more. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Peeta and I tried to ration what white liquor we had, but it’s almost run out, and the last time I saw Ripper, she was in the stocks. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Gradually her eyes closed, and she sat, stock still; only by the gentle heaving of her bosom could one know that she was alive. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “You’re not stocking the shelves in the store! Don’t plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Actually I was going back to my den to replenish my stock of herbs, that’s if you wish me to treat your leader properly, of course.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Then, as the Devon School’s first recruit to World War II, he went out my doorway with his white stocking cap bobbing behind. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z From time to time, Clara and Jaime bought her clothes or gave her something for her basic needs, but usually she could not afford to buy a pair of stockings. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At the great wooden table where we had spent many a tedious hour studying algebra and the Holy Roman Empire, we now sat down to take stock. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Carl and the boys were out culling raspberry canes, and she found them down among the southward trellises, Carl cutting free the older stock, the boys filling the wheelbarrow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was thick with leeks, carrots, barley, and turnips white and yellow, along with clams and chunks of cod and crabmeat, swimming in a stock of heavy cream and butter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A dreamer in whose mind the best version of the world grew like seed stock. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When we wear them week after week the holes grow so big we have to pull the stocking forward under the toes so that the hole in the back is hidden in the shoe. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Just prior to the bank holdup, I’d been taking stock of my life. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z There were always stockings and pink rayon knickers with holes in them hung on a string across the room to dry. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I propped my stocking feet up on Mama’s cherry coffee table. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I exchanged my land-sledge for one fashioned for the inequalities of the Frozen Ocean, and purchasing a plentiful stock of provisions, I departed from land. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z We go to tie up Mr. Prentiss Jr. with his own rope and find that the electric shock has blown the wooden stock right off of his rifle. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z We passed the public stocks, which were empty, then came upon a spot where three streets diverged, like a trident. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I gazed at the ceiling and took stock of the situation. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I balanced the handle of the pail on the jutting tip of the metal faucet and waited for it to fill; the pail slipped and water drenched my pants and shoes and stockings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam Waksal dumped his ImClone stock when he got early word of a damaging report from the Food and Drug Administration; his friend Martha Stewart also dumped her shares, then lied about the reason. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They stood stock still with surprise at what they saw. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I put my shoes on, over my stockings and my peeled feet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Mary descended from pure Ashanti stock, as did her two husbands. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He designed it himself with Count Rugen’s help, and he sent his hirelings across the world to stock it for him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He looked at his hands, as if taking stock of the damage. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was noon by the time we arrived back at Camp Two and took stock of the damage. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z As I approach the ring stock car, I see people sitting on the open doorway and milling around outside. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It contained thirty-two pages of photographs showing models wearing brassieres, corsets, garter belts, and stockings. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For just a second, everything and everyone in the church except Reverend Taylor and Sister Monroe hung loose like stockings on a washline. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then how can Clausewitz’s problem be that he didn’t put enough stock in culture? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The other states of the cotton empire absorbed the stock; Florida and Louisiana, in their explosive growth, were particularly famished for colored hands, especially the seasoned variety. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The hairs on her legs were pressed like coiled wires against her translucent white stockings. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But all the jobs seemed hard for Moon Orchid, who was wearing stockings and dress shoes and a suit. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He shoved the wooden egg into the shattered knee of a black stocking. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z You couldn’t try on a hat either unless you put a stocking on your head. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z He was just a stock helper or some such bottom-of-the-ladder type. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Two pairs of knitted wool stockings between her feet and the cold boards, the blue shawl wrapped securely about her ears, and a heavy quilt swaddled around her from head to foot. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Often I pause, stock still, motionless, and always for nothing. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 We are scrubbed and in our donated clothes, the girls in dresses with white pinafores and thick stockings, the boys in knickers that button below the knee, white dress shirts, neckties, thick wool suit coats. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Watching his boys paddle over to the Cal boat to collect their jerseys, he had much to take stock of. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Miep arrived and promised to return later that night, taking with her a bag full of shoes, dresses, jackets, underwear and stockings. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They scour the vending machines, emptying over half of the dwindling stock throughout the many break rooms and other common areas. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He pulls off her stockings to inspect her heels. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Calista asked if she could check the stock when she was here, and she said she thought there might be something wrong with the newest shipment of coffee sleeves.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Familiar shelves: the ones they’d been so surprised to see that Mom had stocked with cans of food and shoeboxes full of cash. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Unless she was the kind of common girl that would wear cotton stockings. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I always had colds all winter long. My mother made me wear woollen stockings.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I sent actual cards—heavy cream stock with Cadence Sinclair Eastman printed across the top. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z WorldCom and Global Crossing fabricated billions of dollars in revenues to pump up their stock prices. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The Council’s man on the inside was called to School the day after the incident to take stock and investigate. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z And the best part was that even after the Fourth, when it was illegal to continue selling them, the Hammonds kept the remainder of their stock in a storage shed over by the Dairy Queen. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He says, Ah, boys, boys,You can make up your own minds but first stock them. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The servants remove her dress, the corset and crinoline, and stockings and gloves. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z After the fire trucks had gone, the shell of the Richardson house now gaping and blackened and steaming gently, Mrs. Richardson pulled her bathrobe tightly around herself and took stock. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Later that evening Dad and I went to the grocery store and stocked up on several bags of lemons and my secret sour ingredient, Lemonhead candy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z As I walk, I take stock of the current state of my neighborhood. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I started cooking Saturday’s meal on Tuesday morning, when I made the stock and started the wild yeast culture for the bread. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z When he was behind a tree he stood carefully and took stock. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z My stocking seams were straight, my black shoes cracked, but polished, and my red wool suit flamboyant as my plans. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Given that there is some rough economic estimate of a stock’s value, regression to the mean can sometimes be used to justify a kind of contrarian strategy. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat down and forced herself to take stock of her chances. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The sense of ownership was everywhere, not just among the tens of thousands of citizens who had bought exposition stock. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Her heart was light even if her feet felt clumsy in their makeshift boots and oversized stockings. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Alex thought of the diminishing stock of liquor and sweaters and nodded. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z We sold the zoo, lock, stock and barrel. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We did two loads of laundry, washed out our cups and food bowls and pots and pans, bought and sent postcards, phoned home, and stocked up liberally on fresh and packaged foods in the shop. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I built up the fire in the hearth, set my shoes and damp stockings to dry in front of it, and rubbed a calendula salve on my blisters. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Their iron pony is still in the barn, stocked full of coal. And look.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She entered and picked up the undergarment and put the stocking back in the drawer and closed it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The stock market had rebounded earlier in the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing an all-time record of 15.34 percent in one day on March 15 to close at 62.10. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z My ears are ringing as I climb down from the stock car, but even so it seems to me that the scene is eerily silent. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z His room was better stocked than a music store. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Five overstuffed stockings lean up against the couch cushions, too heavy for the mantel. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “What stocks did you buy—coal and steel?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He filled one of his mother’s long black stockings with ashes and roamed the streets with his gang swinging his homely blackjack and crying out raucously from time to time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Out in the corridor, Flatnose was just boasting of the way he had poisoned a farmer’s stocks of olive oil. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The heave was between herself and the wolf pack and so she relaxed, stood up, and took stock of her home. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed two thick sheets of card stock. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Desdemona washed out her stockings, lit the vigil lamp in the hallway. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She took off her stockings so she wouldn’t get a run and then glided to the floor as if her legs had been built to go in opposite directions. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Ash went about her work in silence as Ana upbraided her about her poor cooking skills, the invisible layer of dust on the dining room table, the unevenness of her stitching on their stockings. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He attacked it with his aunt Margie’s hot iron, hobbled it in a silk stocking every night, and slathered it with so much olive oil that flies trailed him to school. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Somehow we got through an interminable dinner, and then for entertainment Miss Brown sat down at the piano and whipped through her stock party piece, “The Minute Waltz,” in fifty-two seconds by Father’s pocket watch. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z "Come back this instant. You know your father operates in the afternoon; why don't you go to your room and work on stock market reports or whatever you do in there." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “Would you like to come down to the barn and see the stock?” he asked. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Dobbins went quiet for a while, staring down at her letter, then after a time he took out the stockings and tied them around his neck as a comforter. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z On the floor lay a soiled undergarment of cheap silk a little too pink, from a half open bureau drawer dangled a single stocking. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z My stunned and disbelieving eves noted that on that occasion she was wearing dark stockings and not leotards. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The stock market soared; so did pay in the highest ranks of business. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Towards the evening of that day, he was sitting outside the nest, repairing his torn haversack and taking stock of his personal effects. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He’d get the floors swept and the stock put out every morning in no time. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “You can’t have luck when someone else has skill. So long time ago, we decided to invest in the stock market. There’s no skill in that. Even your mother agreed.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They read and reread their small stock of books. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Her ankle socks looked silly, and so she opened a drawer and found the stockings. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He made them take off their wet shoes and hung their wet stockings on a line to dry. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was in bad shape, but well stocked: big sacks of potatoes and onions, cornmeal, things in cans. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “So you can get stocked back up on food.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When she used to do the shopping, the pantry was always stocked with extra bottles of olive and com oil, depending on whether they were cooking Italian or Indian. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Her legs are encased in striped stockings, her feet in tall black button-up boots. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They smoothed the pretty dress and admired the red flannel stockings and the gaiters, and the curly woolen hair. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The carts in the checkout line are stocked with canned goods, toiletries, but mostly water. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Afterward, Blanca stocked up on the religious cards, booklets, and leaflets she hands out every Saturday morning. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z My stomach is fragile enough that even though the lot is well beyond the stockyards, I stay inside the stock car until everything’s been set up. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Once she had had on stockings—with runs in them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Even in 1943, when they received skirts as parade dress uniform, they weren’t issued with stockings. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z On one side, Taran noticed, an alcove had been hollowed out; it was filled with roots, lichens, and mushrooms—the food stock, he guessed, of the melancholy inhabitant. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “You put so much stock in winning wars,” the grubby iniquitous old man scoffed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z "I'm okay," Turtle replied, the final prices of actively traded stocks rumbling in her ear. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z When my daughter found me, I was stocking shelves in a Bag ’n Go market. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z One of the mysteries was where he kept his stock since his was not a very large store. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It took nerves of steel to play the stock market. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z They put on their stockings and shoes while she made the beds. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z How many high school libraries are even allowed to stock Theodore Sturgeon, or all of Robert Heinlein? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “White Deer stocked a good pantry for Tang people, but I don’t know if demons would agree.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I think of orthopedic shoes, lisle stockings, underwear laundered thin and gray, coal cellars. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z At the first hat shop I went in and bought the widest hat in stock and put it on. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A knitter working on a very long Christmas stocking that dragged behind her on the floor. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Instead of taking tests or analyzing the stock market, the two now sat in silence. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure’s heels are bleeding and her stockings are torn and every hundred steps she stumbles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was hard to know what she could do about stockings. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I hate that man,” says Walter as I climb into the stock car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Durant repaid him with GM stock and a generous percentage of gross sales, guaranteed for life. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One of them wore a bright-red stocking cap with a great ball of wool hanging down behind that bounced as he jumped, like a bright omen above his head. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “No. I want to be a broker and make lots of money like my bosses. I’ll get on to the stock market and make a million dollars some day.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "Do you think they'll take somebody like you, right off the bat? Why you've got to know all these catechisms and credos and believe in them, lock, stock and barrel. A girl with your sense!" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I thought Jesse was skeptical of the idea—he hadn’t said two words in response—but he immediately did what I later learned was his almost stock response to any notion, question, or suggestion. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I peek into the bag at my feet: a paper cutter, white card stock, and a tin of forty-eight colored pencils, twelve more than the set I have. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom walks to the edge of the ocean in her silk dress and stockings, her pleated skirt ballooning like a spinnaker, and flings the picture into the sea. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Milo had been caught red-handed in the act of plundering his countrymen, and, as a result, his stock had never been higher. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Carl came from old-time island stock; his grandfather, Bavarian born, had established thirty acres of strawberry fields on prime growing land in Center Valley. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z My very shoes and stockings were purified and rendered presentable. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Ron looked slightly more cheerful as he delved deeper into his stocking. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I know she took stuff from him because Mrs. Manfred would die before she bought slippery underwear or silk stockings for Dorcas. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The fair boy stopped and jerked his stockings with an automatic gesture that made the jungle seem for a moment like the Home Counties. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It was used in reference to some nice old poopy elder statesman who’d made a fortune in the stock market and then gone to Washington to be an adviser to President Roosevelt. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Through the stocking on his face I can see his ginger whiskers and acne scars. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Taking a clean pillowslip, he stocked it with the remainder of the food from the table. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She removes her gold bracelets, her sheer stockings, her pink rayon dress with the faux-pearl buttons, and lies on her childhood bed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, moving through the crowds along 125th Street, I was painfully aware of other men dressed like the boys, and of girls in dark exotic-colored stockings, their costumes surreal variations of downtown styles. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m going to stock it with bass and bluegills.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your father?” says a bearded man behind Doctor Snow, his fingers flexing along the stock of his rifle, tho not lifting it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Out walked a person no one present had ever seen before—a man in his middle thirties, dull-eyed, wild-haired, and wearing a hip holster stocked with a .38-caliber pistol. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “What happens when they turn out my pockets? What happens when they rip my stockings? What happens when they scatter my salt in the dirt?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They were both wrapped in bandages that could be seen through the dark stockings she wore. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z If it were not, one could make a killing on the stock exchange by having a computer that would remember tomorrow’s prices! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The section on animal behavior was exceptionally well stocked. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I reached down into the stocking and pulled out a small silver compact of pressed powder and a tube of pink lipstick. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z It is as if they were suddenly declared every gentleman’s servant, always washing this one’s stockings, fetching that one’s firewood. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z While filling a definite order for octopi, Doc could replenish his stock of the cradles. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Turner caught sight of me, wincing at the sag of my stockings. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z By hoarding this small stock of food, she could make it last a long time, and with the berries and edible roots she could find in the woods, she wouldn’t starve. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was brimming with buckets of orange lilies, purple stock, yellow spray roses, red carnations, baby snapdragons...and lavender, lavender, lavender. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Magdalene called Lena pushed her stockings farther down on her legs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Lucia’s ironing board, the water bottles, and the large stock of flour had all vanished. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z In the country there were barns and silos stocked with grain and corn, and chicken houses full of eggs. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I described his ungartered stockings, his unlaced doublet, and his pale visage. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Ruth dropped her stockings in the rinse bucket and loaded her bucket with rocks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Reilly asked with interest, dabbing at her eyes with the skirt of her green taffeta cocktail dress, unaware that she was showing Mr. Robichaux the wide nins in her stockings at the knee. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Jesse, they use computers to distribute a growing variety of information on subjects and in places to which access has long been tightly controlled: legal and medical data, academic libraries, stock trading, films. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He waited stock still, for some little time, but it did not move. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I was wearing two undershirts, three pairs of underpants, a dress, and over that a skirt, a jacket, a raincoat, two pairs of stockings, heavy shoes, a cap, a scarf and lots more. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Well, no. My company owns the stock in a company that owns the house.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I knew better than to put stock in what Dadi said after one of her “sessions.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It felt good to laugh; the stock market had fallen five points today. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z They were well stocked with food and drink; they had fjres to warm them when off duty, a place to dry their clothes, snug comers to lie down and sleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In her cell, she stripped to the skin and dressed herself carefully, in two layers of smallclothes, warm stockings, and her cleanest tunic. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Out in the barn, he threw hay down from the loft and carried buckets of com from the crib in preparation for the evening feeding of the stock. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stand up, girl, or you’ll choke yourself,” growled the man locked into the stocks to my left. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I tuck her under my arm and turn toward the stock car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Gaily’s psycho. You can’t put too much stock in his rambling nonsense. What, you think Thomas here is a Griever in disguise?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z Lots of networked stock car simulators that allowed people to race each other. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Not to mention she’d need to stock up on provisions for her escape, and that could take weeks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In the morning the stock market rose three points. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Gun-man raps on the cab roof with his rifle stock, and I am so surprised, I scream, “You go hurt him, bro’!” And then I know that gun-man aimed to hurt him, kill him maybe. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z For punishment, she dictated that the next week I had to go to church in my stocking feet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And through her stockings, faintly, could be seen the wrappings of elastic bandage to support the veins. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t. I have to perform,” she says, struggling with her stockings. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She is one of Prospero’s attendant spirits in The Tempest, and has to wear a body stocking, with a gauzy costume over top, sprinkled with dried leaves and spangles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Off in a corner a small bar carried essential bottles of bourbon, Scotch, and some wine; a little refrigerator was always well stocked with beer. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been upstairs at the store ever since, alongside the stock of corn planters, fertilizer spreaders, mule collars, iron washpots, hat trees, and extra brass racks for readymade dresses. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She had been his legal adviser; she would inherit his stock and serve as a director of the company until the day she, too, would be elected chairman of the board. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z His face is flushed from the cold, and he looks cute in his big, puffy jacket and purple stocking hat. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “It’d be great to have a stock of it... Have a look in the book...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Ever since Hollister learned I like puzzle magazines, he’s kept a good stock of them.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The old dog leaned against her and whipped his tail against her black stockings, happy to be in contact with a human being again. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z While Perry waited in the car, he had gone into the hospital to try and buy a pair of black stockings from a nun. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up one of the stockings and slipped his hand into it. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet it’s considered acceptable if it’s done unknowingly by earnest but ignorant publishers of stock newsletters, or by practitioners of quack medicine, or by television evangelists. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you take off those hot black stockings, honey. It’s a real nice day.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The natives also went toHog Island, which the settlers had stocked with hundreds of hogs, and slaughtered them all. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Lock, stock, and barrel, they’ve got their own three ways to live with our history. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Strider seemed to be getting anxious: they were nearly ten days out from Weathertop, and their stock of provisions was beginning to run low. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He raised the rifle and rested the stock on the half- high wall of the tree house. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Sam took the eggs up to the house and came back, and we fed the stock and watered them. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks down at the webby feet of her stockings, says, “I can cook corn pone.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She fretted about inflation, and the stock market crash of 1974 made her “shake and despair.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z For the stock I used bones from both my pig and from a grass-fed steer. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Dressed in embroidered western shirts, Howard surveyed his ranch from a stock saddle on a cow pony. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don't let me undergo the indignity of dying in the stocks in these women's clothes,” he said to him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But she knew that her father came from Quaker stock, and that he was proud of his forebears. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The two men walked into the little room, and Bod stood stock still between them and thought of Mr. Pennyworth’s lessons. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Then, one day, without warning, he sold off all his stock and disappeared. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Santa grabbed the picture on the mantelpiece, a photograph of an ancient and hostile-looking woman in a black dress and black stockings standing in a dark alley paved with oyster shells. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She sews my clothes to save money so that she can play the stocks. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I knew there were some dry states but had forgotten which they were, and it was just as well to stock up. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z If from some stock-market adviser you received in the mail for six weeks in a row correct predictions on a certain stock index and were asked to pay for the seventh such prediction, would you? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His ice cellar was stocked with meats and vegetables. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She did not look at all forlorn, in her fresh lavender muslin frock, her neat white stockings and black pumps. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z That was after the men had come for the stock, the pots and the chair her daughter Rose Dear was sitting in. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked like stock photography, like the picture that came free with the frame. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z After that he stood up, shaking the water out of his ears and flinging the wet hair back from his forehead, and began to take stock of his surroundings. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z It is a formidable roadblock, this stock phrase, in the path of understanding between expert and layman. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They had shiny colorful covers and he received them from the stock room tied up in a length of new yellow twine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z This demand was satisfied by another catalytic event: the rollout of Windows 95, which shipped fifteen days after Netscape took its stock public. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z To make it easy for her to feed our stock, I cut some poles from the hillside and boxed up one of the stalls in the barn. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I circle around the bank of desktop computers and inch past the end tables stocked with titles recommended for Pride Month. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Each stocking, hanging from the fireplace and swollen fat as sausages, could not have held another item. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Jean de Satigny was looking for a partner to put up the capital, the work, and the stock houses; someone who would run all the risks and divide the profits fifty-fifty. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She is wearing a suit, but she’s in her stocking feet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Or bring one back here for breeding? That ought to improve the warren stock no end.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At this point, we simply take stock of the means by which the War on Drugs facilitates the roundup and lockdown of an extraordinary percentage of the U.S. population. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z They had distilleries set up to make drinking water and stocks of food enough to last for years. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I need to take stock of what I know. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Real women's clothes--silk stockings, high-heeled shoes, brassiere, and one of those corsets with the straps hanging down and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The gallery is in a fancy part of Paris, close to the stock exchange and the opera house. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We were playing some Christian school from downtown Birmingham, a team stocked with huge, gargantuan apemen with thick beards and a strong distaste for turning the other cheek. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z She finished with the herbs, scooped them in both hands and dropped them into the stock pot. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The box also contained white stockings, white leather shoes, and an enormous white hair bow, already shaped and ready to be fastened on with two loose ties. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There were badges, mottoes even, stripes of color in stockings and pullovers. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The first bird emerged from the freshly stocked white box, new shooter shooting. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z "Doesn't mean a thing. Besides, I didn't pick these stocks. Mr. Westing did." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z These consisted of stock certificates, deeds of trust, and promissory notes. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “And your department is baggage stock. For now.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Let me make it simple. No houses, no yachts, no planes. No stocks or bonds. No jewelry or art.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Although clothes were hard to obtain in Germany, Kappe offered to use his access to a two-story warehouse that was well stocked with suits, overcoats, raincoats, hats, underwear, luggage, shoes, and boots. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z They named the property Marianna Farm, combining Marian’s name and her mother’s, and stocked the place with a collection of farm animals that included horses and cows, chickens, pigs, and sheep. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z There would be more milk for everybody, and the new cattle would improve our breeding stock. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z "Look, there goes one of our stocks," Turtle replied. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The bathroom is festooned with stockings and underpants; hair rollers perch on the kitchen counter like bristly caterpillars, dishes cake in the sink. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She wiped my wet nose and reminded me to wear my stockings inside out, so I’d never be led astray in the forest. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I yank my stockings up from sagging around my feet—the trouble of all fat, short women around the world. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z That night, after whiskey has rendered Camel dead to the world and Walter is snoring on the bedroll, I leave the little room and stand looking over the backs of the ring stock. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure hesitates at the window in her stocking feet, her bedroom behind her, seashells arranged along the top of the armoire, pebbles along the baseboards. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z That meant selling every stock mentioned in their clues and buying more shares of Westing Paper Products—at a loss of some thousands of dollars. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The lender kept the biggest piece, the stock. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Be careful my stockings. I don’t want to get runs.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything is torn, shirt, gansey, short pants, stockings, and my shoes are ready to fall off my feet entirely. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z As she opened her door, she suddenly halted and stood stock still. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He was sheathed in a blue body stocking which had yellow stripes running from his armpits to his ankles. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “The amount of stock that’s ruined...Now, first of all, give her a spoonful of this.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Like Susan Byrd, she wore black laced shoes and cotton stockings. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The dressmaker thought of the clue Chris had dropped; no stock symbol had five letters or even resembled the word plain. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched her snap a red silk garter over the sheer lisle stocking she had pulled up over her shapely leg. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She finds her cane and goes in her stocking feet out the door and down the hall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Usually we devote all of Sunday to stocking up for the week. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He made intelligent decisions about the stock market. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Mama stepped out of her high-heeled shoes, leaving them behind, her pace quickening in stocking feet. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s from yangban stock, her people are the Korean landed gentry, and she finds this open talk of figures awkward, unnecessary. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In the mornings, he ordered the food and liquor and stocked it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Dad, knowing that all the bars and liquor stores would be closed on Christmas, had stocked up in advance. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a quaint hideaway in a round chamber, stocked with shining rows of Tusker-beer bottles and French aperitifs and obscure African brandies. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At this moment a window at the front of the cottage was flung open and a thin voice—her grandmother’s—piped, “Winifred! Don’t sit on that dirty grass. You’ll stain your boots and stockings.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Katie managed to buy her white kid slippers and a pair of long white silk stockings. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He unwrapped the lines from the whip stock, and the horses turned so sharply that the wheel screamed against the guard. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z So every half hour Turtle had to ask permission to go to the lavatory in order to keep up with the latest stock market reports. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mouse-gray sweater was filthy, and there were three runs in her stockings. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z We lower our bags to the steps of a large municipal building and sink to the cool stone to rest and take stock. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Over the preceding week, Hall’s Sherpas had stocked the Col with 363 pounds of bottled oxygen—55 cylinders. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z A chair toppled as the woman, half-dressed and in her stocking feet, scrambled breathlessly upon the bed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Then I’m on go in the garage, get my stockings on. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z On Wall Street, stock prices were racing toward an all-time high. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Hanging from the yoke was a sign that read: only one left in stock, order soon! The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She stood up and put on her red stocking cap. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Walter and I climb into the stock car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z They did let Elinor into the bank, despite her torn stockings. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But I have yet to lay eyes on their exotics or ring stock. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The next day I do need help, and Lubek brings me more metal stock to feed into the machines, so I don’t lose the time going to get them. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Usually the kids would be sent to the stocks, or the jail at the outpost, but the officers want to see First Friday. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z I invested in stocks and built a portfolio. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe I’ll get another saddle for every day. My father might want me to help him with the stock.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The carving on the steel had the pearly gleam of a Damascus blade, while the stock flowed into lock and lock into barrels as though they had grown that way from a magic planted seed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z From this time on, when inside someone’s home, I go in stocking feet. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z He was on the branch beneath hers, and his hands slid up her stockings slowly, slowly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Anne and Ernestine had made up their minds to explain the situation to them, when destiny delivered the psychologist into our hands, lock, stock and moustache. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Safely locked into the bathroom, she had leisure to take stock of her injuries. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear her mumbling something about General Electric stock falling twenty points. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The next day being Sunday, Malcolm had time in the morning to stock the canoe with emergency supplies—just in case, as Asta kept saying. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The Johannesburg stock exchange plunged and capital started to flow out of the country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It had really begun back in the Charlestown Prison, when Bimbi first made me feel envy of his stock of knowledge. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Coming up through our barn lot, I saw my father feeding our stock. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I found a wig, stockings—though the gentleman of the house had taken the finest, I presume, for the Pox Party—and cravats. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Candice’s dad had gone shopping while he was in town, and had stocked up on enough food to last for two weeks. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m not doing one of those stupid girl costumes that society is always trying to force on us, like a nurse in a miniskirt or a maid in fishnet stockings.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z While I’m adding to my stock of arrows, she pokes around until she comes up with a pair of lethal-looking axes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She steps over Ford’s pile of presents and grabs my stocking from where it’s tacked into the wall. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “We’ll have Nerf-gun parties, get a gigantic TV, and stock the kitchen with junky stuff that our moms never buy. For kids only.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z All of these species still exist; one could stock a specialty restaurant with them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Three-quarters of his stock of candles had gone out the door and four-fifths of his supply of kerosene. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “You know, those white men with funny shoes, stockings, and wigs signing the Declaration of Independence? Ben, come on. 1776?” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “You own the controlling stock in the Dalton Real Estate Company, don’t you?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Bernard stood watching the retreating twinkle of the white stockings, the sunburnt knees vivaciously bending and unbending again, again, and the softer rolling of those well-fitted corduroy shorts beneath the bottle green jacket. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z But it hadn’t just been thrown down accidentally, because sticking out from one end of it was the stock of a gun. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was taken from the stocks in convulsions which lasted some thirty minutes, when he was conveyed to the hospital. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All around came thudding as guns dropped to the ground, stocks to earth, followed by the pop of snaps, as leather cartridge pouches opened. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Neumann Two stands there with his new haircut, his fingers playing senseless trills on the stock of his rifle. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Styx led us to a shelf stocked with dozens of lawn mower motors. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z A wealthy family may only further blur the picture by shopping for wine at Costco and bath towels at Target, which for years has stocked its shelves with high-quality goods. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z It was a flintlock musket, almost six feet long, butt and stock of polished wood. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z What her stock might be he could not tell, but she looked healthy. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore the sheerest of flawless silk stockings, and expensively made high-heeled pumps shod her beautifully arched feet. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When I return to the stock car, Silver Star is against the far wall in knee-deep straw. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When it all ended with the stock market crash in 1929, Harlem had a world reputation as America’s Casbah. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I am aware of being propped up between two women, but I think I fall out the door of the stock car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Rain had been scarce for several years now, and the storehouses were not so well stocked as they used to be. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z On that stock alone they had a loss of 51,350, not counting commissions. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think so because he always makes me take my shoes and stockings off.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They wanted to know everything and Milkman found himself rattling off assets like an accountant, describing deals, total rents income, bank loans, and this new thing his father was looking into—the stock market. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Moving day has turned into a party, with uncles carrying in boxes, aunties in the kitchen stocking cupboards, and Mom excited and ready to decorate. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Even at school, when the computers came in as stock standard, I still used the drawers. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “We have the desalinization machines down by the beach. Mom and Dad are going to stock up, remember?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z So crowded is our stock of figurative language that every profession—legal, corporate, fashion, artistic, literary, and so on—seems to have a collection all its own. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Many Herbs, shrubs, and trees of forests and range depend on native insects for their reproduction; without these plants many wild animals and range stock would find little food. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Jenny had gone with her father to see about some stock, and Jethro was alone in the cabin with his mother. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The truck contained, as you might expect, a big stock of toys. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I fastened the stockings and admired the fine, double-soled shoes and their good fit. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Malcolm watched her hands and the old knife unhurriedly shredding it, setting the outside leaves and the heart aside for stock, and reaching for another. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I adjusted the flame under the steam generator and changed the nylon stockings August used to filter the honey in the settling tank. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She is not following any stock with a symbol like MT, so it must be one of her clues. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The luckiest thing was that the store was there, and that it was a big store, a general store, well stocked because of the Amish trade. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z We can no longer afford to eat plain rice but have to mix it with mushrooms, banana stocks, and other leaves. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The breeze fanned my face while I took stock One: I still woke up in the morning listening for Dismay’s tap-tap-tapping down the hallway, coming to get me up. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he came up with a stock press release. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Frieda came toward us, her brown stockings straining at the knees because she had tucked the toe under to hide a hole in the foot. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Bathing suits itched her, and although she wore the most conservative models, with long sleeves and black stockings, she never felt modest in them. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Preparing to break the news, the nurses stocked up on candy bars for the girls. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “See bout the stock. Mr. Henry he say I’m to see bout it.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He stocked the Coalwood school library and built a school playground and a football field. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the hold was stocked with crates, barrels, burlap sacks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Mami bought me a red plaid wool jumper with a crisp white shirt, my first pair of stockings, and penny loafers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He straightens up, pausing in front of each stock car, yelling through the slats and then waiting for a response. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Ouboume’s father unlocks the back doors and shows me their rolling stock. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The bruise on my thigh burns when I bend down to pick up a pair of Miss Celia’s silky stockings. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Betty, those items need to be stocked,” he tells me, and I know this is his way of getting me out of the front room and into the back storage area. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We have disguises that, perhaps with some embellishments from Tigris’s furry stock, could get us safely there. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It is embroidered “C d B” so it must be spoiling stock from this building’s former life as tHe~Chateau de Bordeaux. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Up in the city I tried for a while to list the quotations on an interminable amount of stock, then I fell asleep in my swivel-chair. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Should we sell the rising stock option and risk losing out on its further ascent, or hold on to it and risk its decline and the loss of our premium? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they pulled on their beautiful white stockings, that they had knit of fine cotton thread in lacy, openwork patterns, and they buttoned up their best shoes. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Says we got one in stock. Wait here a sec, let me put my hands on it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z By 1941, some sixty-four million pairs of nylon stockings had been sold—more stockings than there were adult women in the United States. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z What happened, while Granny was on her deathbed, Mama got up a black outfit for Mary Toy to wear to the funeral—black taffeta dress, black stockings, black slippers, and a little black bonnet. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z With voice and hand he made the Opening spell which his aunt had taught him long ago; it was the prize among all her stock of spells, and he wove it well now. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He ripped at the shutters, but the old Plymouth, one of its front tires fenderless and exposed as if it were a stock car, was rambling to life. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When two partners divide up the profits of a business between them they assign a notional book value to the stock in hand. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She never left her stockings draped over the back of a chair, or her sewing spread out all over the table. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Most of the stock companies had gone out of existence. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I says to myself, ‘If I ain’t a gentleman, nor yet ain’t got no learning, I’m the owner of such. All on you owns stock and land; which on you owns a brought-up London gentleman?’ Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Every minute spent in Sophia’s company, my stock ticks up a couple notches. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore an orange stocking cap though the weather was warm. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z So they hung their stockings by the fireplace, and said their prayers, and went to bed—Alice and Ella and Mary and Laura all in one big bed on the floor. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She was resting on the small of her back and her dress was pulled up so far that he could see where her stockings ended on her thighs. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z At first she could barely glimpse the stocks. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “The three linguistic stocks,” Greenberg said, “represent separate migrations.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The train stood waiting, stocked for a long sojourn in the East. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaylene’s small office had room for her desk, two guest chairs, and a refrigerator in the corner that she stocked with Diet Cokes. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Hundreds of thousands of people rented space in warehouses and other storage facilities, attempting to stock up, until a judge ruled that all liquor stored outside the home broke the law. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Frey took stock of his possessions: He had a sword so powerful and remarkable that it fought by itself. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “That could be ring stock, baggage stock, or menagerie. So which is it?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z This lodging quickly became known as “the shanty,” though it had a large fireplace and an excellent wine cellar stocked by Burnham himself. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Nyame, flanked by Leopard and Python, took stock of the damage to the marina. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It was a suite with three separate bedrooms and a bar stocked with candy, sodas, and chips. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She wears black stockings with runs and doesn’t shave under her arms. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I walked to the red stocking that hung on the fireplace. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z It seems to come pouring from his skin, right through the stocking on his face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She ran her hand down her stockings and for the first time noticed that the silk felt rough instead of smooth. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She noticed that the child removed her shoes and stockings and washed her feet carefully. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The performers stretch grumpily and gather in groups to talk and smoke as the workmen drop ramps and unload stock. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Papa always put more stock in what color was inside a pup’s mouth. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Luma had a few extra pairs of used soccer cleats; she waved over the young man in stocking feet and placed her foot next to his as a reference. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z They looked at their stockings, and something was in them. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s possible that I had been stopped in the market by a box of cheap stockings. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I stay in the stock car through dinner, and then through the evening show as well. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Our first task is to pick items to stock the wagon with using the money we have. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Our stock boys shovel driveways and deliver groceries and packages. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z But he forced his thoughts back into order and took stock of the situation. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z More than anything, though, the stockings were a talisman for him. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have also wondered why they wear stockings as separate items. If they were combined with the, ahem, panties, it would be more efficient.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Others, the Quackenbushes of this world, could calmly watch the war approach them and jump into it at the last and most advantageous instant, as though buying into the stock market. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Anne got a job in the high-school cafeteria, saved her money, and bought silk stockings, two short dresses and four flimsy pieces of underwear known as teddies. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of the writing is taking stock of everything in my life, like I’m running down a checklist: Amazing girlfriend—check. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She pictures them slipping from their sockets and moving before her in a steady gait, still wearing their rubber-soled shoes, their white-ribbed stockings. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The greatest benefit of my crude English was that, for the first time, I could understand a few stock phrases in the movies. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In the interest of time, I offer you now a stock capitalist montage. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But he carried a small stock of new books and took special orders for people who didn’t use Amazon and/or preferred to support their local bookstore. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Seems to me you put too much stock in the affairs of children. It probably didn’t mean anything.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s a terrible thing to walk the world with skin showing through the holes of our stockings. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “The casements are in the alley behind the shop, stacked with regular tubing stock,” he said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z We arm ourselves and stock up, but only to protect ourselves from the chaos. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z So they can give a nice, unblemished apartment to some nice German officer and his law-abiding wife with clean hair and mended stockings. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z "You know, Turtle, you may be right about putting our money in the stock market. I remember the will said May God thy gold refine. That must be from the Bible." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z A rabbit in fear of an enemy will sometimes crouch stock still, either fascinated or else trusting to its natural inconspicuousness to remain unnoticed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Kreuk uses the ration allowances of the dead to stock up on supplies, then resells them at higher prices. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Even fully stocked, we were short now thanks to Katz’s dumping a bottle. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Would anyone care if the seams on my stockings were crooked? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore high heels and stockings that shadowed the blue lines on her legs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “So! At last you come in mine store! Is something maybe, other dry-goods stores ain’t got and you come by me? Maybe by other store is dicky penny cheaper but damaged stock, no?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost everything is too big, but a few pieces will work—a sky-blue cardigan embroidered with white flowers, a brown dress with pearl buttons, several sets of stockings, a pair of shoes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Ignatius cast a pink and blue and yellow eye over the side of the bed down past his mother’s hanging slip and drooping cotton stockings. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So the children, even William, wore red silk stockings and blue tunics, like royal squires. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Gally’s psycho. You can’t put too much stock in his rambling nonsense. What, you think Thomas here is a Griever in disguise?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z As I was looking courteously at the stock, it suddenly occurred to me that I had more than he had. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “My stocks are low right now and we’ve got those darn flour and sugar limits, but I believe we can put you together a kit.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z This one hangs out in the same crowd with hook, line, and sinker and lock, stock, and barrel. can of worms. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He comes to a stop in front of a stock car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The Light Market was stocked with every color except Gold, which was sold only on the West Side. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I took stock of the frozen venison and decided that there were enough steaks for us to eat nothing but venison for a month. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where you can take stock and make preparations for the next leg of the journey.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But I really don’t see how anyone could put much stock in victory or glory after he had spent a winter on Winter, and seen the face of the Ice. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He raised his arms as a shield, but they did not protect him from the blows of the soldiers’ fists and rifle stocks. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A young buck from strong tribal stock got customers into a froth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was around that time that I began speculating in the stock market, and I spent hours studying the ups and downs of international finance. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, ‘No, let’s keep it at $28,’ because I wanted people to remember it as a $20 stock, not a $30 stock, just in case it didn’t go so well. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z It must be record heat, cause I been tending to white folks for forty-one years and this the first time in history I ever went to work without no stockings on. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I got some other stuff while I was there; I had already decided to move back to the house, but to leave the cave stocked for the time being, just in case. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Silk teddies she put on, and silk stockings. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Their stock goes back to the Civil War and maybe earlier than that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the age of 20, Descartes now took stock of his life and decided that he was not interested in a career in the professions. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z She has a dress on too and white stockings, and navy-blue bows at the ends of her braids. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z "I checked this morning. We don't have it. We have the heart-shaped one in stock." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He became an expert at branding, dehorning, castrating, and selling stock. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z So take stock in America, my heirs, and sing in praise of this generous land. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow he forgot he was talking to a twelve-year-old kid with an old riding mower who knew nothing about the stock market. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Patients, with accompanying nurses, made their rounds of the stocked shelves, conversing in low tones, with the asylum librarian, an alumna of the asylum herself. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I poke my head out of the tent, look left and right, and then streak across to the stock car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He looked it as he moved about the low attic, stuffing his pockets with extra stockings. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The state had also bulldozed some lakes in the valley and stocked them with rainbow and cutthroat trout, and there were half a dozen manicured campgrounds along the route. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Large shapes rusded in the shadows—monsters that were stocked in here as a challenge to the campers. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He chose a satin tunic striped black and gold and a fine leather jerkin with silver studs . . . and only then remembered that his wretched sister put more stock in blades than beauty. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Wandering about among his worthless stock, with his long nose and thick spectacles and his bowed shoulders in the velvet jacket, he had always vaguely the air of being a collector rather than a tradesman. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Ever since Hollister learned I like puzzle magazines, he’s kept a good stock of them.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She had left the bedroom door open, trying to encourage a faint breeze through the stuffy room while she washed out her stockings and underwear in the basin. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “The guns’ll be real,” says Russell, still prone and firing, the stock of the toy gun tight against his cheek. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z This climate is unsuitable for tender-skinned women of course, so I prefer to think of you at home, soaking your stockings or drawing a bath. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He couldn’t think of stocking the canoe or anything else; his mind was swirling like the flood. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He slapped a man across the face for weeping at the sight of his friend thrashing against the stocks. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Water dotted the scarf on her head and the white armband on her coat, and she was barefoot, her round, muddy toes sticking out from torn and filthy stockings. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z But after being reacquainted with books, he proceeded to out- read the library stock. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is in the sterilization of failure, and not in the selection of successes for breeding, that the possibility of an improvement of the human stock lies.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The kitchen of the lake house faces the water, always smelling like citrus and salt and herbs, and his dad keeps it stocked with plump tomatoes and clay-soft avocados when they’re visiting. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She could do anything: order me to the stocks, another branding, or a public whipping of hundreds of lashes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time the Angkar thinks the Youns will invade Cambodia, the soldiers stock up on food and supplies and ship more rice to China in exchange for guns. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a haunting mental picture of Jane, fifteen years hence, still wearing pugs over her ears, long winter drawers, and heavy ribbed stockings. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The Paqo told me that these guesthouses were normally stocked with corn, potatoes, and dried strips of llama meat, as well as wood for fire. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Alex burst out of the house and stopped in the open air, taking stock of his surroundings. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Butcher them and hide the meat. Or sell it. You can get a good price for the hides from the troops. Sell what you can. I promise you, the stock will be stolen.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But she does not predict when earthquakes will come, or how the stock market will do. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Dressed in my navy skirt, white blouse, and silk stockings, I felt every bit as neat as Columbus or Balboa and every bit as heroic when I finally spotted America in the distance. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z On Sunday I put on the clothes my mother and I have picked out, a dress of dark-blue and green wool plaid, white ribbed stockings that attach with garters onto my stiff white cotton waist. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Howard began slipping out to the barn in the morning with Pollard, and one day when the urge was too strong they got out a stock saddle and cinched it on Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep my hands busy in between customers, stocking and restocking napkins and condiments. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The Indian tribe sold tax-free tobacco products, and smokers came from miles away to stock up. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t take any stock at all in such matters. ‘Rats and mice and such small deer,’ as Shakespeare has it, ‘chicken-feed of the larder’ they might be called. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Our stock was so high at that time that it didn’t make any difference,” Bill Brobeck would recall. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Whereas prosecutors claim they strike black jurors not because of their race but because of their hairstyle, police officers have their own stock excuses—e.g., The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Let’s finish up with the stock and go to bed.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon we were crouched in a line behind a cluster of rock, taking stock of the newcomers. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Tayo untied the horses and opened the gate on the stock rack. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “What stock? There’s nothing here but my horse.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Homer, please. Give me some credit. No, I paid attention to what worked with the boys—like Band-Aids. I bought a ton of stock from the company that made the best ones.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Besides she had seen Barrymore in Galsworthy’s Justice on Broadway and she was spoiled for stock companies after that. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When someone spoke of what the Jews had gone through, their stock response was "We didn't know." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z In two seconds, my stockings is rubbing together so fast I sound like zippers zipping. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Smith stocked a rear car with all the oats, hay, and straw Seabiscuit would need—he didn’t trust eastern feed—then climbed in with his horse, unfolding a cot at Seabiscuit’s feet. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom likes to stock up on frozen food before she goes into production on a show. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “A good dancer is recognized by her clothing. You should wear your stockings inside out and never, never wear any underpants.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The Nielsens are skeptical, but in the first week we go through our entire stock. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His assistant had a run in her stockings. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen’s fully stocked with coffee again—I guess Dad stepped up and bought some. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The Pioneer Press quotes Secretary of HUD Andrew Cuomo ruing the “cruel irony” that prosperity is shrinking the stock of affordable housing nationwide: “The stronger the economy, the stronger the upward pressure on rents.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A few crickets down in the cellar begin their song: a rhythmic kree-kree, evening in August, and Marie-Laure hikes her tattered stockings and goes into the kitchen and tears another hunk from Madame Ruelle’s loaf. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They were, of course, too large for Lyddie, so she had to wait while the cook fetched two extra pairs of stockings and paper with which to stuff the toes. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z On the way out there, out to Holcomb, I wanted to stop and buy some black silk stockings to wear over our heads. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Cops would figure it was my own stock to smoke. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It gave him a little shock to see his mother all of a sudden, in the transparent stockings and shoulder-padded suits she wore to her job, peering into the corners of Mrs. Sen’s apartment. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He did not have on stockings or shoes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z There is some truth to so-called fundamental analysis, which looks to the economic factors underlying a stock’s value. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Okay, let’s take stock of all the people I’m avoiding and/or can’t look in the eye right now and why, shall we? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Are you putting blue candy in my stocking?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Then they threw eggs and began slaughtering our stock. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh don’t worry about it, Aibileen. It’s too hot for stockings.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Ambrose Spike, now sufficiently recovered, sat in the storeroom taking stock: lots of nuts and preserved berries from last autumn; apples and pears aplenty. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “I’d like to wear nylon stockings and little heels with whatever I wear. I am sixteen now, sixteen and a half, actually.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hizdahr had stocked their box with flagons of chilled wine and sweetwater, with figs, dates, melons, and pomegranates, with pecans and peppers and a big bowl of honeyed locusts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Consequently Nelson places great stock in signs and superstitions. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not a problem. You remember the Walleye stock?” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z She found her in the kitchen sewing sequins on a Christmas stocking made of felt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “You didn’t, say, stop at the store to stock up on supplies? Nothing of that sort, Mr. Miyamoto?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When Hazel appeared in the doorway it saw him at once and stood stock still, with staring eyes and twitching tail. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He got off his stool and waddled to his stock room. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Some species — those existing at the limits of their natural range — might never be able to re-establish themselves, and the others could do so only with the aid of extensive stocking operations by the state. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He sold three thousand frindl.es the first week, and they sold so fast that stores all over Westfield couldn’t keep them in stock. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Lady Seymour made sure I ct a proper meal three times a day and let me sleep in the tiny attic bedchamber on the bed where I laid after my time in the stocks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Simpson made a dull speech as she presented Charlie with a gift from the school: a wool stocking cap and some stationery. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “I’ll try to whip the cream again. Then I got to go in the garage. Get my stockings on.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I pulled on my dry stockings and stepped into my new shoes even though they rubbed fierce on the popped blisters. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. McDuff, the mine carpenter, built me a desk and some bookshelves for my new room, and I stocked them with science-fiction books and model airplanes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Eventually I make my way back to the ring stock car and settle on the bedroll. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The bodies were pulverized into stock and marked with insurance. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Oiling themselves like roast meat on a spit, and bare backs and shoulders, on the street, in public, and legs, not even stockings on them, no wonder those things used to happen. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Sharpe’s arm, previously raised with fingers outstretched to enumerate, again and again, the little stock of what devoured what, had fallen to his side. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She puts the rifle in my hand, which is heavy, and I cradle it against my chest because my fingers are not long enough to wrap around its stock. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am annoyed by Radio’s willingness to let this country be the laughing stock of Europe—at the same time when national prestige is no joke—rather than admit its hoax.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z I crane my neck and count stock cars. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Maybe they’d have enough music to entertain them while they drove fourteen or fifteen miles home and unharnessed in the dark and fed the stock and milked. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z My back hurts when I bend over to get my stockings on. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Every now and then you might come across a doer of bad deeds serving time in the stocks, but that was generally as exciting as it got. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Gaunt cattle, their ribs protruding and their heads hanging low, stood listless at the bottoms of dried-up stock ponds where the mud had dried and cracked into mosaics of tiles as hard as stone. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “No, no. Don't be thick. There’s enough or I wouldn’t have offered. Lincoln and I were just in Espanola and grabbed some supplies. We’re stocked.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “My nature don’t come down for no stock exchange.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “They keep more items stocked in the back of the store.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z If the last three digits of the total value of stock sales match your numbers, you get to collect winnings. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Many shunned him; a few nodded, and handed him their weapons; he rubbed the unguent on the stock and muzzle, all the while whispering to the firearm coaxingly in some unknown tongue. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z We put pepper in the feet of our stockings, Vaseline on our faces, and stared through dark icebox mornings at four stewed prunes, slippery lumps of oatmeal, and cocoa with a roof of skin. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Company coal trucks made the rounds of the houses, stocking the coal boxes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z By February he’d run out of food and starved, apparently without making any attempt to save himself, despite the fact that there was another cabin stocked with meat just three miles downstream. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She came from good stock and she would come around. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Look at the listing again; it’s in italics. That means they don’t have any in stock, but that would be the price if they did have.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Milo had never imagined a machine so beautiful as a stock ticker before. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z When I get back to the stock car, the interior door is open. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z |
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