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 Current Search - clean in Lord of the Flies
1  Jack began to clean his bloody hands on the rock.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness
2  Piggy took off his damaged glasses and cleaned the remaining lens.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air
3  He took off his glasses and looked vainly for something with which to clean them.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
4  With the memory of his sometime clean self as a standard, Ralph looked them over.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SEVEN Shadows and Tall Trees
5  Piggy rose dripping from the water and stood naked, cleaning his glasses with a sock.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
6  Percival Wemys Madison sought in his head for an incantation that had faded clean away.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters
7  To keep a clean flag of flame flying on the mountain was the immediate end and no one looked further.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
8  There was no sign left of the storm, and the beach was swept clean like a blade that has been scoured.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ELEVEN Castle Rock
9  For the moment the boys were a closed circuit of sympathy with Piggy outside: he went very pink, bowed his head and cleaned his glasses again.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
10  He noticed blood on his hands and grimaced distastefully, looked for something on which to clean them, then wiped them on his shorts and laughed.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
11  As he received the reassurance of something purposeful being done he began to look satisfied, and his only clean digit, a pink thumb, slid into his mouth.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell