1 As he spoke he turned over another portion of the carpet, and there, sure enough, was a great crimson spill upon the square white facing of the old-fashioned floor.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleGet Context In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN 2 'Certainly,' said the Time Traveller, stooping to light a spill at the fire.
3 It appeared that two light-footed soldiers had been teasing a huge, bearded man, causing him to spill coffee upon his blue knees.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen CraneGet Context In Chapter 14 4 And we stood still that we might not spill this pain more precious than pleasure.
5 Melanie lay on the bed on a sheet dark with perspiration and splotched with dampness where Scarlett had spilled water.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XXII 6 The nice young captain was trying to pour a glass of brandy into her mouth and had spilled it down her neck.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XXXIV 7 The snow did not fall this time, it simply spilled out of heaven, like thousands of featherbeds being emptied.
My Antonia By Willa CatherGet Context In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIII 8 The wine spilled over Arobin's legs and some of it trickled down upon Mrs. Highcamp's black gauze gown.
9 The purple spilled from the cup she was holding.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar WildeGet Context In CHAPTER 11 10 The floor was covered with ochre-coloured sawdust, trampled here and there into mud, and stained with dark rings of spilled liquor.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar WildeGet Context In CHAPTER 16 11 The thing was still loathsome--more loathsome, if possible, than before--and the scarlet dew that spotted the hand seemed brighter, and more like blood newly spilled.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar WildeGet Context In CHAPTER 20 12 Laughter is easier, minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at a cheerful word.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott FitzgeraldGet Context In Chapter 3 13 But he wouldn't eat and the glass of milk spilled from his trembling hand.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott FitzgeraldGet Context In Chapter 9 14 But the boy's hand shook so that he spilled his coffee.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XI 15 Making a dart at the table, she secured the coffee, which she immediately spilled, thereby making the front of her dress as bad as the back.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER THREE