For convenience, Hutton had assumed that the mountain had the same density as ordinary stone, about 2.5 times that of water, but this was little more than an educated guess. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I took a self-guided tour of the downstairs rooms just to make sure that no stone had been left unturned, that no obvious forced entry had been missed. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Built into the stone walls are places for food, clothing, supplies, leisure activities. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She looked around the forest floor until she found what she needed—a sturdy stick that was pointed at the end and a sharp stone. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the stones had told him that the old man was still with him, and that made him feel more confident. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She returns the stone inside the model house and restores the wooden panels that make up its roof and twists the chimney back into place and puts the house into the pocket of her dress. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

People, mostly men, leaned over the stone parapets of the raised park that surrounded the library, or walked up and down and bent to drink water from the public drinking-fountains. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He’d dropped his backpack and picked up a stone from the side of the road. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The wall is made of rough stone; pigeons nest inside its crevices. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed herself tightly against Vayu’s stone legs. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His grandmother’s house was a rambling gray stone mansion on twelve acres in North Vancouver. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A roped-off room in a castle somewhere, a room made entirely of blocks of stone, icy and cold, even though a fire burned low in the hearth. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Whenever he had visitors, he gave orders that she was to be hitched to a boat loaded with stone and was to drag it behind her as she walked along the edge of the river. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the house and up some stone steps is a square garden surrounded by high brick walls and in there are tons of flowers blooming already all in shades of white. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, the stone elephant began to blare its warning siren. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She liked the stone walls and wood beams that had been shaped by human hands and tools instead of by the mind of Skathis. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, Turner Buckminster, what are you doing standing in the middle of the road half naked like that, throwing stones at my house in the middle of the day?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

A stone wall bordered the held, and a low barn stood at the far corner. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I put out a hand, steadying myself against the cold stone I was sitting on. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Some prisoners hollered in panic and tried to pull their chains from the stone walls. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, Hugo accidentally dropped the ice and the bottle of milk, which shattered loudly on the stone floor. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Arya heard a loud crack as the sword went clattering to the stone floor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They went about their business, scolding children or adding up expenses or picking stones out of the evening rice. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then slowly on the surface, where the wizard’s hands had passed, faint lines appeared, like slender veins of silver running in the stone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The latter two islands supported hereditary part-time craft specialists, including canoe builders, navigators, stone masons, bird catchers, and tattooers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“To properly conduct the ceremony, we need a special type of stone,” said Kaori, with as much authority as she could. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Slynt spun on his heel like the watchman he'd once been, and strode the length of the Small Hall, boots ringing on die stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Boys from the village made a habit of throwing stones through the windows of the Riddle House. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

High walls pressed close on either side, and ahead was a blank windowless mass of stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Bending close, he brushed furiously at the upper and lower insteps of the fourth stone. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Harry had walked right past the stone gargoyle guarding the entrance to Dumbledore’s office without noticing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Some of the boys from the stables were tossing stones to make the bear roar and grumble. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One day he brought a pumice stone out of his suit jacket pocket, and cream; he brandished a nail file, cuticle scissors, a bottle of nail polish. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she had finished smoothing the soil and laying out a border of little stones, she had worked out her plan. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I passed through a gauntlet of enraged faces and shifting bodies, ducking my head to avoid hurled stones. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And once he was spread on the mattress, he didn’t move; Daddy said he slept like a stone and a log rolled together. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

They line the walls like sentries and clump in tight arrangements on stones, lighting up the hill. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Groaning loudly, Bronwyn picked up the stone slab that topped Christopher Wren’s tomb and dropped it back in place. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was built of unmortared stones, like the great wall of the keep, and the moonlight came through its single unglazed window to fall on the stone altar. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He often weighed no less than twenty-two stone, and sometimes as much as twenty-five. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were lights in the shop windows and we climbed the steep stone stairway to the upper street, then up another stairs to the station. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Allow me to dress! I cannot look on this precious stone in my pajamas.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Another shouted order echoed off the stone front of the prison. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farid was sitting on the paving stones counting the money he had collected. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Some people have stone cats on their roofs; on his roof Archie Brubaker had a skeleton of Monroe, his deceased Siamese. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The marketplace was just across the way, and the village a mile farther on, half a hundred white cottages surrounding a small stone sept. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Daylight and evening in his own great hall he bore it, patient as a stone. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

White Harbor’s walls of whitewashed stone rose before them, on the eastern shore where the White Knife plunged into die firth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I opened the stable door I already had four chunking stones in my hand just in case the bear-fighting dog had woke up. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I imagined thousands of tourists getting drunk and stoned and pinballing around the narrow streets. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Earthborn threw volleys of stones that plowed into the zombie legionnaires, crushing them like paper. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Napoleon was now a mature boar of twenty-four stone. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He hauled stones in off the desert and built a small rock garden outside our doorway, with succulents and a patch of moss. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'll take you to see him if you like. They still keep him in the house. He stands in the hall, a little stone statue. Visitors lean their umbrellas up against him." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in black, with many gold chains around her neck, big earrings, several bracelets, and large stone rings on the fingers of both hands. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I tried to quit fretting but still missed on two of the next five stones I chunked. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

A fountain warbled near the main entrance, surrounded by low stone benches that were occupied soon after sunup and remained popular well into the night. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She lifts the bag over her head and sets it on the stone floor. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

A stone dais under one window was carved into a bowl on top, and a pitcher with a towel over it sat on the edge of the dais. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“A minute ago you told us you never saw the mark on the stone properly!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Huge stones had been set into the curving walls as steps, circling down and down, dark as the steps to hell that Old Nan used to tell them of. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I said, “one last chance. Hit the telephone pole. Ten stones.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Nat gets right to work matching buttons to feathers to stones like this is her assignment. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy was tempted to dump June and run back to help, but then the entire tunnel shook with the rumble of falling stone. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

From this angle, it was easy to see that the large black stones on top of the hill were arranged to look like a human skull. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

This one had a more confident flow and they crossed it by a stone bridge thick with cow dung. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The passageway between the houses was like a pathway with stones carefully placed on each side of the walkway. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Weakly, she sat down, her back against the carved stone wall of the bridge. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The eyes that had been so warm and compassionate just a minute before were now pitiless black stones, as dark and as dreadful as cold eternity. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Harry did so, staring at the stone basin. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Bill Chastain—the Eye Eater—was found stone cold dead this morning.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the canal, evenly spaced, white-painted stones marked out a path to a hut being used as an orderly room. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As she finished casting her spell, a giant stone wall appeared, completely covering the chamber’s only exit. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

On this side, it’s covered in scaffolding, and men at the top appear to be adding more stones and bobbed wire. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She scattered a big load of acorns on the hearth stones and looked at them with satisfaction before she began to break the little shells with her smoothest pounding rock. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Abjuring his past, he floated from his home village in a canoe made from white stone and wandered the Adirondack and Allegheny forests, then a place of constant violence and, apparently, intermittent cannibalism. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The king touched her cheek, his fingers brushing across the rough stone as gently as if it were living flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

That night they camped in a ravine and built a fire against a small stone bluff and ate their last tin of food. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I saw shapes in the clouds, and sculptures in the tumbled stones at the bottom of a stream. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Seed Collector and Spider leaped to the ground to let Nathan pull out the stone. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I hate being encased in stone this way. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

For upon the top stood a black stone, round as a great globe, the height of a man, though its half was buried in the ground. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Did you place the stone in its mouth?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As he turned away, a flashing object fell through the grating and dropped to the stone floor. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Will was still lying on the stones, utterly spent. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them bent down, took a stone, threw it. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set my travelsack on the leeward side of one of the grey- stones and the two of us began to set up camp. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

From across the yard, three enormous stone men-monsters are staring at me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Why should he, when he had more than he could do to take care of the rich people who lived in the stone and plaster houses of the town. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It only took us five minutes to reach the Plaza—an old- fashioned white stone hotel with a gabled blue roof, sitting at the southeast corner of Central Park. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Alice helped her pull the stone out of the ground and washed it in the water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He blew the flames to life and piled on the wood and sat with his legs crossed, leaning against the stone pier of the bridge. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Outside, the wind whips the hare-branched trees; it whistles through the cracks in the stone Avails, chills my body,' and reaches all my bones and inner parts. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

More chunks of stone tumbled from the ceiling. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"I helped Pate carve the stone for the pommel," the builder said, "and your friend Sam bought the garnets in Mole's Town." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But on the other side of the stone there was an impasse. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Embedded in the walls were stone slabs like the ones we’d seen in the crypt, but older, the writing mostly worn away. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

On top of this Alice laid the sapling on which the box and stone were fastened. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presently, groping and fumbling in the dark, they found that the opening on the left was blocked: either it was a blind, or else some great stone had fallen in the passage. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Slowly, Hooper began to release his hold on the stone, finger by finger. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The magistrate held the stone parts in his hands and tried to fit them together. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Together they cleared a place for a fire, surrounded it with stones, then gathered twigs, leaves and branches to burn, plus four slim branches on which they could thread the fish. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were three huge flat stones in that cave. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The sailors sewed their bodies up in canvas, weighed down with ballast stones so they might sink more quickly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He padded forward warily to sniff at the gap in the stones, and then retreated, as if he did not like what he'd smelled. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Aunty Em directed us to a park bench next to the stone satyr. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There were blue and flat- head catfish, bullheads, four species of sunfish, shiners, dace, stone rollers, largemouth bass, carp, mullet, suckers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

"He had some white stones too, an' a bird cage with a green parrot. He didn't blow the white stones, of course, an` he said." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then the clicking of its spikes against the stone suddenly turned into a deeper, hollower sound. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then quietly they bade each other farewell, and Vetch turned and went down the stone hallway, and left Roke. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Every so often she tied a bit of red cloth to a clump of grass or around a conspicuous stone. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a reflector at the far end, which is another stone slab propped to throw heat on the grill. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were in a narrow stone passageway lit with flaming torches. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Thomas returned to the crude map, trying to visualize the Maze and see stone walls where Minho had penciled lines. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They reached the huge split that led outside to more stone pathways. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They permeate the grain in wood, metal, and stone. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trail was steeper, the steps more worn, and here and there littered with pebbles and broken stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He swung one leg up over the stone railing so he was sitting on it, then dropped a few feet to land on the flat piece of roof just underneath. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They would wait behind their siege lines, flinging stones at her until famine and disease had brought her people to their knees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The hypogeum ascended through a forest of weathered stone columns, into the middle of a ruined coliseum. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She saw carved stone pavilions, manses of woven grass as large as castles, rickety wooden towers, stepped pyramids faced with marble, log halls open to the sky. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And the sun went down, and we had supper in an Italian place, and then I knocked on the front door of the beautiful stone house of Bernard V. O’Hare. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyson was coming through the cellblock, Kampe’s swords lashing out behind him, slicing indiscriminately through cell bars and stone walls. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

My friends, a crow was sitting there, its eyes black and shiny as lake stones. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

An arrow etched into the stone wall on my left pointed the way forward. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I find ‘tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.’” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Huge white stone cliffs rose up before them. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He rolled to one side as all eight hydra heads spit acid, turning the floor where he’d been standing into a steaming crater of melted stone. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We sat down on a stone along the edge of the road. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias began edging along the wall, running his hand over the stone at hip level. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was aware of a jolt in the earth that came to him through the soles of his feet, and the breaking sound of stones at the top of the cliff. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“In sticks and stones. What a sweet dreamer is Mr. Mouse! Give me a sermon, Mr. Mouse.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And as the heavy robothung there, cracks suddenly shot through the stone and it started breaking apart. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Small stone blades and points provided more length of sharp edge per pound of tool than the large stone tools they replaced. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For the alchemists, the reality of the philosopher’s stone was beyond question; within a generation their appeal to authority, to ancient texts and secret manuscripts, seemed hopelessly misplaced. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Flames leapt ten feet in the air from three huge stone- lined firepits. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Five piles of stones are neatly sorted by size. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They even took my sweet mother’s diamond ring, which I’d given to your mom. It’s a tiny stone, but it was big to me for what it meant to me to have it.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Dead! Ay, dead as the stones on which her brains and blood were scattered.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Plover eggs in the sand look like stones,” he said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But when Ivan's stone hit it, it bellowed out a sound like an avalanche of rocks and snow flattening a mountain forest. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Finally he spotted her, circling above a stretch of parkland that ran for several blocks between rows of old stone buildings. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Hen Wen joined the hunt with enthusiasm, grunting happily, rooting under leaves and stones. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

All about them now, as if there had been a sudden flood, wide pools of water lay beside the road, filling the hollows, and rills went trickling down among the stones. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

One of the most common uses of early stone tools was to crack open bones in order to get to the marrow. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each morning someone in the household would pour a bucketful of water over his lantern, and after several years a skin of living vegetation began to show on the stone. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still up in the branches, she fits a stone from her waist pouch into a thick Y-shaped stick with a leather belt. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Harry got to his feet and bent once more over the rippling silver contents of the stone basin until his face touched them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The road was no longer stone, but dirt. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

On the beach I walk at the water’s edge, watching small stones roll back and forth with the waves. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

They constructed its base walls with sand- stone blocks, the array interrupted every ten feet by rectangular stone pillars that are easily ten feet tall. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I reached into my pocket and wrapped my fingers around the stone. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Percy raised the stone head above the giant’s face. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She climbed down several flights of stairs and through a maze of corridors and shelves to find the only section of stone wall in the entire building that wasn’t lined with books. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I went slowly up the wide stone staircase of Danny’s house and through the wooden double door of the entrance. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And there are overseers who make sure the people work hard, who live in stone houses in the corners of the fields. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The empty words could not disguise the fact that his parents’ moldering remains lay beneath snow and stone, indifferent, unknowing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And remembering this, the old woman began to watch the eyes of the stone lions of the city. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

After inspection we would work in the courtyard hammering stones until noon. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The road was scarcely wide enough for two riders to pass abreast, its surface cut by tiny streams and littered with stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was wearing white pants and a soft white sweater that was just a stone killer outfit and she knew it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He gave a pat to the stone head as he went in. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His legs and pelvis were crushed under the stone. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

‘Like making stones fly,’ Leo said, ‘or eating only one Fonzie.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But it was the stone that had kept his face up above the water, too. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I saw him immediately, across the road not far from Burden Creek, sitting on a large round stone. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He could see the coats of arms, the winged death’s heads, on the slate stones about him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later, Mr. Aaa, seated in his library sipping a bit of electric fire from a metal cup, heard the voices outside in the stone causeway. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed Aurelia down the two steps, forced her to sit in the square stone basin, then clapped her hands. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was up three flights of stone steps to Lord Ramsay’s bedchamber, one of the rooms the fires had touched but lightly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He stood up and walked to the stone fence. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around the walls are the stone carvings of the Stations of the Cross. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was my four-year-old self, playing near the fields as my brother and the other boys slung stones at the birds and other animals that might try to eat the people’s precious crops. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She examines the carvings on the stone and the vines twining around them, but her gaze keeps returning to Marco. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Gimli strode a pace forward, but felt suddenly the hand of Gandalf clutch him by the shoulder, and he halted, standing stiff as stone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Giving a skillful flick, she jammed the rope in the niche of the broken stone edge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

At the completion of the prayer, the Villac Uma made ready to pour the contents of the silver goblet into a still pool of water resting within a flat oval stone. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He took two of the larger black stones and they went to find a campsite, and here, too, there was the waiting for luck. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a castle out of a storybook: eight or nine stone buildings sheltered below hills, rust-colored roofs, narrow windows, spires and turrets, weeds sprouting from between roof tiles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We went up the street, past the whitewashed stone houses, families sitting in their doorways watching us, to the inn. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He tumbled through the air and crashed into the arms of a stone grizzly bear with a painful “Ummphh!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Who threw the stone at me? he asked himself. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The castle rose from the shores of Cape Wrath, on a lofty crag of dark red stone surrounded on three sides by the surging waters of Shipbreaker Bay. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Before Austronesians arrived, most of Indonesia was thinly occupied by hunter-gatherers lacking even polished stone tools. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Guards patrolled on top of the wall, peering over at the archers, and more stood on the stone bridge over the river. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They stood trembling at Will’s anger, breathing heavily, clutching their sticks and their stones, and they couldn’t speak. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. I’m sorry. I’ll show you where his grave is so you can put a stone on it.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She was rubbing at a crumbling, mossy stone, gazing down at it, a little frown on her face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A great stone table stood there, but no chairs. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In desperation, I turned and fled into the woods, stumbling over roots and stones, crying as I hadn’t cried for years. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mam says, You’re pure stone mad, and she tells us again to go to bed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Their wood had been consumed, and their stones had crashed down, had tumbled against one another until they locked at last in low and graceful curves. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went back along the low stone wall. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Steel and stone all crushed and crumbled like wood. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I take them quickly, my heart racing, my leather shoes soft on the stone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They made their way under the low archways, their steps echoing on the stone floor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The box emptied and, now lighter than the stone, went up. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blur of hurrying bodies streamed past me, leaving me feeling like a stone in a creek, and then I heard someone calling my name. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Stones are just stones and rain is just rain and misfortune is just bad luck. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The rest of us were transferred to yet another barrack, this one of stone. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered up two more stones and dropped them one by one into her open palm. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I can only think about resisting food and sleep, which is hard with a permanently rumbling stomach and eyelids that hang heavy as stones. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked Danny as we went down the stone stairway of the house. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

In three hours Marie-Laure’s numb fingers discover a stranded jellyfish, an encrusted buoy, and a thousand polished stones. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A pool of water with the moon reflecting in it...who would want to throw a stone and break the picture? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The look he leveled at me over his glasses would have turned a weaker soul to stone. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and leaned her head against the stone. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Something heavy held my leg to the floor, and Carlisle had my head locked in the vise of his stone arms. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

One thing late or early can disrupt everything around it, and the disturbance runs outward in bands like the waves from a dropped stone in a quiet pool. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure when she first heard the new set of footsteps, only that once she did, they echoed, hard and deliberate against the stone outside her cell. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The outlet was blocked with some barrier, but not of stone: soft and a little yielding it seemed, and yet strong and impervious; air filtered through, but not a glimmer of any light. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The sprawling mansions were brick and stone, trying to look old and stately but missing. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

My feet rang on the flagged stones, echoing to the ceiling, and I felt guilty at the sound, as one does in church, self-conscious, aware of the same constraint. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed a stone fence, knee high, saw a shallow depression filled with dead horses, dragged there to get them off the crest, legs and guts and glaring teeth, beginning to smell. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out, and in the darkness found the worry stone resting in his hand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“If you were the stone fish,” she said, still thinking hard, “that means you were also the statue for the magistrate that broke...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She turned that way, and saw only the city, streets and alleys and hills and bottoms and more streets and more alleys and the stone of distant walls. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

From a different wagon came the steady rhythmic scrape of steel on stone as Yoren sat, chewing sourleaf and sharpening the edge of his dirk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure can feel stone blocks mounting vertically on both sides to brush their shoulders: they seem to rise forever. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The ivy was especially thick there; it made the world seem green and lush, hiding the hard, impenetrable stone. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A tree was growing out between the stones on the north side of the Gatehouse Tower, its gnarled limbs festooned with ropy white blankets of ghostskin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Deep sunrise purple, bright stone turquoise, shocking bumblebee yellow. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I sat on the stone floor and checked the hole in his leg. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children fought with sticks and stones, and mass chaos ensued, with hundreds of children wounded, and two white men stoned to death. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They landed painfully, ten feet away on the cold stone floor, and to add insult to injury, there was a loud popping noise, and both of them sprouted identical long white beards. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There were stones by the barn path and a big gray stone near the fir tree. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The river moved between two large stone bluffs that formed the sides of the two hills Brian had seen on the map. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Two birds, one stone, Matt. He dies and we wouldn’t have blood on our hands. Idiot.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I follow her over to a stone bench and watch as Ma eases herself onto it with a groan. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Seth kicked a stone, sending it skidding into the woods. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He hit the door time and again, until he couldn’t hold the stone anymore. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They usually traveled in packs, and once when he threw a stone at some of them, they chased, caught, and beat him witless. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a silvery building, nothing fancy, with plain white curtains and a carved stone owl over the doorway. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Our rickshaw drops us outside the entrance of the Wazir Khan Mosque, in front of a large brown stone gate with arches in it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

As I sat on a stone bench outside the Mews, passing students smiled in my direction. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We sit on the stone bench, and Mami takes my hands in hers. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

No moon gates or fan windows or stone lions. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“There he is,” Aarfy orated funereally, pointing down dramatically at a hay wagon and two horses standing before the bam of a gray stone farmhouse. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Someone was throwing stones: Roger was dropping them, his one hand still on the lever. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

His words crashed among the lords bannermen like a great stone from a catapult. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She walked up and down beside the lilo, thumping a fist into her palm, like a stone hitting paper in the stone-scissors-paper game you play when you are small. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try not to meet her eyes in case she decides it would be fun to turn me into stone, Medusa-style, but Mama just waves thanks and keeps on driving. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I went with him, and he bent down and picked up a flat stone by a rock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then Taisin found a stone on the riverbank that had a particularly peaceful energy, and she handed it to Con. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Three black dogs raced across his faded yellow surcoat, and his face looked as hard as if it had been cut from stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The trees made it difficult to advance; the horses tripped on the stones and brush; branches whipped us in the face. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, Meggie gave a warning cry, and the lizard darted away so fast that the tip of the blade struck the stones. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Coming up on the stone cottage, I inhale the mossy loaminess, and my muscles relax for the first time in weeks, maybe months. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Hugo picked up another stone to throw at the window, but the girl grabbed his hand and wrestled the stone from his fingers. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

When first he came to Dragonstone, the army of stone grotesques had made him uneasy, but as the years passed he had grown used to them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Over them both loomed a giant in armor made of stone, but when he opened his visor, there was nothing inside but darkness and thick black blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I built a qantara of seven flat stones by the door, the number of our family members. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She looked, taking in the large stone I was sitting on, the ring of trees, the path leading out into the woods. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We passed red barns and stone mills, small white houses with black shutters and houses with wooden fences around their sprawling land, everything silent and still. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Along the road, kicking stones in front of them, two young boys were hiking with knapsacks and toy rifles and canteens. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many joints of harness, no longer under the necessity of precaution, clanked on the stone stair. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on one of the little spindle-legged tables that supported so many frail-looking silver instruments, was an ugly gold ring set with a large, cracked, black stone. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He bent down to gather three stones and pile them near a tree trunk. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her father was building churches as fast as he could quarry the stones. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Grin and the others had gathered beside an old stone jetty that stretched out into the black water. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When it was finally secure in the tiny sty in her back garden, the old woman brought out two stone flagons of water. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His footsteps rang on the stone, and then were muffled as he came on to the red carpet by the altar rail. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

My feet burn when I start walking again on the stones and dirt off the highway. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

We left the stone giant behind and set off through the woods toward the foot of the bluff, our clothes drip-drying quickly in the heat. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Out in the front courtyard, I saw my mother kneeling, scratching the stone pathway with her fingers, as if she had lost something and knew she could not find it again. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were still a stone’s throw away, David stopped. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He would hand Monsieur Giannot the stone, and Giannot would pull brass lorgnettes out of his breast pocket and fit their lenses over his calm eyes and tell him: real or fake. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The countryside is scattered with Roman remains from centuries past—blocks of carved stone and broken columns and foundations—overgrown with vines and brambles. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I passed through the crackly beads into a tiny kitchen with a stone sink and a massive oven. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Across the new threshold artisans laid a carved stone. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A shallow stone basin lay there, with odd carvings around the edge: runes and symbols that Harry did not recognize. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He sat down where he was, on the rough stones of the pavement, and did not think at all for a while. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s about time you tried making it through a day without being stoned to the gills.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The Welsh had a machine for catapulting stones, most of which thudded harmlessly into the courtyard. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

But right before the stone hit, out of nowhere, a black shadow jumped in and seized it! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Against the back wall, a black stone staircase led up and down. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

What power, what riches, the children wondered, could cover the entire earth with finely hewed stone? The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later he was hurtling toward a stone gargoyle standing halfway along an empty corridor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I picked up a stone and threw — one, two, three, four! Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

There was a click of claw on stone, and a hiss like an extinguished flame. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

From the stone hut came the rich brown smell of baked gingerbread. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the surging strength of his exploding rage, he brought it down against the stone hearth. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Those who practised it were convinced that the philosopher’s stone had been successfully produced in the past. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But the frame was the original porous stone used to build the manor. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He limped out of the heather, sat on the stones and shook the wet from his fur. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his hand up against the stone facade of Blessed Way to steady himself, to stop the darkness from swallowing him whole. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We heard a click-clack on the stone steps. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Only Al Ulbrickson remained motionless and silent, still riveted to his seat, his eyes cold gray stones locked on the white blades out in the river. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They ended up near the back of the Homestead—that was what Chuck called the leaning structure of wood and windows—in a dark shadow between the building and the stone wall behind it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The frightening sounds of the Grievers grew closer by the second, echoing off the stone walls of the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Dark stone surrounded us on three sides, but there was a clear view of the ruined cabin and the destroyed trees below. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Were we really going to build a house from sticks and stones? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It may have meant “stone upon stone,” which describes the rocky slope rising from the bank of the Hudson that the prison is built upon. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not understand when I saw boys urinating on the stone stoop of the store while men stood about and approved their mic- turation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She could hear the galloping hooves on the stone now. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I focus on a tree trunk across the stream, twirl the sling over my head, and let a stone fly. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes later, he came to the foot of some worn stone steps, which rose out of sight above him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They agreed that a gap of three stones was acceptable, if Justin left thorough instructions for completion. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I want to go in the stone house and make little houses.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Malcolm’s eyes were adjusted to the dark by this time, or as much as they ever would be, but he couldn’t see more than the stone building and the lighter shapes of the shuttered windows. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But the queen remained as dull as a stone. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I want him to like the studies of Mom’s sculpture and I want him to agree to the piece being done in stone, preferably marble or granite. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The four hobbits stepped over the wide stone threshold, and stood still, blinking. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Presently the last drop of flame-colored liquid had run without splash or bubble into the hollowed stone. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Even after they had passed, Pinmei suspected the stone figures turned their heads to continue their suspicious gazing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He sat with quiet dignity, stone fingers holding tight to the sword across his lap, but in life all swords had failed him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Angela and I were the last to arrive, and, as Eric said our names, I noticed a younger boy sitting on the stones near the fire glance up at me in interest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Once, we did take on Tía Flor, who indicated her large house, the well-kept grounds, the stone Cupid who had been re-routed so it was his mouth that spouted water. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I made my mind a blank and fell, sank away like a stone through earth and sea, toward the dragon. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were constructed of hundreds of pieces of cut stone. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

Kendra felt comforted just looking at the hulking goliath of earth and stone. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The gate was tall and ominous and heavy, set strongly into a stone wall which went off through the trees. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fishing with Kapugen was murky-tan in her memory, for they would wade out into the river mouth where the stone weirs were built and drive the fish into nets between the walls. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air seemed to cool with every step, gray stone walls all around her pressing in. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They were so wrought and poised upon their huge hinges, posts of steel driven into the living stone, that when unbarred they could be moved with a light thrust of the arms, noiselessly. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He lay on the stones, melted wax cooling, his face all faces, one eye blue, the other golden, hair that was brown, red, yellow, black, one eyebrow thick, one thin, one hand large, one small. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled me to the stone steps leading to the outside. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

As he made to leap the low wall of stones straight at the shadow, the staff burned suddenly white, a blinding light in that dim place. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

That was when he heard it; the soft scrape of a boot on stone, the sound of a latch turning. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He’s got an estate and a stone keep and a wall around his bailey—but the wall is made of wood and isn’t all that high. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

‘This is the Pelopion,’ Frank said, pointing to another fascinating pile of stones. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The sun moved downward toward the bare stone teeth of the mountains, and Kino set his direction for a dark and shadowy cleft in the range. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jody picked up a stone to help the game along, but he was too late, for the cat was under the porch before the stone could be discharged. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an ornate gateway, with stone seats inside it, and while Mary and Serafina sat there, Will and Lyra climbed over the iron fence into the garden itself. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He stumbled and fell to the ground, hitting his head on the stone floor. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The timber had long since given way to stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I guessed Denna at eight or nine stone, eight to be on the safe side. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Burnham would have to build a railroad within the fairgrounds to transport steel, stone, and lumber to each construction site. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pomodoro glances up at my stone tower and moves his lips around as if he is tasting them from the inside and says, “Of course.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Some fairly large animal went leaping up the broken stone hill, or maybe a small animal and a big little avalanche. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eighty years before his walk, a villager traipsing through the same woods had stumbled across a buried, six-foot-tall stone sculpture of a human head. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It seemed as though she walked for another hour be-fore the long hall finally ended in a steep stone stair, descending into darkness. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The horrible truth sank into Harry like a stone. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The room was filled with a sharp crackling and hissing as the dark liquid warmed itself against the stone of the firewell and began to boil. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His voice had the rough, abraded texture of stone against stone. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When I finished playing the first measure of “Discovery,” a message briefly appeared, carved into the stone from which I’d pulled the guitar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

One of the stones from her necklace poked me in the eye and I pulled away. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I could just see the stone chimney of the cottage through a gap in the dark trees. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Picking just the right size stone became a kind of competition among us. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

One side of the buckboard leaped up, rolled over a big round stone, and dropped down again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan squeezed the stone, figuring out exactly how much he could shape it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

People who had occupied the carriages in front were already hurrying up the stone steps into the castle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The road became an endless stone ribbon, the hills obstructions, the trees green blurs, the people simply moving figures with heads but no faces. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men in the street threw stones and broke windows, but still no faces appeared, no lights went on. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It sniffed at her again, and swiped at the ground with a clawed hand—striking deep enough to take out a chunk of stone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The Belmont, the final conquest of the Triple Crown, set his name in stone. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flings the words at me like stones. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I gave up on the front door and picked my way around the side of the house, tiptoeing between the square stones that constituted the Rezaeis’ landscaping. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She stayed like that, stone still, for a good two minutes, then abruptly turned and came back to the car. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Patient as a heavy stone or a mother cat with kittens. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Florida stepped across the stones in the creek and said, “Dallas, money is trouble. I don’t want to know where their money is. I never, never, ever want to know where it is.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

We had left them propped against one of the carved stone pillars in the long corridor leading to the assembly hall. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not really very exciting,” he muttered, resting his arms on the cold stone of the parapet. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her son nervously stood on a stone behind her. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Precious stones hardly ever popped up around her by accident anymore, and pulling gold from the ground was easy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Ged did not know what she meant, for to him the enchanted gate was as plain to see as the stone archway of the court through which he saw it. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Black tiles covered the palace roof, many fallen or broken; the mortar between the stones was dry and crumbling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Someone had painted a heart next to the name at the top, and there was a bunch of dried flowers on the stone steps in front of the memorial. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They were on a jutting stone ledge, looking down into a shallow, crudely made amphitheater. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The other dewey was joined by the third, and they delved into their pockets for stones, which they threw at her. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The outdoor fire pit—an elevated ring of rocks surrounded by lawn chairs—was stone cold. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She threw the stone- but not at me. skimming bouncing I threw the stone— over the water skipping swift and merry twice over the water. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

They built barricades with sandbags and paving stones that they pried loose from the main courtyard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the cold stones of the mountain, her body heat would disappear. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was another circular structure wrought in glowing white stone, but the treasury had no windows, no whimsical decoration or dragon’s scales. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was perhaps only a large stone or jutting rock shown up by the pale light. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The bridge was of gray stone, lichened, dappled with slow moisture where the fungus crept. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked the last few hundred yards uphill in silence and as we approached the drive I could see the honey-colored stone of the house. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tree and stone, blade and leaf were listening. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“They’ve got their own private banks out in the holler, buried under stones.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Acting Commander, soon to be Private, sank like a stone. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Ron said furiously, chucking the stone down again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

As he picked through the shattered stone that had once been Maester Luwin’s turret, ravens looked down from the gash in the wall above, muttering to one another. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Waves of heat shimmered above the stone walls, and the granite sparkled. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It would be wise for you to return it, stolen or not. Darkness only creates communication stones for important tasks.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I got up, moved past stone icicles to the pool and the sunken door. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

On either side of them, in niches carved from the stone, skulls looked down on them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was too much daylight for the communication stone to work. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A large ring of black, iridescent stone glimmered on Cain’s finger—strange that he’d wear it to practice. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The young people played checkers and games of cards in the hallways, slept on the floor, and made defensive weapons with sticks and stones. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stone banisters on the outside stairways were chipped, their surfaces blotched with dirt, and the edges of the stone steps were round and smooth from years of use. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

While modern continental peoples included ones dependent on stone tools, as were Polynesians, South America also spawned societies expert in using precious metals, and Eurasians and Africans went on to utilize iron. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I skid to a stop over loose stones. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed Jonas kept track of the children, making marks with a stone on the floorboard of the car. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She slung a stone hard, nodded in satisfaction at the resultant scream, and joined the two friends. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The stone felt strangely warm beneath her fingers ... or was she still dreaming? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Koffi's words echoed against the stone walls of the garden as the figure stepped forward, face still obscured. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was written with a red crayon or something, right under the glass part of the wall, under the stones. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

To their right a nightfire burned outside a temple of red stone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Patterns shifted in the stone floor, like bones coming to the surface. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The room, barely six by eight, featured a single- paned window in the shape of a face that swung out to a discreet view of my father’s exquisitely landscaped garden of cut stones and flowers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair was like two black ropes, and round his arm was a lovely silver bracelet with blue stones in it. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt his hand come down, swiftly and with great force, on the stone bench. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He enlists the aid of the sacred ota stone, as well as the shrunken head of a doll, a ball of powdered eggshell, and the eggun, a vertebra from the spine of a goat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He led the way down the winding street to a humble stone house, the grayed wooden door cracked and warped. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The hall was dark stone, high ceilinged and drafty, full of drifting smoke, its stone walls spotted by huge patches of pale lichen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was a slab of stone on the ground, and a low ledge in one corner, with some small objects on it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

At nightfall he brought them to his ent-house: nothing more than a mossy stone set upon turves under a green bank. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was built on a foundation laid for centuries, stone upon bloody stone. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The salesman stared at the stones and cleared his throat. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

When she got down to the stone itself, she was disappointed. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He reached into his pocket and began to throw the striped stones into the water. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I cannot find the letter, though I turn every stone, every page, every fold of cloth in my tiny cell. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But in the moonlight she could imagine people scrambling over flaming cars to escape the crumbling city, panicking in their flight from this untenable pile of metal and stone. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mam stopped every few minutes to sit and rest on the stone wall along the road. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The mighty stones of its walls split like twigs, their jagged ends thrusting at the sky. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“They appear to be seven ordinary broad stone steps; nothing special; quite the same as any other set of stairs in the Abbey, wouldn’t you say?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He looked around: There were a number of large white stones, smoothed by the sea, marking the edge of the flower beds. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was a low gray building hewn from sea stone, with shells and coral fossils imprinted in the rock. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She pushed her hands into the pockets of her dressing gown, and she pulled out three marbles, a stone with a hole in it, the black key, and an empty snow globe. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

And in any case, I’d never seen anything emerge from any sweating stones. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Once people were able to do that, they gradually discovered that some sticks or stones had a handier shape than others, and they put them aside for future use. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stone steps trembled as he stomped toward his smaller kin, and Grawp’s lopsided mouth fell open, showing yellow, half-brick-sized teeth; and then they launched themselves at each other with the savagery of lions. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And there is even some evidence that the scraggly weeds and dismal, sterile soil—perhaps even the stones hurled at Mercer by unseen alleged parties—are equally faked. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The cement gave way to springy earth, stones, stunted bushes, gullies and hills. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was the son of Sisyphus who in Hades must forever try to roll a stone uphill because he once betrayed a secret of Zeus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the bars he could look down the long stone burrow that ran between the walls to the stony field beyond, but there was no way through. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The harmonies penetrated even the walls of heavy stone. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

A giant stone was nestled between them, and they curled around it to form an elevated stage of sorts. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Minli asked, then she looked at the gray stone surrounding them. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you lot shut up? The mouse has the stone.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He grabbed one of the small stone torches off the wall and laid it on top of his head. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, among the shops that push perfume, diamonds, leather, and mink, there’s an alcove where one more stone sculpture stands. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Standing on the corner across the street is a big, white stone building with another building in the middle with a pointy top. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Nearby was a tall, upright monument made of stones. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what the mantel of his home looks like, so I make one in my mind out of rough stone. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“And you’re in the hospital for a stone in your salivary gland.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Higher, he thought as stones rattled downward under his feet. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“That is in the stones also. Show you the holy dish some day, and all that Teach you arithmetic. Nice weather. Don’t have daughters unboiled every day. I think dinner will be ready.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

No stone lions for me, she thought, no oleanders; I have broken the spell of Hill House and somehow come inside. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry wiped his grazed forearm upon the stone: Having received its tribute of blood, the archway reopened instantly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Jinny stared at her stone for a moment, and then up at the sky, trying to think what to draw. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The guards held their positions as Ares began to ascend into a vast stone cone. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Slinging her pack to her shoulders, she placed a stone at Jello’s head and turned away. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t gone very far when I heard footsteps on the stone floor, and a man and woman marched out of the shadows to intercept us. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Some sat on the stone worktables to get a good view, while a dozen or so students gathered on the iron catwalks in the rafters among Kilvin’s hanging lamps. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Peru had little money to spend on archaeology, and almost all of it was earmarked for the magnificent stone ruins in the mountains. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I crossed the grounds and held my palm to the temple stone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My arms shook as I picked up the same stone that I had just carried across the compound, but not from weariness this time. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

But as he lay there on the cool stones, Jason felt a sense of incompleteness. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I made an elaborate stone stove and oven outside where I bake, grill, and boil. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made their way under the graceful arches of a stone bridge, around a long, sweeping bend in the lake, and up the straightaway to the starting stalls. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The heavy stone of inevitability was on his heart. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day of the week, hundreds and hundreds of children from far and near came pouring into the City to see the marvelous peach stone in the Park. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Curzon was lying on the stones, with no blankets covering him nor a pallet under him, not even straw. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their guide led them along a small stone jetty. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

As he hammered on the gate he heard music wafting faintly over the spiked stone walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She hurled the stones she had piled at the mouth of the cave. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he showed her a liquid kept in a stone bowl, which would eat through any wood in only a few hours. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Piper glanced at the stone carvings above the doorways: the scowling twin faces of Fear and Panic. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A stone effigy of some long-dead king stared at us with stem rebuke. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“There’s nasturshalums growing wild over here. Why don’t you pick some for me, and put them over by my stone.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He laid the shard carefully on a flat stone. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Brad’s parents never did figure out why their son was getting stoned and drunk all the time. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a wall of stone and steel. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

We meet his look with bulletproof smiles, stone faces on which, with his myopic macho vision, he can't make out the writing on the walls. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was kind of too bad, I thought, that I didn’t have at least one of her chicks left to turn that hawk-chicken to stone. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I was still breathing in the fustiness of ancient stone when I arrived in Cambridge. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He opened his hand and the stone Leo had skipped flew out of the stream, right into Percy’s palm. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She raised the stone with a hole in it and held it in front of her right eye. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“If it has turned to stone, still will I eat it,” said Edna, moving with him into the house. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards had walked him down a gray stone stairway and out into a plaza filled with brightly colored things, with people and with objects. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“No, Captain. The Council is not about to hold off for some kidnapping Mud Man. It’s just not going to happen. I have my orders, and believe me they’re written in stone.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

A few avenues to the west, Model T automobiles delivered well-dressed ladies and gentlemen to the doors of imposing three-story brick and stone homes. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In the stone’s glow, Anya could make out unlit sconces every few feet, where there could be torches if needed. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

This time she heaved a large stone into the water first. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any sound you make ricochets around, bouncing against all these different-shaped stone, mosaic and tiled surfaces. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Baba shouts in panic, but we’re safe behind solid stone walls. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I continued on until I stumbled on a wide street paved with stone. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

And someday the stone would be taken from her breast as well. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Insects droned in the noon heat, and the water slipped musically over green-mossed stones. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Wolf was squatting over what he hoped would become a campfire, trying to get it started with two flint stones while Fox and Eagle watched. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I imagine that while all this is going on, a large tick is being scratched into the stone next to the name of Gavin Rose. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Did you just say this sword was stuck in a stone?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together they plummeted like a stone, down, down, down toward the rising ground. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He drew a square for the cabin and X’s around it, where the stones were. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The slick stones sent her tumbling into the water, and Ridgeway thrashed her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But it was no matter; she kept still as stone. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He went to the back of the bay, and then they saw that several tall stone jars stood there, with heavy lids. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the stone bench, I feel ashamed. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was Manderley, our Manderley, secretive and silent as it had always been, the grey stone shining in the moonlight of my dream, the mullioned windows reflecting the green lawns and the terrace. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They slept a little in uneasy fits; for their sweat grew chill on them, and the hard stones bit them, and they shivered. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was an ancient mossy smell, the smell of a silent church where services are seldom held, where rusty lichen grows upon the stones and ivy tendrils creep to the very windows. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The heat of the sun-baked stones by the stream gives me an idea though. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I bang my elbow against stone and bring my hands up to my head to remove the blindfold. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The casa is pink, like so many other casas, but the stone tower that rises three more stories above it is the color of its stone—how you call it? The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Usually, I shut my eyes and listen for the pitiful squeak, because Grandma Knife's stone never misses its mark. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Roza hid the heavy knife under a loose stone in the floor. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The legs of my chair slammed onto the stone floor of the library. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

When Henry materialized on the stone floor below him, Gregor wanted to cry with relief. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bits of mud and stone had fallen off, and one of its ears had chipped. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

All stone and dark wood, it had held up for the most part, though it now had a faded, sad look, as if losing its former occupants had stolen its soul away. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

His right eye had been completely gouged out by a stone from a slingshot. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was changed into a stone which forever, night and day, was wet with tears. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moved by a sudden impulse he groped for a loose stone, and let it drop. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Its gray stone buildings almost literally had their backs turned to the streets surrounding campus. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I pulled in the oars, took hold of an iron ring, stepped up on the wet stone and was in Switzerland. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

By working and reworking, and by keeping the knife sharp on a smooth stone, she managed to score a line deep enough for her to risk snapping the sheet. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And in the center of the floor, there’s a large stone angel facedown on the ground, her back broken. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He ground out his cigarette on the foot of the stone angel. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The fish lay lifeless on the floor—now broken pieces of stone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The hammer cracked the floor, peppering Piper’s back with stone shrapnel. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It built a stone of guilt in her chest, and Jam added it to the pile that had been forming there since she told Pet to stay. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The scabbard was embossed in silver, and the handle was black and encrusted with precious stones. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found no trace of Dolios and his sons nor the other slaves—all being gone that day to clear a distant field, and drag the stones for a boundary wall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A new smith tower had risen from the ruins of the old, its stone a paler shade of grey, and as yet unmarred by patches of lichen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Plus two huge arms that scraped the stone floor as it moved into the hall. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I did what I normally did when I was in the basement getting stoned, which was ponder all the stuff Fang and I used to do before we dedicated ourselves to drugs. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I hid the fishing tackle behind a stone wall just in case. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance between the buildings she could sometimes see the white stone towers of the palace. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stone steps were cold and wet and he was freezing. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A delicious smell of food was wafting from the Great Hall, but Snape led them away from the warmth and light, down a narrow stone staircase that led into the dungeons. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Inside, a fire crackled in the stone fireplace. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Tins hole commanded the outer doors of the tower, of which there were two, and people could drop stones through it when they were besieged. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many tall men heavily cloaked stood beside him, and behind them in the mist loomed a wall of stone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Arya went down, around and around, leaping over the narrow stone steps two and three at a time. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was no sound save the rap of his feet, which seemed to grow to an echoing noise, like the slapping of great hands upon the stones. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She glanced down the long, low-ceilinged livingroom at the double row of women, women she had merely known all her life, and she could not talk to them five minutes without drying up stone dead. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“They were turned to stone in glory!” someone yelled. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And as Metatron raised the bloody stone high, a golden-furred shape sprang up like a flame leaping to a treetop, and the monkey sank his teeth into the angel’s hand. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now and then an ancient shepherd in a dusty brown cloak would pass Sitti's house up in the village, tapping a wooden cane against the stones. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

One of the stones Digger threw pinged off the metal mast. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Next Dr. Zinchenko studied the holographic statues projected into black crepe-lined recesses cut into the massive stone piers that supported the arched windows from which the Wonder Dome rose. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

A raven landed on the grey stone sill, opened its beak, and gave a harsh, raucous rattle of distress. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Now one nearly blind old warrior gathered the people together and announced that his life was far behind him; for the common good he would determine whether the Raven would turn his children into stone. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not reach the stone and, even if he could have, its sharp downward pitch would have made it impossible to climb. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

They climbed the highest hill above the village to the abandoned stone house where her uncle used to live. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

At one point I decided to wander outside and sit on the stone steps just beyond our dining room's French doors. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes he spat out the stones and tried the song again. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

His eyes slowly wandered around the room, moving lazily past the broken tables, the black stone fireplace, the huge oak barrels. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I throw the blankets back and stand on the stone floor with bare feet. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And the cool, strong stone—like Amah’s hand steadying her across the ice. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

My legs felt like stone and my shoulders were aching. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The gray towers loomed large before us like stone mountains. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia stood at the edge of the stone pit, still reeling from the touch of Archer’s arms on her arms, his chest on her chest. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

If any Hobbit stooped for a stone, it was well to get quickly under cover, as all trespassing beasts knew very well. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I picked up a flat stone and sailed it across the gorge where it hit the far wall and plummeted down, down, careening off the jagged outcrop-pings. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

As if fresh from a night’s rest they sprang from stone to stone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Bark and reeds, mud and leaves, twigs and stones. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The glaves themselves were perfect polished spheres, hanging by the hundreds and emitting a purer white light than he’d ever seen from the rough, ruddy stones that lit the abbey. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

With a bit of looking I found a heavy, round stone under the walnut tree, and then took a folded paper from my pocket. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He thought about Memorial Hall, a quiet corridor in the temple that bore a permanent list of fallen Sons etched directly into the stone walls. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I planned to just drop off my school books in my room so I wouldn’t have to carry my pack with me all the way to our stone circle. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Under three huge brick arches they went, then down a steep stone ramp into the depths, through the dungeons and torture chambers and past a pair of deep stone cisterns. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

These heads are holding up stone entablatures, which look very heavy; no wonder the tops of their heads are flat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

While we idled the months away, exerting our efforts to watch over a city of embers and stones, Boston is fallen to the rebels. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It was maybe forty feet wide but only a few inches deep, a silver sheet of water racing over a smooth bed of stones. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was a bee in a stone honeycomb, and someone had tom off his wings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The tiara, dainty and petite with several stones missing, is delicate in the palm of my hand. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Just then the right-hand wheel caught a stone. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

But her corpse was a pile of stones under the blanket. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Eventually he folded it up and placed it beneath a stone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

If you’re trying to prove that site to other archaeologists and you find an unequivocal stone artifact in situ in a site that’s twelve thousand years old, everyone should run over with a camera. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I picked up a stone and threw it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept them in his waist pouch along with his two flint stones and a ball of clay. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Asta flew off his shoulder and began to search for a stone of the right size, while he took the rucksack out of the canoe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A first man will pry the stones out of their settings. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As Taran wrestled with the fallen stones, the walls of Spiral Castle shook like gray rags. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Heat rose shimmering through the chill air; behind, the gargoyles and stone dragons on the castle walls seemed blurred, as if Davos were seeing them through a veil of tears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Two children that were hardly more than babies shared a blanket on the stone floor, and another was curled up in a pile of rags. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was little daylight in any case, but Lyra did look, and found herself standing in front of a vast building of stone. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He descended into a gryke in the stone and there he crouched coughing and he coughed for a long time. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He tumbled into the darkness, his body rolling across the stone floor with a series of sickening thuds. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He picked up a stone and began jiggling it from hand to hand. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time they saw the stone walls of Cathair in the distance, Kaede had almost convinced herself that this new existence was normal. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then anger surged over him, and he ran about his master’s body in a rage, stabbing the air, and smiting the stones, and shouting challenges. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But one after the other, they rolled down the stone hallway, clicking and moaning and ready to kill. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Nathan put on his glasses and reached for his communication stone. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then we sat on a stone, dandling our feet in the water and enjoying each other’s company as we rested. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Edd and Emmett crossed the room, their footsteps ringing on the stone floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It had damp stone walls and one window no bigger than a squinted eye. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He wades into the water and swims to the dock when his shoulders grow too warm, the sand free of stones or growth, smooth and yielding under his feet. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve studied pages upon pages of the history of a single stone.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They rode past the blackened bones of houses and barns without number, chimneys sticking up like grave markers, the husked stone walls of ravaged mills and granaries. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The pain from the stone began to dissipate, but Ku-Ang could still feel its power pulsating; his whole body felt as if it were bursting. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The stone seemed to reflect all the splendors of the world: the glittering of the sun on the sea, the flickering of fire, and the shine of silken threads. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The two scholars climbed up on the stone railing, quivering at the cold draft that rose up from a half mile below. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

It put its hand into its pocket and pulled out a blood-red stone. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The stone construction of the prison helped blunt the extreme heat that had settled on the city and much of the country, but nothing could keep out the humidity for which Philadelphia was notorious. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Despite the hour and despite the damp, the stone was oddly warm. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I was glad to get clear of those long stone streets overhung with black, steep roofs and innumerable towers, that sunless city where all my chances had turned to fear and betrayal. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lichens splotch the stone; leached minerals have left filigrees of stains. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was cold outside, and dark, and a leaky, insipid mist lay swollen in the air and trickled down the large, unpolished stone blocks of the houses and the pedestals of monuments. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Not before shock turns my blood to ice and my body to stone. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I placed my cheek against his stone chest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The thick slabs of gray stone were cracked and covered in ivy, as ancient as anything Thomas could imagine. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Wagons rumbling by on the paving stones, automobile horns bleating like sheep. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

People crowded close among snowcapped stones while a priest with chattering teeth held his Bible and tried to speak. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Every tree, every stone, was merely a shadow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some children were standing under the mango tree in the school compound, throwing stones up at the fruit. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

For a moment Sam caught a glitter in the black stones of their eyes, the very malice of which made him quail; but slowly he felt their will waver and crumble into fear. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Malfoy elbowed past Hermione to block Harry’s way up the stone steps to the castle, his face gleeful and his pale eyes glinting maliciously. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Each secret, each unspoken thing was round and hard and heavy and cold, like a stone hung around the necks of both grandmother and girl. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

In places there were ruined works of stone beside the path, and mounds of green topped with slender birches, or fir-trees sighing in the wind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her hand trembled as she wiped it on the stones. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The stones had done what he had hoped they would do and his voice was now as soft as the boy’s. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The world spun black and mist and blue as Cain grabbed her and shoved her against the clock tower once more, her face smashing into the stone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Over the last shelf of rotting stone the stream gurgled and fell down into a brown bog and was lost. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Support struts shored up the wooden ceiling and stones embedded in the dirt floor made her stumble. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Nearby lay a rectangular cairn - hundreds of stones piled in the shape of an oversized grave with a granite obelisk for a headstone. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately for him, there was never anything—not a swath of goat hair or even a piece of stone—for the boy to take. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The bridge Dustfinger had mentioned lay ahead, its gray stone pale in the headlights. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then, like a small circus tent pulling up its stakes and dropping soft fold on fold, the silks rustled, the mask descended, the silver claws tinkled on the stone path. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It tore away a chunk of stone, like a three-year-old grabbing a piece of cake, and hurled it inside. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But Ekon ignored them, searching until he found a figure sitting on a stone bench in the garden’s center. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Aye, but he forgot to warn the stone men not to lay their hands upon me.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The music, the anthem of Saturday night debauch, filtered to them through the jail stones that now enveloped them, isolated them with Junior Palmer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picks up rocks as we go, smooth stones that she dusts the dirt from and then puts in her pockets. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He knew every tree, every trail, every stone in the forest. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“His lady wife is long dead. Lord Wyman has two grown sons, and grandchildren by the elder. And he is too fat to sit a horse, thirty stone at least Val would never have him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The blood of Olympus watered the ancient stones. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The smoking, bloodied bodies of over a dozen recently slain Sixer avatars lay scattered on the stone floor around them, slowly fading out of existence. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was dark in the crypt, and it smelled of mildew and damp and old stones, and it seemed, for the first time, very small. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Unsurprisingly, people with stone implements wanted metal tools as soon as they encountered them—the prospective reduction in workload was staggering. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They stood in a vast courtyard several times the size of a football field, surrounded by four enormous walls made of gray stone and covered in spots with thick ivy. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Around the grove, every satyr took up the song—an eerie melody, like a creek flowing over stones. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Through the window I saw him lean against the white stone railing on the balcony. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Slytherin common room was a long, low underground room with rough stone walls and ceiling from which round, greenish lamps were hanging on chains. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the other painters are merely stoned, or drunk, but sometimes they want to tell me their problems. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The buildings were tall and graceful, carved from the mountain itself, carved of a bright white stone that held the sun’s light long after evening fell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Once, he shot a bush pigeon down from the cashew tree with a small stone, wrapped it in leaves, and put it into his bag. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She looked at the food in her pantry, a hollowed-out space lined with small stones in the earth behind the living room. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Are they...” the stonecutter said, peering at the black bricks at the guard’s feet, “stones?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“But twenty-five? Are you looking for big stones or unusual piles of stones, or are you marking any old stone you see?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

More stones fell; more cracks spread up the walls. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

His sharp front hooves dig in and he jerks onto his feet, but before his balance is sure my stone hits him and falls again. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Giant reached out and rolled the stone to one side as easily as if it had been a football, and now, where the stone had been, there appeared a vast black hole. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Basically, I cut off the oxygen supply until he passes out. Everything turns fuzzy and white. It’s like being stoned, but you’re only out for a few seconds.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“So then,” he said, “it would be ‘stone marked with E....’ ” He frowned at the next bit. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

John moved up to the short, stone step, smiling a little, looking down on them. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The average ancient forager could turn a flint stone into a spear point within minutes. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel it pressing down on me like a stone. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he heard the tinkle of water, a sound hard and clear as a stone falling into a dream of dark shadow. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

In an instant, her body turned to stone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The General closed his eyes, and his face became as still and remote as a stone carving in a museum. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

An infinite, explosive moment later, my head hits the stone behind me with a sickening smack, and I’m seeing double. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“The stone. Have you ever seen a piece of amber with an insect stuck inside it?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Just as he decided to back out of there, the dirt under his hands became stone and light hit him so hard he flinched. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, the first murder—the farmer—seemed to have been so simple, a dropped stone falling to the lakebed with scarcely a ripple. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Fortunately for us all, Coyote helped the day animals by hiding the stone in his paws so that they won that game. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water became shallow—the boat scraped on stone—and she despaired of escaping. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stood in a perfect cube of polished stone. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They were to be the next stepping stones toward our final destination, Japan itself. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A great ring-wall of stone, like towering cliffs, stood out from the shelter of the mountain-side, from which it ran and then returned again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Don’t do that, Cockerell!” the flat-faced man snapped at him, spitting three times on the dusty paving stones at his feet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"The, uh, old stone fence off Lenox, Aunt Pearl. I was walking on it, and ... a ... a big dog jumped up. Knocked me off." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Catelyn Stark was trapped against the stone face of the mountain with three men around her, one still mounted and the other two on foot. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She had never given the bridge much thought before, but now that she was looking at it from underneath, she marveled that anyone could have lifted those colossal stones. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He sat with his back against the wall, the small stone wall this side of the dead horses, plucking grass. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They grew smaller and smaller until their fine silk capes and robes and hairpins fell on the stone floor and covered them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I drop the sledgehammer next to the dented bowl and kneel beside Edward, Abnegation stones digging into my kneecaps. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Bod walked over to the chapel door, lifted the stone beside the porch and pulled out the spare key, left there by a long-dead sexton. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

In the jumble of collisions, Cora’s head knocked across the stone. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Your heart is a stone, Capricorn, a black stone with about as much human sympathy as a lump of coal, and you are very, very proud of that.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The last rolling thunder of the avalanche stoned down about his ears, not touching him. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a thing of stone, with no fleshy tenderness. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Down in the city, the buildings were stone, intricately carved with scenes from the natural world and the mythic one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But as she utterly failed to hold on to anything, as the stones rolled and tumbled beneath her, as she slid down toward the edge, gathering speed, the horror of it slammed into her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then, catching his foot on a stone, he fell sprawling and lay upon his face. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Robin followed the verger down the corridor to the parlor, the thud of his crutches alternating with the sound of his soft shoes on the stone floor. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Do you fear the stone?” she asked as if unbelieving; and he answered, “Yes.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Go on, do,” said Kay, for the King had come to a halt “Go on,” said Sir Ector, “what do these words on this sword in this anvil in this stone outside this church, say?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked behind him, noticing the silence of my own footfalls, aware that my Keds didn’t click elegantly on stone the way the heels worn by other girls did. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

From the king’s hand the black staff fell clattering on the stones. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Ellie kept a stone face the whole time, and it was hard to read her. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Harry tore up the stone steps, through the oak front doors, and off up the marble staircase, toward the second floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Before you leave, the fortune-teller reminds you that the future is never set in stone. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The glass structure was set in the center, and the lead sloped slightly downward all around toward a gutter inside the parapet, with square drainage holes in the stone for rainwater. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next image is parking outside of the stone walls of my grandfather’s courtyard. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Emma walked on one side of me, silent and brooding, never letting go of my arm, while on the other Millard hummed to himself and kicked at stones. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He leans against one of the stone archways, watching her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Two days later, while on the bucket run, Andrius found an oval stone full of quartz and other minerals. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Two of the cows were in the bull’s path as he waddled toward his rival, but he went over them as if they were small stones. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It revolved slowly, scraping against the stone wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Coins were contraband: you can sharpen the edges against a stone, slice open someone’s face in a fight. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The Earth trembled, and when I lay on the ground I covered my head because I was afraid that stones might hit it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carved the stone of Behistun into a staircase—one step at a time—all the while dreaming that he’d reach the peak of the mountain and by then he’d have changed the world. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They are only stone, even II- lyiio said so, the dragons are all dead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Each one contains a substance that represents each faction: gray stones for Abnegation, water for Erudite, earth for Amity, lit coals for Dauntless, and glass for Candor. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But the field had no grass, was little more than a rectangle of dirt and stones. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Reggie steps on the stone slab and opens a valve in the bottom of the water tank. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I laid the bellows on a low table made of stones and directed the stream of air onto the charcoal in a stone fire bin. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Ahmad and Abdulrahman emerged they would lay on a low stone wall, the sea on one side and the towns outer promenade on the other. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“By like you, do you mean stoned all the time?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Are there any precious stones in it?” asked Milo excitedly. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He placed his communication stone in a secure zipped pocket. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

This time he jabs Cardan in the stomach, striking suddenly and with enough force for Cardan to sprawl on the stone floor. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He stooped and picking up a large stone he cast it far into the dark water. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hitting my head on a stone like that. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I ducked, shocked the gardener would go so far as to throw a stone just to keep up his pretense. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He got up and walked across the balcony and looked down at the drained pool; the floor was made of polished whitish stone, visible through the thin sheet of rainwater. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was a short man who only came to my father s shoulders, and he had small eyes like black pebbles and a mouth like the edge of a stone knife. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was the Gothic chapel, three hundred feet long and a hundred feet high, a stone mountain, that dominated the scene. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Piper sat down on the cool stone floor. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"Is that your wolf, boy?" a skinny youth called, unlimbering a stone flail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Two great trolls appeared; they bore great slabs of stone, and flung them down to serve as gangways over the fire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At intervals the young mouse drove spikes into the joints of the stone. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Reading the poet Ovid, I learned that no one can resist love, for water wears the sharpest stone smooth, and even the hardest ground at last crumbles before the plow. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A tree with broad brown leaves grew from the middle of what looked like a well, circled with the same stones that lined the ground. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Blue lanterns dangle at random intervals above the stone paths, similar to the ones that lit the Choosing room. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In the garden, we could hear its bustle, the horseshoes on stone cobbles and dirt, the conversation of sailors, the crying of onions and oysters in passageways. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s only made of stone. It’s what real ones would look like if you could see them.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Momma hadn’t thought that taking off my dress in front of Mrs. Flowers would kill me stone dead. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

At once, he knew that he had pushed his luck He looked back Hooper was watching him, the huge stone held between his hands, dripping water. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I could touch the stones the old woman wore—its bone marrow. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I took such interest in my studies and in that good goal of becoming a teacher, time no longer crawled by like a snail trying to get to the top of a big stone. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was very old and built of a warm, reddish-brown stone. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He held the stone to the light, where it sparked black and gold, and rubbed his thumb across it once before tucking it deep in his pocket. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

If those tourists had come to Tiwanaku at its height, walking through the miles of raised fields surrounding it to the city’s carefully fitted stone walls, they would have been delighted by its splendor. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Archer gently brushed her hands aside and deposited the stone on the bar. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was a word that Flora could feel in the pit of her stomach, a small, cold stone of a word. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Whatever had tripped him had not been a root or a stone. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Raspberry mocha, thin mint, stone gray...I’m so good at painting nails, I could open up my own shop. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But all he found was the heavy book, his jacket, and the two stones the old man had given him. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crashed into the edge of the balcony, slamming his head against the stone and dropping to the floor. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He’d taken off his gloves and was running his bare palms over the stones. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Flames licked against the stone with small red tongues. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

December hits, and two nights before the game, I’m still nervous about Gavin Rose and that invisible tick on the stone. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Constructed out of dark wood and stone, the house looked old but in good repair. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Ekon obeyed, ignoring the sudden cold of the room’s stone tiles as he pressed one knee to them and bowed his head. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The stairwell was lined with stones and a sour smell emanated from below. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

What she did not know was that the people hunting for her would look everywhere: in the tallest trees, on sunken stones. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The wasi was sturdy, built of tightly stacked stones with a thick thatched roof, but it could not protect us from the creeping fingers of the cold night air. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She hunkered down in the dark against a damp stone wall and listened for the pursuit, hut the only sound was the beating of her own heart and a distant drip of water. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The path was now plain before them, well-tended and bordered with stone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She had drawn a picture of a stone tower—one that she had drawn before—with high walls and an observatory pointing at the sky. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was away eastward, on his left as he stood under the great stones, staring and straining into the gloom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Arrows thick as the rain came whistling over the battlements, and fell clinking and glancing on the stones. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The air smells of damp stones and soil. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She could see the dark-line of the shore about a stone’s throw away. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But others were brick and stone with wooden roofs towering over her head. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

An iron drab and a silver talent, a stone and a piece of fruit, two bricks, a clod of earth and one of the donkeys. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I leaned in, touched my scarred cheek to the stone, and looked up at its pointed tip. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Behind it seems to be the top of a steep stone stairway. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The unfamiliar surroundings reminded me of the inside of a museum—marble floors and stone walls and long winding hallways that seemed to go on forever. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could see nothing but the sky through the small wind hole, for it was high in the stone wall and only in the early morning allowed a ray of sunshine to come in. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

They had walked out onto a stone pier that stretched into the sea. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He slammed a stone column out of his way like a stack of building blocks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The rest of you, bring me three large flat stones from the river. And scrub them clean! And bring back two pots of water, too. Who’s been cleaning these?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, sticks and stones,” I mumbled, though I wasn’t feeling very powerful at that moment. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

One interpreter glanced at the Rosetta stone, whose hieroglyphic inscription was then still undeciphered, and instantly announced its meaning. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leave my toy sanctuary against the stone. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He started up the stone steps, staring at John, who blocked the way. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He took a step backward, walking toward the stone steps, avoiding the desiccated remains of people and animals on the floor. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A glittering stone popped up from the concrete like the earth had spit out a watermelon seed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We proceed behind her up a wide stone staircase, the clatter of our hard-soled shoes on the steps echoing like a drumroll. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And Matt understood that what El Patron missed was not the beauty of the stones, but the joy he once took in owning fine things. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each stone pillar weighed up to seven tons and reached a height of sixteen feet. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight, he needed to ask the water monster how the communication stone worked. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The miner, with all the anger and frustration of his five fruitless years, picked up the stone and threw it aside. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three stones are stacked one on top of the other, the fourth, on the ground beside them, points the direction the person is taking. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His skin was cold and hard, like a stone. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And during the near fistfight in the lunchroom, his face went rigid as stone, and I saw him look with hatred at the Hasidic student who had started the quarrel. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

As though a weary tide stirs stones in the old woman’s lungs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Go away!” she screamed, hurling a stone at a baboon. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Hercules’s expression was like the cliffs of Gibraltar—a solid, unforgiving sheet of stone. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

You don’t just clear the trees, underbrush, and stones and then plow. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Scattered almost randomly around the top of the mounds are burned, oxidized chunks of rock—hearth stones—in drifts of fish bones and ash. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe there had been hidden reasons for him to find the stone too! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The minute the sun went down, the temperature in the stone rooms plummeted. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Just follow the black stones,” the boy said, pointing at the road paved with polished bricks. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The Owlery was a circular stone room, rather cold and drafty, because none of the windows had glass in them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

All of them were lined with old two-story stone buildings, the wood of their window frames and doors long unpainted. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were unable to guide or hold the cart, and the wheel came in contact with a stone . Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rocks around the opening were rough and cracked; and a ripped piece of red fabric lay torn on one of the sharp stones. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mother Ermentrude, in a gold-edged green cope, sends the three Marys to visit the tomb of Jesus, a large stone that has been hauled into the sanctuary. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I come from the inside of the lost stone.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Once again, Capricorn’s men listened to Mo’s voice with bated breath, as if they were turned to stone. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Flight upon steep flight of stone and flickering gaslight. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As they walked, the patterned stone pathways gently massaged her feet and the sun seemed to disappear like a closing flower. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

What’s more, the workshop’s stone floor rose and fell in a gentle pattern of peaks and troughs to guide the spills toward those drains. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was built into a white arch formed by two monumental stone wolves on their hind legs, and spanned the road leading up the hill to the Court. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She wondered why its legs were stuck in stone. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She clipped it fiercely—now wasn’t the time—but she could still feel the faint stone of guilt in her chest as she continued with the story. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The light grows dim around us, with only faint rays of blue and silver dancing against the stone formations. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Remember, Kabir—we chuck hot drinks or hard stones at life when it's trying to beat us down." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The stone was shaped like a beetle, flat enough to be concealed by the grass but bulky enough to catch a toe if you hit it the right way. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As he turned and came towards them Frodo saw that Gandalf now wore openly on his hand the Third Ring, Narya the Great, and the stone upon it was red as fire. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The trains route runs through small, pretty French villages of stone houses, villages not that different from Zundert. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There was nothing left but a jumble of broken stone and glass and ash. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They avoided the stone farmhouses on rock outcroppings by walking in irrigation ditches. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

It was the stone with the sparkles he had found that day when he jumped off the train. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I scan the large rough stones her hands rest against. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

As they wound their way underground, Piper saw old graffiti gouged into the stones: Roman numerals, names and phrases in Italian. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You are sure you want to forsake the warm, moist breath of clay for the cold, unforgiving eternity of stone.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Lorren led me into another stone building, through a hallway, and down a flight of stairs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He picked up a flashlight and tested its beam against the stone. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The tower is pretty small, with only a few feet of concrete floor space on all sides of the bell itself, and then this low stone railing, which I’ve climbed over to get here. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Tough brown grass and weed trees sprouted from the gaps between the cobbles, and the mossy walls of what once might have been a huge stone manse. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The river was high and the bridge had been blown up in the centre; the stone arch was fallen into the river and the brown water was going over it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

On the prow of that stone ship in the centre of the strait, and seemingly a part of it, a shaped and geometrical outcrop of the naked rock, stood the pueblo of Malpais. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other boys were already engaged making shelves of their small hands and peering under them toward the seven-foot stone banks of the canal, watching for Martians. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards prodded him up the steps, into Breakwater’s cavernous stone keep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

What remained was the artificial lake and island with its two stone bridges supporting the driveway, and, by the waters edge, a crumbling stuccoed temple. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The singing heat lay over this desert country, and ahead the stone mountains looked cool and welcoming. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them stood in awe, swinging their flashlights across the stalactite-dripping ceiling, admiring the vast cathedral of glittering stone they’d just entered. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I run barefoot over the stone floor, blinking clouds from my eyes, my limbs still heavy with sleep. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Can you tell me what the writing on that stone over the door means? What is Lowood Institution?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The dark patches grew darker, but they shrank; and suddenly he saw, towering ominous before him and leaning slightly towards one another like the pillars of a headless door, two huge standing stones. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They sit in silence, the three of them as still as stones. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

To that bed I seemed to have grown; I lay on it motionless as a stone; and to have torn me from it would have been almost to kill me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

They passed the stone ruins of goblin outposts from an age before the founding of Tenebrion. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The game’s artwork depicted a first-person view of a long dungeon corridor blocked by a hulking blue giant with a large stone ax. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His head looked as if it had been chiseled from stone. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Ahead the road turned off to the left and there was a little hill and, beyond a stone wall, an apple orchard. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mother took a deep breath, stretched herself out on the surface, and sank like a stone. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound was the faintest of clinks, a scraping of steel over stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Holding the chicken by its legs, he swings it like a bat and smashes its head against the stone wall. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dead ivy along a stone wall and a mailbox and a fence along the road and the dead trees beyond. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He didn't stop running until he got to the knee-high stone wall, and was staring TOC dead in the eye. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The kindling of twigs and pine needles was lit with a spark from a flint stone, and when the fire was well on its way, the door of the kiln was sealed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It is so characteristically Japanese, the way lives were made more tolerable by gathering loose desert stones and forming with them something enduringly human. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

They entered the village where the stone bridge crossed a stream. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“That’s the sort of belief I want. It’s called Alar: riding-crop belief. When I drop this stone it will float away, free as a bird.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My heart fell like a stone into my stomach. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Like stone under the saw. Try a chisel, like iron. Then, after all the shouting was done, I couldn’t char it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I need enough to buy a stone,” he said. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

There were dull yellow lanterns lighting up a dark flight of stone steps. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She dusted herself off and then carefully climbed up a leaning slab of stone, to the very highest point of the entire mountain. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You look under any stone and a Communist jumps out!” he said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s three stories of towering stone, peaked roofs, and ginormous windows. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I stare at Marlene, whose eyes are blank like painted stones, like spheres of glass. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped unwillingly out of the toasty truck cab and walked down a little stone path lined with dark hedges. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Instantly they gave chase, drove it across the tracks and there filled their pockets with granite stones from the roadbed. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

No stone or tomb marks the grave of Herman Webster Mudgett, alias H. H. Holmes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

At first it was just a shadow in the mist, but as she approached, she made out the muted shape of a grassy hill, a stone foundation, and white walls. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They were beautiful, like fine stone walls, with grass and moss growing over them. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them rose the woods and the mountains; to the left Mrs. Frisby could see the big stone in the middle of the garden, near which her children waited. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Once they left the lawn area and stepped onto the hard gray stone of the courtyard floor, Newt broke into a run, heading for the western wall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

At night me and some of my friends sat on the cold stone steps, deep inside St. Nicholas Park. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Once at rest, it seemed the old man would be stone, would never move again. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The glowing stones were bright enough for her to see the entire inside of the tree. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A fragrant curl of sweet kinnikinnick smoke stirred from the red stone bowl. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Our house stood behind a high stone wall which had chips of broken glass sticking up from the top to keep thieves away. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her braid hung loose along the length of her back, the curled tip just touching the stone behind her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Juana dropped her stone, and she put her arms around Kino and helped him to his feet and supported him into the house. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

His feet ached from pressing into the stone cracks. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

My foot slips on a particularly crumbly bit of stone, and I hug the cliff face until the vertigo sweeps past. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She reached into her dress and pulled out a large yellowish stone, which dangled from two lengths of silver chain. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I spread a newspaper on the stone and Brett sat down. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even the crack in the stone ledge has a purpose: to draw attention to the glass of soap by setting it slightly apart. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bending his body sideways, he threw stones out, and each one walked on the water farther than the last. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He was about to drop the rock to the ground when Edwin reached out, took the heavy stone, and set it down carefully. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Instead, a red rooster dangled from the ceiling, stone dead. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Laughter changes to screams, blood stains pastel stones, real smoke darkens the special effect stuff made for television. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They’d spent most of the afternoon gathering supplies for the hunt—water, dried foods, whetting stones for their weapons. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A massive table of carved stone filled the chamber, as it had for centuries. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His phone went back in his pocket, sitting there like a stone. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Chunks of stone stood in the street where before no stones had been. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I would as soon bond with a stone. At least it could be counted on not to run away in battle.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The flint stones and the little clay turtle fell out, followed by the string of coins. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The stone went up, the box went down, emptied, and went up. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poor Pippin, shut up in the great city of stone, lonely and afraid. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Chaol remained silent until they entered the stone castle, when he turned to her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My hands were as solid as two stones. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Within, its walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

His laughter was rough as a saw on stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Conversing in this vein they went home, the two together, into the stone farmhouse. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She followed June to her front porch, where at least two dozen pieces of paper were scattered over the stone floor, along with about thirty different shades of colored pencils. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It would awaken the nation to the power of architecture to conjure beauty from stone and steel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The stone technology of the Tasmanians, when first encountered by European explorers in A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

So he took Beowulf's hands between his own and blessed and thanked him as the queen had, his voice trembling with sincerity, and gave him twelve jewels—burning stones, the most precious things he owned. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dividing the upland into two there marched a double line of unshaped standing stones that dwindled into the dusk and vanished in the trees. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They walked down an avenue lined with white stone lions, the faces weathered almost featureless. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My boots clatter on the stone as I head for the stairs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A stone fountain fed by a nearby stream had survived the fire. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I climbed over fallen plates of stone back to the top of the rubble pile, playing my lights around. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I found an old necklace up on the hill. It’s silver with a turquoise stone in it.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The shore surrounding the ice moat was little more than a slender, slippery rind of white stone. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Thank the gods I gave you rooms in the stone castle. I’d hate for you to be uncomfortable.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Night blends into the gray of the stone until I can’t tell where the shadows end and the buildings of Blackcliff begin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Together they examined the stone steps minutely, going back over each one several times. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

At the last trip to the top of the stone bluff with wood he stopped, sat on die point overlooking die lake, and rested. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have been lolling around in the stone tower of Casa Rosa, waiting to find out. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

If too many of the dragon-teeth men rushed to attack him, he must throw a stone into their midst, which would make them turn against each other and fight until all were killed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He called again, but saw nothing and no one, and, carefully, he made his way out of the tangle of greenery and of grey stones and back to the path. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She stood in front of a large stone. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He turns away, throws a few pebbles rapid-fire with some kind of bionic wrist movement that causes the stones to skip effortlessly across the surface of the water. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Like the rest of the world, most of the present Austronesian realm—Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, and many Pacific islands—was originally occupied by hunter-gatherers lacking pottery, polished stone tools, domestic animals, and crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stood on a stone bridge where the waters slurried into a pool and turned slowly in a gray foam. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The dwarfs were herded off, pig and dog and all, as the spectators hissed their disapproval and pelted them with stones and rotten fruit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Well,” the man said, “a giant white stone washed up from the sea and the Tiger King ordered me to make a sculpture of himself on a horse from it.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Just think,” said Nat, staring at the flat white surface of her stone. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After clearing a space, he made a circle of stones from the stream. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I’ve walked past this stone many times over the past three years, but not once with the parking lot this full. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He ran up the stone stairs to the privies. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

"They were the Kings in the North for thousands of years," Maester Luwin said, lifting the torch high so the light shone on the stone faces. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Eilonwy moved the stone into place and then began to lead the way. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Set into the mountain, the stone walls and roof had provided no fuel for the fire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In life, the monsters win, she told herself, and now it was the Hound's voice she heard, a cold rasp, metal on stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I think it might be the same kind of stone I used to make fire with the hatchet.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

When my bowl is empty, I pick up a flat stone. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Beyond the arch stretched the great span that the Valyrians had built at the height of their glory, its fused stone roadway supported by massive piers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Through sweet and smoky air, great columns rose to dizzying heights, while enough multicolored light poured down through stained glass so as to turn the hard stone floor into pools of liquid hues. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

A set of stairs curved deeper into the earth, the barreled ceiling held up by more repeating arches, closer together and carved from polished black stone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Conor could also see the great yew tree that rose from the center of the graveyard, a tree so ancient it almost seemed to be made of the same stone as the church. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I know. But maybe this is how it was always written in stone or the stars or whatever: Two dudes meet. They fall for each other. They die.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Even Hades was present, sitting on a simple stone guest chair at the foot of the hearth. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Illapa had finally thrown his stone at his sister’s water jug, and it released a torrent of rain that pelted down all about me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I’m pounding on the stone now, cracking into it, opening it all up. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It hit Flatnose in the middle of the forehead—an insignificant little stone, but the huge man collapsed in the grass at Dustfinger's feet like a felled tree. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“To this day, if you dig among the stones you’ll still find bones and dented helmets.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“If they think they will break Meereen by throwing stones—” “Not stones.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The message written in stone from the rock pillars. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

At once Ranofer removed it to the stone block, dropped the blowpipe and seized the mallet instead. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

In a loud voice, each word like a stone dropping into water, he asked his question. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

There were trees inside and a low, stone house. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She clasped Amah’s bracelet, the cool stone warmer than her fingers. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was before the beginning of history, so paleontologists have had to piece together the tale of the birth of mathematics from bits of stone and bone. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

They entered the shopping district, where the crowd swelled between the trees lining the broad avenues of white stone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As he carried the stone, it seemed to wriggle and squirm in his arms. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Below, BaiMa was circling an empty platform next to one of the stone statues. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He said to the stone: ‘Break!’ and the stone broke. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I touched the Long Wall with my own fingers, running the edge of my hand between the stones, tracing the grooves the builders’ hands had made. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hot sparks flew from where her body scraped against the leaning slab of stone. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Daenerys received the captain on her terrace, seated on a carved stone bench beneath a pear tree. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We stumble up the path, climbing higher above the Pit floor, scattering stones with our shoes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The old man related that, the week before, he had been forced to appear before a miner, and had taken the form of a stone. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I marveled again at the perfect texture, satin smooth, cool as stone. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As he slowly caught his breath, the sound of low prayers could be heard from the other side of the room where Old Cob crouched against the black stone of the fireplace. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The lantern was dead in her hand, and the Wood was a stone wall behind her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crooked stone path led past a crazy assortment of tiny altars and massive domed vaults. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Fetch it, good man,” and Jasper streaked away in search of the stone, his long black ears flopping in the wind. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She tucked the pouches of seeds and the small smooth stones between the folded clothes, and she rolled bundles of cattail reeds and willow twigs in a skirt. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

If the watcher, sensing movement, looked at the dark place against the stone which was his body, he could see him. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their blood would have been spilled on ancient stones. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The princely clothes he wore were strange to him, the stones he stood on were unfamiliar, the very air he breathed was alien; he was not himself, not the self he had been. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

But he had thrown it with such force that it broke the stone it fell upon, and there, embedded in the broken stone, was the most beautiful emerald in the world. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

So numerous were the fish, and so driven, that when mischievous boys walled off the stream with stones the alewives would leap the barrier—silver bodies gleaming in the sun— and proceed upstream. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The jail resembled a fortress, with barred windows and cold stone passageways and tiered cells. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Fargo Hall, close to a century old, had stone gargoyles and carved human heads on every turret and ledge. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

June frowned and Ivy knew she was acting weird, so she swallowed a few times and looked down at the stone floor. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I always try to decorate the stones,” she said. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He listened to the sound of his sandals slapping against the temple’s stone floor as he let the idea unfurl in his imagination. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Precious stones glinted in his red braided hair. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sleep did not come easy, so she borrowed Yoren's stone and set to honing Needle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The shadows around us deepen as we climb up the stone stairs, toward the crest of the hill. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

We watched other American Indian persons making pipes out of the stone. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

They walked up a flight of stone steps and crowded around the huge, oak front door. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

A few wisps of smoke still rose from the blackened stones of Hazdar, twisted like ribbons by the wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The stone hit the tree trunk with a satisfying smack. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You boys got me between a stone and a hard place,” Palmer said, his voice a whine. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead she turned to stone, and her tongue stuck to the roof of her mouth. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The farmer, along with his wife and children, lived in a one-story stone house on the farm. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He passed by a stone mantle set in the wall and repeated the same on the other side. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It felt like hopping from stone to stone, picking up tricks of the trade along the way, leveling up on his way to the final battle. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The source was a magnificent waterfall that poured out of a stone arch and fell a hundred feet to the river below. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each morning, a load of stones about the size of volleyballs was dumped by the entrance to the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur, who had been playing with a loose stone which he had dislodged from one of the machicolations, got tired of thinking and leaned over with the stone in his hand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think it might be a stone or a ball, but it has limbs. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The bottom was of a pale, creamy stone over which undulating white-edged rectangles of refracted sunlight divided and overlapped. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Rather impious of mortal man to do the gods two better, but there you are. The stone roads of Valyria were one of Longstrider’s nine. The fifth, I believe.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Wait a minute, you guys, we have to have a slogan, right? What do you think of this: Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will break our spirit.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione sat down on a stone step and buried her nose in Voyages with Vampires again. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The blackened floorboards crumbled under her feet, burned away to bare stone in some places. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It’s a pile of stones two on one, one on two. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bolted to the other side of the arch, hopped up onto one of the lower stones, and made another leap. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Celaena scowled, and started sliding her feet along the cracks in the stone, looking for a foothold. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The ground-level lobby was an open space with gray walls, stone floors, and a uniformed security guard standing behind a desk. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

If Hamilton hit me I'd just drop into the water and sink like a stone. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Huge Greek medallions showed in spots of light upon its façade, above a dark labyrinthine pattern in the stone, and I propped her against the stoop with its carved stone monster. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper stood completely still, as if he had just been turned to stone. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced at her scars, at her unset broken arm, and wondered if she had been stoned. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I went out the doors and started down these stone stairs to meet her. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But when she started eagerly toward him, she forgot her own weakness; her dragging foot caught on a stone and she stumbled clumsily. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Make no vainglorious boasts, I beg you. Pride is a grievous sin. The stone men were proud as well, and the Shrouded Lord was proudest of them all.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Abbot sat down slowly on the cool stone floor, resting his back against the wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He went to the bathroom and scrubbed himself with disinfectants, scraping his hide with pumice stone. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Hazel heard its beak hit a pebble in the grass with a sound like a snail shell when a thrush beats it on a stone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of us are waiting for Brian to speak, watching the dancing stone, mesmerized by it, as the air sizzles with coming violence. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to tell what might be glass or ice or stone. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Small cochas, perfect circles cut into the stone base of the city, held pools of still water that reflected the sky above. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Quickly now he drew off the cloth, wrapped the stone in it and kneeling down, laid it back by the wizard’s hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It consisted solely of heaps of stones—which were handy for throwing down the hole—together with a few rusty Genoese cross-bows with their bolts and a pile of turfs for the unlit fire. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of wooden beams, the walls were made of the four sacred stones—white shell stone, turquoise, abalone, and jet-black stone. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“From the stones. I have to write them down.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Her face was set like stone, but the tears welled up in her eyes and ran down her rigid cheeks. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were moving among many two-legs, and behind these were big cliffs of stone that had caves in them where two-legs were passing in and out, or standing in the higher ones, looking out. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Tonight we are back down at the foot of it in the moraine, the valley of stones. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

We threw more stones, went to the water’s edge, flung ducks and drakes, and fished for driftwood. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Kids were sitting on the stone porch rail, their cigarette tips glowing in the darkness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Though it was hard to make out from where he sat, there was something odd about the stone edges of the exits to the outside corridors. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They painted circles and dots on her head and cheeks—white for Obatala, reds and yellows and blues for the other gods—and crowned her with the sacred stones. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually I came to rest on a stone bench in a wide courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Quietly, she grabbed a sharp- looking stone from the ground and crept forward. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was building a stone wall out of boulders. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some advanced almost to the ring of stones. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Wild ponies came to the stone wall at the bottom of the garden, and it had snowed. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I can’t leave yet, because I’m struck by David’s stone eyes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

To achieve the look, a Bryan house may have a section of brick and next to it one of stone, then one of cedar shake. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She remembered how Zosimos hid the castle within each stone in the circle. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

When spring arrived with soft breezes and meadows grown green, the villagers began sowing early peas and barley, followed by the village boys who threw stones at the hungry birds trying to eat the seed. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rutty road had not changed except that the ruts were deeper and the round stones stuck up higher. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to call it forth, concentrating on the sacred stone and what it might have to say, but there was nothing. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Hello, it’s me again,” Nathan said, pressing his thumb against his communication stone. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

This latter - a stone construct complete with a tiled roof - looked very sturdy, as indeed it needed to be, standing as it did in a highly exposed position against a background of empty fields. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every house was made of golden or white chunky stone. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then someone threw a small stone at her, and her childhood fled, flailing its thin arms. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a huge stone heaved into a quiet pond came the shattering news that her beloved stepfather and mentor, Jacob Marrel, had died. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Capricorn’s maid was sitting on a stone coffin. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Tiflin answered her tone was so changed that Jody, outside the window, looked up from his study of the stone. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her body would lie on the stones below, broken and innocent, shaming all those who had betrayed her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A splintering crash rang across the Blackwater as a stone the size of a horse landed square amidships on one of the galleys. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Executives led them across the rock garden onto the large central plaza, which lay fronted and flanked by the Institute’s massive stone buildings. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

How many men decompose in the piles of stone before them? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

‘Come! We must get back and see what we can do to pile stone and beam across the gates within. Come now!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He spat on his hands and he began to dig the trench into which the first stones would go. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Another shove brought the sound of shifting stone, and then the way was open. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Fat wax pillar candles burn at the center, beside a carved stone vase full of wood sorrel. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They could see the other side, but it was much farther away than Will could have thrown a stone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Just after Thomas heard the grind and rumble of stone against stone announce the closing of the Doors for the day, Alby showed up to release him, which was a huge surprise. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She bent, grabbed a rock off the ground, and spun, screaming as she brandished the stone. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

When it was dry the mortar would permanently bind the stones together. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

If Nali didn’t let him borrow it, he needed to know where it was so he could take the communication stone and leave the bow guard. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There we waited for him behind a pile of stones. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the small areas of solid wall the stone mason would actually construct two parallel walls of cut stone. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

To those weapons, Atahuallpa’s troops, without animals on which to ride into battle, could oppose only stone, bronze, or wooden clubs, maces, and hand axes, plus slingshots and quilted armor. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He auctioned off his roosters to the highest bidder, recruited men, bought tools, and set about the awesome task of breaking stones, digging canals, clearing away rapids, and even harnessing waterfalls. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

What if my mother breaks stone as easily as clay? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Nox couldn’t find a hold on the stone wall, and without a nearby ledge or gargoyle to grasp, he had nowhere to go but down. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When it struck the stone floor, the metal was so cold it didn’t simply crack or dent, it shattered like glass. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For instance, the stone sickles, underground storage pits, and other technology that hunter-gatherers of the Fertile Crescent had been evolving to utilize wild cereals were available to the first cereal farmers of the Fertile Crescent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Why would anyone go to the trouble of building with stone, only to place a dead body inside it? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The front’s been ripped out and glassed over, the lawn is paving stone. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They reached the stone bridge at the summit and began to descend again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The second thorn impaled itself in the stone wall, half an inch from her face. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He slid a considerable way down what felt like a stone slide, then landed on cold, damp earth. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The slinger puts a stone or slug in the pouch, picks up the strings by the free ends, spins them around a few times, and releases one of the strings at the proper moment. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Neither shadowcats nor stones were like to give up the gods they had worshiped all their lives to bow down before one they hardly knew. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I dug deep notches in the hard dirt with a flat stone. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

After all, even apes will pick up a stick to knock down a banana or a stone to throw at an enemy. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fountain spurted a few inches into the air from a rough length of pipe, threw up its hands, collapsed and drowned its ragged dribble in a stone basin of yellowing water. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

And if there were any passage through the smooth stone range, it would be by this same deep cleft. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stone soared across the lawn like a bird of prey, striking the older beastkeeper in the back of the head so hard she fell from the wall. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

For a night and a day Selitos stood helpless beside Lanre and could do nothing more than watch and listen to the screams of the dying, the ring of iron, the crack of breaking stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The stone became warm; it pulsed like a tiny heart. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My mother left China in the winter of 1939, almost six months after the stoning, and arrived in New York Harbor in January, 1940. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew anger well but not despair, and they didn’t stone sinners for the same reason they didn’t commit suicide—it was beneath them. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She was about to say as much when she saw the battlements ahead, long parapets built into the very stone of the mountains on either side of them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A fire sprang up instantly: It gave the illusion of coziness to the stark stone walls and glistened off the long wooden table. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“What’s so special about this stone or this pile of stones?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Thin red streams were spreading out across the stone from the pool of blood where Dagon Codd’s head had come to rest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He moved to the top of the rock ridge that comprised the bluff over his shelter and was pleased to find a large, flat stone area. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she sat, she didn’t just sit still, it was like she turned to stone. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The light came from stones along the floor, which glowed more brightly the more he rolled his fingers. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The fancy exterior decorations on just about every building were carved from wood, then painted to look like stone or marble. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sea murmuring in a language that travels through stones, air, and sky. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

This road was no longer dirt and mud, but laid out in stone. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Erudite live in large stone buildings that overlook the marsh. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I was crossing the creek. I stepped on the first stone. And then...” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The stone man staggered forward, his hands outstretched and grasping. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Instead he checked the stone elephant statue in the corner—a tiny duplicate of the one in Portland. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was unlike the tall stone marker for the soldiers. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“And far away on the edge of it is a small cloud which sits on the stone.” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A squat church of rumpled stone turned out to be locked. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His face was as rigid as if it had turned to stone. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“The orders to go forward with the repairs are written in stone.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Knowing the supply of arrows was not endless, the badger looked to the heaps of rubble and stone along the parapet edges. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But Isengard is a circle of sheer rocks that enclose a valley as with a wall, and in the midst of that valley is a tower of stone called Orthanc. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And into his mind burst the vision of an emaciated old man lying in rags upon a stone floor, screaming, a horrible, drawn-out scream, a scream of unendurable agony.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“No one ever had enough. The stone orchard celebrates too little, not too much.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she touched the symbols, the stone seemed to shimmer as if there were something living within its depths. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And the houses made of rock and stone, they are like childrens of the mountain sprinkled all around, close by. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I put out my hand to feel the dark mass before me: I discriminated the rough stones of a low wall—above it, something like palisades, and within, a high and prickly hedge. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Flowers, candles, beads, pretty stones, blown-glass figurines of birds and deer, in fact, anything beautiful, seemed to suit the lovely goddess. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

So carefully did she work that he heard only the lightest sound when she moved the fireplace stone. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

To get to where the mummies were, you had to go down this very narrow sort of hall with stones on the side that they'd taken right out of this Pharaoh's tomb and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Clients would bring in stones and he’d tell them what they were worth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I had never felt the comfortable silence we shared as we cleaned the rice, carefully, because the grains were stunted and sometimes looked like the glassy stones. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He and Piper were being pelted with plates and stones. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Papa always said that our soil produced a good harvest of rocks and stones. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drop like a stone, my eyes closed, one arm out-stretched to feel the wind. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And here I am a stone's throw from the biggest idiot in the Games. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

No windows, no decorations, and only one set of great stone doors. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are as bright as underwater stones. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Rolling stones grate my face, scouring off skin. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He marveled at the slowness of their speech; words seemed to crawl from their mouths and drop like stones to the floor. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It forms broken trails of words, words sealed and resistant as stones. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me about Joseph in the jail and the stone quarry in Egypt and chiselin’ out rocks to make ole Pharaoh’s gravestone,” the boy asked. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our house was odd because the gingerbread houses stood in their own brown-brick solidarity, and our house stood apart, made from brick, stone, and siding. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Statues, inscriptions, memorial stones, the names of streets—anything that might throw light upon the past had been systematically altered. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She raised the stone to her eye once more and looked through it at the marble. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The rough stone walls beaded and dripped with moisture of mysterious origin. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

For instance, in rocky terrain, he would wedge a branch under a heavy stone and make it roll down a mountain toward his enemies. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he was in front of me again, standing two feet away, still as a stone. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Its sharp-pointed prow lifted it at an angle from the stone floor of the docks, and though its shelter concealed him he could still watch the doorway easily. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The head office was only about a quarter of a mile away and was a simple stone structure that resembled our own section. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doc said I had to lie stone still if I wanted that leg to heal as much as the body allows. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be a great stone in the way, but the Orcs had got through somehow, for he could hear their voices on the other side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Others have been replaced by desertscape—cactus, succulents, and river stones. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Their stocky, heavily built bodies seemed to weigh down the stone platforms they sat upon; and the darkness of the night made their stiff, curly manes look like rows of carved blossoms. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Anaxagoras held that the Sun and stars are fiery stones. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

No soft blanket of grass welcomed them.here, only the hard dusty ground, bare and strewn with stones. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They led to a tiny stone house, invisible from every direction. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Jake recited the clues, editing out words like stone pillars, fire pit, and pirate’s treasure—keeping it all very geometry-ish, with points and angles and lines. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Pent-up black rage soon turned cheering to stone throwing, aimed at whites driving through Hayti. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, the watch commander sent him to the winch cage with four barrels of fresh-crushed stone, to scatter gravel over the icy footpaths atop the Wall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The elegant Arctic terns cut swirls in the sky, a spider crept under a stone, and the snow buntings flitted and called. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near Hrothgar’s hall stand the images of the Scyldings’ gods, grotesque faces carved out of wood or hacked from stone and set up in a circle, eyes staring inward, gazing thoughtfully at nothing. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

We cannot ignore the possibility that the work may have been done by someone else, or that someone counterfeited the mark into the stone much later. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mare stopped, letting them survey the stones, the willow tree dangling its fingers over the rooftops of the two small mausoleums, the dusky grove of poplars beyond. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

His face was white, set, hard as stone. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The stone is strong, Bran told himself, the roots of the trees go deep, and under the ground the Kings of Winter sit their thrones. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As they walked further, Log-a-Log pointed at strange symbols and weird signs that had been scraped into the surface of the soft stone. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The bottom of the gully, which lay along the edge of a rock-fault, was rough with broken stone and slanted steeply down. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The paving stones were cracked and uneven, slippery underfoot, and rough against her soft feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The stone I would have used in an attempt to drag back those who are at peace, rather than to enable my self-sacrifice, as you did. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I could not imagine a country where water turned to stone. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The central plaza was paved in white and gray stone, decorated with statues, fountains, and gilded columns. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

At the foot of the stone I arranged the rainy armful of azaleas I had picked from a bush at the gateway of the graveyard. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He spoke into the stone, calling all of his nine sons and daughters and his twenty-seven grandchildren and his eighty-one greatgrandchildren to meet Windrider again that night at a feast. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bod walked over to the pointed stone—tall, carved with upside-down torches, and he waited, but saw no one. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

On the hill across the valley, spelled out in whitewashed stones, were the huge words, “Welcome Home, Dessie.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stand there, my grin turning to stone, institutionalized. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is quite possible in fact that the ‘stones’ are made of soft plastic, causing no authentic wounds.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

There upon its spur stood high walls of ancient stone, and within them was a lofty tower. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you work the stone, sometimes the stone works you. I think today the rock win.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Mariam would leap to her feet when she spotted him hopping stones across the stream, all smiles and hearty waves. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The boy stood staring, as still as if he too were made of stone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I prefer it here in the mostly unconsidered rooms of the basement, the stone walls rough-hewn, damp, ill lighted like any memory. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Saying that doesn’t actually make me work faster,” Jesper complained as he concentrated on the stones. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"Glub, glub," the stone said, and when the stonecutter raised his head to look at the stone, he saw the beseeching eyes of a trapped creature. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Max walks over to the edge of the pond and takes a seat on a bed of stones. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Still facing us as his left foot steps back onto the orange paving stone. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The stone feels rough and cool on my skin. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Say the Cloak existed...what about the stone, Mr. Lovegood? The thing you call the Resurrection Stone?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Thomas reached in and pulled apart the curtains of ivy, then stared blankly at a square of metal riveted to the stone with words stamped across it in big capital letters. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They voted instead to clad their buildings in “staff,” a resilient mixture of plaster and jute that could be molded into columns and statuary and spread over wood frames to provide the illusion of stone. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I laid it out on the ground and studied it—it was caked with dirt, but I could tell it had once been a necklace with a polished turquoise stone set into a dark metal. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I tried to lift my head to see exactly what had happened, but there was this weight—this solid, invisible slab of stone—keeping me on my back, and Liam flat against me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was made of gray stone, which was cool in summer and very cold in winter. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

She sharpened the knife on a convenient stone and began hacking at the gardenias, scratching herself on the thorns. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was no more than a shallow alcove hewn into the face of the cliff, with an offering table against one wall and a small stone statue of Thutra opposite. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I slam into the stone again and again, remembering how Noah’s grief filled the whole house, every corner, every crevice. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

While I was working at that, Alice decided to make a smokehouse, and before I knew it, she had me tapping and stacking stones again. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of these were stones, some carved in elaborate representations, perhaps of the areas they influenced. projects. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I leaned against a stone wall along the park, thinking of Jack and Hambro and of the day's events and shook with rage. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat still as stone with my fingers aching. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Feathers has followed me partway and is crouched by the lake, brushing debris off a stone. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“My father said that my great-grandfather had a small mill there, a flour mill. He thought the stone you’re sitting on was part of it, it’s worn so smooth.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

A pair of bare feet, bluish in the cold, catching on the uneven paving stones of the alley. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

There were the stone table and log seats. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Jesper whispered as they dragged the guards’ bodies out of view behind one of the stone slabs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“To answer stones and bad language with a random volley of .30-caliber bullets was not imaginable in America,” he later reflected. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Violet had guessed, during her climb, that it had found some notch in the stone, or part of the window, or perhaps a piece of furniture inside the tower room, and stuck there. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Hazel looked deep in thought, running her hands along the stone archway. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After about fifty meters, we reached a small stone cottage that looked as old as the land it grew on, as if it had been here since the beginning of time. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I was so badly scared I didn’t know what to say or do,” Bowman said, “but I didn’t drop the stone and got out of the place soon after.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Neel kept his eyes on his sandals as he left them on the flat stone threshold. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

She sniffed them and blew on them before she matched the plants with the stones, putting a sprig of blue-gray mountain sage with the blue stone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mama’s face was hard, her eyes like stone. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was good in the graveyard, the same color as stone and as shadows. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I said, “I’m not taking no one’s place. The Preacher’s just bragging on me so’s that man with all those eyes can see how good I chunk stones.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She went on to say how Jalil’s wives had called her an ugly, lowly stone carver’s daughter. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Nothing but stone and a big building that goes so far up and so far back and forth that we can't see where the beginning is or where it might end. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She led him out of her office and up the stone stairs, calling out instructions and admonitions to helpers and children as she passed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He called to Alonso Jones, even knocked on the side of the stone, but there was no response. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I manage to take cover under a stone outcropping just as the vomiting begins, and I lose my meager supper and whatever water has remained in my stomach. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He steadied himself with his hands against the stone wall and got his feet set on her shoulders. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He said no more, just shook his head and kicked an empty matchbox that was lying on the paving stones. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The little yam-breasted shuddering birds were everywhere, exciting very small children away from their usual welcome into a vicious stoning. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The boy put the stones in his pouch. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She raced, her feet melting the stone wherever they touched. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The warmth from the stone was beginning to fade; his Levi jacket was thin, and he could feel the cold leaking through worn places at the elbows and under the arms. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

One fell flat on the landing, but the other tumbled down the stairs, his rifle firing, sending bullets pinging against the stone walls, the sound echoing down the stairwell. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She would have been waiting for him, perhaps preparing her little speech, even rehearsing it out loud as she sat on the stone parapet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Concentrating on the bowls, he stumbled on a stone in his path. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Its passage churned the water, sending out circular waves as if some huge stone were skimming across the surface. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Griff warned you not to lay hands upon the stone men.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m nobody,” Milligan replied, and without further explanation, he pointed across the street to a three-story house with stone steps leading up to its front door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

This dust and these many stones, each one different from all the others. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

A couple of pigeons were pecking between the stones. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

And in rebuilding it they could not this time, as before, make use of the fallen stones. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The huge white animal looked frozen on the shoreline, as motionless as the stones under its giant paws. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“But how can tree be stone? A bird is not me. Jane is not a tiger,” said Michael stoutly. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“But most eleven-year-olds’ deepest thoughts have to do with skipping stones, and how to swing a cat by the tail.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He did not answer Serret yes or no, but stood still, and presently, with a quick curious glance at him, she pointed out the stone. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

There were four proper beds, with sheets, and towels, a great luxury for men who had spent much of the last eighteen years sleeping on thin mats on a stone floor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up a small stone and heaved it into the weeds in front of him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day he was leaning on the stone fence, arms crossed. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

As Hilly tells us the story of Yule May, she makes a big circle with her finger to indicate a huge stone, the unimaginable worth of the “ruby.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Minho’s head popped up; he looked down one of the darkened stone corridors. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He is old enough to know that he himself will be burned, not buried, that his body will occupy no plot of earth, that no stone in this country will bear his name beyond life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

After locking the door securely by wedging a stone in the brace, I carry the vegetable to my outdoor kitchen and start off for the tree house and Alice. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house was two stories tall, stone below and timber above. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On the road back to Anya’s barn, she kicked every little stone she saw. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I saw a boy in a Greek tunic and sandals crouching alone in a massive stone room. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Doña Lola’s house, nestled at the side of the mountain, had been spared, but the adjoining kitchen had disappeared, except for the three stones of her fogón. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She ran—wings open, pantaloons fluttering—and jumped up onto the stone table. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Clearwater, Florida, had been her favorite—she’d swum every day and walked on the beach and collected seashells and pretty stones almost as clear as glass. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then Henry lost interest in stones and wandered off.. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He had put stones in my pockets to weigh me down, but they slipped out as I fell. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When early civilizations started pressing reeds to clay tablets, carving figures in stone, and daubing ink on parchment and on papyrus, number systems had already been well-established. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Could hear their tongues pounding the stone floor, propelling them forward. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But I take those last few steps, laying Helene down against the tower and reaching out a hand to touch the stone. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The old king hadn’t told him that the Pyramids were just a pile of stones, or that anyone could build one in his backyard. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was dark, and seemed to be made of stone like a dungeon. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Isabella Fortune,” I say, thinking of the stone in the graveyard. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

So they did, and as the stones fell they took human shape. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water bumbles over round stones and washes the polished roots of the trees that hold it in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She came to the tower, held so tightly in the embrace of the house, in the straining grip of the house, and walked slowly past its gray stones, not allowed to touch even the outside. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Once more, fallen stones blocked their way, but this time there was a narrow, jagged gap. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

May it last for thousands of years, Until this tiny stone will grow Into a massive rock, and the moss Will cover it deep and thick. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she could not find a stone to fill the largest gap. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her navel, the central point of the design, is a natural cavity in the stone. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dug five of the chunking stones out of my tote sack and put three in my left hand and two in my right. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It was a bonfire roaring in the ruins of an old house, little more than two crumbling stone walls. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then he bent and picked up a flat stone, but threw it so carelessly that it did not skip at all. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He held my glance, then looked away, his face set like stone. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I tell Chris he’s too old for a watchdog now. He sleeps like a stone.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

At 10:15 PM, she placed the rock, as planned, in a stone window in the railroad bridge, and pushed it one arm's length from the edge. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I brought the scale and stone up in front of me until I could feel them tugging at each other. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The edge of the seat cut into her belly, and the hard stone floor bit into her knees. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Abdulrahman and Ahmad often ran up the smooth stone stairs of the lookout tower by their home, pretending they were spotting invaders, sounding bells of warning, planning their defenses. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Carved stars decorated the uppermost stones, and soot blackened the hearth. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

"The eons have turned them to stone, yet still they bum bright with beauty." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I know every branch and stone here. When I saw the shape of this shadow, I knew it was not right, even though I have not painted in a long while.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I step on dry stones that rise above the trickle to get across to the other side, and I walk up the slope of Mr. Bender’s yard. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see the hawk, but I was pretty sure Buffy didn’t turn it to stone. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Here the Snowbourn flowed near to the western walls of the dale, and soon the path led them to a ford where the shallow waters murmured loudly on the stones. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He remembered the mangled remains of the diary, and how the stone in the Horcrux ring had been cracked open when Dumbledore destroyed it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In front, there was a stone well with a commemorative plaque. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He bathed in icy water and scrubbed and scratched his body with a block of pumice stone, and the pain of his scraping seemed good to him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I walked down in the red glow, with my right hand on the stone wall to keep my footing. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I will be all day at the stone shop.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He seemed dazed and didn’t take the stone. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The webbing was constructed of the lightest possible stone to lessen the weight on the ribs. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

“If I should start a stone rolling,” he thought, “the whole Welsh army will be upon my neck.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

As the mice conversed, the moles hurled the last of the rubble from the ramparts, then set about brushing the stones clean. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He dropped lightly to the base of Fruitless Mountain, where so long ago Minli had taken some stone to make her compass. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Ben was drowsing with the reins held loosely in one hand when the wagon hit a stone and jarred us both out of our respective reveries. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lua’s standing there with a small dark stone that has a pattern on it like a cross. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby clutched my wrist tight as we fell for what seemed like forever, dropping like stones through the whirlpool of fire. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There was no answer, except arrows and stones from the walls. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

So I drew a blobby version of me, a fraction of my real size, fingers and toes accounted for, stones in my belly, cute earrings, ponytail. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

There was a soft click, and a panel of stones slid back into the wall. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Rani pulls her slingshot and stones out of her waist pouch. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Now, it would be the easiest matter for you to drop a stone on that fellow’s head while you’re at work and I’ll give you fifty dollars if you do.’” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A grating sound came from the dragon's throat like the noise of an avalanche far off, stones falling among mountains. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Despite overkill’s failure to enjoy full acceptance, it helped set in stone what became the paradigmatic image of the first Americans. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Anya thought he was dead, but when the glow from Alfhercht’s stone fell over him, he shifted and squeezed his eyes further shut. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Trepid glanced at the display case, spotting a gold necklace with tiny red and white stones in it. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Forty feet above, the stone men moaned and muttered beneath a flickering lamp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At the foot of the bed is a small wooden table, upon which is a small stone statue of a woman with enormous hips, and a candleholder. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I feel the stone in my stomach get bigger. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

There is a grand stone castle in the distance behind her, and she is dashing toward the rustic stables. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t supposed to go exploring in the woods, but he knew that was the best place to find good stones. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The stone walls were lit with flaming torches like the ones at Gringotts, the ceiling was too high to make out, and a magnificent marble staircase facing them led to the upper floors. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Within reach of his fists all day, pounding chisel against stone with great heavy mallets instead of fashioning leaves or watching the gold turn crimson in the crucible? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

We settled into our camping chairs and planted our feet on the circle of stones. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Finally we came to a dark, empty corridor, where the stone is particularly old and shadowed. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They were in the shadow of the mountains, but the shadows of late afternoon hardly mattered next to the glare of flame that bloodied the stone. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Several times, driving in that part of town, I had resisted the impulse to drop in at the F.I.A. building, a brown- stone at 1 Riverside Drive. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I led the way into the hall, my heart like a stone, heavy, numb. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Its Hearth and outbuildings were all of gray stone cut from the steep mountainside to which it clung. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

There might be a hole in the stone wall that I faced the cave with. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were never more than a few steps from the cool Mediterranean, and Abdulrahman would follow Ahmad to the shore and up the great Phoenician stones of the wall. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

At the sound of boots on stone, the Lord of the Iron Islands lifted his eyes to behold his last living son. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I pointed to a low gray building made of sea stone. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as his feet hit the solid stone floor, he took off, running despite the scream of exhaustion from his body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

So Death picked up a stone from the river bank and gave it to the second brother, and told him that the stone would have the power to bring back the dead. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She points to the center of the slab, where there is a small impression, like a shallow bowl carved into the stone. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The grave, now with a two-foot-high plain marble stone, had become one of Iceland’s sightseeing attractions. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Lonna had pilfered the stone from Leon Leep’s sock drawer and had gotten it made into a snazzy toe ring for herself. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas nodded, absently kicking a loose rock across the dusty, cracked stone floor of the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Gold was piled on the biers of dead kings and queens; and mounds covered them, and the stone doors were shut; and the grass grew over all. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was a regular stone building with a bunch of windows. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And then she lay down, pressing her cheek against the edge of the stone where it met the soft ground, and closed her eyes. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men stood in their mail and fur and boiled leather, as still as if they were made of stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A single stone in the first column is easy to distinguish from a single stone in the second column. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Ahead of us, Laleh wiggled out of Babou’s grasp and rabbited through a crumpled stone archway that had stood for thousands of years. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Going down in the elevator, I look into the smoked-mirror wall and see my face in the dark glass obscured by time, as a stone overgrown. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat with Otto, laying him flat on the warm stone. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He rode slowly along the stone wall, suspending judgment. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Prince Gwydion gave it to me. Do you see the stone? It was carved by the Fair Folk.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He rewards them for their kindness with a basket full of fresh bread and butter that magically replenishes itself and a hollow stone with a flame inside that never burns out. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

My shoes tap along the paving stones, the wind moaning through the missing windows. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Following a stone wall in the dark, wrapped in his blanket, kneeling in the ashes like a penitent. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When I’d used the Preacher’s old rusty gun to shoot stumps and stones, it didn’t feel nowhere near’s heavy as this one. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The story of a prince who could not be killed, a priest who warned of a goddess’s wrath, a French prelate who believed he’d bought the same stone centuries later. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Year after year it sheds its skin, then eats it, keeping the iron in its system. After two hundred years ...” I tapped the scale against the stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The stone door closed behind them, cutting off the sound of the waterfall and leaving a deep silence. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The oldest had long ago rusted away to nothing, leaving only a few red stains where the metal had rested on stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He shuffled off, picking up stones and throwing them out into the water, loitering by the base of the bluff, and finally Dicey saw him climb back up by Sammy. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Older children shuffled along behind their mothers and looked up at Jon with eyes as dark and hard as the stones they clutched. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They made camp before the remnants of a gutted palace, on a windswept plaza where devilgrass grew between the paving stones. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The other end he slings through a bent strut wedged into the congestion of timber, stone, and plaster that has become their ceiling. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Miss Marva Hendrix extended her hand to show the two white stones on her ring finger. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He stood there with the sunshine dappling him over and sometimes his hooves struck a spark from the stones as he pawed the ground. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I settled onto the stone bench under the pennant pole next to my two friends. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a soldier standing with his girl in the shadow of one of the stone buttresses ahead of us and we passed them. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The monster’s fist immediately lashed out and struck the stone hearth from its foundations, the brick chimney tumbling down on top of it in a loud clatter. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Beating a shirt against the stones in the stream. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Trepid gathered a handful of stones and let them fall back on the bedspread, where they scattered like colorful raindrops. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t consider mending the hole—the stones could fall through any time they wanted. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fled to the garden; I fled to the stone Bono had marked out for me to worship. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jasper lapped noisily at his drinking bowl below the stairs, the sound echoing in the great stone hall. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I step on the first stone that rises above the trickling creek, but then something catches my eye. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

If devilgrass could grow between the paving stones, other grasses would grow when the stones were gone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was full of the glitter and twinkle of jewelry, corals and metals and precious stones. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At first people called them "crustal blocks" or sometimes "paving stones." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m not ready to come right out and say whether this is conjuring or the Lord, but whatever it is, it sure is unnatural for a boy to be tossing stones like that.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He roared in challenge, then sprang from the middle of the monster herd and landed eight meters away, on top of the old stone well. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Since then, the battle-scarred temples with their beautiful statues, stone sculptures, and multilayered towers remain one of the seven man-made wonders of the world. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one that looks like Hogwarts, with the gray stone walls and tall turrets. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"That stone does not belong to us," he said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her question reflected off the stone walls, each echo asking it again. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was three stories high, of mortar and stone, with long metal balconies on each floor and chimneys at every corner. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two hundred or so patients are lined up on straw mats or cots on the floor, their cries echoing off the cold stone walls. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty Meris stood cradling a crossbow, her eyes as cold and dead as two grey stones. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He puffed out his cheeks until they looked like wet brown stones, and wobbled his head from side to side. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1853, a small stone hotel called Tip-Top House was built atop the mountain and was a huge and immediate success. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Harry and the others were shoved and kicked up broad stone steps into a hallway lined with portraits. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

If Trub is a rolling stone, will I really see him again? Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Along the shore there were stones that the sea had worn smooth. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the stone was still in his hand, so he pushed himself up and began to stagger toward the Northern Mountain. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She rolled on the ground with such force that the stones cut her skin in tiny red gashes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He picked up the two stones and put them back in his pouch. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their gods were the gods of the forest, stream, and stone, the old gods whose names are secret. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I sat with my ears and neck burning, hearing the pupils whisper about me, hating myself, hating them; I sat still as stone and a storm of emotion surged through me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Street sounds made it up to the room, curiously distinct, echoing off the stone building opposite. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Dad grabbed the pizza stone from the cabinet. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He held the boat, it rising and falling against the stone wall and I helped Catherine in. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

A weathered little inn sat on the end of the stone pier where Black Betha, Wraith, and Lady Marya shared mooring space with a half-dozen other galleys of one hundred oars or less. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When the peoples want surpleases of blossoms in those hard stone walls, they plant violets and other dainty purple and blue and white flowers. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

A ring, on water, w here a stone’s been thrown. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Ice Court loomed over the harbor, perched on the cliff like a sullen gull with feathers ruffled, its white stone walls lit from below, glowing against the night sky. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was hedged in low stone fences and went up hills and down hills and around hills. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

ITie boy poured her a cup of water from the stone jug by the window and brought it to her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ekon felt as though a stone had dropped in his stomach. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Their graves were marked with white stones that formed two necklaces around them. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The man who faced the wall muttered a string of curses that echoed against the stones. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was laughter, there was fun, but it skipped over me like a flat stone on water. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Some people stared at the ground and others played with stones. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then finally she said, “He just stood there, Citra. His face was like stone. Defiant, and as unrepentant as his scythe.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I will build this house with care, stone by stone. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Now I lashed a load to the stone boat, clucked to Plug, and we were off. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I don’t suppose there have been loads of other stories about a stone that can raise the dead, have there?” he asked Hermione. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Every day for two months the line of bullock carts came in laden with bricks and stones and cement, sheets of tin and corrugated iron, coils of rope and hemp. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Ben was no longer there, and there was not one standing stone, but many. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“That’s a lot of potatoes,” I said, looking at about five pounds of dirty stones on the counter. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was ruins—a few stones in a square, a slight depression for the basement, and trees growing right up through what had once been the living room. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is not unreasonable,” agreed Odin, and the other gods nodded and told each other that horses were good for hauling heavy stones. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Riding trains through the state of Chiapas has taught him that any upraised hand might hurl a stone. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was the signal for the other women to start throwing stones. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It must have melted into stone,” Father conjectured. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s the most foolish thing I’ve ever seen,” Nehemia said, scanning the ceiling as if she could see through the stone and into the glass sections. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Still in the kitchen, my fingers feel the stone from Lua in my pocket again. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When she brought it out again she was holding a stone in it, a gray stone not much bigger than a bird’s egg. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When I pass The kitchen, I pet the molcajete, The turtle-shaped stone That could snap Your tongue And make it wag Crowns of fire. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The presence of Burnham, Root, and Harrison beside the Temperance stone was more than a bit ironic. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It’s made out of big chunks of yellowish stone, and has a steep roof, and is shaped like an L around a big courtyard with fat pebbles set in the ground. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A simple opening in the wall served as the entrance, and the door was nothing more than a heavy stone that the robot could slide out of the way. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Most of the models simply outlined walls, fences, and doors with loose stones, but some were elaborate constructions complete with plastic model cars, toy animals, and thatch roofs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The old man’s feet were bare, but the sharp stones and pebbles did not trouble him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

They ate the last peanut butter sandwiches sitting on a low stone wall, listening to a few birds and watching the sunlight fall in bright, moving patterns onto the leafy floor of the woods. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Asked to render a bowl of grapes, I would turn in what resembled a pile of stones hovering above a whitewall tire. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Iron climbing rungs were bolted into the stone sides of a circular silo leading up to the grate. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He slid the stone slab back in place and helped his dad up. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway down in its flight, the stone made a splash. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his view, the Amazon’s first inhabitants laboriously cleared small plots with their stone axes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now a gigantic statue of black stone dominated the scene. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes a girl brought a stone pitcher, steaming, into the room. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“To me it is a blue stone,” he said. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Keep to the green grass. Don’t you go a-meddling with old stone or cold Wights or prying in their houses, unless you be strong folk with hearts that never falter!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A pair of stone knights stood sentry at the entrance, armored in fanciful suits of polished red steel that transformed them into grif-fin and unicom. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The gods took Narfi’s spilled entrails, and they pushed them through the holes they had made in the stones, binding Loki’s neck and shoulders tightly. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I am thinking about that day when I realize I'm standing next to a stone wall. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her steps quickened at the rumblings of arguing male voices that echoed off the stones as they neared a bend. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But on the second level—at a considerable height—were four huge windows side by side, with pillars and stone tracery. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Once the buzzing stones got to the candles, they put the flame out quiet as a whisper. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The stone the museum has asked him to protect is not real. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There were many bright geraniums in stone vases on the steps of the verandah. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He steadied himself a little, laying his face against the cold stone, feeling his heart pounding. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

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

When they finally spied Castle Black, its timbered keeps and stone towers looked like nothing more than a handful of toy blocks scattered on the snow, beneath the vast wall of ice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

On the way back to New London, Beto lay still in the bed of the truck, the certainty of his father’s disappointment holding him down like stones. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The stones were hard and solid under my feet. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’d wanted inglenooks, somebody had said, and an overscaled fireplace and alcoves, built-in window seats and wainscoting, a battered porch base and low stone walls along his entrance walk. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As they resumed their descent, a volley of grapefruitsized stones came whizzing down from the upper mountain and one of them struck a Sherpa in the back of the head. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The steward went to another corner stairway, this one made of stone. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then Aragorn stooped and looked in her face, and it was indeed white as a lily, cold as frost, and hard as graven stone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Hazel fidgeted with a stone that looked like a two-carat ruby. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The hairs on my arms stood up straight, and then, with a crackling burst, another blast of nightning shot out of the precious stones. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A black and mighty whirlwind arose, scattering the flowers and cracking the trees, carrying screams upon its currents and making the very stones of the castle shudder. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When he reached the stone, he knelt down. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I'm not sure how long I stay still as a stone with rubbish slithering over me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Wherever he stepped, the grass, dirt, and stones turned white like frost. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

So Z filled them in on how Mr. Trepid had asked him to check out the holler and find any “special stones” and make a map. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now the same rambling streets and stone walls and enormous trees that had signified peace, though, turned ominous. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Say a captain of the Rangers, who are unused to cities and houses of stone.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We had gone to fetch water and he told me he had learned a new magic that let him make stones walk on water. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When the water withdrew, the horse was, again, a large white stone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Five minutes passed with the whole class quiet as stones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Robin felt as though the Hall were as long as London Bridge, for when he entered all was quiet, and his crutches seemed to make a great sound on the stone floor. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Some leaned back against a stone wall, or a tree. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Now if you visit, it’s a pile of stones that only museum people care about. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The crank stiffened as if it were attached to a mill stone instead of a wooden bucket. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five miles of treacherous roots and loose stones, trying to twist my ankles or otherwise incapacitate me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The black stones had turned to grey and the eastern sky had gone indigo when Stonesnake spied the rangers below, wending their way upward. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Anya shuddered at the thought of her friend’s blood in the stone bowl. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

"Carve me a dragon from this stone," the magistrate ordered. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Blinking against the stinging seawater, I watched as the spikes of rock shattered the stone hull. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

On many of the stones the inscriptions have faded. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"No! No, I --" Clove sees the stone, about the size of a small loaf of bread in Thresh's hand and loses it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The boy lifted a final stone and Winnie saw a low spurt of water, arching up and returning, like a fountain, into the ground. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We got to get home,” said the Duke of Westminster, hefting a large stone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The gateway was no more than a pair of ruined stone pillars, with a road leading away between them into empty fields. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Around the fountain, sculptures hid like tree sprites under the topiaries—cupids playing flutes and tambourines, or ladies dancing in their rain-worn stone gowns next to the huge pots of orange trees. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Werfel sat on a flat stone, looking at the rising sun. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

When he relaxes his spine and sinks to the stones again, the people around me swoop in. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He made a fire, and on the fire he put a number of stones. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Roy Lee stopped to let me go throw up, and when I came back from the ditch, the other boys had climbed up on a stone wall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We sat on flat stones and slid down the face of the large rocks. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed small stones into the earth with my thumb, creating a pathway to our front door, and lined the roof with twigs. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Picking up the hobbits he set them on the great stone slab, six feet above the ground, and there they sat dangling their legs, and drinking in sips. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I called, then lost my grip on the wet stone steps and fell flailing and tumbling into the dark. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The fire burned on the stone hearth and the cigar fell away into a mound of quiet ash on its tray. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned as Harry came skidding out onto the topmost stone step, panting hard, a searing stitch in his side. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“You know how many stones are out there? About a million.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had exchanged six sheep for two precious stones that had been taken from a gold breastplate. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The painter had poured water from the duck’s bill onto a stone a single drop at a time, mixing ink to exactly the correct consistency for his work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The upper story was plaster and timber with stone reinforcing the comers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In time I found myself upon the main stone street again. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He returned to the stone hut and once more, just before going in, shaded his eyes, searching the black sky. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Involuntarily, his fingers traced along the cool stone. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

With a sigh of satisfaction the boy set stones and crucible aside, and wiped the sweat from his hands upon his cotton kilt. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“They’re set too far inside the stone for any real damage to be done.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A stone’s throw away, a guy in a cowboy outfit was cracking a whip at some fire-breathing horses. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

On one of the slats was a series of deep scratches, as if made with a pointed stone. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I stoned kids I couldn’t beat up. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They lit a small fire down under the gnarled roots of an old pine, that hung over a shallow pit: it looked as if stone had once been quarried there. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the square there was a heavy stone with an anvil on it, and a fine new sword was stuck through the anvil. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clicking of spikes against the hard stone. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He put his free hand in his coat pocket, to weigh it down with the stone. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the centre of the crowd stood an empty, makeshift throne of twisted scaffolding and stone blocks apparently yanked at random from the ruins. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Airborne sprites jammed the avenue like stones in a bottle. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Dillehay told Haynes his experience with stone tools in Arizona was useless in evaluating wooden implements in Peru, and then stomped outside with a supporter. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

When die gold cloaks dragged off die dead man, he left a trail of bright blood across the stone floor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The open, sunny, fresh-aired summit of Greylock is crowned with a large, handsome stone building called Bascom Lodge, built in the 1930s by the tireless cadres of the Civilian Conservation Corps. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm’s other constituency lay just over the bridge outside the tavern, in the gray stone buildings set among green fields and neat orchards and kitchen gardens of the Priory of St. Rosamund. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

My father could be seen standing by those four stone steps, deep in thought. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rich raiment clothed the body; polished stones glowed in his broad belt. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

It was just after this stoning that my mother left China. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Transporting the stone when it was once broken was comparatively simple. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The sun had all but set, the skies had cleared, and the lake spread out before him like a polished stone, glowing in the last reflected light of day. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The walls looked as if someone had piled up a number of stones in a hurry, the roof had collapsed, and where there must once have been a door only a black hole now gaped. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The shadows hesitated, then breached the low stone wall as one. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

All new faces, all set like stone, all surveying the students as they entered. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her strides were long and angry, much too fast, and the chair’s big wooden wheels clacked noisily across rough-cut stone floors. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In front of us, a path of floating stones led through the clouds up to Mount Olympus, hovering six thousand feet over Manhattan. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Against another wall were white apple blossoms on branches cut into sharp crucifixes and forced to lie flat against the stone. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My back is against the ancient stone wall. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The holding cells looked much more like the prison he had anticipated—no white stone or glass displays, just dank gray rock and iron bars. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After our first roll call, I was assigned to the stone quarry. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had fallen below the western wall, and the stones of the Red Keep glowed dark as blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Silently they ambled down Tenth Street until they reached a stone bench that jutted from the sidewalk near the curb. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk along the water’s edge over stones and shells and damp knotted seaweed. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I circled around it until I found the entrance, a massive pair of stone doors standing wide open. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Grit: As chickens do not have teeth, they eat sand and small stones to fill their gizzards. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I have sat in the burning heat of day under a relentless sun, and under the stone gazes of a disinterested humanity.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Quentin looked at the stones quietly, thinking Not beloved wife of. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls are stone and hung with no paintings or tapestries. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Vetch turned to him as if with a question, but he held his tongue and asked nothing till much later, when the two of them sat alone over the stone firepit of Vetch's house. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

As if her words signaled the next stage in the assault, the giant stone double doors to the chamber shuddered as something crashed against them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“A stone that makes gold and stops you from ever dying!” said Harry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Outside the cave, he rolled the large round stone back into place and set off at a tremendous gallop. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kissed the stone and then whizzed it toward the middle of the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was no need to pretend these stone snakes were real; their eyes looked strangely alive. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The Shieldhall was one of the older parts of Castle Black, a long drafty feast hall of dark stone, its oaken rafters black with the smoke of centuries. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She lifted his head again, cradling it gently as the blood from his shattered knee flowed between the patio stones, turning the sand in the cracks to red mortar, drying to brown. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Then he glanced up at one of the town-house balconies and saw a stone carving—the symbol of Venice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She’d taken a small tin of tar, and as Celaena rose from her crouch in the windowsill, her sticky, black hands and bare feet easily gripped the stone wall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was a battered wooden postern under a slab of stone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The whole gigantic structure seemed to rise toward Heaven itself, stone leaping into glory. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Not heavy now but monotonous, dripping onto us, splashing on the stones. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The houses they passed had smooth green lawns and long white stone driveways. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would’ve been a perfect skipping stone if you was a giant. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Sticks and stones may break my bones,” he intoned. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They were standing on the edge of a huge chessboard, behind the black chessmen, which were all taller than they were and carved from what looked like black stone. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I jog up the stone steps and wave to the security guard/receptionist as I skip in the door. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The whiz of the arrow’s flight filled the stone hallway before the faint, dull thud of impact. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Darius spat the apricot stone out into his hand, still looking awkward. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Out of sight of the nuns, the boys pelted Carla with stones, aiming them at her feet so there would be no bruises. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“That wall of blade stone? That was pretty impressive. If Kronos didn’t know who you were before, he does now— a child of the Underworld.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Jake swung up his flashlight and illuminated several tapering stone icicles suspended from the ceiling of the cave. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

If you took a stone too small, the Nazis would shoot you for being lazy. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The scratched names on the giant stone appear in my mind, but I don’t speak them to her. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

An odd, dilapidated wooden building near one of the corners of the square contrasted greatly with the gray stone. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The bossling clambered atop the stone stage in the middle of the room and screeched. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The huts were really just tiny log cabins with big stone fireplaces making the whole rear wall. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached the bottom, they found themselves in a low stone room with a loud, stinking crowd of people clustered in the center. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Beyond the dining room was a grand foyer, the floor inlaid with a very pretty gray stone that reminded Ophie of the train station in Atlanta. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I looked slowly around at the room, eyeing its bare stone walls, feeling its strangely heavy air. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The pommel was a hunk of pale stone weighted with lead to balance the long blade. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She crawls along the center beam, from which the narrow planks of flooring emanate, toward the stone bulk of the chimney at the far end. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

If the dates are correct, are they really associated with human products, rather than just being a 15,000-year-old lump of charcoal lying next to a stone tool actually made 9,000 years ago? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Trip tucked his juggling stones into various pockets without so much as a flourish. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I kicked at some loose stones along the asphalt. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

So Havens drove home each day from a summer job at a stone supply warehouse to work the phone from his cluttered childhood bedroom. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

They gleamed as he drew them from their black sheaths, wrought of some strange metal, light and strong, and set with many fiery stones. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Twenty stone monuments stood in a somber row along the crest of the glacier’s terminal moraine, overlooking the mist-filled valley: memorials to climbers who had died on Everest, most of them Sherpa. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

A fire still burned in the old stone fireplace, and the grandfather clock and television set were right where they had always been. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

With stone walls two levels high and small windows, the manor was to me like a castle, high, mighty, and impenetrable. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

If any man fell, crushed by a stone hurtling from above, two others sprang to take his place. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He had dug a round, shallow trench, and placed the stones in a half-circle, like a wall behind it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And just as the thought crossed his mind they passed through a heavy stone gateway and everything was very different. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered him crouched in front of the stone hearth, feeding her toys into the flames. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

One of my stones had caught him right twixt the eyes. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He cast the stone at Lanre’s feet and said, “By the power of my own blood I bind you. By your own name let you be accursed.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a stone raccoon inside the chicken pen with a messy chicken leg in its paws. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Their lead balls did vastly more damage than the smooth stones other slingers used, and more than any bow as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ash climbed out of the carriage in a daze; she saw a large stone building before her, the front door yawning open. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with certainty, "You have my father's stone. You have the Power of Stormhold." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, the stone men on the span began to wail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Once, she tricked me into lending her my yellow stone necklace. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

There was a loud rumbling sound, as of stones rolling and falling, and suddenly light streamed in, real light, the plain light of day. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Aesir set each stone on its side, and Thor took his hammer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The rooftops shone like mirrors, the walls glistened with thousands of precious stones, and the broad avenues were paved in silver. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nor did I care that my leather shoes, catching roots or stones, kept tripping me, causing me to fall. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Doon was so stunned that he stood still as stone for a long minute. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Grover frantically hit the snake with his reed pipes, but he might as well have been banging on a stone wall. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They were dragonlike creatures with wings, whose look turned men to stone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked a washed-out stone and waved at the formation. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The silence surged back, smoothing itself as black water smooths to its old surface calm over a dropped stone. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Kept looking, eyes running across the tops of the stones that had last names engraved in them. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Could it have been the stones, each of a different size? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“That stone should be warm from sitting in the sun. I’d bind it to the water in the kettle, and use the heat in the stone to bring the water to boil.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He chose for himself from the pile a brooch set with blue stones, many-shaded like flax-flowers or the wings of blue butterflies. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“And that means what, exactly? Like he said, they found barrow stones.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The mountain wind was cool; it smelled like springs hidden deep in mossy black stone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

That sounds like a reasonable plan, so I save my questions until we’re back on the stone bench in front of the guardhouse, eating greasy burgers and fries. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

In some of the rooms the red stone walls would seem to drip blood, and nowhere could she find a window. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He pulled two oranges off a branch and added them to the bag, then pulled it shut with a stone toggle. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He could not tell until they got closer, for they crawled on their hands and knees as they bent over the stones. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twisting and climbing road had in many places almost disappeared, and was blocked with many fallen stones. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

With his cheek resting on the stone, he gave one last heave and rolled on to the safety of the ledge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The stone facade of the upper school, where Jule was to work, stood five stories high. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We pad up a wide stone staircase without rails. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

‘Ted’s useless at stuff like that. You’ll end up with a paving stone and half a trainer.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was always picking fights and throwing stones and beating up everybody In fact, he got so tough he used to go around calling the other guys sissies. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

As for the lifestyle at that time, the best-preserved evidence comes from stone artifacts and prey bones accumulated at southern African sites. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was not as hard or heavy as a stone. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Choices, numberless as grains of sand, had layered and compressed, coalescing into sediment, then into rock, until all was set in stone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The boy put the stones back in the pouch and decided to do an experiment. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last I trod on a sharp stone that pierced the leather sole, and the sole of my foot as well. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The room was caught between old and new, between stone colonnades and stainless steel floors, between the very latest in high tech and old curiosities from the Industrial Revolution. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

As soon as I got past it, so nobody could see me from the tavern, I climbed over the stone wall into Sanford’s pasture and began running across the fields towards Colonel Read’s house. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frigg picked up a stone and whipped it toward her son. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was a necklace of black stones of a kind I had never seen. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys chose their way through defiles and over heaps of sharp stone. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

To make one, you pound a stick in the ground and put a stone at the end of its shadow. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I caught a glimpse of silver and a pale blue stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Azaan and I are standing in the midst of the temple’s sparring lawns, inside a large circle made from fist-sized stones. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Instead we find there monumental stone structures of a different kind, called megalithic because they consist of huge blocks or boulders placed upon each other without mortar. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Against the sullen redness of the eastern sky a cleft was outlined in the topmost ridge, narrow, deep-cloven between two black shoulders; and on either shoulder was a horn of stone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Then the claw detached, fixed itself around the second stone ring and turned it in the opposite direction. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

With it he washed clean the stones that Wormtongue had defiled. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They began to pick up small, faded black stones with white stripes running around them, stuffing them into their pockets so that they drooped on either side. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead of him, the beach was covered with stones, their hard outsides rubbed off and smoothed so that they glowed as the waves gathered them up and down. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I was leaning against the high stone wall that ran around the schoolyard. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed through the lane; but hardly had Frodo touched the ground when with a deep rumble there rolled down a fall of stones and slithering snow. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He drew lines on the ground and asked her to pick up some stones and tried to teach her to play nchokolo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now it was the deep blue of frozen rivers, now the dirty white of old snow, and when a cloud passed before die sun it darkened to the pale grey of pitted stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On the outside, its walls are made of the strongest river stones, but inside, they are woven from threads of soft cloud. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

An ornate letter S, inlaid with many small green stones, glinted dully in the diffused light shining through the tent’s canvas roof. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Here, slabs of sleek black stone were inlaid with the silver wolf’s head, the surfaces lit with eerie blue flame. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He ground them to a paste between two stones, then scooped up some of the paste with two fingers and applied it to Tree-ear’s hand. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I stuff the pamphlet under a stone in the corner of the mill, thinking as I do so that it is good Alice has gone off on her own. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new part, containing the schoolroom and dormitory, was lit by mullioned and latticed windows, which gave it a church-like aspect; a stone tablet over the door bore this inscription:— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He seemed to have grown in stature while Éomer had shrunk; and in his living face they caught a brief vision of the power and majesty of the kings of stone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The oldest surviving art objects are sculptures made from bone, ivory, stone, or antlers. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered I had seen her in the afternoon, out by the wall, pulling a load of stones in the wagon. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alfhercht held his glowing stone over the notebook, then peered up at her with a scrunched face. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Nina tilted her head back to gaze at the high black towers of the fortress known as Hellgate, a dark fist of stone thrusting up from the sea. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was a road paved with white stone running on the outer brink of the fosse. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I once saw a small green snake rub itself against a stone until its old skin peeled away, transparent and thin as paper. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I spot some stunning jewelry in a glass case, including a silver necklace with a row of small cobalt-blue stones. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Slaves done ris,” was whispered in the cabin and at the master’s gate: slaves in another county had fired the masters’ houses and fields and dashed their children to death against the stones. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t gonna be rude and look no gift horse in the mouth, but I didn’t know what the sheriff ’spected me to do with a stone that had took part in killing my pap. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Charles raised his eyebrows at us and mouthed the word “stoned.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The stonecutter jumped up, carrying an armful of stones to the guard. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Snape had just emerged from the hidden staircase behind the stone gargoyle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The marker is straight ahead—a wooden stake poking up out of the ground in the middle of a pile of stones, no wider or higher than a pitcher’s mound. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A few drops were beginning to fall, making black spots on the stones where they landed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The shabby walls and worn stones seemed to shimmer as if a translucent silk veil covered them, muting any flaws and transforming the house into a dwelling of luminous light and delicate shadows. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She could barely contain her nervous anticipation, with images of neatly cobbled streets surrounded by safe stone walls dancing in her head. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z