| 单词 | stray |
| 例句 | Kathy adjusted her hijab in the front window, tucking in stray hairs—it was a nervous habit—while watching Zeitoun leave the driveway in a swirling grey cloud. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Doubtless the boy was cooking inside all that heavy steel . . . but the last thing he needed was some stray arrow punching through his nephew's eye. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There were Muslim men who modeled their lives on the life of the Prophet, and those who strayed and fell short. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Other than Americans, the only dead body Ellsberg saw was that of a teenage girl killed by a stray American shell. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A stray dog had bitten a boy and everyone was up in arms. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We were greeted by dozens of stray dogs. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z His academic writing has an orderly logic to it; by the end of an Ekman essay, each stray objection and problem has been gathered up and catalogued. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I haven’t seen a cow, or any animal, for that matter, except a stray dog and the occasional hardy bird, since leaving County Galway, and I look forward to seeing them again. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His hand came up to brush the stray strands of hair off the back of my neck. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z That was white people all over: Build a schoolhouse and let it rot, make a home then keep straying. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After lunch she allowed Agnes to follow her around the playground like a stray puppy. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He paused to catch a stray lock of hair that was escaping the twist on my neck and wound it back into place. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z During the day, I’ve been given clearance to hunt as long as I take a guard along and don’t stray too far. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The yeti devours anything that strays into its path, though it fears fire and may be repulsed by skilled wizards. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So once again I am the desert wanderer, using Phobos to navigate and hoping I don't stray too far. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes it was simply a matter of someone throwing a stray punch, and it would all be over before you knew it had started. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z If we stray, will there be fewer birds singing? Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The third one lingered back with the two younger girls, arms crossed, and said, “Dvorah, you let Mikhail bring home the goyim like stray cats now?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The only thing there is a stray dirty sock that got left in the corner. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z All that’s really left are photographs and stray pieces of fur on my bed. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z When we’re finally done at one in the morning, we leave the kitchen with the table covered in randomly spray painted newspaper pages, and stray pieces of cardboard. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Lie, I thought, reaching up to smooth a stray piece of hair back from my face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “They are no different from any other strays—I mean, children. They will follow anyone who feeds them and is kind. Many thanks for the clothes,” she added. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z But he couldn’t let the two mean dogs rough up a weak old stray who looked like he might not even have any teeth. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z They forgot their conspiracy against shame and their eyes strayed apprehensively over the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I pitched a rock at a stray cat prowling through our bushes. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Apparently there was always at least one stray relative living at the Finneys’ temporarily. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z But day by day, it got too dangerous to be in the open, as stray bullets had killed many people. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z ‘You shall have an hour, and you shall be alone. We will stay here for a while. But do not stray far or out of call.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Somewhere along the way, a little spotted stray dog fell in with the Howard barn and began to travel with it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They are depressed because Toronto isn’t the United States without a war on, as they thought it would be, but some limbo they have strayed into by accident and can’t get out of. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z That news, which broke in January 1939, launched physicists upon flights of learned speculation about the enormous energy released when the uranium nucleus split following its absorption of a stray neutron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Her hand strays to her eyepatch, and I suddenly feel sick. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Kim notices a stray pack of cigarettes on the coffee table and lights one. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But Faramir for a long while walked alone in the garden, and his glance now strayed rather to the house than to the eastward walls. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Lexie scanned the living room: only a few throw pillows stacked on the carpet, bare walls now except for some stray thumbtack holes in the plaster. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They marched around the back yard, slashing at foliage, occasionally pausing to pick off a stray elephant or fight a tribe of cannibals. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z A few stray white hairs stuck out from his chin. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Why, this old stray dog has come and eaten our middling meat clear up,” I said. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The hens and ducks, for instance, saved five bushels of corn at the harvest by gathering up the stray grains. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z She is supposed to be a stray, and her fur must look matted and dirty. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z A stray like them who got his one shot and blew it. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A stray blueberry was stuck to the side. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z His thoughts kept straying away to Admiral Drake. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not some stray you found on the side of the road!” huffed the pigeon. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When we finally climbed into the car and headed back up the mountain toward home, I scanned the woods and yards along the way, hoping I’d see that stray dog again, but I didn’t. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Every question, every stray thought from miles around came wandering into my brain, sniffing about, scratching at my attention. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The cause of all the commotion sat serenely, his rapt, innocent gaze never straying from the minister’s face, his hand still cupped over the imprisoned fly. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z They listened to the night sounds they had grown used to—the rumble of artillery, stray shots in the distance, a booming far-off explosion—probably sappers blowing a bridge in the retreat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Here and there a stray person meandered around the library or up a corridor... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They were thinking of all the funny little animals, stray cats and dogs and things, she had always wanted to bring in and keep. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “He’s just a dumb dog. Probably a stray.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A stray not only in its plantation meaning—orphaned, with no one to look after her—but in every other sphere as well. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Marco lifts his hand to brush a stray curl away from Celia’s face, tucking it behind her ear and stroking her cheek with his fingertips. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I looked like the stray dogs with mange that populated Bonetti Ranch. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z It was why she hovered so close to him, why she never strayed too far away, why she always kept him in her peripheral vision. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Brushing the stray wisps of white hair from her broad forehead, Eva rose. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But perhaps I will pick up a stray and perhaps my big fish is around them. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The lord of the dark underworld, the king of the multitudinous dead, carried her off when, enticed by the wondrous bloom of the narcissus, she strayed too far from her companions. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas used the side of a stray slab of wood as a makeshift ruler, keeping his lines straight. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Even when she lit the candle at the altar for Papá, her thoughts strayed to him. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z A stray mine, set off by some collapsing crate. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Farid followed him, carrying the heavy bag, happy as a stray dog who has found a master at last. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Drew was intense, but he looked like he was having fun, like he had strayed from his typical practice routine to play and show off. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Bicycle riders and mule-drawn carts swerved around kids, stray dogs, and piles of debris. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She shouldn’t have entered the tomb, she shouldn’t have strayed into the sacred places of the dead when she was so stained and tainted by her crimes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Laika was a stray on the Moscow streets when she was picked for a spaceflight. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Maybe a stray dog should be wandering by, or a toucan. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Only the human mind is designed to work in this way, programmed to drift away in the presence of locked-on information, straying from each point in a hunt for a better, different point. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I slow, my fingers straying toward the letter to the Emperor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z His voice was distant, his eyes having strayed to a certain blank spot in the woods. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She would tell her sisters this and make them wish they had gone to the bathroom as well, though truly, Sandi wished she had herself never strayed from the table. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She smiles up at me, and I dare to brush a stray wisp of hair from her cheek as I hand her a cocktail. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I wanted to open it, check to see if I had somehow picked up a stray bowling ball, but this wasn’t the time. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z No playful straying from the words this time; this was about me! The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Garbage had not been collected all that week, and stray dogs were scavenging among mountains of waste. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I shivered, my fingers straying to the tender bruise around my throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z As it is, the natives mount small attacks every other day on any man or creature who strays too far from our guarded, half-built fort. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Never stray past the village limits. Do not go beyond the path.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had not meant to be caught hanging about Rekh’s shop like a stray dog. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I really didn't want to put my hand in there among the scraps of paper and pens and pencils and stray peppermints and gum wrappers. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Now they were sauntering about, doing chores, teasing cats, throwing bread to stray chickens, and some of them were playing their endless round games. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z If ever these lines strayed from perfect, if someone should move his by scooting backward too vigorously, or trying to get just the right angle to pass a note, Mrs. Jacobs got very cranky. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “So you didn’t need to be a debutante,” I said, pulling a stray weed. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They had grown up in a big stone house on the Mediterranean, and none had strayed far from the shore. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The North End was infested with vicious stray dogs that roamed in packs. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z She plucked a stray shirt off the floor and, holding it by the shoulders, flipped it front to back a couple times. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Although you may not always hear the key, and the melody may stray from the key, it always returns back to the key. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I keep Tobias in my peripheral vision, not wanting to stray too far from him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But a few maverick friends and I deliberately strayed from the herd. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Warders were present at all services and if the minister strayed from religion, he was not invited back. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That queasy feeling begins to stray from my gut. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It was windy, so I kept pushing a stray piece of hair out of my eyes. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The camera zooms in on my face and I cringe, spotting pimples and stray hairs. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z It is, and has always been, “gleaning,” named for the way the poor would trail behind farmers in ancient times, taking the stray stalks of grain left behind. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The ion particles would fall out of phase, they said, or would crash into the walls of the accelerating chamber, or would collide with stray air molecules in their way. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “A stray like you could never become a guard dog! You’re afraid of everything! Even thunder!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Usually I was picking up stones to have ready for stray rabbits that crossed our path, but today my thoughts kept my soul in a shroud. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Right then, I feel as though he sees everything—every hope of my heart, every stray thought I’ve had before falling into an exhausted sleep each dawn. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She could have let her fingers stray to the base of his flat stomach. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘And there’s knives and stray arrows. That Gollum isn’t dead, for one thing. I don’t like to think of you with naught but a bit of leather between you and a stab in the dark.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I remember like yesterday how he strayed in out of nowhere to our log cabin on Birdsong Creek. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z In danger of starving, he used the only other skill he had, straying into carnival bullrings and cow-town clubs to moonlight as a prizefighter. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m waiting for your letter giving me your word you won’t stray out-of-bounds again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Though I had never strayed beyond the nearest city, even I had seen enough to know that I wasn’t ready yet for what was waiting. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He could be lighthearted and jokey, but he never strayed far from a larger sense of obligation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She hung the grain bag from a stray wire halfway up and leaned the spear against it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His glance strayed to his fallen enemies; twenty at least lay there. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z One of the stray cats that Zohra feeds is curled up on the roof near the leg of my charpoy, asleep, but I’m not sleepy at all. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I made a mental note to make a hat to cover the stray ends. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We took a cab to Bonetti Ranch, where we were welcomed by a torrential downpour and a pack of bony stray dogs. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Horsemen, riding very swiftly, had indeed been sighted: still far behind but gaining on the Orcs, gaining on them like a tide over the flats on folk straying in a quicksand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Lydia peers into the salad bowl, fishing out a stray piece of lettuce and eating it with her fingers. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I let myself stray and think about how we’d be the perfect couple for each other, but I always circled back. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I remember something, too, of the green grave-mounds; and I have not forgotten, either, two figures of strangers straying amongst the low hillocks and reading the mementoes graven on the few mossy head-stones. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Having strayed farther afield than usual, I was hurrying back home, lugging my burlap sacks when I came across a dead rabbit. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She laughed and took a huge bite of noodles, slurping up a stray one. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She looks around, checking for raccoons or stray mental patients on the frighteningly dark back road to my house, and sticks out her index finger at me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A thick fog had swirled in, they'd strayed from the road, and trees had closed in on them. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z I’d seen my father and brothers put down dozens of dogs over the years—strays mostly, that wouldn’t stay out of the chicken coop. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She reached over and turned the water on in the sink, cupped her hand under the faucet, then slid that hand over Emma’s hair, smoothing down all the stray locks. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z T As for me, I have not strayed much farther. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z A stray cat trotted away from a torn-open trash bag, but otherwise the street was empty. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z They had picked two dozen salmon from the net, three stray sticks, two dogfish, a long convoluted coil of kelp, and a number of ensnarled jellyfish when Carl Heine’s face showed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The dog was a stray, though sweet enough in disposition once fed, and for two weeks it had been my constant care and practice to nurse him as a special pet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I know Mami wouldn’t want me outside at this hour, and Abuela would say I could get attacked by a stray Florida bobcat. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z His hand strayed limply to the place where the pearl was hidden under his clothes. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought at first it was a hen, strayed from the chickenyard—caught by a fox? Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Now that I thought about it, I hadn’t seen quite as many strays around the lanes lately. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it belonged to a neighbor or maybe it was just a stray. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She talked about stray cats she had rescued or how she had made a mistake and put salt into a cake batter instead of sugar. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "Aye, tomorrow it'll be clear. But don't ye stray from the causeway. After a night like tonight, with devils' pools and the cross-eyed currents, the sand will be hungry indeed." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Not once in more than sixty years did I stray, except in my imagination, and I have a feeling she wouldn’t have minded that. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z One stray shot hit a small boy, vaporized him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z A mangy stray dog creeps toward us and begins sniffing me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “That said, do not presume to change a word of what I say. If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Try to look like a stray sunbeam,” Theodora called out from her room. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Her hair is pulled back in a ponytail, but the shorter strands have strayed. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She sucks in a stray chunk of hair and then blows it out. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z To make this work, you had to get yourself into a sort of dream, and shut off all the stray noises and voices. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I have strayed off course, I have failed to make a statement. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I wanted him to know he didn’t have to be a stray like me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z And then I spewed out the whole sorry story about how he’d run off and how I’d looked everywhere but I figured he’d rather be a stray than live with me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Even the morning after his grandfather left, she got up and did this for him, never letting her eyes stray to the chair across from Sherm’s. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z One of the stray bullets scrapes me and searing pain shoots up my arm. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The increasing rain pulls stray feathers from her wings and pins them to the mud below. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Walking back to the Eye Care house, her gaze strayed to the building’s balcony. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I was aware that they had heard rumors that I had strayed from the organization, that I was compromised, so at every turn I sought to reassure them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a brief moment of silence as all the dogs remembered how they’d become strays. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It had evidently strayed too far from its hole and now could not tell what to do. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She had another of those little sparks of euphoria, and when a stray dog with yellow eyes limped by, Laila leaned forward and pet its back. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Slam its tail in the door of the milk truck, and a stray cat could easily yowl out a single certain to top the charts back in Sparta or Thessaloniki. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He didn’t complain, even when he had to desnag a stray arrow out of his tail. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I saw the paleness of his skin, the stray white hairs, the way his arms hung limp and helpless. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why did he always feel the need to bring home every piece of furniture he found, like they were stray animals?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He would have taken two stray kids with him to safety. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z In a wild and free state they...stray sometimes for miles...wandering until they find a suitable environment. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Frantic animals — stray horses and cows, dogs and cats, and even rats — ran wild, causing increasingly more confusion. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Not so much as a stray piece of grass decorated the cutting blade, and the garage smelled not of death but of soap and Armor All. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And you could tell that he was proud of looking so good, proud of not looking like a stray. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I made believe I was interested in looking at the trees and houses and clouds and stray dogs and whatever—anything not to let on how lonesome I felt inside. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z She brushed at her clothes for any stray bits of hair and looked around to make sure she had taken everything. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He runs his fingers through my hair, clearing stray strands away from my neck as he recites my prayer for me. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z You could get mugged or beaten up if you strayed down an alley, or knocked on the wrong door. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever we caught a white boy on our side we stoned him; if we strayed to their side, they stoned us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Remember, we must all stay together. Do not walk away or stray. Do you understand?” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z ‘And I would give gold to be excused,’ said Legolas; ‘and double to be let out, if I strayed in!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Into them once strayed old Silenus, who, intoxicated as always, had wandered off from Bacchus’ train where he belonged and lost his way. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Josiah taught him to watch for loose strands of wire and breaks in the fence; he taught Tayo how to mend them before any livestock strayed off reservation land. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Most of their faces were downcast but, again and again, their glances strayed over to Resa with expressions of pity—and dread. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A number of stray carts wandered across the parking lot aimlessly, carried this and that way depending on each moody gust of wind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She tucked a stray curl behind an ear, and his eyes followed the motion. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z His fingers strayed to his neck—the scar. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Diego reached out and brushed a stray lock of hair off my forehead. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z "What seems to be our problem, Sister Conway? Has Alfred strayed from the path of righteousness?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “But what if Wishbone wants to be a stray again?” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z In spite of himself his eyes strayed to the food Heqet was eating as he walked. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was as if Sima brought home a stray cat and said, “Can we keep him?” and my dad said, “If the Committee finds out they’ll kill all of us.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z After a week of classes, practice, Mom’s endless phone calls to other parents, and paranoia occupying my every stray thought, Friday arrived. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I was reading to him, and suddenly I strayed from the written story. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Maybe because all of them used to be strays and were grateful for their second chances. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Stitch marks and stray threads pocked the inside where she had sewn in our valuables. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Anyway, Rabscuttle got separated from the others, and after wandering about for some time, he strayed into the guards’ quarters outside King Darzin’s city; and they caught him and took him up to the King. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Izzy, at ten, had been apprehended sneaking into the Humane Society in an attempt to free all the stray cats. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Nag had never been close to Cora’s mother but that didn’t stop her from befriending the girl when she became a stray. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Explore the manse and grounds as you like, but on no account stray beyond the walls. It is best that no man knows that you were here.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Hey, I wanted him to bring home actual stray animals, so imagine my disappointment whenever he’d come home with a chair.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Walking down the street, the typical American with his sunglasses, bridal-white tennis shoes, and hopeful cluelessness is about as obvious as a stray giraffe. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z As I worked, my thoughts strayed to Yakov and how he had been on the evening he died. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He had neither strayed from his balcony nor opened a newspaper since Independence, but in spite of this fact, or maybe because of it, his opinions were always highly esteemed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Ever so often, I come to work and find her bawling in her crib, Miss Leefolt busy on the sewing machine rolling her eyes like it’s a stray cat stuck in the screen door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Dill’s mother brushed a stray wisp of hair from her eyes. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Old stray cat,” he says, and now I’ve got David lying. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A wind came in off the harbor, bringing the smell of the sea, ruffling the stray hairs that had escaped the braided coil at the nape of Inej’s neck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She waved her hands like “Shoo, stray cat.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z For several days Caesar had let his thoughts stray to Aurelia more than usual. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “An Eskimo? That’s interesting. They don’t stray into this city too often,” the boy said before turning around and strolling away. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “Ibtihaj, you don’t need to cry about this,” Abu said, smoothing down the stray hairs that had escaped from my braids. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He talked about the weather, a stray dog he’d seen, the pond, the size of a mosquito he’d swatted, and new boots he wanted but couldn’t afford. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z One evening shortly after Bloom had returned from court, some stray dogs attacked and killed several of their chickens. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I strayed from the path and retreated into the shadow of the wooded canopy, as I sensed Yakov had done. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When a description strays too far, the sentence becomes awkward and hard to read. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Bronwyn acted as den mother, rounding us up every time one of us strayed to get a closer look at a stall of brightly colored pinwheels or steaming boiled candy. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Who else would be spied upon and reported for picking a helpless stray of a kitten from a gutter? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Not on purpose, but my eye keeps straying her way. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z One day one of my father’s subjects lodged a complaint against him involving an ox that had strayed from its owner. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe she was taking care of stray cats. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “You brought home a stray dog?” repeated his mom. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z I did not have to watch out for potholes or stray dogs. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I stray from Brenda and Jasmine and walk through the photograph collection. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z In fact, he and his wife had never owned a pet, unless you counted the stray cat that occasionally slept under the back porch. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared out at the courtyard where a stray dog sniffed around an overflowing trash can. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a moment of dead silence, while the bishop’s hand strayed vaguely to his pectoral cross and Gawaine’s clenched itself in the bed clothes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Purely by accident a stray arrow struck one young sparrow. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z After an awkward moment, Dr. Begbie stuffed her hand back into the pocket of her lab coat, but not before letting it stray over the restraint securing my left hand to the bed’s guardrail. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Once he told me that some nights he lay in bed just praying for all the stray animals out there. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z There’s a stray drop of blood on his shirt. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Celaena brushed a stray wisp of hair from her face and allowed herself to be led into the clearing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The few stray activities and dreamy people not caught up in it were being systematically corralled by Brinker. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Even his mother had told him once about a stray cat: “Don’t feed him, or he’ll keep coming back.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z They came and went, stray dogs and cats, their puppies and kittens, nonpoisonous snakes, and lizards and tortoises we caught in the desert. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His eyes strayed to the hall, where the languid chow chow was chewing on his newspaper, reducing it to an inky pulp. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Bodies are shooting past Baxter; Mark sees a stray foot smack the kid in the shoulder. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Their floors were always collaged with stray bits of paper, and trapped flies waved for help from the gummy killing fields of their tabletops. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The boy cringed, but she said it again, though her hand didn’t stray from her knife. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He was a stray, like her, his parents sold off before he could walk. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The cloud itself is essentially just a zone of statistical probability marking the area beyond which the electron only very seldom strays. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They put away stray pieces of a board game, and Ms. Dale turns on her Echo. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And as she looked at an itemized bill for plumbing her left hand strayed to her neck and touched the chain. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then the stray American shell struck the fort, and the wounded howled down in the munitions cellar, and the dead were buried under rocks just above the tide line, and Etienne stopped talking. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She seems on the verge of tears, tucking stray hair behind her ears. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z A small puddle of water with stray cubes of melting ice floats at her feet. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The group had unwittingly strayed to the easternmost edge of the Col, at the lip of a 7,000-foot drop down the Kangshung Face. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z One stray glance and the needle could tear through her finger. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z My first thought was that he must’ve been taking a midnight jog down the beach and strayed inside the camp borders. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Victor smiled as he noticed how her eyes kept straying toward the large windows and the snowflakes, which drifted past slowly. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I remember to start with that day in Sacramento—a California now nearly thirty years past—when I first entered a classroom, able to understand some fifty stray English words. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The credits on the talk show begin to roll and El wipes a few stray tears from her cheek. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z For some reason my eyes strayed to his hands, fidgeting unconsciously on the top of my desk. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He looks as if he would have often written to her;—she will still be getting mail from him—To-morrow, in a week’s time—perhaps even a stray letter a month hence. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Joseph poked his head into the dining room, where Albert was running in circles, chasing Frankie’s little white stray. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Mo put his arm around Meggie’s shoulders as he looked around, but apart from a few stray cats he could see nothing moving in the parking lot or among the houses. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z His mind drifted back to the stray dog. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z It went on: As a mountain keeps still within itself, thus a wise man does not permit his will to stray beyond his situation. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The soldier kept us in tight formation, barking at us when anyone strayed too far. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She roams the house all the time in various states of undress, searching for a stray sock or ironing her scrubs. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z They had been “walking disorderly”; they were in danger of straying from the truth. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It kept wandering up to the dormitory where his, new broom-stick was lying under his bed, or straying off to the Quidditch field where he’d be learning to play that night. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z You tuck some stray hairs behind your ear. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He hadn’t played anything, or strayed out of step. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When my mind strayed far from serious concerns, it was you who guided it back down the correct path. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "We worked on our teacup dogs and the stray teacup cats at home," I remind her. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She tucks a stray hair behind her ear and takes a step back. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The whole sky smelled sour green, and stray pieces of ash flicked over my head. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Motley collections of stray animals have always populated racetracks, and being the social creatures they are, horses usually befriend them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The pigeon that came to the tower is gone, leaving behind only a stray feather and some white slopping. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z A group of goblins would corner a stray brother dwarf, pin him down, and then the leader would give him the double barrels straight in the face. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z But a Special stood between her and the border of dense trees and brush, waiting to intercept any stray Smokies. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Her hand strays to the tattoo at her neck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Folks crying and fanning and trying to keep a stray eye on they children, but they don’t stare at Sofia and her sisters. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Another that he grabbed the muzzle of a stray dog and cut out its eyes just to inure himself to the suffering of other beings. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He sat up a little straighter as he realized where they were: right next to the abandoned gas station where he saw the stray dog that morning. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when we were out walking, he'd turn away real fast and I'd know it was because he saw the shadow of some stray animal and was wishing it wasn't out in the cold. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z He never had to duck or push aside a stray branch. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about it, Fm pretending to be a lovable stray.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The aroma of food is appealing again, but Lourdes is afraid of its temptations, of straying too far from the blue liquid, from the pitchers of cleansing ice water. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I hoped Gus wasn’t right about Wishbone wanting to be a stray. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z And sure, Oscar was only an adopted stray mutt, but he was the only living thing that I could depend on. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “Animal magnetism,” said Ron gloomily, pulling stray threads out of his cuffs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And as much as I wanted to direct my attention to the horizon, to where my salvation lay, it kept straying back to this maniacal beast. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He had nothing in common with the stray dogs in the street, much less with the thoroughbred racers that assorted families of the aristocracy were raising. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z People usually find a good place for stray dogs, or for the elderly when they can no longer go up stairs or use a can opener. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The stubble around his narrow-lipped mouth was gingery, like the fur of the stray cat Meggie sometimes fed with a saucer of milk outside the door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z One day if you stray too far, as some of our niños have done, it will grab you and drag you away forever. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z They were patronized by their married contemporaries, they were vaguely felt sorry for, and were produced to date any stray extra man who happened to be visiting their friends. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Now she pushed back a stray lock with dirty fingers, leaving a dark streak on her face. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He brings home stray dogs and old men.You never know when you’ll find a dog in the bed with him.There are dogs with sores, dogs with no ears, no tails. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In his haste, , he’s forgotten the lid, and stray pieces go flying. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “I think that dog would rather be a stray,” he said. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Oh, please don’t refuse me! I know something of such things. I might help you with a stray suggestion or two.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z But if I tell her I’m going into the woods to feed a stray dog, she’ll freak out. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “For the best! What is that to do with us? Centaurs are concerned with what has been foretold! It is not our business to run around like donkeys after stray humans in our forest!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z They stood looking at the building rising above us, the liquid dark of the oil simmering dully in the stray flecks of light that struck their pails, bent forward, their shoulders bowed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a razor with a few stray hairs in it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Travis’s mom swept a stray bit of flour into her hand and threw it in the garbage. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z But his back was on fire with pain, and Lazlo’s glance strayed there as though he knew it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She sat on the sofa and watched Hank retrieve the strays. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “You keep mouseworm on lead. No wander, no stray. Give plenty work. Much kick, like this.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Cora slept next to her in the loft, ten years later, when Mabel apologized for making her a stray. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He took my presence for granted, the same way he might’ve sheltered a stray cat—no wasted sighs or pity—and there was never any talk about it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They moved on stealthily like stray cats, past chimneys, aerials, and Capricorn's floodlights, which were angled downward and left everything behind them in the cover of darkness. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z There were no wolves in the region, but once an animal had strayed during the night, and the boy had had to spend the entire next day searching for it. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then my thoughts strayed to my parents, as they always did when I didn’t keep a tight rein on them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The stray dog sat outside, staring up at the bus like he’d been waiting there all morning. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z There is just one little hole, it must have been a very tiny, stray splinter. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s got no collar, no tags. He’s a stray and he found me.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I squeeze my eyes shut, trying not to let my eye stray. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Or was it just a stray ember from the flames? Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I was panicking when I saw that thing in Magnolia Crescent....It was probably just a stray dog....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I’ve strayed off onto some of the incidents and situations which have taught me to respect the danger in the ghettoes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When she’s sure I’m following her, she releases my hand and tucks her stray hair behind her ears. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The police of the division have been instructed to keep a sharp look-out for straying children, especially when very young, in and around Hampstead Heath, and for any stray dog which may be about. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z And she actually did a little skedaddle motion with her hands like I was a stray cat. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z But just to make sure the attention didn’t stray too far from her, Vonetta became Little Miss Ethel Waters and practiced the next day’s retelling for Ma Charles. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I felt the same excitement as when I’d been able to coax a wild bird or stray cat to eat out of my hand. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d try the junkyard first, hefting iron slabs in case some stray sheet of metal had shifted and pinned me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Somewhere in some dark gully in a back corner of a village, her beloved Kaveh lay slaughtered, blood flowing from his neck for stray dogs to lick at, until it turned brown. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z And every moment from then on—whenever Luke started to stray in school or in practice—Coach O would remind him of the promise he’d made. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z In Eratosthenes’ time, globes were constructed portraying the Earth as viewed from space; they were essentially correct in the well-explored Mediterranean but became more and more inaccurate the farther they strayed from home. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Like he belonged right here with me, not a stray anymore. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z In the lining of my pocket, I find a stray morphling tablet and swallow it dry, heading off my rising hysteria. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He punched his pillow into a more comfortable shape and waited for sleep to come, trying his utmost not to allow his thoughts to stray anywhere near Ginny. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I shake the water bottle, but besides the few stray drops from this morning, it’s empty. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z If only it would move, then he’d know whether it was just a stray cat or — something else. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Understanding crosses my dad’s eyes, but a moment later, suspicion strays across it too. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Behind loomed up the Buck Hill; and out of it, through stray shrouds of mist, shone many round windows, yellow and red. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She petted and fussed over him, accepting him as though the years had rolled back and one of the children had brought home yet another half-starved stray. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Among Garden City's animals are two gray tomcats who are always together—thin, dirty strays with strange and clever habits. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine myself trimming back all the stray branches of my thoughts, focusing on just this place, just this time. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z With a stray bit of gauze, he applied a waxy yellow ointment to the wound, then loosely bandaged it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Flora Baumbach's hands were gentle, they never hurried or pulled a stray hair. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad knocked a cat off a chair—they had already taken in a few strays—and offered me a seat. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I throw a stray stone into the river. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I turned the pages slowly to make the story last, but my thoughts kept straying to my brother. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Never one to stray too far from the armed services, he also signed up as a member of the US Army Reserve. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z A few bits survived: Beowulf in England, the Nibelungenlied in Germany, and some stray fragments here and there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Once or twice, almost for relief, her thoughts strayed to her tiger. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z ‘They’re coming along the road from Waymeet, but a good many stray ruffians have joined up with them. There must be close on a hundred of them; and they’re fire-raising as they come. Curse them!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “We won’t have disruptions at Mobius. We are the first camp, and we will set the standard. And there will be consequences for anyone straying from the regulations.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z But no stray pup came to him along the lonely, empty stretches of road. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Herdsmen were driving beasts into the keep—and all the beasts strayed, or got muddled with each other, or would not go through gates. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Bob is a stray, which means he does not have a permanent address. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z If a turkey strayed, a man would snap a long whip around its neck and pull it back in line. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “How about a kid who got bitten by a stray dog, and he got rabies, and he started foaming at the mouth? Did they ever tell you about him? And did you ever meet him?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her fingers strayed to the winding key on its bottom, but glancing at the sleeping Tuck, she shook her head, gave the little box a pat, and dropped it into her pocket. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes didn’t stray from that spot on the floor, and she was still clutching Deedee’s shoulders with both hands. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Passing stray dogs as I do clusters of garbage. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z At home, whenever Elisabeth speaks, we pay no more attention than we do to the stray teacup cats. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z My attention strays to her constantly while I work. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z White mists began to rise and curl on the surface of the river and stray about the roots of the trees upon its borders. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She frowned as she approached, giving Ruth and me a quick once-over while tucking a stray curl under her cap. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Chuck had exercised as they talked, flexing his arms with nice ferocity, his veins straying over his muscles like snippets of blue yarn. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The new uglies all stuck together in a tight group, afraid to stray too for from their guide. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But my thoughts kept straying back to John. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z We all agree there will be no more stray women and children, dogs and old men. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z And while I was gone, I might do some thinking about Little Arliss and that thieving stray dog. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, Lelia would stray off to the butcher’s section, Mitt to the candies. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She picked a few stray peelings off of her apron and began quartering the potatoes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He brushes a stray hair away from his face and avoids my eyes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But as he stared at the stray, something lit up inside him. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z I’m parched, and it dawns on me that I shouldn’t stray far from the trailer without water. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z There was a patch of stray hairs between his eyebrows and an uneven mole above his lip. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Dancing by the DJ booth, a stray bee made its way from the trash can to the back of my ear. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Babies were bounced, children scolded for straying too far. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A pack of stray, skinny dogs followed us, barking at the wheels and waking up the few neighbors who did not work on Sundays. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z A stray wooden spoon sitting on the counter flew up and hit the back of Ivan’s head. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The daytime crowds had disappeared, leaving behind a few strays desperate to soak up what little light remained. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z His hand strayed to the hilt of his small sword. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She brushes a stray hair from her face and leans over me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He’d even kept a stray donkey in the back alley for a few days, wanting it to be his, to take care of it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Leaving the maps, then, Bloom talked about the history of the north, about land grants and how they had been lost, strayed, or stolen, divvied up. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For ten days after that Ishmael worked—odd jobs and stray chores, weeding and window washing—and worried about Hatsue Imada. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It looked like a year-round Halloween store, with a few stray ghost decorations on the window and a rotting pumpkin by the entrance. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I am not in the habit of taking home stray cats,” Theodora said lightly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z And even though there weren’t supposed to be any hostiles in the manor, she found her gun hand automatically straying to the Neutrino 2000. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It had been a useless stray, underfoot, scavenging everywhere for food. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A few animals rummaged for food, and Tally watched in silent horror as a stray rabbit was taken by a wolf, the short struggle leaving only a patch of blood and for. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Other wanderers were rare, and of evil sort: trolls might stray down at times out of the northern valleys of the Misty Mountains. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Miss Jovy runs through the parking lot frantically, gathering stray kids. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I swear to God, I even saw a stray dog check her out. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The crowd surges around me, but I am rooted to the spot as Taryn leans in and tucks a stray bit of hair behind Locke’s ear. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A muddy stray, nosing through a pile of trash next to an abandoned gas station. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Mama Cradle told us there was nothing for us to do just then, but we shouldn’t stray far—and should not venture out onto the flats. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His father, who’d owned a movie theater in Kabul, was telling Baba how, three months before, a stray bullet had struck his wife in the temple and killed her. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The way Pearl leaned over to close the zip on Trip’s backpack, the way he leaned down to smooth a stray curl out of her face. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His fingers had strayed absently to his cheek, following the wiry scar that drew a path from his jawline to his crumpled nostril. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I talked to one of the aid workers for a few minutes at the clinic,” my mom says as she tucks a few stray hairs into her otherwise neat bun. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I can picture her sitting at our breakfast table, her hands wrapped around a steaming mug of green tea and her dark hair pulled into a ponytail with a few stray curls framing her face. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Bigger sat silently, bewildered, feeling that he was on a vast blind wheel being turned by stray gusts of wind. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He could see every stray leaf, every little minnow swimming along. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z My sisters and I pass one another in the hall as we dart around, grabbing stray things we need. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But always their thoughts and words strayed back to Frodo and the Ring. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Its branches hid him from the curious eyes of anyone who might stray up the hillside. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Lyddie tried to keep her eyes from straying toward the copies of the weekly, which were thrown with seeming carelessness on the parlor table. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z As they traveled farther into the maze, the glass lamps became scarcer, until only a stray torch or a narrow boat’s dim lantern lit the rotting boardwalks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z If the press got wind of the Cambodian sorties, he could claim American planes had strayed accidentally over the border. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z "Yes it is. Anyway, I find the biggest branch and tie myself to the trunk with a rope so I don't fall off. Up here, I'm safe from stray dogs and cats—and humans." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “A stray dog bit her, but she’s all right now. Abuelita gave her some antibiotics and cleaned the wound for her,” Juanita said, jumping in to save Pita from having to explain. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z We dodged across the street holding hands, avoiding cars, people, and stray dogs sunning themselves on the sidewalk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Oh, and see that no one else strays too far. I’ll be in the tent if you need me for anything, but try not to disturb me.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A man in our village came upon a stray dog in the road one day. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Human beings have done evil things to each other for as long as there’ve been human beings. We also do kind things, too. Rescue a stray dog. Keep an old man company.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Then Father said, “I’ll be talking business with Mr. Bogardus for a while. Have a look around, but don’t stray too far.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Only then did he let his attention stray from the fire. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She delicately tucks some stray hairs behind her ear. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The words “secluded” and “recluse” had begun straying into newspaper stories about him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t let her thoughts stray to June. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z These are not pots for cooking, I should point out, just decorative pots deployed to catch stray beams of sunlight or reflect the owners’ no doubt expensively buffed and peeled faces. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Its finger grasps stray pieces of hay from the ground and then drops them again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “There is nothing to fear if you don’t stray.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the time Amari scarcely noticed the dog—he rarely strayed far from Tidbit. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “When winter comes they take their own cats indoors for safety, then they put out dishes of poisoned food for the strays.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Enthusiasts proposed a dozen groups as the ancestral stock: Phoenicians, Basques, Chinese, Scythians, Romans, Africans, “Hindoos,” ancient Greeks, ancient Assyrians, ancient Egyptians, the inhabitants of Atlantis, even straying bands of Welsh. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Just occasionally these stray visitors smack into something solid, like Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z ‘Remember, it is perilous to cut bough or twig from a living tree in Fangorn. But do not stray far in search of dead wood. Let the fire die rather! Call me at need!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Cara tucks a stray hair back into the knot just above her neck. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Those who beheld it were bound by a vow of silence and they kept it so well that we know only stray bits of what was done. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He began to stalk the empty streets, looking for small prey such as cats and dogs that strayed out of doors. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Soon the beggar children disappeared, and Alba noticed that the stray dogs and piles of garbage were gone too. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But she went on smiling, twisting a stray hair into place beneath her hat. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z That way, if a stray meatball plummets to its death, he’ll be right there to catch it. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z What if he decided he’d had enough of me and ran off to be a stray again? Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The server has stray spaghetti in her hair. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z He closed his book with a bang, leaped to his feet, seized his wand of lignum vitae, and rushed at Arthur as if he were trying to shoo away a stray chicken. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A few stray locks of hair had come loose from their ties, and her clothing was rumpled, but she seemed unhurt. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Shots rang through the development and car windows were shot out while the people staring out their windows backed away, trying to avoid stray gunfire. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z One of the daughters often strays away to handle bolts of fabric and talk with the merchants in their own language. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened the gate, passed through it, and strayed away down the glen. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z A stray berry stains his chin and I wipe it away. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And what a story of romance and daring he could have told, without straying from the truth! Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Only three blocks from Giti’s house, a stray rocket struck the girls. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z People were lost occasionally in the tunnels, too, if they strayed too far. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I was so anxious to get the mail that I accidentally tripped over one of the stray dogs that followed me as I got out of the car. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Inside the kitchen the small bodies squirmed on the hard benches, and eyes strayed from the primers to gaze through the door at the forbidden sunshine. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Observe what happens as the young gazelle, which has just strayed from its herd... Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “Do you need to give everything a name?” says Cara, running her hands over her dull blond hair to tuck the stray pieces back. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Checking to make sure there was no stray gunpowder on the top of the pipe when she closed it. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It was a room as big as the main hall over which it stood, and it could afford to have large southern windows because it was on the second stray. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I just sit there like a fool, making small talk and boring observations about stray animals, hoping I don’t embarrass myself with my limited Spanish vocabulary. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He sweeps a stray lock of hair back from her forehead. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A stray rock kicks out from Dr. Martin’s tire and tings Frank’s gleaming white beast of a truck. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Miss Whitlaw waved her hand as if the thief were some stray dog. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Come now with your friends and join our company! You had best walk in the middle so that you may not stray. You may be weary before we halt.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I knew what it felt like to be a stray, not having a home where somebody wanted you. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He said this more than once; and he advised them to pass barrows by on the west-side, if they chanced to stray near one. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z One writer marveled at Osage girls who attended the best boarding schools and wore sumptuous French clothing, as if “une très jolie demoiselle of the Paris boulevards had inadvertently strayed into this little reservation town.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He seldom sat down, but strayed about with nervous movements, picking dungs up and setting them down without looking at them, walking to windows and looking out but seeing nothing. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands went straying around the keyboard, found “Abide With Me,” and played a few lines, real quiet. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z My fingers strayed to my waist, urging to twist up in the tassels of my tzitzis. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I looked down at my dress, fidgeting with a stray piece of chiffon. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And once I know a thing, I hold it tight and don’t let it stray off. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She laughs at something he says, her hands, for once, not straying to her eyepatch. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She took time to push a stray wisp of hair under the elastic of her hairnet. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Toby scraped the edge of his fork along the plate, collecting some stray frosting. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Hazel didn’t know what they were, but she knew they were watching her, hoping she’d stray into their clutches. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was no stray mugging or personal settling of scores. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, not yet... he’s a stray. I’ve been chasing him for a while. I’m going to adopt him. I don’t want him to freeze to death out here!” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She was looking Lyddie up and down as she asked, as though Lyddie were a stray dog who had wandered too close to her house. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Sweeping stray ashes from the hearth, beating at the stones, she was so rough that shards of corn husk broke from the broom’s bottom. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I stumbled into Mrs. Epler’s stall and sat in the stray white feathers that littered the ground. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Flies and stray dogs linger near the garbage—as do some people. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The oxen wouldn’t have strayed; oxen don’t wander when they’re attached to a heavy wagon. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Ron’s eyes strayed to the pile of Chocolate Frogs waiting to be unwrapped. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Sitting in the front seat, she flinched every time she saw another car, a crossroad, a stray dog, but she never said a word. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Kin pointed a finger upward, slowly, eyes never straying from the furious domovoi. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The way you can never stray too far from the thing you’re famous for without the world getting up in your business. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “This is the male sexual organ, these are a few stray hairs, and that’s his backside.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The pawn did not stray too far from the queen. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She hardly ever did that, not like some others she had seen in the girls’ room fussing with themselves as if a stray hair could send them to jail. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The night is so clear that the water reflects every stray angle of light. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “They strayed long ago from God’s path,” said the imam. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z As I pinch a stray hair from my pillow, Eric walks in. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Her hand strayed to a stubborn coffee stain just over her hip. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Interspersed amid these totemic items were stray Q-tips and cotton balls, lip liners, Max Factor eye makeup, mascara, blush, and everything else I used in a losing battle to make myself beautiful. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She wanted to stroll down her old street, Calle San Jose, counting and naming the stray cats, making up a story for each one, the way she used to do with her sister. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Thank God, because yesterday I saw stray dogs splashing in that filmy water, what’s left of it anyway. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z People began going about their daily business of searching for food, even though stray bullets were likely to kill them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I studied the clouds’ dark shapes—flocks of lost sheep straying across a desolate wasteland, blown to rags and tatters by the wind. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Then, for an instant, they strayed too close to each other. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Maybe it was this stray bit of information that- was responsible for Zizmo’s increasing moodiness, his suspicious glances at his pregnant wife. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "You used to want to save stray animals," I remind Newcharlie. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Three or four had run and strayed too far to be found and what became of them no one ever knew. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She opens the box and stuffs in any stray unmanageable feelings, any wayward sadness or regret, and clamps it shut. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She would ignore him outright when they passed in the halls, and kept a wide berth, as though if she strayed into his path, their proximity alone might scald her. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They are erased, and nothing is left, not a stray biscuit wrapper, not a bottle that once held water, nothing to suggest that they were once there. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I also needed my teachers to keep my attention from straying in class by calling out, Rich-heard—their English voices slowly prying loose my ties to my other name, its three notes, Ri-car-do. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Once in a while a stray Irish or Italian face looking scared. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And if he was mine and didn’t have to be a stray anymore, I bet he would love me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Miss Lilian’s hands strayed from her pearls to her hair and then to her dress, smoothing, twitching, tweaking, never still. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Her lips were coated in a complementary coral gloss, and a bit of the color had strayed beyond the borders. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z One morning my brother and I, while playing in the rear of our flat, found a stray kitten that set up a loud, persistent meowing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom also had a soft spot for strays; she’d always leave the door open for friends of ours who had nowhere to go, especially around the holidays. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z My father's family, meanwhile, sprawled across Chicago’s broader South Side and included an array of great-aunts and third cousins, plus a few stray outliers whose blood connection remained cloudy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Con and Kaede did not stray far from the path as they foraged for fallen branches. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “You’re a stray, straight from the shelter. Me? I’m the most heroic dog in the world!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Every time a pye-dog strayed onto the road, the driver made a sincere effort to kill it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’ve been having quite a lot of trouble with stray dinosaurs and stuff in Georgia lately.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z At the sight of him, Sefia’s hand strayed to the hilt of her knife. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I had one morsel of bread yet: the remnant of a roll I had bought in a town we passed through at noon with a stray penny—my last coin. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She stooped down to pet him, although she murmured, “We probably shouldn’t pet stray dogs, but he can’t be dangerous if he’s with these children...” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Luke heard the whimpering and thought it was a stray. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She was a stray through and through, so far off the path it was like she’d already run from the place long ago. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Some mornings I walked out into the courtyard and every living thing there, the seagulls and wagtails, the small trees, and even the stray blades of grass, seemed to smile and shine in the sun. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And the game had come back, too; deer strayed on the roads and there were marks of bear. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't know why straying from the causeway would be deadly. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Her bullet strays from the target’s center, but only by inches. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “It is a deep red flower that grows on a strong vine. Its leaves are dark and delicate. They grow best in shadowy places, but the flower itself finds stray sunbeams to bloom in.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Each of the don’ts corresponds to a way in which a writer can stray from this scenario. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He was like a restless child whose fingers stray to every loose article. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Oh God, the kid was looking at me with all the sympathy and pity required of someone watching a stray puppy being put down. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But Iphitos had come there tracking strays, twelve shy mares, with mule colts yet unweaned. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes stray to a passing car on the street, the headlights briefly shining on their bodies, but then her gaze returns to his face. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Emma asked, pushing a stray lock of hair behind her ear. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Max is tucking stray hairs behind her ears. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Like everything else, it wasn’t permanent damage, nothing left this week but the bruises, and they check me carefully now for stray bits of metal. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Here, just take everything out and you can make your books fit,” Conner said in a voice like I was a skittish stray. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z After our thirteenth birthday, we moved on from using our teacup dogs and the stray teacup cats that lurk on the grounds to enlisting our servants as subjects of our beauty work. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Music that does not stray at all from its key is called diatonic. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Quickly, he gets back to his bowl and licks it, searching for a few stray coffee fumes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Olive sat opposite but was no help; the tiny girl couldn’t pull the oars without pushing herself up into the air, where a stray gust of wind might send her flying away like a kite. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Back in line!” the soldier behind me shouted, and I realized that it was me he was talking to—that in my fevered state I’d strayed too far from the center of the road. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Yazd stretched below us, stray pockets of fog tucked into the shadows where the morning sun had yet to burn them away. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “We’ve strayed from Lana’s point. There’s something wrong with this virus. It’s not consistent. I’m not a scientist, but could it be mutating or something? Changing as it jumps from one person to the next?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Ain’t nothing alive on this block except mangy cats and stray dogs, and they look like they want to jack me up, too. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z But that did not keep me from hearing gunshots as bullets entered the bodies of the strays. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z She paused, her gaze straying to the four sealed letters she’d already prepared: one for each of the Masters, to inform them of the events of the previous night, and of her failure. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Sailors are mighty superstitious, and as they went about the day’s business, they were careful to avoid it, as if they’d catch cannibalism, or bad luck, if they strayed too close. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The boy was seated on a chair, a striped tie was folded at his neck, and his short hair was parted to one side, with a few stray pieces sticking up. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z As stray drops began to pelt her head, she tore through the prairie, ahead of the rain, not stopping to look out for the kittens. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The girls greeted him the way they would have greeted a stray dog, with trepidation. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Luma had once caught a stray shot of Mandela’s on the top of her thigh. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “I do apologize, but we have strayed off topic. Where are my manners? I believe that introductions are in order. I don’t recall hearing your names.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A group of men and women who had been pierced by stray bullets came running next. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Some stray Mango fur is embedded in it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I saw I had strayed far from the village: it was quite out of sight. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z |
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