| 单词 | summon |
| 例句 | A beeping goes off but I can’t stay awake to find out who it will summon. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z With a millisecond to spare, he’d summoned the winds and avoided becoming a floating patch of demigod grease on the surface of the Adriatic. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But there was as yet no general crisis for the two-spheres theory: the geographers summoned by Ferdinand and Isabella to advise on Columbus’s plans had no hesitation in dismissing them out of hand. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z While Marcus lay trembling with fear and guilt, and Julius in chains tracked Boots into the hot, dry hinterland, Aurelia was in her mother’s private apartment, where she had been summoned. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Luma summoned the Under Thirteens over to a corner of the field. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The de-jammed strawberries were summoned one by one, and sliced into delicate pieces. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She summoned her husband from his workshop by pulling vigorously on a ship’s bell he had rigged up for this purpose, unpinned her hair, and led him by the wrist to their bedroom. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I could tell that Mrs. Huckaby also sensed real trouble, because she summoned us one by one to discuss our problems. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He tapped the whip against his calf as a man might do to summon his dog. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Camellia, my mother's summoned me. And when the queen calls"—she sighs—"I can't ignore her, as much as I might want to." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I longed to speak, but could summon only words of paltry thanks and pale affection, so I left them unsaid. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He peered down the corridor that led deeper into the Maze, as if expecting the creatures to arrive then, summoned by the sound of their name. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Kira nodded agreement, and Thomas left the room to summon the tenders. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The den was where his father summoned him whenever there was serious explaining to be done. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I was summoned one night to meet Nealson and a “friend.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he would crank up the voltage again until another sharp report summoned him back inside. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A doctor was summoned to the Hotel Toplice, and one of the Yugoslavian players served as translator. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They put her to bed and summoned a doctor. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I answered dryly and with all the detachment I could summon, “Mi padre.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She would think him quite insane and summon her parents. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Unnerved by the sensation of utter powerlessness, he only summoned his reserves of sunny optimism to field phone calls from his parents. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The very thought of her lips against water—the tip of her nose touching its surface—summons up a biological craving beyond anything she has experienced. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The speech stirred the sinews and summoned up the blood quite brilliantly. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “I came to wish you luck, my boy. But I make it a point never to visit Olympus unless I am summoned.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z M. Bouc, who was already seated, gesticulated a greeting and summoned his friend to the empty place opposite him. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The cop told him to knock it off and said that the girl was to go and he was to stay in his room and wait to be summoned to the police station. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Perhaps they’ve been summoned to protect the high-ranking military guests and ambassadors? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “We know how to find him. He said that all we have to do is summon him with his name, but what about fighting?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Don’t try. If it comes without your summoning it, it is because of need. Because someone needs your gift.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The tip of the hazel switch sang through its arc, leaves and stems flew apart, but the cheers of the crowds were harder to summon. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When I close my eyes and summon the fond smells of childhood, do I smell gingerbread baking or the pine-fresh scent of Christmas trees? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We walked along the rows of chaise lounges and waited to be summoned. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Two days after I bury my parents, I am summoned to the offices of Edmund Hyde, Esquire, to hear the details of their estate. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The alien who had just walked out of his room was also the man he felt passionately enough about to strike with all the fervor he could summon up. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The point sailed over him and Jason flicked his hand, summoning a gust of wind that changed the spear’s direction. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Howard rushed to a telephone to summon an ambulance. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We did our summons after dark, at a twenty-foot-long pit in front of the septic tank. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Only a child of the Underworld can summon the dead legions. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He sent her back to Olympus and summoned Iris, the rainbow messenger, to carry his command to Poseidon to withdraw from the field. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He summoned his reserves of persuasion, his broad and repressed tenderness, ready to give up for Amaranta a glory that had cost him the sacrifice of his best years. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He summoned his children to his bedside and they came, the living and the dead of them, and they shivered in the cold granite halls. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z ‘Except he’s also summoned so many monstrous “allies” that the legion is completely surrounded by wild centaurs, tribes of dog-headed cynocephali, and who knows what else. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "The king's not dead, that's only summoning bells. One tower tolling. When the king dies, they ring every bell in the city." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The loud rasp of the buzzer summoned them all to the cafeteria for the evening meal. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z With this they summoned all their energies together for one decisive encounter, leaned forward, lowered their heads like two billy-goats, and positively sprinted together for the final blow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Although his salary would be paid for the coming year from the medical school budget, he would be near enough to be summoned for work on the cyclotrons when needed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z My grip on the bladeless hilt tightens, and I summon the splendor from the earth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “We're late. Why didn't you summon us sooner?'' The girl trails us, too frightened to get closer. “There were so many people—I couldn't find you.'' An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It was now clear why the doctors had summoned not the sheriff or a prosecutor but Bill Smith’s personal attorney. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And even when his eyes went wet with hurt and worry, she could not summon any kindness. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I summon all the love I have ever felt, I summon all the strength that Gran and Gramps and Kim and the nurses and Willow have given me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dawn is approaching. Zoe, break camp. You must get to Long Island quickly and safely. I shall summon a ride from my brother.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes she had asthma attacks and would summon her granddaughter with a tiny silver bell she always carried on her person. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You gave blood, and so you summoned those who share that blood. You called on your foremothers, and they answered.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Then he summoned the dragon: “Usurper of Pendor, come defend your hoard!” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z This deep underground, Hazel might be able to cause an earthquake in the throne room, or summon a big pile of schist or gold. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z To make his displeasure manifest, he summoned Hobamok home and cut off contact with the Pilgrims. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It summoned up all its courage and let loose a mighty croak, which cracked the acorn to bits and freed the witch. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The poor women waited, Aethra with them, while he went to summon the assembly which would decide the misery or happiness of their dead children. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason summoned a gust of wind, which boosted Leo onto the statue’s shoulders like a little kid at a parade. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Or this,” said Grace, summoning the photo of the cabin boy’s puzzle on Jake’s computer. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z On several occasions when I went with my father to the barbershop, he would have to take me home because he’d been summoned by someone in trouble to work with that team. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The queen herself was seen summoning the winds, Unfurling her sails and frantically paying out the slackened ropes. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It took some nerve to go and see her without being summoned; to go with the sort of demands Roy was making seemed suicidal. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached into her head and summoned the loudest silent voice she could find, then threw it as hard as she could in the creature’s direction: PET, STOP! Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z ‘Yes, the Dead ride behind. They have been summoned,’ said Elladan. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The Gestapo, summoned to inspect the damage, concluded that it was sabotage. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Colonel Arbuthnot was clearly annoyed at being summoned to the dining car for a second interview. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman read the Big Chief statement and screamed, summoning her companions to draw aside from the ghastly apparition that had appeared at their art show. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to summon a little fire, just so we can see.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One day he summoned me downstairs and asked me to help him dress. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee nodded, as if at a summons, and prayed to the Lord for a little more time. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Two years after the recording of ‘Strange Fruit’, Meeropol was summoned to appear before New York State’s Rapp-Coudert committee investigating alleged Communist infiltration of the state’s high schools. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She knew the trick for summoning crocodiles up from the Nile. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The old man was paralyzed with bewilderment, recognizing how worn out he was, when he tried to summon up his fury and his hatred and was unable to find them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I wait for word from her but instead receive a dress and a summons from Sophia. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And while they cheered, the Emperor summoned the gladiators. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The idea of summoning Gray scared him even more than Hazel’s horse. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Another pawned her sewing machine and summoned an exterminator. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Since Donna and Kristina are talking and listening to music up there as if I’m not in the backseat, I summon Frank to sit next to me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Artemis had summoned the Butlers to his study, and spoke to them now from behind a mini-lectern. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Shadowfax tossed his head and cried aloud, as if a trumpet had summoned him to battle. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Meantime, Mr. Rochester had again summoned the ladies round him, and was selecting certain of their number to be of his party. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z One day Kamen was summoned to the office of financial fuss- budget Don Cooksey, who instructed him to prepare a detailed requisition for equipment to perform chemical assays—and not to worry about the cost. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z One morning the principal summoned me to his office. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you had only summoned me a little earlier, I might have been able to do more, buy you more time!” said Snape furiously. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Okay, Miss Trixie,” Mr. Levy said as if he were summoning a pet cat. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z To cap it all, Professor McGonagall summoned Harry into her office, with such a somber expression on her face Harry thought someone must have died. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z At a speech in Salt Lake City, Humphrey summoned the nerve to break with Johnson. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He came often, sometimes even when he was not summoned; and his presence, as much as the powders and pills he made her take, gave my mother her ease. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “You should understand by now,” said Gwydion, “that of what he knows, Dallben tells little. Yes, there is to be a council, and I have summoned others to meet us here.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I made my decision and summoned my courage. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Shortly after the bombing, the FBI summoned my friend Junie Collins to accompany them. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Its work is done. It summoned you. Now I don’t need it.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Not even summoning Father Cham's memory or showing him the bracelet would change his mind. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Pointing my wand away from myself into the deadly folds of the creature, summoning the memory of the day I had been voted President of the local Gobstones Club, I performed the Patronus Charm. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Before dawn were we summoned; we went to our companies and assembled. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Metropolitan Hospital,” I said to the driver, but Victor summoned a bit of reserve energy. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z It was easy now to summon up the power behind her eyes. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “Come,” I said, “my dear old fellow, summon all your fortitude: it will be best and easiest for her.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z As if summoned across the new ice by his favorite dish, he arrived in time to eat until he could eat no more. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z At his summons, wheeling with a rending cry, in a last desperate race there flew, faster than the winds, the Nazgûl, the Ringwraiths, and with a storm of wings they hurtled southwards to Mount Doom. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The old nurse Eurycleia and her maids were summoned to cleanse the place and restore all to order. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z So he was summoned by the chapter to design and supervise the construction of the new cathedral, and to hire the master craftsmen who would work under him. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z It was an air of death that she’d felt standing before that black void summoned by Cain. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z ‘I don’t think it likes summoning Romans to fight other Romans!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z By the time the police summoned me to the station, I had given up on sleep. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Overcoming the initial shock of her husband's death, Lucretia summoned the strength she knew was needed to cope with the days ahead. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z If she could summon gold and diamonds, why not summon another kind of treasure—a vision of the world people wanted to see? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Her brother, Jason, could fly by summoning the winds. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The guitarist came on and strummed a summoning tune. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The next day I was summoned to the head office, where the commander blandly informed me that the case had been investigated and dis-missed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Once Leo had anchored the Argo II between the pillars, Jason summoned the wind to carry him and Piper ashore. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Or would we be summoned by a booming gong? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She could have summoned it by magic, but as she hurried back toward the crooked house, Harry knew that she wanted to hide her face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The next time DeeDee made one of her remarks, I lunged for her, summoning everything my dad had taught me about how to throw a punch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He could summon them in his imagination at will. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And, when her mother’s cousin, Uncle Osita, came from Umunnachi to tell her that she was being summoned to a meeting at her grandfather’s compound, she did not tell Odenigbo about it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Ophelia! It grows late. Has the king summoned me yet?” she asked. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z As he was sucking the meat off the bones of his quail, he asked Illyrio about the morning’s summons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Rogers, summoned before the court, had very little to tell. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z She summoned the Mist, calling it from the depths of the earth the way she did with gold or silver or rubies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He paused, summoning the kind of starry-eyed reverie of his dining hall speeches. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I had long wanted to ask her to tell me about the books that she was always reading, but I could never quite summon enough courage to do so. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The summons ordered Reggie to appear in court on the following Tuesday on the charge of negligent homicide, a class A misdemeanor. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He summoned the happiest thought he could, concentrated with all his might on the thought of getting out of the maze and celebrating with Ron and Hermione, raised his wand, and cried, “Expecto Patronum!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Lady Arryn had summoned her knights and retainers to hear his confession, as he had hoped. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She stared into her gray eyes and tucked a strand of black hair behind her ear, summoning the words of her oath as if they were an incantation. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He thought she was mocking him with this question, because the falcon had not fully obeyed his summons. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The limp hands tighten, the eyes blink, and with a deep breath she summons the infinite control that is Claire’s. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z One spring morning, Barack and the girls and I were summoned downstairs from the residence to the South Lawn. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Too often they reminded him of where he was when he last summoned them. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He summoned giant fists of water from the ocean to slam into the larger waves before they could reach the deck, so it looked like the ocean was hitting itself repeatedly in the face. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I am summoned because she is stuck inside her mama. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z It's nice to have someone else do the talking for once, to not have to summon the energy for another false conversation. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They could summon us down in our pyjamas at night-time and thrash us for leaving just one football sock on the floor of the changing-room when it should have been hung up on a peg. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “His sorceress can summon fire. Might be her red god can melt these snows.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We sat with the dead man, ignoring the gawking crowd that had gathered, until a constable came and summoned a cart to bear the body away. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z By the second day, she found that she could not only summon particles of the splendor but could send it in certain directions when she focused hard enough. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They dragged me from the second place to the third place, every voice sowing the wind, all things summoning the whirlwind that would sweep us all away to drown in the deepest sea. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, Jason was too busy summoning his storm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was hard to summon the will to speak, to recall the words she had practiced so assiduously. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The only money I have is a tenner I borrowed from Cathy, and I need to make that last until I’ve summoned up the courage to ask my mother for a loan. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a week Mr Godber summoned me again to his office. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Early the next morning, I was summoned to the office to see the commanding officer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They left Matt and Branch in Thomas’s room when they were summoned back to the afternoon section of the Gathering. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hurricanes—and it’s unfair that I can be an elephant?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Just before the court hearing where Governor Fau- bus would be called to account, the nine of us were summoned to Mrs. Bates’s house to meet with the press. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Learning that Wick had refused to sign, Lawrence summoned him to his office for a bitter interview. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At noon the locksmith is summoned to the director’s office. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The mound of riches she’d summoned sank back into the earth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Except for this moment, Smith, and Hickock too, affected a courtroom attitude that was simultaneously uninterested and disinterested; they chewed gum and tapped their feet with languid impatience as the state summoned its first witness. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z But what story would be appropriate for summoning a magical treasure chest? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She summoned an old nurse, Eurycleia, who had cared for Odysseus from babyhood, and bade her wash the stranger’s feet. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He summoned up a very moving prayer, then murmured “Amen.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He started to work, summoning fire to dry out materials and do a little cooking that otherwise would have taken days to complete. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There was something sickening about the shrill urgent summons of the bell. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When we finally summoned the courage to pick him up, we found out why he was crying. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Is that why she summoned her lover, Papa Legba, to block you from entering the gates to this freedom, to this sister of yours, to your nieces, and to me? American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Tried to do as you suggested and summon power of Pan. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z And with that came this realization: that Rahim Khan had summoned me here to atone not just for my sins but for Baba’s too. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “There is already much confusion. Lady Furnival has summoned all the authorities from his manors. With no known heirs, she is vulnerable.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z We’d summoned you out of ourselves, and you were not given a vote. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He summoned the pedestal from under the floor and placed the Story Box gently on top. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the yuppies are waving me down for more decaf and the black couple looks ready to summon the NAACP. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z With a renewal of tenderness, however, they repaired to her room on leaving the dining-parlour, and sat with her till summoned to coffee. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Whoever got there first summoned up a super-snooty English accent: “Walls residence, the butler speaking, may I help you?” while the rest of us cracked up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Will soon come to London,” said I, after casting about for a precise form of words, “or summon me anywhere else?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z In flip- flops, he pads to the door every fifteen minutes or so and summons someone for a return call. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The dog halted at the treeline beside the cat and looked back, but the commanding, summoning bark was heard again, and together the two passed out of sight and into the blackness of the night. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And summoning all his strength, he threw himself into the air, headfirst. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z They became intimate friends, and from that day on they met every Friday to summon spirits and exchange recipes and premonitions. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not need to be guided to the well-known room, to which I had so often been summoned for chastisement or reprimand in former days. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The blade Lesedi summons is thinner than mine, but looks sharper and more defined. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Aurelia was asked a few essential questions, was briefly soothed and handed over to her nurse, who was brusquely summoned from her peaceful retreat. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z One morning, we were summoned to the dining-room — the servants, the family, the dependents — and told that there the sole hope of our College awaited us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I take small, slow steps, for I am unwilling to obey this summons. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Candice’s time ran out before she could summon the courage to read any more articles. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “But now my little friend must excuse me. I have the honor to be a magister of this great city, and the prince has summoned us to session.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In desperation I summoned up the last image I had of her, outlined against the satin pleats in her virginal coffin, with her bride’s blossoms in her hair and a rosary in her hands. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z So Venus summoned Cupid, who promised that he would set Dido’s heart on fire with love as soon as she laid eyes on Aeneas. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I could get up to leave, Mala summoned a man to join us. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z When she came to, she was summoned into the presence of Avery Brundage, who read her the riot act and told her he would throw her off the team if she continued drinking. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z At all hours of the day, including on the Sabbath, Emmett would be summoned to hunt men. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She took a beat to compose herself, then summoned me over to confide that she was leaving in a week to work at a “real law office.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But it is the call of pleasure that summons Gerald and Lydia to New Hampshire. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As if summoned, Taylor walked past, a finger pressed to her lips like a preschool teacher motioning for quiet. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Koffi let Baaz’s stories about the Night Zoo’s creatures—some true, most fake—blend together as more animals were summoned one by one. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I felt as if I was being summoned. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z At five o’clock the two ladies retired to dress, and at half-past six Elizabeth was summoned to dinner. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “Hide,” said Harry as he pointed his wand at Bogrod, who whistled to summon a little cart that came trundling along the tracks toward them out of the darkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Lawrence did not spare his own staff: among the first scientists he summoned to MIT were Edwin McMillan, who was then deeply involved in the search for element 93, and Luis Alvarez. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When first summoned to the Randall plantation, he was due for a challenge. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Smith and his men questioned Mary, Anna, and other residents, then summoned a carriage to transport the women to headquarters. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “When I summoned the skeleton. I thought... I thought that you thought... I was repulsive... or something.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Charms to prevent it being summoned magically, you know.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Werner is summoned to the office of the technical sciences professor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A shuddering howl broke from him, as if he were a captain summoning his pack to the assault. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Amelia, indeed, was always instructing her to be grateful about things that Lyddie, try as she might, could not summon the least whiff of gratitude over. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Percy summoned a wave, and the enemy ship was swamped. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I saw an alleyway in the dim light and summoned a deep growl. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Early in the morning the Council had been summoned. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I’m trying to summon the courage to do what I have to do. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Power the king could wield if he learned to summon demons like the ridderak... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In vain he tried to summon the proud resolve, the brave words he had planned last night. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was like their knives had summoned her ghost back into her body. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The tower bells were singing, summoning the city to bear witness to her shame. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On the water he is powerless except at night; even then he can only summon fog and storm and snow and his wolves. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “I needed to fly,” said Grumman, “so I summoned you, and here I am, flying.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Time to get up and make yourself presentable. You are summoned to the Lord of the City to learn your new duties.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Once the creature has been summoned, these marks guide the exchange: for the flesh of the sacrifice, the beast will grant you the victim’s strength. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Before summoning the serving men to carry him away, she knelt and felt his face, tracing the line of his jaw, brushing her fingers across his cheeks and nose, touching his hair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The “rain room” was the chamber off the kitchens they’d designated for Feral’s cloud summoning. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Astonished as he was, Bernabe went over and picked up the bird and frowned at it, unable to summon the proper words for the occasion. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Letting forth a great sigh, he summoned enough strength to heave himself up to his hands and knees. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z What a terrible thing it was, Laila thought now, for a mother to fear that she could not summon love for her own child. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Yes, fire was his friend, but it was also the reason why Capricorn had summoned him back in that other life. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Supposedly Diocletian’s scepter could summon the ghosts of the Roman legions, any of them who worshipped the old gods.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Scholars had been summoned, not librarians, and he didn’t want to risk being told to leave. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Two doctors, the brothers James and David Shoun, who cared for Mollie’s family, had been summoned to perform an autopsy. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "Be so good as to summon the members of the council here to my solar," he told Pycelle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Bronwyn set Claire down and assumed a fighting stance, while Emma held out her hands to make a flame—but she was too stunned, apparently, to summon more than a sputter of smoke. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She explained how her mother had summoned Pluto and fallen in love with the god. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He summoned the winds and flung three ghouls off the side of the hill like rag dolls. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “The match is over when one of the participants steps outside of the outlined parameters. Remember, this is strictly a hand-to-hand combat. Do not summon the splendor.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z That fateful Sunday, when the sheriff summoned ambulances to remove the murdered family, the ambulances had driven across the grass straight to the front door, and the tire tracks were still visible. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The sad thing was, this wasn’t the first time the sports psychologist had been summoned to help the women’s saber team work out their personnel problems. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He duly summoned me to his presence in the evening. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z As he said that, a few of the colorful insects flapped lazily around his head, almost as if summoned. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He summons his minions to carry him to bed. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Her toes curled as she focused her mind and summoned the splendor, shuddering as it danced up her limbs and instantly warmed her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Jason summoned a gale so strong, it pushed them into the sky, while Percy sent a ten-foot-tall wave against the shore, knocking Hercules down a second time, in a cascade of seawater and pineapples. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was always summoned for feasts, seated near the salt, close to Lord Stannis. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Cain had incapacitated Verin while he summoned the creature; it liked its blood hot. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When the gong sounded for breakfast at nine o'clock it found everyone up and awaiting the summons. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z How am I going to master the science of plumbing products when I can barely summon the concentration required to assemble a breakfast of peanut butter and toast? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t take long to learn the reason for our summons: our gold teeth were to be extracted. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The summons announced that the civil and military leader of the province would arrive on the following Friday ready to intercede in the conflict. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z His look is fierce—as if the mere mention had summoned his enemies before him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined it beckoned the Muslim faithful to the mosque, much like bells summoned us Christians to church. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z So the telling goes, the young doctor of Isfahan was summoned to the palace of a great pasha. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “The mighty ones have summoned us to their temple.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z If necessary, Tyson could summon an army of Cyclopes to the camp’s defense, and Ella and Rachel Dare were already comparing prophecies, trying to learn more about what the future held. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She had been summoned to behold a revelation. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Humans could not see them, but they could be summoned and accessed using the Wyrdmarks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Right away a doctor was summoned to treat her legs for bruises and frostbite, but Marina was especially grateful for hot tea! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She wondered if the treasures she summoned would still bring bad luck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z State law in Delaware once had explicitly restricted jury service to white men, and “no colored citizen had ever been summoned as a juror.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The skeletons had Cupid pinned now, but the invisible god laughed so cruelly that Jason wanted to summon another bolt of lightning. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He summoned his energies and lifted his head and struck out desperately, determined to rise from the grave, resolved to force upon Max the reality of his living. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Reader, it was on Monday night—near midnight—that I too had received the mysterious summons: those were the very words by which I replied to it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “We have received a message,” April whispered with her eyes still closed, “We are summoned by the mighty ones, the mighty ones of Egypt.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The Crow’s Eye had summoned all the strength of the Iron Isles to Old Wyk and sailed out into the deepness of the Sunset Sea, with his brother Victarion following behind like a whipped cur. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Again and again he would stop, hunch over his ski poles to collect himself for several minutes, then summon the energy to struggle onward. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The debate over the Super had not let up, resulting in frequent summonses to Washington. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Unable to grasp the potential benefits of the inflatable chamber and terrified of it, Ngawang asked that a Buddhist lama be summoned. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I summon all my own strength, focus it like a laser beam into the fingers and palm of my right hand. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The Second Sons were the first to return, eight days after the queen sent forth her summons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Jason summoned the winds and whisked Piper and Leo down to the surface. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z That feeling she used to have when she was sitting next to Park on the bus—that feeling that she was on base, that she was safe for the moment—she could summon it now. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The patrolman failed to notice he was being summoned. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Luma summoned the players in with a blast of her whistle. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Hazel,” he said, “your power with precious metal—Can you just detect it, or can you actually summon it to you?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The demigods rolled to either side, and Jason summoned the wind, using the giant’s own momentum to shove him into the water. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The guests would gather in the courtyard in front of the regent’s house and he would open the meeting by thanking everyone for coming and explaining why he had summoned them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But again he summoned me, in a loud whisper. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure steps onto the floor of her grandfather’s old bedroom and summons him: a curious boy with lustrous hair who smells of the sea. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It is a summons to the dining hall, where the Amity gather for less formal occasions than the meeting we attended. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She summons her nerve, glances at the headline. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The guards, thinking that they were summoned, sprang up the stair. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then, summoning all his courage: “I need a hint.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I was too old to summon those kinds of reflexes. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I summoned up a current to carry us, and we started gaining speed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Although they had spoken briefly on a number of occasions, Penelope had not been summoned to a private audience with her mistress since the day of her job interview. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z It’s late afternoon and I’m studying in the cellar when my mother summons me to the phone. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The salon stood at the top of marble steps leading up from the garden.The party guests drifted toward it, dutifully obeying the summons to greet El Patron. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She had called to summon Grandmother to work for her today. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Following Eisenhower’s order, Strauss summoned Oppenheimer to his Washington office for what he expected to be a decisive encounter. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Turning back to Hugo, he said, “Don’t you know that the sound of clicking boot heels can summon ghosts? Do you want to be followed by ghosts?” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z The referee summoned the Fugees to the line to go over their roster and to check their cleats and numbers. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The most obvious reason why they’re not is that employers resist wage increases with every trick they can think of and every ounce of strength they can summon. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A horn’s brassy trumpeting split the air without warning, its summons rising from the distant Temple of Lkossa to reverberate across the Night Zoo’s lawns in long, sonorous notes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When issues came up before the alliance, the Tododaho would summon the fifty sachems who represented the clans of the Five Nations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And if what the Holy Beings said was true about not recording the songs because calling out their names would summon them, then all Nathan would have to do was to call out Darkness’s name. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Like me, they had taken a civil service test nearly two years before and then not heard a word until January 1997, when we’d all been summoned to Albany for physical and psychological testing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But the darkness pressed against her and she couldn’t summon her voice. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z One week later he summoned Bloom back to his office. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He secretly summoned the masons and one of them revealed that he had walled up the bag in some bedroom because it bothered him in his work. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She waited miserably, expecting him to summon her to be court-martialed. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z So here I am, my hair dancing about like whiskers behind me, and my hands flapping like wings, flying above the world until Pa summons me away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Above Ralph the clock began to grind and groan and strike, bong...bong, as if it had to summon strength for each stroke. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Happily Van Helsing has not summoned me, so I need not forego my sleep; to-night I could not well do without it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z After dinner, Cleopatra fixed her royal insignia on a letter to Octavian and summoned a messenger to deliver it. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Stanton also summoned Lieutenant Lafayette C. Baker, one of his favorites, to leave New York for Washington. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z At two p.m., all eight teams were once again summoned to the second floor. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I would turn out the light and close my eyes, and in the silence of my bedroom I tried to summon up her image. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Between classes, I searched for the summons taped to my locker. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Bran watched long enough to be polite, and then had Hodor summoned. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There were times when Allen, on patrol and by then Nicholas’s putative stepfather, would catch him on the street and write up a summons but then let him go. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z They called each other on the telephone, word went out across the city, and they summoned Dr. Cuevas, who could not believe the news. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew I should be drunk with gratitude that I, an ignorant girl who’d crawled out of a scrap heap, should be allowed to study there, but I couldn’t summon the fervor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In Amarillo the doctor I summoned turned out to be a young man. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He summoned the “Overseers and Guardians of the Poor,” the only official group then dealing with the poor of Philadelphia and surrounding areas. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I summoned what little strength I had left and moved up closer to the kapo. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Before long that night, Farmer was summoned back to the hospital. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Maer was filled with people— cousins, two elderly aunts—and Charles didn’t think he could summon up the courage to ask her. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “What if it wasn’t an animal, but a person? And what if that person disabled Verin long enough for them to summon this creature?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Stands in the foyer summoning all his resolve. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z "I've been summoned to the sept," Sam said in an excited whisper. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lawrence was summoned to the phone at Trader Vic’s to receive the news. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Bandit felt as if she had been summoned by an irate emperor. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z When the Greek soldiers at Aulis came to get Iphigenia where she was waiting for the summons to death, her mother beside her, she forbade Clytemnestra to go with her to the altar. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mouth went dry as she tried to summon more words, anything to make the Yaba warriors listen, but it was too late. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Father summoned Travis and said, “You can’t let yourself get too attached, little man. This is a working farm, and you have to be big about such matters.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Alex could see his shoulders rising and falling as he tried to summon up the courage to go. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Her dyedushka was the only one of them who could summon or send the hawk because, like Papa, Dyedka had animal magic. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He remembered how once he could not summon it up. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell him that I had no place to stay, but he got off before I could summon the nerve to confide in him. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z From these instructions they were summoned by the arrival of the coach; and with many speeches of thankfulness on Mr. Collins’s side and as many bows on Sir William’s they departed. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z She had summoned me, and I stayed in the tower watching over her until another angel came and took her away. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z I almost felt like I’d summoned her and wouldn’t have been any more surprised if she’d appeared in a puff of smoke like a genie from a lamp. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “Perhaps the evil he kept summoning seeped into his soul and twisted him into something he was not.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Then, as I walked away from the office to do so, the ringing phone summoned me back again. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Placing Shirley’s thumb on a key, the Señora pressed it down to summon a note. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z A hundred rivers were summoned to pour their waters upon him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been the first time Percy had summoned a hurricane—which wasn’t something Annabeth would ever forget. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Kaede was working in the cliff garden when she received the summons. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z That’s when one of the attorneys told us that an elected official does not have to appear to answer a summons. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He realized now that the shout had been merely a summons to someone named Nebre, for a gangling figure was hurrying toward them from another part of the shop. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Vice President Andrew Johnson, whose luck held when his assassin backed out, now stands in the next room, summoned there after learning of Lincoln’s condition. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z She looked everywhere for him, summoning all her senses, but her mother’s elbow in her ribs brought her back to the pressing matter of the ceremony. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z From somewhere in my depths, somewhere beyond where I knew I could reach, I summoned enough courage to say it again, louder this time. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Behind him, above the air conditioner's roar, he can hear the little girl shout Doña Tatica's name, and as if summoned back from the hellhole of her pain, Tatica's eyes roll up, her mouth parts. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He drew up briefs, served summonses, examined deeds and records, and searched out precedents. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Yasmeen leaves me at the door when she spots her mom summoning her to meet another auntie. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Then I can't think of anything else, so we sit in silence until a Peacemaker summons him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I watch Teluman working from his open door for long minutes before I summon up the courage to enter his shop. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Percy had been intimidating enough before - summoning hurricanes, duelling pirates, killing giants in the Colosseum... Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I summoned a smile, which was not returned, nor did I blame her, for there was no purpose to the smile, it was a silly thing, bright and artificial. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It seemed clear he was trying to summon enough strength to turn around and come back inside. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Amir jan, I summoned you here because I wanted to see you before I die, but that’s not all.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Then suddenly, in 1936, I was summoned back to Head Office in London. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I strode up my two rickety steps with as much pride as I could summon. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But it still takes me a few seconds to summon up the words, to figure out where to start. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z According to a transcript of these interrogations, David Shoun acknowledged that he and his brother had summoned the lawyer, believing that Bill might name his killers, but nothing came of it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z ‘You at least shall go with him. It is hardly possible to separate you from him, even when he is summoned to a secret council and you are not.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She was just about to summon up all her courage and go after him when she heard footsteps—rapid, firm footsteps, quick and impatient. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Thomas Parks, a waterman who aided the rescue effort, summoned his son, Brady, from school. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Someone was actually using the Wyrdmarks to open a portal to summon this creature. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When they had hidden the treasures in a nearby cave they separated, she to summon Telemachus home, he, whom her art had turned into a shambling ragged old man, to seek the swineherd. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Dear Little Book, This morning without warning, I was summoned to the principal’s office, and my heart dropped when I saw Minerva there, too. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel could summon riches from the earth, but anyone who used them would suffer and die. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But now that I was finally here, actually standing on the summit of Mount Everest, I just couldn’t summon the energy to care. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z When they had finished planting, as though summoned, rain sprinkled down in a mist. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Lord Roose, he’s the Warden now. White Harbor’s honor bound to answer his summons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z You cannot know what the light might summon from the darkness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z You had to summon her to use the toilet. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I summon all the breath that Mom, Dad, and Teddy would fill me with if they could. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He summoned some breath mints and a pair of welding goggles from his tool belt. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Oh, well, turns out whenever the elders were summoned beneath Isihlangu, a feast was in order—never mind that it was because we had arrived as thieves in the night. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He pressed his right hand against the tentacle and summoned fire to his palm—a narrowly focused, white-hot burst. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Hard to summon sorrow, to grieve the deaths of people Laila had never really thought of as alive in the first place. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Why can’t I at least summon her? I want to talk to her. She would... she would help me.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The day Esteban Trueba summoned his daughter to take her to the dressmaker and try on her wedding gown was the first time he had seen her since the night of the beating. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The choir was summoned and sang a modern arrangement of “Onward, Christian Soldiers,” with new words pertaining to graduates seeking their place in the world. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A few weeks after Pearl Harbor, Arthur Compton summoned Seaborg to Chicago for a heart-to-heart talk. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But at that moment the summons sounded for dinner; all re-entered the house. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I think he expected me to agree wholeheartedly about the suffering of the Haitian poor and the injustices of the world, but I couldn’t always summon the same anger he felt. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “I want to go to the bathroom,” Alba said in the strongest voice she could summon up. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In her father’s palace she had watched them from her childhood, their stormy meetings, the black clouds they summoned and the wild red lightning. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Pearson used his peremptory strikes to exclude all but one of the handful of African Americans who had been summoned to serve on the jury. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Is it not very difficult, very dangerous, to summon a spirit?” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z There was a spirit in there—some poor enslaved thing that Wick had summoned for the sole purpose of doing Sierra harm. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Never tried to summon so many before. I—I’ll be fine.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z A young surgeon was summoned from Hartford to bleed her, and a nauseous brew of ground roasted toads was forced between her cracked lips, to no avail. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed Piper’s waist and summoned the wind. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Two other TV crews showed up, along with a couple of extra Coconut Cove police cruisers, summoned by Officer Delinko. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z That was before Prince Doran had summoned him to the Water Gardens. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Where is Bruno? If you don't tell me at once I shall summon the police!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The want of his animating influence appeared to be peculiarly felt one day that he had been summoned to Millcote on business, and was not likely to return till late. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z One day he summoned me downstairs and asked me to help him dress. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, his English manager, Mr. Hollick, summoned him to his bungalow for a “serious chat.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Deen had lifted the bell and rung it to summon the others. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Don’t want to do that again—they may call it a display of temper and summon Dr. Rashid. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Afterwards, as we waited by Keith’s van for a promised lift to the trailhead, we stood in an awkward silence, like adversaries in a property dispute waiting to be summoned into the judge’s chambers. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z ‘The Red Arrow!’ said Théoden, holding it, as one who receives a summons long expected and yet dreadful when it comes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She summons the strength and the anger from the miles and the crossing and the people she’s met. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Theon hacked a loaf of bread in half, hollowed out a trencher, and summoned a cook to fill it with fish stew. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “If you please,” she said, summoning her calmest tone, “would someone bring me my copy of Edith-Anne Gets a Pony ? It is on the bookshelf, in its usual place.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “Ere many days,” I said, as I terminated my musings, “I will know something of him whose voice seemed last night to summon me. Letters have proved of no avail—personal inquiry shall replace them.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Instead, the beads now summoned to her mind images in a magazine hidden in their father’s old desk. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Leo summoned a white-hot ball of fire into his right hand. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I am a man of magic now, Big Ben. I could’ve summoned them.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I have been summoned, too late, to her hospital bedside. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Feral pushed himself away, already summoning a cloud; he had rehearsed emergency plans in his head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Laila began to protest, then to yell, and he had to summon the help of two more men to have her dragged out of his office. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He missed homeroom because he was summoned to the vice-principal’s office. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When they finally summoned the nerve to steal back into the ruins the next night, nothing remained but blackened stones, the hollow shells of houses, and corpses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The widest was more than seven feet across, and it was long before Pippin could summon enough courage to leap over the dreadful gap. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z And yet she could not summon the courage to put it out. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z First Turkey asked, “Is there any event in particular that you can summon to memory that might shed more light upon this illness?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Her will summoned the ghosts, and his barred their way. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I summon Angelina and Mother Ermentrude to help lift her wasted body, and while they hold her head, I pour a trickle of broth down her throat. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She did, summoning her strength to try to move his hand, to bend his arm. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Just before his mother, who lived in Montgomery, was summoned to help persuade him to go to a hospital, George boarded a Greyhound bus in the middle of the night. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Next thing I know, Daphne’s gathering up snot in her throat like she’s summoning up demons. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z There was no need to summon a general gathering. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She hung up the phone and summoned my brother Richie to the kitchen, gave him carfare and explicit instructions: Tell Helen all is forgiven. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He touched the bandage on his head as he entered the precinct to see the sergeant, who had summoned him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Her words summoned awful powers from the familiar and picturesque local town. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Here's what happened: I summoned up the courage to return to the Hab. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Surely he must be experiencing a remorse sufficiently profound to summon a desire for God’s mercy and forgiveness? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z They would summon the police, who would unceremoniously dump me in Dunning Asylum. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Though seriously ill with an intestinal disorder that would eventually prove fatal, Jefferson summoned up the energy for one final spasm of eloquence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z That’s where I stood, with the snow falling on me, unable to summon the will to move. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The best response he could summon was a queasy grin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was the first time in his life he had been summoned to a principal’s office for disciplinary reasons and he did not find the circumstances prepossessing in any way. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Doors opened, people were summoned, whispered conversations ensued, there was great excitement.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The summons and charging document had been submitted on Tuesday, August 21, though word had not reached the Church and Reggie until a few days later, on Friday. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Calming himself with some effort, he said, “Well, no matter. I needn’t dirty my hands clutching your grubby little collars. I’ll summon my Executives to bear you off.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Several of the earliest memories I can summon make me think I was trying to carve out a rugged, Huck Finn-like existence in spite of the place. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z When Cora stepped into the hallway again, the woman summoned her up the stairs to the attic. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. I have been summoned to a special meeting of the Council. Something must have happened.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Shortly before showtime, August summons me to Marlena’s dressing tent to look at an advertisement for a white liberty horse. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He snuffed round the prostrate group, and then he ran up to me; it was all he could do,—there was no other help at hand to summon. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Give us two set-ups please, Bill,” he said to the youth who appeared at his summons. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z As White listened to Hoover, it became evident why he’d been summoned. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z February 11: The Seattle General Strike ends when federal troops are summoned by the mayor of Seattle and the state’s attorney general. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Harry could think of many reasons not to obey the summons, and yet his suspicions about her identity were growing stronger every moment that they stood facing each other in the deserted street. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She summoned a few hundred bracelets, which leaped at the guards and lashed around their ankles, leaving them hanging upside down from the bottom of the catwalk, screaming like lame little girls. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He believes witches can summon up storms that sink ships at sea—James had almost lost his life in such a storm. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She summoned the frightened maids and bade them give the stranger the oil so that he could cleanse himself and find for him a mantle and a tunic. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The conductor of the next coach was summoned. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z And she would summon the waiter to her side, her voice sharp and staccato, cutting the air like a saw. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z "Get out!" was all the answer she could summon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Percy tried to summon the waves, hoping he could push the ships apart or even capsize the enemy vessel, but nothing happened. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One day my father summoned the courage to ask Schindler to hire my brother David, then fourteen, to work in his factory, and Schindler agreed. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Jason lunged toward him, summoning the winds to lift him out of the river, but Achelous was quicker and more powerful. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Uh...I’m the son of Poseidon. Maybe I can summon a new water source.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z How had Cain learned to summon that creature—and what was that blackness from whence it had appeared? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z At six-thirty, Ben finished packing his uniform and was waiting in his room for the summons from his father to leave for the game. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z So one day in September he is sued an urgent summons to Kamen. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Nor could he summon any help in this alien land, where nothing and no one was known to him and would come at his call. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t like that fire summoning you do.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One hot December afternoon, toward the end of my first year at school, the principal interrupted classes and summoned everyone to the courtyard. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He summoned a steward in the livery of Storm's End. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Puzzled as to why he had been summoned, Shin hurried out of the dormitory and into the schoolyard. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Police and life squad were summoned at 4:11. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But when he thinks he might injure them, he cannot summon the courage to undertake such a deed, for the problems on the part of the conspirators are countless. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Impatient, she fidgeted on the living-room daybed, waiting for Salvador to summon her outside. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z ‘Keep your hoards and your secrets hidden in the Accursed Years! Speed only we ask. Let us pass, and then come! I summon you to the Stone of Erech!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A policeman summoned the old man up to the desk in the center of the room where a sergeant was seated. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence responded to the summons by informing Compton, as a fait accompli, that he would be introducing a new participant to the technical roundtable: Robert Oppenheimer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He summoned two officers, who went to Joe's cage to unlock it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z With dinner about to be served, this was hardly the moment to be summoning P.C. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I went alone to summon my daughter’s husband. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did I fail to hear you knock?” she asked, staring so angrily that Meggie had to summon up all her courage not to turn around and slip quickly back out into the hallway. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He thought perhaps Twinkle would call for his assistance, but he was not summoned. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It was fall, and for the last time Sam Adams bade Johnny summon the Observers for eight o’clock that night. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have received your summons, O mighty ones,” Marshall chanted and then ad-libbed, “and it’s nothing but an old pigeon feather.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw the Shadow emerge from the ground, he saw the old man disappear with an expression of infinite amazement on his face, and he saw Capricorn die the death Fenoglio himself had summoned. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But at that very moment a trumpet sounded, and a man came summoning him, the king’s esquire, to wait at the king’s board. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z To the air he had returned, summoning his steed ere the darkness failed, and now he was come again, bringing ruin, turning hope to despair, and victory to death. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z These soldiers can be useful and good in themselves, but for the man who summons them they are almost always harmful. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z She even went so far as to summon Irri, hoping her caresses might help ease her way to rest, but after a short while she pushed the Dothraki girl away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Holly summoned the final dribble of magic from the base of her skull. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Finally, Duke summoned, enough courage to try to speak again. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “You summoned the hellhound, that night in the forest.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z ‘I don’t know. They said I could summon them when the time comes. Maybe Artemis and Apollo can explain -’ A section of the wall calved like a glacier. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to be fetching him any more than he wanted his ragamuffin daughter summoning him home like a wayward schoolboy. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Mother Ermentrude summons me and in brief terms informs me of the decision. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z At last coffee is brought in, and the gentlemen are summoned. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Larry, a younger brother, also refused to obey the summoning bell. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z "I knew you would come, old man, whether I summoned you or no;" There was no hint of warmth in his voice; there seldom was. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mark Antony summoned Cleopatra to Tarsus to answer for her conduct. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z "My father went south once, to answer the summons of a king. He never came home again." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Each name summons an image in my head—a face, a voice, a form—until it feels as if my fallen comrades are rising up around me, a phalanx of ghosts. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Firemen were instantly summoned by the four policemen who had been guarding the sidewalk entrance to the mosque. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He was summoned to Graz, in Austria, to teach secondary school mathematics, and began a little later to prepare astronomical and meteorological almanacs and to cast horoscopes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Three days past, he had summoned all his captains to a war council aboard the Fury while the fleet lay anchored at the mouth of the Wendwater, in order to acquaint them with his dispositions. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I poked at the logs in the kitchen hearth, trying to summon back the bees so they would chase out the thoughts invading my brainpan. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Something about its color and intensity made it clear that this time she hadn’t summoned a light, but a weapon. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z On April 16 Cockcroft and Walton nervously summoned Rutherford to the basement so he might see for himself a scintillation pattern they thought heavily suggestive of alpha particles. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Piper knew what he was doing, but he’d succeeded in summoning Tempest only three times since they’d met the storm spirit at the Wolf House last winter. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “You don’t know! And how can you warn against big magic when you just summoned Lucinda?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe we summoned him, like a superhero responding to a beacon in the night. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z And nor did Feral consciously summon the sheaves of cloud that coalesced around them, blocking out the sky, the horizon, the Cusp, shrinking the world to here—this garden and this garden alone. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There simply wasn’t enough time to summon either fortitude or fear. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Burnham, stunned, summoned one of the exposition surgeons. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It’s noon on Saturday when a telegram arrives from Stanton, summoning him to “come here immediately and find the murderer of our president.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Soon her husband left to take the job in the tobacco factory and, before long, summoned her to Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He had hardly finished speaking when they were summoned to the hall by the ringing of many bells. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z On May 23 Conant summoned to Washington all the program chiefs— Lawrence, Briggs, Compton, Murphree, and Urey—in the hope of settling on one or two separation methods and scrapping the others. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In the middle of the afternoon, I am summoned to the privilege car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She could summon up those memories by trying really hard. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z By then it was obvious to the guide that if somebody from the group didn’t make it to the tents and summon a rescue party, they were all going to die. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He could not summon the energy to go elsewhere. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When a “translation request” was generated by a cell, a photocopy of the original was summoned from the vault of the nucleus. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z They would summon Thomas Jones after sunrise the next morning. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z While the dwarfs were hacking and wheezing, he grabbed his tool belt from Akmon, calmly summoned some bungee cords, and tied up the dwarfs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z His mouth contorted as he summoned all of his strength to roar one, single word. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Staff physicist Don Gow, summoned groggily to the telephone with the message “Ernest wants to see you,” thought instantly, “My God, what have I done?” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Excuse me, Hathaway, I know you are one, but we’d better check you with our own ” The doctor was summoned. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Nancy said, “Listen,” and hesitated, as if summoning nerve to make an outrageous remark. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A few weeks after my homecoming, the regent summoned Justice and me to a meeting. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the beach, everyone was running—bolting for the cove, summoned by the golden clatter of the bell, so bright in the dusk. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Should they go home now— having accomplished the mission for which they had been summoned—or were they to stay and undertake the siege of Boston? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Kit summoned the boldness to speak to her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z In Calumet a thousand ornate streetlamps stood in a swamp, where they did nothing but ignite the fog and summon auras of mosquitoes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Soon we heard ourselves summoned over the PA system. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He summoned his daughter, who was giving a geography class in the school, ana locked himself in his office with her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an intimidating thing to be summoned into Al Ulbrickson’s office. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "Aerys accused them of treason and summoned their fathers to court to answer the charge, with the sans as hostages. When they came, he had them murdered without trial. Fathers and sons both." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Your Grace," he said, "shall 1 summon a new challenger for Brune, or proceed with the next tilt?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If he could just summon Gray... but he couldn’t be in two places at once. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I was frightened, because I had, in effect, been summoned into a royal presence. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Each evening, without fail, he summons his courage and goes to the Nuevo Laredo city hall with a large plastic paint bucket and two rags. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z In that second I try to summon some pity for the person who saved my life. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z To the surprise of the courtroom, Mollie was briefly summoned to the stand by Hale’s attorney Freeling. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Agent Jones had been summoned to the conference room. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The queen welcomed them warmly, then summoned Missandei to see that the girls were fed and entertained whilst she shared a private supper with the Green Grace. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I used to wonder if convention and good county manners would brave the surprise, and whether a smile of welcome would be summoned to the frozen face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z With that he summoned all the violent winds and let them loose, blinding sea and land with storm-clouds. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They wanted only to get away, far away, before the being who had been summoned like a dog turned and devoured them all. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Then the glass door to the courthouse swung open and Clark was summoned inside. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z But Shin knew why he had been summoned. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Fritz was a very awkward child who had been summoned for chastisement again and again. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z In Indian villages people could only be summoned by shouting; once a canoe had gone a few hundred yards, it could not readily be called back. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z For he believed that the message of the dreams was a summons, and that the hour had come at last when the heir of Elendil should come forth and strive with Sauron for the mastery. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Not unless they’re intentionally stocked in the woods or specially summoned by somebody on the inside.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I could not summon enough courage while she sat there looking at me to reach over the yawning space of twelve inches and blot the wet ink on the envelope. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z If it really had the power to summon a legion of the dead...well, The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He knew there was a falcon’s nest in the cliffs above the meadow, and he summoned the bird by its name. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She summoned Alecto, one of the Furies, from Hades and bade her loose bitter war over the land. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Great stores of provisions were delivered for feasting, musicians were summoned, and new livery brightened the guards and soldiers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Immediately after lunch we are summoned to a local restaurant. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z One afternoon, on a visit to his family, he had summoned up the courage to tell his father that he didn’t want to become a priest. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He summoned the last of his strength and walked toward the sound. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He tried with a little more success than before to summon up the image of O’Brien. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z On August 7, the prosecution rested, and the defense soon summoned Hale to the stand. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He knew that sooner or later he would obey O’Brien’s summons. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He had been on the island for only a few weeks when I was summoned to his office for a meeting. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t quite go with the mood of summoning the dead. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Then she summoned all her strength and waved one of her front legs at him. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Jason summoned another lightning strike, but this time Porphyrion simply deflected it off the tip of his spear. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z No one who heard the summons could resist. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Molly, fearing the reappearance of his viral pneumonia, summoned a doctor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “You summon the goddess with a spray gun?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It was only the presence of his aunt that shocked him, for she had never entered this church before: she seemed to have been summoned to witness a bloody act. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Then, one morning, a North Korean officer summoned Blake to accompany him to a village nearly an hour's walk away. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I let the tears trample my face in complete silence, guilty that I couldn’t even summon the courage to speak about him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Annabeth got a tingle down her spine as she realized the boys were working as one, summoning the sky and the sea to do their bidding. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As I debated with myself, a summons came from my father. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He’s just working on summoning up courage until she talks herself into submission. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z One day he’s out painting in the fields when he is summoned home. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And in Ayemenem, where once the loudest sound had been a musical bus horn, now whole wars, famines, picturesque massacres and Bill Clinton could be summoned up like servants. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It had even occurred to her that the police might be summoned and criminal charges filed, after which she would have to bravely defend herself in front of a stern, white-wigged judge. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He remembered how terrified, how repulsed she had looked when he had summoned Gray. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We don’t go and join the others for dinner, and no one summons us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z When at last he lay sleeping quietly, she summoned all her courage and lit the lamp. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, sir,” I mutter, summoning a layer of polite. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z From the sky, its black wings folded tightly against it, the parent gull, summoned by its young, dove at her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He summoned the wind and shot into the air. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “If you come near me, Percy, I’ll summon help. You don’t want to meet my helpers, I promise.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She hoped she hadn’t accidentally cursed Jason’s sword by summoning it, the way she cursed jewels and precious metals. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I feel as if I need to make up a new alphabet to be able to create the words that would summon up the stew of smells out here. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “So that you weren’t alarmed when the morning wore on and no summons came?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Our children clung to the banisters and witnessed her paroxysm; our servants were sent to summon her cousin. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Frank had been sure he’d destroyed any chance with her last night when he had summoned Gray. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He heard the knock at his door, but he couldn’t summon the energy to speak. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Yes. The Mistress summoned me to the Council chambers.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Why there was a garden hose on the roof, Frank wasn’t sure, but every time the giants sent up a cannonball, Percy summoned a high-powered blast of water and detonated the sphere in midair. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She called on her father, the Lord of the Underworld, and summoned all the riches that lay in his vast realm. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Eh bien, then, you received the summons and you got up. Did you put on a dressing gown?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z They summoned Eurydice and gave her to him, but upon one condition: that he would not look back at her as she followed him, until they had reached the upper world. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z For days, I’d been half expecting a summons to the Big House. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Only now, when I was a problem, was I summoned to Axe’s office. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There was nowhere in the castle to summon or hide a creature like that, except for the endless, forgotten chambers and tunnels running beneath it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I stand outside it, feeling like a child who’s been summoned, at school, to the principal’s office. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Just four days later we are suddenly summoned into the kitchen at 3:30 P.M., even though there are live tables on the floor. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Did any girl ever summon as many Roto-Rooter men out of their trucks? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Piles of legal documents began arriving almost daily at Deborah’s door: summonses and petitions and updates and motions. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He is a strange creature, but maybe I should have summoned him to our Council.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Roosevelt summoned his military aide, General Edwin M. “Pa” Watson. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In the morning he and Elaine were summoned to the Queen’s chamber. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z One by one, they are summoned inside for an audience with Uncle Al. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I couldn’t summon up the energy to answer him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo slammed both gates shut and summoned fire to his hands, fusing the locks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was low-key, and the magistrate seemed no more concerned than if he were handling a traffic summons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They too have been summoned by the bell, they resent it, they have other things to do, the dishes for instance. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “You say, ‘We have received your summons, O mighty ones.’” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a rainbow that summoned forth anything but thoughts of death. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Cain summoned all of those things at the duel, didn’t he?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The thing that was written on the paper might be a threat, a summons, an order to commit suicide, a trap of some description. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “The mighty ones have summoned us,” Melanie chanted and dropped to her knees. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo summoned a ball of fire to his hand, and for once Frank was glad to see the flames. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And she couldn’t shake the dreadful feeling that if she hadn’t summoned that schist, she’d be a captive of the giant right now. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z These glances seemed to be a summons, for Silver and Nails glided to him, spanked the ground with their forepaws and bit him gently under the chin. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I said six words that may have summoned it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I summoned the male sergeant, who, given the din and the insults, was in no mood for a negotiation. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not know that she had seen her own destiny, that she had summoned him with the power of her thought, and that she had already made up her mind to marry without love. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, man,” Leo muttered, summoning fire in his free hand. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Can we summon one of his underlings from the Department of Good Fortunes and Bad Omens to give us some advice on the matter?” asks Director Fokus. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z For one thing, these were hardly the people you would summon to address such a dilemma, and, for another, how they would laugh at him if he did. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She did not have to wait long for it to begin; in fact, she had barely made it through the task of giving the children the day’s spelling words before the summons came. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Standing in the doorway, as if summoned from his dreams, was a ghost. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z That night the Company was again summoned to the chamber of Celeborn, and there the Lord and Lady greeted them with fair words. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Before I could wipe it off, my guide’s harsh command summoned me to move. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed hold of the collar on his lifejacket and summoned all my strength to “unhook” him from that piece of wood. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “Ye must forget sic things. Ye maun summon up your powers to what is difficult. Will ye do that?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z So when he had seen Leo—a guy who could summon fire at will—moving in on his girl... The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Night had fallen and the greater darkness, the payment for the voluntary summoning of the body’s full strength, was coming hard upon me; to darkness I must entrust myself, and him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I was summoned from my writing studio in the back of the Clinic. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She had goaded him for years to learn to summon and aim lightning, with dismal results. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Of the Huntsmen there was no sign; and Gwydion believed that Arawn, learning of the Crochan’s destruction, had summoned them to return. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Visibly shaken, he summoned his fellow Oak Ridge guests to bear witness that he was not feigning illness by showing them his toilet, filled with bright red blood. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When Effie eventually knocks on the door to summon me to dinner, I get up and take off my suit, fold it neatly, and set it on the table with my crown. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “The specific connection that summons them is ethereal, a bond of blood, bone, and soul.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Back in his office, he wept; and when he finished weeping he washed the blood from his mouth and nose, scrubbed the dirt from the abrasions on his cheek and forehead, and summoned Sergeant Towser. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I’m summoned to help since the old man can’t read what I wrote. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was probably assigned to watch over Warren and the cabin until summoned. He should come if we call.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z All were seasoned rangers, armed with obsidian as well as steel, warhoms slung across their saddles should they need to summon help. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He summoned all his strength and yelled, “Cohorts—lock shields!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In truth, I don’t want to watch when she closes her eyes and summons a small shot of the splendor from the ground just as I did, but I find it impossible to look away. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Without warning he had found himself on the ground, struck down and weakened by a mysterious power summoned by the man. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Legend says that lighting the Lamp of Bharata awakens the Sleeper, a demon who will summon Lord Shiva, the fearsome Lord of Destruction, who will dance upon the world and bring an end to Time.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They summoned her back now with the palms of their small hands laid flat against the bare skin of her midriff. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He had rented them a shack, and had just left the hostel to live with them under the same roof, when the summons came. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Sadly, you Romans have never been very good at summoning gods to your aid. I guess they don’t think much of you, eh?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z What if Cain could summon anything to him—like the dead? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Unused as I was to strangers, it was rather a trial to appear thus formally summoned in Mr. Rochester’s presence. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The general had finally been summoned to Afghanistan the month before for a ministry position, and had flown there two weeks earlier—he had left behind his gray suit and pocket watch. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “If you summon a storm, we can keep them from even getting close.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I watch the sardines,” murmurs Madame, “and the termites, and the crows . . .” Etienne summons a doctor who prescribes rest, aspirin, and aromatic violet comfits. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Or did he summon me in order to end our love? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Where had it been summoned from, if it wasn’t— Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z If he reported Dana to Miss Hennepin, she’d do nothing more than summon him to her office for a stern lecture, which Dana would laugh off. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z An hour later, Meriyn presented himself in file Royal Chamber, in answer to a summons which had been delivered by a page. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have summoned us to war,” she announced in a heavy accent. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Or maybe it was because she knew why she was being summoned to Umunnachi and did not want to talk about it with Odenigbo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I even fall asleep in the tower during a demonstration of moth summoning. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z One of the show’s main characters was a boy named Miko, who would blow a special whistle to summon the robots to his aid. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Then, in the cold voice of an adder, “The bell invites me. Hear it not, Merlin, for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z So he tried it now, summoning an image of his mother’s face as he’d last seen her, fearful and distracted in Mrs. Cooper’s little hallway. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She’d been so agitated by the visions in the doorways that she must have summoned every bit of silver in the surrounding countryside. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When she finally did sleep, her dreams were filled with archaic words and long-forgotten faces, with Wyrdmarks that glowed blue, with the king, and with a dead army summoned from the realms of Hell. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I summoned Parks; he appeared bearing a silver casserole. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, one by one—as we would be summoned to judgment after death—we entered the airless confessional. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy could have summoned Blackjack, but he was reluctant to ask the pegasus for help so soon after their last disaster. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But it was always an uneasy look he gave us whenever he was summoned by an adult in the family. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The cabins radiated permanence and in turn summoned timeless feelings in those who lived and died in them: envy and spite. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The aircraft was equipped with wheels rather than floats and thus couldn’t land, but McCunn was certain he’d been seen and had no doubt the pilot would summon a floatplane to return for him. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A satellite closed the miles between us, but no machinery could close the gap between her world and the world for which I had been summoned to speak. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Once Argaven was fully informed, he sent me a summons, a request to come at once to Erhenrang, and along with it a liberal allowance for expenses. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Gaia turned into loose white sand, but Jason summoned a squadron of venti who churned around her, constraining her in a cocoon of wind. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He took a breath, summoned his courage, and continued. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z A few months later he was summoned to the 'Big House’, the headquarters of the NKVD, the forerunner of the KGB. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “There has not been any change made about your own arrangements? You will not be summoned to leave England sooner than you expected?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Once, they took off and were flying in formation when the control tower summoned them down. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She’d tried to summon a cloud to hide the full moon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When the book yielded nothing, she returned to the summoning spell. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She crouched down and summoned a gold nugget from the earth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He couldn’t possibly summon lightning at the bottom of the sea, could he? Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He raised his hand to summon a servant with a flagon of iced summerwine, and poured her a cup. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “You are summoned to the New York Provincial Congress for suspicion of aiding the enemy, Elihu. I am placing you under arrest. These soldiers will escort you.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He summoned as much irony as he could into his voice. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He raised his arm and summoned a lasso of wind. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Of course. And will you be summoning the dead to you this haunted night or lighting a bonfire with your companions?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z On the nights when Serena is due to be out, I’m sure to be summoned. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z At her summons, a woman appeared sheathed in a black satin dress that was far too tight and could barely contain her exuberant femininity. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve heard her make this sound before; it’s what she does when she’s summoning her courage, getting ready to jump off the rocks and into the bracing river water. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ser Barristan will have summoned a pair of sedan chairs to carry us back up to the banquet, but the climb can still be wearisome.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then he saw the man’s hand reach out from behind one of the pillars with one finger curled back, summoning the kids forward. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He was worried he might become one of those ghosts if they lost this war—eternally doomed to pay for his failures, assuming there was anyone left to summon him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He dreaded a summons from Brother Leon, wondering if he could stand up under questioning, whether he could look into those moist eyes of Brother Leon’s and actually lie to him. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He tries to summon his mother’s calm voice. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Some are still struggling with their paradox, and they summon Ms. Steck to their desks or to the computer lab. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z She summoned the last seed of strength she carried within her, which she had not known she possessed. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She nudged Elizabeth with her elbow and whispered, “You say, ‘The mighty ones have summoned us to their temple.’” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z None could pass the Teeth of Mordor and not feel their bite, unless they were summoned by Sauron, or knew the secret passwords that would open the Morannon, the black gate of his land. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Jason pointed at the stars, which made a splash of diamonds across the sky - better jewels than even Hazel Levesque could have summoned. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I summoned enough breath to say, "Will we be stopping for the night, then?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Jaime’s friendship with the Candidate was bom by chance one Sunday night when he was summoned from the hospital to make an emergency house call. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Ulbrickson summoned up a deeper level of despair, calling the Bears the clear favorites before lamenting, “We have been handicapped this year by inclement weather.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In the background Hades fought from his black chariot, summoning wave after wave of zombies out of the ground, but the forces of the Titan’s army seemed just as endless. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Even today, that’s how I summon back my father when the need arises. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A doctor was summoned in the middle of the night and commanded to reduce the fever. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He bows his head, summons real tears, and dedicates the performance to Lucinda, whose great and absolute selflessness is the only reason we are able to continue in the face of our loss. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She didn’t see how Bob could summon food in the midst of Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She summoned her courage and said, “And if I don’t like?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I was looking forward to being with my friends, with people I could talk to and laugh with, but Danny said we had been summoned to the vice- principal’s office. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Around this time, Marie-Laure’s father is summoned upstairs to the director’s office. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They summoned an undertaker named B. D. Humphrey to help recover the remains. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “The Shield forces have been summoned. We only need to hold off the enemy for a few more minutes.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Pippin left him and called for the servants, and they came: six men of the household, strong and fair; yet they trembled at the summons. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She summoned her messenger Iris and ordered her to go to the house of Somnus, God of Sleep, and bid him send a dream to Alcyone to tell her the truth about Ceyx. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As if my thoughts summon him, Cain appears. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He nods and rings a small bell, probably to summon a servant. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The police summon William Bell, the young black servant who had given the description to the station. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Jon watched the ranger for a few moments, then summoned his courage and went to him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She summons one stone and clings to it, a drowning woman, then summons another and another until she cries, “Mami, I grieve in my dreams.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In a spirit of friendship he summoned all ‘beings’ to meet with the wizards at a summit to discuss new magical laws and found to his intense dismay that he had miscalculated. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “The gods have summoned me to death,” he thought. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The way Percy had looked at him made him feel the same as when Jason summoned lightning. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He continued to look at the beautiful sword for a bit longer, until he summoned the courage to turn around. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Merry waited to hear no more, but slipped away to get ready for the summons to the march. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I summon the last of my strength and launch myself at her, clawing at whatever skin my fingernails find, digging in as hard as I can. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But a makeshift knife, a heavy book, and a candlestick weren’t protection against what Cain could summon. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Jason summoned gusts of wind to blast aside javelins and arrows. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Frightful summoned new energy and climbed into the sky. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Through sheer willpower and self-belief, you summoned up all your magic and demanded it take action. And, my dear girl, it heeded your call.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I was watching everyone else get summoned to the stage to audition for the roles they’d signed up for, but I wasn't hearing my name. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He grabs one of its ladders, summons all of his strength, and pulls himself up. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z A medical orderly had been summoned, but it was clear that there was little hope for the angel: he was wounded sorely, his wings torn and his eyes dimmed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z |
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