| 单词 | bicycle |
| 例句 | Lyra had ridden a bear, and Will had ridden a bicycle, but neither had ridden a horse, which was the closest comparison. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I always ended up scrounging bicycles to go exploring. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z We had waited since April for the magic package containing the packets and packets of seeds we were to sell for five cents each, which would entitle us to a new bicycle. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Orde-Lees found a bicycle in the hold of the ship and practiced trick riding on the ice around Endurance. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z When J.T. looked back at his grandmother, I jumped on my bicycle and tore out of there. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z It had irked Cole, watching his sports gear, including his dirt bike, snowmobile, bicycle, skis, and even his helmet, all sold through a newspaper ad Hke some junk at a cheap garage sale. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It was motionless, a giant bicycle wheel in the sky that did not turn. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked up to see Howard standing by his bicycle in front of me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He was looking for the water fountain where he’d left his bicycle. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time his bicycle and clothing were found, The Giver would be returning. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I walk my bicycle out of the graveyard. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Two children on bicycles pedaled past quickly, rushing toward something, probably worried about being late for their required volunteer hours. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Her mother led her out to the backyard where a bicycle leaned against the mango tree. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They jogged through aisles of puzzles, past the bicycles and the sports equipment. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z She saw him several more times, always on his bicycle, alone, after school hours. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Later that afternoon, Otto and I were video chatting with Dad when I heard bicycle tires grind the gravel out front. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Here’s one I heard on one of the American late-night shows. Why did the bicycle fall down?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Then a volunteer came riding up by bicycle with news: The government would not budge. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Then, in the same way that his own dwelling slipped away behind him as he rounded a comer on his bicycle, the dream slipped away from his thoughts. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Maddie had her man’s greatcoat on and was tying it up around her shins so it wouldn’t catch in the bicycle chain. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I look to our bicycles lying in the street, and realize that if they end up the only casualties from this morning, that’s fine with me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In the Museum’s glass cases there were shoes and canes and bicycles and a wheeled chair. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The couple went on bicycle rides and for a time kept a hired girl. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Billy drove his Cadillac down a back alley in Ilium, and he found his way blocked by dozens of boys and their bicycles. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z This afternoon, the question still churning in her mind, she got home and found her mother in the living room, applying paint to a photograph of a stripped-down bicycle. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Crates were emptied, five pigeons at a time, into two white wooden boxes, each about the size of Dorothy’s bicycle basket. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z And the endless, endless miles on the bicycle by night. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Jonas could see them applauding dutifully as the Nines, one by one, wheeled their new bicycles, each with its gleaming name tag attached to the back, from the stage. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Once, sleepless at dawn, she had watched from the window of her cubicle and seen four Products, tucked into baskets, loaded into a two-wheeled cart attached to the back of a bicycle. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We stopped at the edge of one of his fields and left our bicycles in the grass. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It appeared he had a better handle on this vehicle than he did on the bicycle. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Felicia first notices her second husband-to-be when he pedals by her furiously on a clunky Russian bicycle, his hair vertical as a sail. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It sounded like a bicycle bell and I thought there might be a kid on a bike, so I hit the brake and slowed to a stop. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t sleep the whole night, thinking about how to prevent my bicycle from being taken from me,” he said. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z "The Rhine! I haven't thought about it since I was little. I remember, I used to ride along the river on the front of my mother's bicycle." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There was a single powder blue suitcase strapped to the back of his bicycle. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z His bicycle was where he had left it, leaning against the wall, and gingerly, half hopping, he made for it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She had been bicycling through the air, ice cream in her hand and a book floating in front of her face. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “A car is a fool dangerous contraption. Worse’n a bicycle,” he said. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Leaving his bicycle in the parking lot, Otis Amber boarded a bus. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z And the girl ran outside, jumped on her bicycle, and in her hurry to get away, she fell before she even reached the comer. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He went dead stiff, said something nasty to Mitraillette, and started oft on his bicycle away from us. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She said it was a heartbreaking visit in which, smelling of whiskey, he promised to buy her a bicycle and didn’t. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Working a typewriter by touch, like riding a bicycle or strolling on a path, is best done by not giving it a glancing thought. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Now think of the event again, and imagine that the cart and the bicycle are both traveling close to the speed of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We rode our bicycles—Sam rode with me on mine. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Without waking anyone I let myself out the front door, ran to my bicycle parked at the side of the house, and pedaled away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The sounds of tractors, bicycle bells, and children playing cricket in the street filled me with a sense of calm. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z From her window, she watched him in the yard, securing his lunch in the rear carrier pack of his bicycle, then walking his bicycle across the yard and into the street. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She wheeled a large bicycle into the little room behind the kitchen and came out to her supper. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z After the bicycle, my mom hired contractors she knew through the real-estate business to build her a separate house in the backyard, like a little servants’ quarters, and she moved in there with Isaac. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When he gets his pants leg caught in his bicycle chain, I stop and wait for him to get untangled. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the dirty gray light, Barry saw jagged hunks of wood, shattered glass, a twisted bicycle, a refrigerator, a stuffed penguin, a mattress covered with a pink blanket. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z The cement floor was a jungle of boxes, ragged pants, overalls, jackets, bicycles, unwashed pots and pans, opened cans of fish, empty beer bottles and cartons, old newspapers, greasy underwear and frayed suitcases. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I clutched hard at my bicycle with one hand and clung to the side of the car with the other. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “When Stuart opened his presents he grumbled all morning. He hadn’t wanted a carpentry set, he didn’t like the watch and the bicycle had the wrong kind of tires.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z With a rage that welled up from deep inside her, Marigold pushed her brother and the bicycle, hard, backward down the path... . .. straight into the oncoming car. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She was the only kid I knew who did not even own a bicycle! Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Outside the window the rain pours down on all the drenched, dark goats and bicycles and children, and I stand here appraising the end of the world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I suggested a street early that we get off our bicycles and walk. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Had to find someone close by to take the injured kid, Mitraillette managed that, and the rest of us scarpered on bicycles and on foot. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z So powerful it nearly knocks me off the bicycle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z On this particular day he takes his binoculars and his butterfly book and heads out into the countryside on his secondhand bicycle, to look for Californian butterflies. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When working well, the entire boat operates like a well-lubricated machine, with every rower serving as a vital link in a chain that powers that machine forward, somewhat like a bicycle chain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She wears the same kind of long underwear I do when she bicycles. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Swimming and riding a bicycle for long distances are two good examples. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined a whirlwind, dark and swift, and in the middle of it a gentle oval-shaped stillness, shaped like a bicycle wheel seen from an angle: the London Eye. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I try not to imagine the agony he must have endured: limbs, organs, and bicycle mangled by a hit-and-run driver. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They had only seven dollars left, but they had bicycles now, and Dicey had her jackknife and her map. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He was knocked off his bicycle and was groaning when I got out of the car to help him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't know how many miles he had to bicycle into the country to take Judith to her hiding place, and then he came straight here after. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Ifemelu imagined him growing up, riding his bicycle down the sloping street, returning home from primary school with his bag and water bottle. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Overhead but in the distance, toward town, where Vonetta must have ridden that bicycle, half of the sky was bright, and pushing against the bright was a darker blue. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Beatrice mounted the bicycle and pointed at the handlebars. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘If you hadn’t suggested going to the London Eye, this would never have happened. You and your bloody bicycle wheel in the sky!’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z So he wedged the mangoes into the spokes of his bicycle wheels. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Two days later she got on her bicycle, with Fuchs’s report hidden under her clothes. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A ferry is just arriving as I bicycle up to the port. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Farmers come at me but they’re always slow in their rubber boots and even if they jump on a bicycle to chase me I jump over walls where they can’t take a bike. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It’s like I’m a little kid again, wobbling along on my bicycle. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He coasted away from his home, passing over bicycles and cars, their antennae scraping the bottom of his canoe. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Citizens made their way around the community only by bicycle, but large deliveries were transported by trucks, and sometimes maintenance required heavy equipment. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was nearing along toward Christmas time and Bubber began to talk about the Little Lord Jesus and the red bicycle he wanted Santa Claus to bring him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The streets were crowded with motorcycles, automobiles, bicycles, and horse-drawn tongas. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z They finally settled for bicycle, because oil was oil, and bicycle was the only kind that Ken owned personally. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z As I waited, I saw Ali Shekari, who was trying to fix a bicycle he had found in the landfill behind Hotel Barba, under the mountains of trash. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Jonas saw his parents watching him from the place where their own bicycles were waiting. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He hid his bicycle and snuck through the hole in the fence. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who needed to be out and about were on bicycles making their way from one building to another. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Across its pages swarm boyhood drawings, inventions: an electric bed heater he wanted to build for Frau Elena; a bicycle with chains to drive both wheels. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But he’d never hoped to dream that— “It was an old bicycle, anyway,” the man in the gray suit went on. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “I can’t wait till I get my very own bicycle next month. Father’s is too big for me. I fell,” she explained matter- of-factly. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I promised her she could use Lynn’s bicycle and we would go riding. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Ji-yong and Ji-yun huddled together at the bathroom door, while Mom and Dad went downstairs to bring his bicycle into the building before the neighbors could see it. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Once you pick up some speed, on a bicycle or in a rocket, you can steer more smoothly. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When sunset was down to a faintly glowing ember in the west and the moon rose in the east, I went forth on my bicycle. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z We had never had bicycles—we had learned to ride on other kids’ bikes—and it had never occurred to me that one day I might actually own one myself. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We all ride our bicycles all the time anyway, just to get around, but it's hardly the weather for a pleasure ride. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But when I got to the bike rack, my bicycle was gone. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I nudge my foot against Willem's, and he easily slips the chain back into place, sighing like he's sorry his broken bicycle held us up for so long. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z With her voice still echoing in my ears, I got on my bicycle and pedaled home. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Children wouldn’t ride their bicycles on the streets. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A poor bicycle repairman just a few years before, Howard soon had hundreds of thousands of dollars for every penny he had brought to California. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Wing tips gleaming, my hair still damp, I was flipping through the Frankfurter Allgemeine when she rolled her unthinkable bicycle in. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We bedded down in the stables with the bicycles. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “I know it’s not Roy’s bicycle. This one was stolen from Trace Middle School earlier this afternoon, shortly after classes let out.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Our sorrow drove out all thoughts of the new bicycle. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z If you had to speak English with running captions in your mind showing all the roots, all the way back to Indo-European, you’d fall off the bicycle. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Eva dodged a man on a bicycle and pointed across the road. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He wondered if he would ever again see his father riding a bicycle with mangoes in its spokes. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z "I wish their route didn't have so many open spaces," Willem says, walking his bicycle at a slow pace. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z A teacher had donated his bicycle to the soldiers, cobblers were making soldiers’ boots for free, and farmers were giving away yams. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The younger children were presented in groups: all the Sevens, for example, receiving their front-buttoned jackets; the Nines, brought to the stage and given their first bicycles to great applause. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The store owned a bicycle which I used in delivering purchases. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In Torrance, she soon spotted him cruising into LiNK’s office on his bicycle and made it her business to find a time and a place where they could talk. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Everywhere, mopeds and bicycles race down the wide road, moving out of the way only when a truck honks and mows straight down the middle of the lane. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I followed him around as he showed me all the things his parents regularly bought him: toys, bicycles, go-carts, pinball machines, Ping-Pong tables, electric trains. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z After his discharge, he got a job in New York as a bicycle mechanic, took up competitive bicycle racing, got married, and had two sons. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our bicycles are still out there. I’m sorry.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Like when you get to make an ice cream machine out of a bicycle?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Without Euclid the bicycle would have no wheel. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z So he ended up walking and hauling his supplies in the wagon-trunk, which he had made himself, out of bicycle parts and a big, light plywood carton covered with polapoly. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The bicycle chains clinked musically as they turned the propellers. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no football game; it is not possible, as it is in the spring, to take bicycle trips into the surrounding country. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d call him Rin Tin Tin too, and I’d take him to school with me, where he could stay in the janitor’s room or by the bicycle racks when the weather was good. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z At the time he wrote these words, he was holding down a full-time job, flipping Quarter Pounders at a McDonald’s on the main drag, commuting to work on a bicycle. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There, planted in his garden, was that bicycle. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Sure, they might even let me deliver on the bicycle. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z If he had just lent them the bicycle, none of this would have had to happen. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At five o'clock Otis Amber skipped out of the rooming house, hopped on his bicycle, and returned to Sunset Towers empty- handed. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Jaime dressed like a sleepwalker and got into his car, grateful that his profession entitled him to a weekly ration of gasoline; otherwise he would have had to go by bicycle. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A week passed after the bicycle mishap, but Rooster Jim didn’t come by. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He moved his arms up and down and up and down until he looked like a berserk bicycle pump. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I wait next door for Mr. Hannon to come out with his bicycle and there’s a lovely smell of rashers and eggs coming through the window. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z We rode through the moonlight with the flames of Ormaie behind us, and neither one of us stopped crying until we put the bicycle away. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Outside, it’s cloudy and overcast, Amsterdam winter, as I ride my bicycle down our narrow, haphazard streets. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He wheeled his bicycle from the garage and rode off. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He says a bicycle will change his life. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I was on my side, riding an invisible bicycle. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Many took whatever possessions and supplies they could carry including household goods, bags of rice, and bicycles. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Though I had my driver’s license, I bought a cheap secondhand bicycle so I could ride with her. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I wait in the driveway while he sorts through the mess of a garage, searching for a bicycle. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “He caught up with them, took a flying leap off the bicycle, and cracked their heads together? Knocked them out cold. That's gangster.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Do not ride your bicycle around the comer, ’ ’ the mother had told the daughter when she was seven. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Each wheel was essentially a gigantic bicycle wheel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z By the time the competition realized the threat—usually when Bien fired a perfect cross or let loose with a bicycle kick—it was often too late to react. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It would be a less interesting world if we all walked and skipped alike, and never fell from bicycles. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With the bicycle Zane had found parked against the dying hedge outside, he could be at the pawn shop in less than an hour. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The wide boulevards sing with the buzz of motorcycle engines, squeaky bicycles, and, for those wealthy enough to afford them, small cars. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘That’s what I want to do. Like Ted says. Fly the bicycle wheel in the sky. Please, Mum.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He was fond of board games and let me win, fond of boats and taught me to kayak, fond of bicycles, books, and art museums. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The various members of the Pike family—parents, grand- parents, et al.—each thought someone else had bought Danny the new bicycle. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “We could give that. Or, you know what? We could give up the bicycle. Bury the money and . . . plant the seeds.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She propped her own bicycle against the verge and squatted in a puddle to look. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It involved Queenie getting off her bicycle at every single crossroad—each one wet, windy, and featureless—and climbing a wall or gate or tree to get her bearings. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I could orient myself only by the surfaces moonlight frosted: the rim of an old bicycle tire, a crumpled water bottle, the aluminum arc of a grenade handle. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Every so often, his father went to the marketplace by bicycle and brought home bags of beans and rice. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ll be the messenger boys on bicycles who deliver their groceries or we’ll go to England to work on the building sites. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Do you think they parked their tandem bicycle at the mustache-wax parlor?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He’d have made better time if one of his bicycle tires wasn’t flat, not only flat but definitely beyond repair and he didn’t have money to buy a new tire. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The seats were swept clean and the bicycle polished. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It led to a crowded street where cars honked and bicycle bells trilled and motorbikes and auto rickshaws spewed trails of smoke. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z During the train ride to Englewood, he seemed well rested and at peace, as if he had just ridden his bicycle for miles and miles. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He wobbled away on his bicycle, the cigarette dangling from his mouth, the cough racking his body. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Willem gives a loud sigh, squatting to the ground in mock annoyance with his bicycle chain, while really taking the time to observe the butcher shop. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z There were no other cars there, no bicycles locked to the fence, and no swimming pool—not even a trace of a pool. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Even the one bicycle she saw was strange. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z O’Dell got up and did a little jig and then fell back on the couch and put his feet up in the air and made like he was riding a bicycle. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I roll my bicycle to a stop in front of the Lyceum. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Men and women rode by on rickshaws and bicycles. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Tossing the backpack on, I yanked up the bicycle and hopped on, kicking hard at the pedals. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Sometimes, if it was a very important rule—unlike the one governing the age for bicycles—it would have to go, eventually, to The Receiver for a decision. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I moaned and slapped my hand against my thigh, then called Tilly in and got back on my bicycle. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z It makes your hips swing, which sets your whole body in motion, like a downhill bicycle. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I saw stars, and fell backwards from the speeding car into the dust of the road, my feet becoming entangled in the steel spokes of the bicycle. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They burned the fields, the chicken coops, the bicycles, and even the cradles of newborn babies, in a noontime witches’ Sabbath that nearly made Trueba die of joy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, you can bloody well forget about the bicycle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He was a large, beefy man who looked like his younger son, if you blew JT up with a bicycle pump to twice his size. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked, resting my bicycle against the wall. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Now he was on the bridge, hunched over on the bicycle, pedaling steadily. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I remember noticing that Robert E. Lee’s horse was named Traveller, the same name as my bicycle. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Poppy says we can get a bicycle soon. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I could see into the basement where mangled parts of children’s bicycles lay in dusty heaps. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, Skylab was a huge spacecraft and it was easy to exercise by riding a bicycle bolted to the floor, or by running around and around the walls. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t believe they’d do that to a woman,” Amélie told her brother as we stood in the road with our bicycles. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Tom Grieves had to pedal through Nantucket on a bicycle to find the doctor. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He could feed his wife and children if he had a bicycle. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the well was a toolshed, and a bicycle leaning against the wall. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He had immediately hopped on his bicycle, ridden to a mosque, and prayed for a boy. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Vendors set up their shops, hocking everything from oven parts to bicycles to dinofeed and saddles. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When I got back to the block, some kids had set up a hoop in front of the bicycle shop and were playing some rough three-on-three. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z My bicycle is the one that belonged to the sentry Paul shot when I landed here. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He had this look on his face, the same disappointed look he had when I told him about how Fatty Bolger had replaced my bicycle’s seat with blue truck nuts. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Stunned, she watched the bicycle set off across the path that led to the family dwellings. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Next morning halfway down the block, away from Mother’s eyes, I hear the clink clank of Brother Khoi’s bicycle. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “We swam in the Roman swimming pool, we bicycled over country roads, we drove occasionally in the Stutz Bearcat belonging to a young bachelor engineer,” she remembered. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She pedaled on an exercise bicycle programmed for increasingly steeper hills to the point of exhaustion. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z ‘A real cool costume. A real pretty one made out of all different colors. Like a butterfly. That’s what I want for Christmas. That and a bicycle!’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He ended up with seven dollars and fifty cents and bought us a tandem bicycle. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Not until 1885 did engines improve to the point that Gottfried Daimler got around to installing one on a bicycle to create the first motorcycle; he waited until 1896 to build the first truck. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Past small office buildings; past the bicycle repair shop; and now she could see the river that bordered the community, its dark water moving swiftly, foaming around rocks here and there. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Not so they say. They repair bicycles. But what some demon did, I can do.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z And so did the French legal system back in 1896, when Armand Peugeot, who had inherited from his parents a metalworking shop that produced springs, saws and bicycles, decided to go into the automobile business. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt, briefly, like a boy straining over the handlebars of a borrowed bicycle, cresting a high rise, flinging himself into the downhill. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z One day, while returning from the suburbs, my bicycle tire was punctured. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He had planned on riding a bicycle, just to be funny, and even went so far as to order one from Sears, Roebuck and Co. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z By the time he finally moved on to the far side, so the legend goes, twenty- three cars, several bicycles, and a bus were stacked to a dead stop in both directions. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes rides her new Sears exercise bicycle until sparks fly from the wheels. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z "I couldn't get as much sausage as you wanted, but I do have some," I tell her once I’ve parked my bicycle and the door is closed behind us. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He had come along on his bicycle at the wrong moment, while they were laying out the flare path. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It’s unusual to see a kid on a bicycle after midnight, so the cops automatically figure that you’re either running away from home or out stealing stuff. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z They have a bicycle and we do not and sometimes they let us ride theirs. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Willem leans over his bicycle; he's disabled his chain and is now pretending to fix it, working it back over the sprocket. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Margot stuffed her schoolbag with schoolbooks, went to get her bicycle and, with Miep leading the way, rode off into the great unknown. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I walked along the hot, dusty road, sweating and leading the bicycle by the handle bars. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When they are distracted, he climbs on top of the bicycle. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z After breakfast his father drove him to the bicycle shop to pick up his new tire, and by noon Roy was fully mobile again. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z For two days he’d been riding his bicycle throughout the district looking for the boys. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z A small crowd of islanders had come by foot or bicycle and were already waiting the arrival of the ferry. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “It targets explicit memories, like your name, where you grew up, your first teacher’s name, and leaves implicit memories—like how to speak or tie your shoes or ride a bicycle—untouched.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Every morning, Mom helped me blow dry my hair and brush it back into perfectly straight lines, and then gel it until it was as stiff as a bicycle helmet. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He’s left with a box of shoes and a plastic bag of bicycle bells. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “You have never experienced that. Yes, you have scraped your knees in falls from your bicycle. Yes, you crushed your finger in a door last year.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Without a bicycle, I have to walk to Mrs. Janssen's, which takes nearly an hour. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Now when I bicycle up to it, the front of the theater is naked. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I left my bicycle in the mangroves and checked out the place on foot. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z But she was quick, dodging bicycles, always with the pale-haired man just behind her—oh, he was frightening! The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A bicycle would be handy but you’d have to be working a year for the price of it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But I wasn’t seeing him, so after I buried the last pansy I hopped onto my bicycle and headed down the sidewalk. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “I go in here, Jonas,” Fiona told him when they reached the front door of the House of the Old after parking their bicycles in the designated area. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z She watched him pedal away, a big man on a small bicycle, the morning sun glaring off the handlebars. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Went cycling with Amélie and Mitraillette, my first sortie looking for landing fields—three girls on bicycles, you know, having a jolly afternoon out together, what could be more normal? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Roy ran all the way back to his bicycle and rode home as fast as he could. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I hung my coat on the rack and stowed my bicycle in a back room, amid ink pots and reams of blank paper. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Was it any wonder that everyone wanted to bicycle to school with me or do me little favors? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Leaving the dog lapping sloppily, she helped her father lift a shiny blue bicycle off the truck. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z My brother, Conrad, braked his bicycle to question me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Last time I trade a pig for a bicycle,” he mumbled. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She wheeled her bicycle into the rack where several slots had been left open for visitors. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A pair of women on bicycles pull off the road and gape at the truck as its passes: some infernal lorry sent to blight their town. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was July 2, and there was a swarm of cars and bicycles in front of the Golden Dragon fireworks stand in the corner of the lot. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He needed the bicycle to follow Otis Amber, right now. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Roy stopped his bicycle, the door of the trailer flew open and a stocky bald man charged out. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached into the saddle pack behind her bicycle seat. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He knew he must sleep, resting his own muscles and preparing himself for more hours on the bicycle. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z In the evenings, Enrique watches the priest return to the church on his bicycle, loaded down with bags of donated bread. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It was light, but I don’t like no light bicycle like that. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Soon the bus is rolling into a place where there are big houses, motor cars, horses pulling carts, people on bicycles and hundreds walking. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There was me, standing at the side of the road with my murdered man’s bicycle, waiting well back from the Merc with my head down and wearing one of Maman Thibaut’s motherly kerchiefs. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “On their thirteenth birthday their father gave Stuart an expensive watch, a carpentry set and a bicycle.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The bicycle, at Nine, would be the powerful emblem of moving gradually out into the community, away from the protective family unit. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z She turned right here and slowed her bicycle near the Childcare Center, steering carefully around a food delivery vehicle being unloaded. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Suppose I’m lucky they didn’t hit me over the head with a bicycle to speed it up. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A bent bicycle wheel and one soccer boot, caked in silt. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The policeman took a bicycle pedal out of his pocket. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Not only people but traffic—bullock carts, jutkas, cars and bicycles, more than we had ever seen, many times thicker than in the town around the tannery. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z She continued down the hall and out through the front entrance of the education building, and took her bicycle from the rack by the steps. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Roy carefully guided his bicycle around the pickup truck, then took off at full speed. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Before proceeding, she turns back to the bicycle and bends over a small basket hanging from the handlebars. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The experimental psychologists have recently found that visceral organs can be taught to do various things, as easily as a boy learns to ride a bicycle, by the instrumental techniques of operant conditioning. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But the groundskeeper thought it would be safe for a couple of bicycles to leave by the river path on the opposite bank. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Then she went back to help some kid who still had his bicycle helmet on and had fallen over. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One man riding a bicycle called Burger a traitor, and Burger responded by shooting him off his bike. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Once a messenger on a bicycle came teetering up the jungle path bringing us twelve vials of antivenin, individually wrapped in tissue inside a woman’s jewelry box—an astounding treasure whose history we couldn’t guess. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother told me that even when Branwell was an infant, Dr. Z would bicycle over from his lab to feed him. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Hitler Youth even persuaded their friends and neighbors to donate skis and bicycles for the war effort. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z They rolled discarded old bicycle tires with sticks. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Seventeen-year-old Zvonko Springer could not believe it when the government requisitioned the bicycle that his parents had given him as a birthday present. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Are they old enough to remember anything of the time before, playing baseball, in jeans and sneakers, riding their bicycles? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z My sister Dotty would say, “I sure wish you wouldn’t ride that bike, Ma,” and I silently agreed, because I didn’t want my friends seeing my white mother out there riding a bicycle. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a picture of a guy with his hands on a bicycle. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was a very good bicycle repairman. He played the tabla well too. The Taliban killed him and his family and burned the village.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A block up from Oranjee, we stopped at a park bench surrounded by old rusty bicycles locked to bike racks and to each other. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He would look up in the middle of trimming a hedge and say, “That is good meat,” and then walk to the goatskin bag tied behind his bicycle to rummage for his catapult. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When I took my bicycle out and down the three flights of stairs to the street, I decided it would just be for a spin around the block. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I’m the new boy and I have to be messenger boy while he’s gone, cycling around Limerick on the bicycle with the big metal basket in front. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z We weave between people, dodging bicycles, babies in strollers, and old folks taking their sweet time. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z He pedaled at full speed to the block where Dana Matherson lived, and chained his bicycle to a street sign. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled to the side of the path, got off the bicycle, and leaned it against a tree. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I was afraid to mention our bicycles, still lying in the grass. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z But a man stood in front of Rosie’s, leaning against his red motorized bicycle, waiting to wave at any cars that might pass. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It was a short ride to the Auditorium, Lily waving to her friends from her seat on the back of Mother’s bicycle. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Jaja and Obiora were already at the tap in the tiny backyard; old car tires and bicycle parts and broken trunks were piled in a comer. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Then, arming myself with a bicycle lamp, which cast a surprisingly good beam, I went in search of a path by which I could descend to the village. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z "Did you only come by to return the bicycle, or did you want to come inside?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They were pleased to have bagged a bicycle but horrified that they had a body to dispose of. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A bicycle racer who went on long solo training rides in the mornings before school. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Today he was smiling, because tomorrow was his ninth birthday, and he was really, really hoping for a bicycle. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They faced north, gaping like statues cast in the moment of discovery, until Turtle Wexler, her kite tail of a braid flying behind her, raced her bicycle into the driveway. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He printed out two single-spaced pages, zippered them into his backpack, and hopped on his bicycle. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then while our mothers talked, Amy asked me if I had a bicycle. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Sometimes in the afternoons, my brothers, sister, and I would wait with Grandma Caye in the front yard until the ice cream man came by on his bicycle. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Now she seemed intent on playing the piano, dodging bill collectors, forcing us into college through sheer willpower, and riding her bicycle all over Queens. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I had coffee out on the terrasse with the team manager of one of the big bicycle manufacturers. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Passengers are beginning to line up their bicycles to get off quickly. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z On the avenue a boy on a homemade bicycle calls out: Ladies, lead me to heaven. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He laid his bicycle in the weeds by the road and sat next to me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Staring dreamily up at the sky, she tripped over logs and stepped out in front of speeding bicycles. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The streets were clogged with bicycle riders, milling pedestrians, and rickshaws popping blue smoke, all weaving through a maze of narrow lanes and alleys. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think I look like a ten-year-old who lives in California and rides magical flying bicycles?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z As we park, a sixth grader wheels by on a bicycle, a clear plastic trash bag of links over his shoulder. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z At that moment I spotted my mother on her bicycle heading in my direction. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He has been asking for fifty dollars to buy a bicycle. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Beatrice was pedaling the bicycle she’d taken from the rack at Trace Middle. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I would climb onto my bicycle and pedal that glory through the air. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He listened to the constant parade of sounds outside, footsteps, bicycle bells, the incessant squawking of crows and of the horns of cycle rickshaws in the lane so narrow that taxis could not fit. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know there were parks with swings, slides, running and bicycle tracks. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z It is designed like a giant bicycle wheel in the sky, supported by a massive A-frame. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned down a side street of narrow limestone offices, stopped at the third building, and wheeled my bicycle through its wrought-iron gates. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I told him that my bicycle was broken and that I was walking back to town. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We felt this as little sideways jerks, like sometimes, when you first start out on a bicycle, you have to jerk the wheel back and forth to prevent tipping over. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When he stopped the bicycle in the shrubbery and turned to grab Gabe, he saw the small chubby arm pointing toward the sky. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Something that looks like a blender powered by bicycle pedals. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z With two burly hands, he lifted the twisted heap of a bicycle off the ground and threw it into the bushes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He parked his bicycle neatly in the port beside theirs and entered the building. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z A tall figure standing next to a bicycle steps back and removes his hat. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The reason he is coming so slowly is that he is pulling a wagon, a thing about the size of a big trunk mounted on two bicycle wheels. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Sweet Jimmy Sweet Jimmy ran his thing behind where the old bicycle shop used to be before the landlord busted it down. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t even have a bicycle, and he was scared to death of dogs. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, there was her delinquent older brother, perched atop a bicycle that most certainly didn’t belong to him. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He spied his friend’s bicycle leaning against a tree at the edge of the playing field. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z At night, Erwin pedaled his bicycle through the mill village enforcing a 10 P.M. “lights-out” rule. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Outside in the yard, parked in a row, were three brand-new bicycles—a big red one and two smaller ones, a blue boy’s bike and a purple girl’s bike. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Paul reacted first and pulled the wireless operator under the shrubs where the bicycles were hidden. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z In between marathon bicycle rides I spend most of my time taking care of chickens, learning how to wire up small explosive devices, and trying hard not to suddenly scream my head off with nerves. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She arranged her days so that she would see them often, the man and the infant on the back of his bicycle. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Every message to London has to be laboriously encoded and delivered on a bicycle to a hidden wireless set 10 miles from here. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z In Brownsville and East New York, the sidewalks filled up again, the bicycles came back, and old folks reappeared on the stoops. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Esteban had to park the car several blocks away, because the streets had got narrower and narrower until they were only for bicycles and people on foot. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon she found herself watching Jonas as he rode his bicycle away from the school building, which she could see from the front of the Hatchery. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She says there’s a great shortage of bicycles so I’ll have to walk my first batch of telegrams. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Somehow it brought to mind the time I helped Smiley Snodgrass blow up a hen with a bicycle pump. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Padre Leo rides everywhere on a rickety blue bicycle. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He comes home the next day with an old bicycle tire. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z As a teenager, I spent summer nights coasting around on my bicycle with friends, often well past midnight, miles in every direction. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Even his bicycle has been saved, and the tin ear trumpet, nearly two feet long, which poor deaf Konstantin used to hold up to his ear for his students to speak into. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The streets going up from the Dock Road are too hilly for Mr. Hannon to ride the bicycle and carry me, so we walk. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Papa occasionally used some money to buy more rice and once even surprised them by giving Mama money to buy one-day-old fish when the fish seller bicycled down the street ringing his bell. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He fastened it to a stick and attached the stick to his belt so he could play the harmonica like riding a bicycle no-hands. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Two boys rode past on bicycles, and the man waved, but the boys were talking eagerly together and didn't notice. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The bicycle I got for my ninth birthday, and the horribly tied bow on it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then Beatrice had performed an astounding feat— she’d lifted his bicycle by the sprockets and chomped a hole in the rear tire, like she was biting into a pizza. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I ran out front, grabbed my bicycle, and followed her to see where she was going. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Finally the Nines were all resettled in their seats, each having wheeled a bicycle outside, where it would be waiting for its owner at the end of the day. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps, had Pollard been on him, he would have felt the slight catch in the rhythm, like a playing card clicking against the spokes of a bicycle wheel. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike the steady stream of the highway, here rickshaws, motorcycles, trucks, and cars shared the narrow roads alongside bicycles and throngs of people. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Pete herded him out to train every day and rode his bicycle behind him, whacking him with a stick. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z But Father was busy unstrapping the carrying basket from the back of his bicycle. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z But Jonas could see that Lily, though she seemed attentive, was looking longingly at the row of gleaming bicycles, which would be presented tomorrow morning to the Nines. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z So then would they come to take it away like the little red bicycle? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He pointed to the dinged-up bicycle propped against a brown hedge. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z His precious bicycle that Aunt Queen had given him had been stolen two weeks after he’d moved in. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The mailman arrived on his bicycle one Saturday as usual. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z There was talk about changing the rule and giving the bicycles at an earlier age. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Along the walls are large stalls with all sorts of crazy vehicles parked inside them, everything from floating bicycles to flying saucers. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z They helped us find books they thought we’d like, and we filled up the wire baskets on our bicycles and pedaled home right down the middle of the sidewalks, as if we owned the place. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The beach was hours away by bicycle, forbidden, completely out of all bounds. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They saw some bicycle traffic and a few homeless guys huddled in doorways, but the majority of Portlanders seemed to be staying indoors. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “They rode bicycles—their very own bicycles. And they had lots of books to read. They had warm beds. And food, delicious food. Ice cream, candy, cake, and cookies, all they could eat.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “Maybe you should go ask Amber what happened to that pink bicycle.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I take photos all around: an herb garden planted in a giant cowboy boot; bicycles chained to the fences; a nautical steering wheel hung on a rail, splitting the sun into triangles on the ground. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z They told her not to go out on her bicycle anymore. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Vendors on bicycle carts sold shaved ice that sparkled like gems under the orbs. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She is trying to get somebody to chip in so they can buy a bicycle from this kid named Tito. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d heard stories of the North Vietnamese bringing supplies down on bicycles, moving from one place to another, carrying a few mortars and rounds of ammo on a bamboo pole. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “And your brother jumped on Ambers pink bicycle?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z A cyclo resembles a big wheelchair attached to the front of a bicycle. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The street was crowded with the bicycles of people coming home from work and with electric trolley buses blowing horns and crammed with passengers. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z An old bicycle was all she had out there. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Somebody fell off his bicycle and was run over? Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The early-morning streets were crowded with cars and bicycles and rickshaws and oxcarts. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The two boys had seemed carefree, calling to each other, racing their bicycles along the path. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z My bicycle is—I don't even know where my bicycle is. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Books, papers, shoes, football helmets, baseball bats, dolls, trucks, bicycles, musical instruments, lay everywhere and were used by everyone. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As I look down at the cars and bicycles below, a tingling sensation rushes to my toes, making them feel as if a thousand little pins are gently pricking them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The bicycle pulled up before the porch, a seventeen- year-old colored boy on it, all arms and feet and long legs and round watermelon head. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z But looking up, Claire saw the bicycle stopped at the corner of the plaza. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A bicycle cart rattled by, full of scrap. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Someone halfheartedly whizzed a bicycle chain over the top of the file cabinets and knocked the bean plants to the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The following day, I was playing under the mango tree when a trader on a bicycle stopped to chat with my father. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z While surfaced, the U-boat could travel faster—at about the speed of a bicycle. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He won’t be able to carry me on his bicycle so I can meet him at the yard with the handcart. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They're old enough to bicycle with their friends to Cuxhaven on the North Sea where they camp overnight and dive for mussels that they cook on the beach. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon I met a man who had been section hiking for twenty-five years with a bicycle and a car. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z When Branwell rides his bike, he gets his pants leg caught in the chain of his bicycle. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he asks her to send him a bicycle. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He began to walk and I pushed my bicycle beside him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Because so many houses are being searched for hidden bicycles, Mr. Kugler thought it would be better to have a bookcase built in front of the entrance to our hiding place. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It was determined that Goran Kropp, a young Swede who had ridden a bicycle from Stockholm to Nepal, would make the first attempt, alone, on May 3. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I shot around Carl’s shop and then I went down and shot the two pit bulls outside the bicycle shop. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The kids flying by on bicycles steer clear of this barefoot old woman in her plastic babushka, but I can tell you she is not deranged. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A part that could have fallen off a bicycle, a curtain rod, anything, really. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z When I get to Mrs. Janssen's house, I leave my bicycle leaning against it, more exposed than I would usually, pushing past her as soon as she answers the door. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Instead of making a left on West Oriole, toward the bus stop, Roy rode his bicycle across the highway to East Oriole. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The things I told her on our bicycle adventure were better. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z After we checked our baskets and bedrolls, Sass handed me my claim check and hurried me into the street, where she hailed a bicycle rickshaw. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Worn bicycle tires, bottles with peeled labels, ripped up magazines, yellowed newspapers, all scattered amid a pile of bricks and slabs of cement. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z At lunchtime he borrowed Garrett’s bicycle and set out for the junkyard. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When they asked to borrow a bicycle from a black family in the name of the Cultural Revolution, they were not used to being refused. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The yard full of bicycles and balls and dirty sneakers. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She climbed into the sidecar, the flowered bicycle rolled off into the night, and that was the last any of us ever saw of her. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z At practice, Luma would ride her bicycle around the track for half an hour, setting the pace for her players, who ran behind her. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Mama is still calling after me as I run downstairs, take my bicycle, and start down the street. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I gathered my sisters and brothers, like a hen her chicks, and stood by the side of the road as someone pulled the bicycle apart and took Raymond’s foot out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I climb on his bicycle carrier while he pedals us into the small downtown. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z From there I saw fresh bicycle tracks baked into the dirt. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z To his right, also on the wing, was an engine which powered the two propellers by a gear-and-sprocket system like the one on a bicycle. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z There were bicycles leaning against the back of the building. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z My dad bought me a bicycle once, and I believe that I was the proudest boy in town. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He was bringing in more artists to paint murals around town and was even importing bicycles for the tourists. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z But he finally found Asher’s bicycle—leaning, as usual, instead of upright in its port, as it should have been—at the House of the Old. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He hopped off his bicycle and, shielding the shoe box with both arms, began to jog across the deserted greens and fairways. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He grumbles away above us before he climbs down to get his bicycle and bang his way out the door. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then he gestured toward the back of his bicycle, where a carrying basket had been attached. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There is no bicycle, only a hospital bed. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z There was one toward stealing, but apparently that didn’t cover bicycle seats. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Tonight the dispatcher was reporting a couple of minor fender benders and a local boy who went missing on his bicycle during the electrical storm. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Like most Americans, he had become caught up in the bicycle craze that was ignited by the advent of the “safety” bicycle, with its same-sized wheels and chain-and-sprocket drive. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But him never having ridden anything smaller than a horse, buggy, or train, the bicycle scared him to death. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z A woman bicycles wearing dozens of costume necklaces. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Silently he would take his bicycle to the riverbank and leave it there hidden in bushes with the clothing folded beside it. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a picture of a Gay Nineties couple on a bicycle built for two. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In one magnificent motion, Rooster Jim jerked the bicycle off course and careened—thunk—into the stacked bundles. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z After we moved to Ridgeford, he'd ride his bicycle to a park along the bluffs and watch the sunset to "meditate on God's splendor," as he liked to say. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Some troops were on bicycles, most walked in twos or threes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They dropped the bicycles and sat by a ditch beside the road. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He had bicycle clips and tatting shuttles and Mah Jong sets. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was sometime after the bicycle, or when she was moving into her shack in the backyard. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Some Red Guards asked to borrow Old Qian’s bicycle, and he refused. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Jasper Jr. called out something nasty as we rode by, but I was surprised when Lice Peeking braked the bicycle and spun around. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He hands them their telegram, takes the tip and turns his bicycle around to head back up the lane. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I was so happy that a girl had spoken to me that it didn’t fully sink in that they’d stolen my bicycle. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Now even their parents were too swift to talk about Onyeka, his good mechanic job in town, his bicycle, his good behavior, as if he were already a member of the family. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The children all received their bicycles at Nine; they were not al-lowed to ride bicycles before then. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z We watched a man hang a bicycle on hooks high on his living room wall. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z There were a couple of miserable wet soldiers manning the gun emplacements, who waved and shouted as the girls on their bicycles came barreling past, brakes screeching with the steepness of the descent. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I was driving up a hill and saw two white boys ahead of me on bicycles. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I should have thought to pick up my bicycle from Mrs. de Vries's when I was there, but I didn't. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He needed to take the wheel to the bicycle shop and get it aligned with the machine they had down there. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z As I was passing the bicycle racks, I heard my name being called. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They all hung on tightly as Appa pedaled his bicycle to take them as far away from the war as he could. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She climbed back on her bicycle and peddled toward her small cottage in the nearby town of Oxford, where she was known as “Mrs. Brewer,” a refugee from Germany and mother of two. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘If you want to I can get bicycles and we can go tomorrow. I have a holiday one Sunday a month.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The children claw at him up on his bicycle and he kicks at them, Jesus, will ye get away from me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Someone was coming toward her on a bicycle, pedaling through the puddles. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z They loaded their truck with all the things they had confiscated, including the bicycle that Qian had refused to lend them. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The street was a noisy lane in a maze of alleyways choked with pedestrians, bicycles, and rickshaws. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z All spring and all summer and all fall he spent on the road with bicycle road-racers. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I could ride my bicycle around Sacramento; watch public school kids walking to school. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The piano I didn’t mind, but the bicycle drove me crazy. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom spent her childhood playing outdoors, riding her red bicycle around the reservation, and eating fresh seafood. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When unknown white people visited our community during the day, the road they entered on was observed and the message of their coming was passed door-to-door by telephone, bicycle messengers, or messengers running on foot. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A bicycle repairman was the closest thing to an auto mechanic available, and Howard’s shop was conveniently close to the neighborhoods of wealthy car owners. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Their carbines were clipped to the frame of the bicycles. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He wanted to retrieve his bicycle and go home. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Stopping, he saw that one of the bicycle tires had lodged in the groove of a streetcar track. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When it rains the tires hiss on the street and when there’s a real rain with the wind blowing sometimes you can hear it against the tin sign over Billy’s bicycle shop. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z No one dares ride a bicycle or walk a dog. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The standard reward for skipping was a new bicycle. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z If he could somehow beat her to the bicycle, he might be able to get away. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Aru knew from her mother’s stories that when Hanuman said vehicles, he wasn’t talking about cars or bicycles. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, sir. My bicycle’s tire was flat.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “No, it’s not, it’s like a bicycle pump with a red handle...” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I haven't seen Mrs. Janssen since I first agreed to help, so I bicycle to her house as soon as Ollie leaves, in the twilight before curfew, to tell her everything that has happened. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The machines would be a cross between a bicycle and a glider, a winged bicycle with a propeller. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he was crossing the yard, walking his bicycle. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z In México, men sold ice out of carts they attached to bicycles. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z On Monday I follow the funeral to the graveyard on my post office bicycle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It didn’t seem likely that the ancient Egyptians used any of the kinds Ken and Toby knew about—crankcase, sewing machine, polyunsaturated or bicycle. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He left the house before dawn, pushing before him a cart he had fashioned from pieces of plywood and bicycle parts. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z When I finally do get home, after forty minutes of trudging, my bicycle is waiting for me outside my building, and so is Ollie. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He managed to get across the border to Sweden by bicycle and traveled from there, by plane, to Great Britain. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Dorothy stopped at the roadside and watched Palmer drive her bicycle deeper into the meadow. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “So I watched and cheered when my sister, Katya, became a Nine and removed her hair rib-bons and got her bicycle,” Father went on. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z A bicycle chain I kept under the seat. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Most people around here frowned upon girls riding bicycles, and Hafsa’s parents had let her know they were one of them. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I took his arm and tried to drag him up the drive, but he was a man in a huff with a bicycle, and he wasn’t very draggable. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z There his eye fell upon a fleet of large tin hot dogs mounted on bicycle tires. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z PPS I just saw a boy ride down the street on a bicycle. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Our father would be home soon, but she knew Omar didn’t chime his bicycle bell three times unless it was important. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Ash!” he called, spotting his friend near the rows of bicycles. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Einstein once said, “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Abbey and I quickly retrieved our bicycles and took off. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z In Laila’s hands was a metal spoke she had snapped with a pair of pliers from an abandoned bicycle wheel. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I was pedaling my bicycle back to the store as fast as I could when a police car, swerving toward me, jammed me into the curbing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Holmes knew the parks from his bicycle journeys. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Carefully he hid the bicycle in thick bushes. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The bicycle she had ridden to school throughout her earlier years was taken to be refurbished and given to a different, younger child. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then Paul pointed out to me, “That young fellow just coming with the last bicycle is the other pilot, the one who got stuck in the mud west of here. You probably know each other?” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z His mind wandered while Lily, as usual, recounted a lengthy dream, this one a frightening one in which she had, against the rules, been riding her mother’s bicycle and been caught by the Security Guards. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The spoils of the win were eye-popping: a golden trophy, a brand- new bicycle, and a spot at the national All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio, as the official representative of the Virginia Peninsula. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I pedaled there nearly every summer day on my black Schwinn bicycle. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z There, smack dab down the center of the street, wobbled Rooster Jim on a brand-new bicycle. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She dropped her paper in my bicycle basket as I passed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Within an hour, we see a familiar figure on a bicycle riding toward us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They rode their bicycles over the lawns Frank worked so hard to keep smooth. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Emeline found that riding her bicycle was best in the days after a good downpour. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I’d left my bicycle in a street leading to the square. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A bag of mangoes was awkward to carry, especially when the bicycle was already loaded with other goods. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We see the telegram boys on their bicycles swing into the lane. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z People are allowed to bicycle at night in New York City, folks. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But the bicycle incentive was great, and there was always the fear that a younger brother or sister would skip and land in your class. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The streets are crowded with many more bicycles, motorcycles, and compact cars than in Phnom Penh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Can be reached by streetcar 13 or 17 and also by car and bicycle. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Dot! I saw her go by on her bicycle, and she swore the pineapple hadn’t come in!” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The man looked up, recognized her, and eased his bicycle to a standstill, balancing it with his right foot on the path. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The workday streams of people and bicycles were gone, and the street was quiet and peaceful. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He sees an old bicycle leaning against the patio wall. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Then he said he wished that when he was my age he could have driven a car like this one, but instead he drove a bicycle. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Her voice was soft but angry, as if it were the doctors’ fault Raymond’s foot got snared on a bicycle chain. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Next year I get my bicycle, too,” she added more cheerfully. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Holmes was, however, beginning to feel mounting pressure from creditors, in particular from several furniture and bicycle dealers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z On Christmas morning I received a pink bicycle with training wheels and Luke got a red tricycle. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The constable in the village was a kindly man with a waxed mustache whose wife kept hens and delivered fresh eggs on her bicycle. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z "Get in there and fight, Brooks," someone yelled, high-pitched and nasty, "Off ya bicycle, go and fight." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather than wake up Audrey, I left her a note and borrowed her bicycle. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “It was fine. I don't know. I don't really like big group outings. I don’t really even like bicycling, but I don’t know if I’m allowed to say that.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Far down the empty street a bicycle came. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z There, Beatrice had “borrowed” a bicycle, forcefully installed Roy on the handlebars, and was now churning at a manic pace toward an unknown destination. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Brother Khoi gets an old bicycle to ride, but Mother says I’m too young for one even though I’m a ten-year-old in the fourth grade, when everyone else is nine. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I tied Oscar's leash to the bicycle rack and went in through the glass doors. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Gerald, tough, brown, and wiry, seemed almost gentle as he helped the fragile, pale child balance on the bicycle. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The guy at the gas station reported that the punctured bicycle tire was beyond repair. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “My bicycle went to war one year before its owner,” he said. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I would wait for him to arrive on his bicycle, hoping there might be something from Caitlin. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She could send him to the refrigerator, which was decorated with the blank couple on the bicycle built for two—or, as now, she could wheedle, “Tell me a story, Billy boy.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z "Nothing happens to me. I walked alone all one night and nothing happened except a bicycle cop stopped me and asked to see my papers." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Very calmly I climbed off my bicycle and put down the kickstand. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z In the back of the station wagon were three bicycles, piled one on top of the other. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He rode his bicycle through the courtyard, chasing chickens and other children, laughing over which ones shrieked the loudest. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry propped up the bicycles and she went in ahead of him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Unlike most Americans, however, Holmes sought also to capitalize on the craze by buying bicycles on credit, then reselling them without ever paying off the initial purchase. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Bandit heard the sounds of laughter and voices, footfalls and bicycle bells, as guests departed from one court, then another. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Outside, as she was climbing on the carrier pack of Babi’s bicycle, Laila spotted a car parked up the street, across from the house where the shoemaker, Rasheed, lived with his reclusive wife. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She climbed up on the bicycle seat while he stood on the pedals. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We snuck onto the nearby Conrail/Long Island Rail Road tracks and broke into freight cars, robbing them of bicycles, television sets, and wine. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In between the crowing contest, the backwards bicycle race, and all that, you’d see folks gathered together, talking and laughing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And after seeing what she could do to a bicycle tire, he couldn’t picture her breaking a tooth, either. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Here he is pushing the bicycle and puffing away on the pipe in his mouth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The Herengracht is murky and fish-stinking behind him, and I could push him into this canal and ride halfway home on my disgrace of a secondhand bicycle before he paddled himself out. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In the right-hand corner of the photograph, a man wheeling his bicycle along the curb had turned to stare at the couple. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He leans on the bicycle or sits on the steps outside houses, grinding down on the pipe in his mouth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There was only one other child’s bicycle there, that of a female Eleven named Fiona. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Several people were quick to point out that testing intelligence with a maze was not the same thing as racing on a bicycle, even a BMX. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Other bushes were laden with purpling currants; butterflies abounded; and at every step grasshoppers whirred off, some crackling like the snappers kids placed against their bicycle tire spokes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It doesn't feel real, watching Gerhard pack as if he's readying for a bicycle trip. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Every day TV News Brother Quang races home from class, throws down his bicycle, exhausted, no longer able to afford gasoline for his moped. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z When he grew older, he got a bicycle and let the girls play with his old tricycle and wagon. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A man on a bicycle stopped and wanted to know why Dad was beating that mattress. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I might have something on my bicycle. One minute.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The bicycle tire shot up out of the tracks, rose upward, balanced for a second in the air, and then became horizontal as the cart turned over loudly on its other side. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw a stream, and made his way to it across a rutted, bumpy meadow; Gabriel, wide awake now, giggled as the bicycle jolted him up and down. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Dad sang along with the song: “Andy would bicycle across town in the rain to bring you candy.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z On one side of him was a woman and on the other side a bicycle. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Giggling in chorus, the workers waved some fence posts, broomsticks, bicycle chains, and bricks. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then both of them looked up and saw Moody, astride his bicycle on the sidewalk, and froze. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She stumbles backward and her foot catches on a bicycle rack. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They use local children as lookouts, who race forward on their bicycles to tell the bandits when migrants are drawing near. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I stop my bicycle on the sidewalk across from your house. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As the sobbing continued unabated, I wheeled my bicycle into the third-floor corridor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Beatrice parked the bicycle and motioned for Roy to follow her through the hole in the fence. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘He said you two would ride out on bicycles. Where should he be now? You know where he is?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He loved the way she wobbled to work every morning on her bicycle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z All kinds of people, hundreds a day, driving down roads that, a year ago, only a few cars and a couple of kids on their bicycles had traveled. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I carried it back up the hill to where I parked my bicycle in the shade by the side of the garage. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Where were the bicycles and rickshaws, the mules and the carts? In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z When I was fourteen, my mother took up two new hobbies: riding a bicycle and playing piano. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard the sounds as they righted their bicycles and began to ride down the path that led from the field. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Fists doubled, the white man advanced, kicking the bicycle out of the way. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Queenie leaned forward over the handlebars of her bicycle and was off, pedaling like fury. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “First a bicycle, so I wouldn’t have to walk to school. That would only cost me twenty dollars.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I looked behind us and saw our bicycles lying in the grass. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Fishers from town ride their bicycles into little boats, parking the bikes while working by hanging them in the off shore trees. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z On the bicycle ride, Beatrice shared enough bits and pieces of her family’s story with Roy that he understood the difficult situation. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We do what we always do when we hang out in her room, bicycling our legs into the drapey fabric and gossiping about boys she has crushes on. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z But seeing her hit with a bicycle, living like a prisoner in her own backyard, that was the final straw for me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It’s early, but still there are so many people doing so many things—walking or talking or sitting or standing or running or riding bicycles. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Moms was watching television and Derek was trying to get the wheel of his bicycle straight. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Her stomach turned when she thought of that afternoon, lying on the floor with the spoke of a bicycle wheel between her legs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She goes forth nearly every day to scrounge up vegetables, and then bicycles back with her purchases in large shopping bags. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Or you could ride on the back of one of ours, and we could come back later for your bicycle,” Willem offers. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Never mind that we taught each other to ride a bicycle with no hands, or to build a fully functional homemade camera out of a cardboard box. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was pouring outside and she was glad she didn’t have to bicycle to work. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Brother Khoi runs up, out of breath, pushing a bicycle with a flat. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I want to hit him for the way he treats my mother but if I say anything he won’t let me have the bicycle tomorrow after I’ve waited three weeks. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I embroidered my maa in her green sari and my baap on the bicycle that took him to the marketplace every morning. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z But as I climb back on the bicycle, I realize I'm not sure. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “I passed the fish seller on his bicycle,” Papa said. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z After dark, he gathered his radio equipment, snuck out of town on a bicycle, and searched for a remote electrical pole. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever we came across the creek, Vonetta wheeled JimmyTrotter’s bicycle out of the barn and rode it in circles around the barn and house while Fern chased after her. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Officer Delinko noticed that he was walking a bicycle, and that the rear tire appeared to be flat. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We snuck out through the kitchen and got our bicycles from the garage. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The image of her riding that bicycle typified her whole existence to me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t have a bike to pedal the nearly three miles to the nearest store, and even if we did, only Vonetta and I could ride a bicycle well enough. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The buses, and cabs, and bicycles, and skateboards. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The noise never let up: car horns, bicycle bells and the cracking of whips combined to produce a deafening bewildering clamour, amid which is was impossible to heed every warning sound. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z One was sure to become the envy of every kid in the neighborhood: a brand new Schwinn Stingray, the king of all bicycles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was a curious sensation, being hit by an oncoming car while flying backward on a bicycle. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The car was late meeting us—the driver had to avoid an unexpected patrol—Paul and I stood for half an hour shivering and stamping around in the drainage ditch where we hid the bicycle. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z They take hot showers, speak to each other in English, ride their bicycles around the neighborhood. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Jonas and his family had not been looking forward to Fritz’s bicycle, which they realized would probably too often be dropped on the front walk instead of wheeled neatly into its port. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The street was full of bicycles and pedicabs and trolleys, and the sidewalks were so crowded with shoppers, they spilled off the sidewalk into the street. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After he’s left, I wheel my bicycle into an alley so I can memorize the address the way Ollie wanted me to. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The main road was crowded; women with boxes on their heads and babies tied to their backs, barefoot children carrying bundles of clothes or yams or boxes, men dragging bicycles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z At the far end of the drive, Cady could just make out a man on a bicycle, kicking up more and more dust as he headed ever closer. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It came with Mr. Fleming, the telegraphist, who bicycled over to our house with it in his pouch. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She spread coats and rags on the floor of the little back room and we slept there with the bicycle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He had both of his hands on the bicycle. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Luma moved Bien up the field, from defense to offense, and he quickly made an amazing bicycle kick over his head. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Why should the government need it and for what purpose? Who would ride on my bicycle, my beautiful black Wanderer touring bicycle? How could a bicycle be used in defending the state?” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Once over the walkway we took a path too small for a car, but perfect for a horse, a bicycle, or for walking. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He dropped his bicycle and we leaped for each other like kangaroos. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The doctors told her that so much bicycle grease had got into the wound that they couldn’t be sure if they’d cleaned it all out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Did you get my new bicycle and roller skates?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Gone, nothing! That child rode that bicycle across the creek to fool with her cousin and Miss Trotter.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z |
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