| 单词 | thrown |
| 例句 | The lice are simply thrown into this little pan. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The German east divisions, rested and re-equipped, were thrown at the western front. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Frankie’s friends found themselves at the bottom of the canyon, thrown clear. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We went back in the house—dim now with twilight—and sat by the window on a long davenport that had a sheet thrown over it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Just for the moment it was as if she’d disappeared, and her voice was thrown into the trees.Then she returned to us, but all that was left of her was an awful silence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Because the guards of segregation were everywhere in the white world, and I saw black people who unwittingly disobeyed them cursed, beaten or thrown in jail, I became increasingly self-conscious with each step I took. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Within five minutes, I’m thrown a blue jersey with red and yellow stripes on it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Mean Lady Ming had thrown in a pair of chopsticks. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The earth around the porch was hard and white from where wash water had long been thrown. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The childlike insistence in her tone had the blanket thrown aside and my feet hitting the cool soil-covered floor before I could think. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Perhaps he’d left it for me in the hospital, but if so, it had almost certainly been thrown away after his death. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Now we’d probably get punished for lying and thrown into the snow. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Grandma’s friends had thrown her a shower at work, because they knew that with four young kids moving in, she might need some help getting up to speed. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “He was thrown in jail like a common criminal just because he couldn’t pay his debts.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Some years earlier John Senior had conducted with Mr. Clutter a minor business transaction, the outcome of which angered John Senior, who felt that Clutter had thrown him “a queer ball.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z One of them flew back, thrown by Tool’s strength, but the other swung his machete. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Trailing a few steps behind Gale, I try to collect myself before I’m thrown into what’s sure to be another relentless Mockingjay session. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And the throw-pillows on the sofa hadn’t been thrown at all, but were regularly spaced on the clear plastic covers that protected the upholstery. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He hadn't gotten to his comb-over yet and I was thrown a little bit by his shiny, balding head. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z When I opened the door to my chamber, I saw that my blanket was slashed, and tom, and the clothes I had mounded beneath it were thrown about the room. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Sloth had been both a traitor and a fool, but Nailer couldn’t help thinking the Fates had handed him the biggest Lucky Strike in the world and he’d thrown it away. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The bad news was that it wrenched out of my hand when the giant turned, and I was thrown across the arena, weaponless. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I looked around, saw that the rope had been tied to a wall peg, thrown over a beam. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Woundwort, with both forefeet off the ground, was thrown over on his back on the earth pile. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Absent an apology, he said, “common decency is thrown to the wayside.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He was said to have thrown the documents at them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Sideways, spinning, the sled hit a bump in the hill and Jonas was jarred loose and thrown violently into the air. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z All but two had their faces turned down, and the two with their heads thrown back were openly wailing. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Fire and water collided, superheated steam, and I shot upward from the heart of the volcano in a huge explosion, just one piece of flotsam thrown free by a million pounds of pressure. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Like a switch had been thrown, Taylor turned and ran. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I also crossed the bridge the Nazis had thrown up to replace the one that was bombed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It was bad enough he’d thrown that book away in the first place. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The package had been thrown to the floor when she stopped short. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z They say that often Greek flowers are seen coming up from the bottom, and that if a wooden cup is thrown into the Alpheus in Greece, it will reappear in Arethusa’s well in Sicily. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Tell them how you felt about the coup, the president thrown out before the year was over, the rebels up in the mountains, the civil war, the landing of the marines. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He fell on his face, his luggage thrown on top of him. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Father had been thrown clear of Dragonwings and lay on his back. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if it was the same snail, crawling out, being thrown back in, and then crawling out again. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Their hoods are thrown back, revealing their unsettlingly stark features, and, led by Cain, they ghost across the grass and form a half circle around the Commandant’s dais. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z For the rest of the day, Carol had thrown balled-up toilet paper at the back of her head. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Jetta made her jump into the pool in her clothes to get dive bricks that Jetta herself had thrown in, when the swimming team was standing less than ten feet away. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It came one night in Saigon, when they went to a party thrown for Sheehan, who was heading back to the States. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She reads about how his broken body was thrown on the back of a pickup by the white foreman. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Piper and Jason took charge of cleaning the lower deck, which had been thrown into chaos during the monster attack. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Johnny, from sheer high spirits, jumped the now deserted breastwork the British had thrown up so hastily the night before. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The image of the hooded man, his face hidden in shadow, had thrown open a door in my mind and memories were spilling out. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was introduced to Mr. Alacran, the fierce man who had thrown Matt out that first night and who was Benitos, Stevens, and Tom’s father. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If the truth were thrown in there, no one would be able to tell the difference. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Had Henry really thrown Boots to her death? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But Olly’s like a random letter, the big bold X thrown in the middle of the word or phrase that ruins the sequence. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Moody watched, half hidden by a tree, as she picked her way around to the Rabbit, which sat in the driveway with its doors thrown wide, and extracted the footboard from the backseat. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “There’s a way to go about it! You think you’re the only one tired? You think I wanted to see my best friend thrown onto the ground?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z A flash of metal caught his eye and he saw his hatchet in the sand where he had thrown it at the porcupine in the dark. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I nodded, wondering if there was something in the quilt she did not like, and I would lose my job and be thrown out of Maa Kamala’s house. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z So he took him out into the hallway just to make sure Gary recognized what it was that had been thrown on his desk. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Their eyes light up, and I’m suddenly a steak thrown into a den of hungry lions. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Granny had already thrown out hints that it was time for me to be on my own. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In Russia at the time, a man could be thrown in jail for stealing a loaf of bread, then languish in a detention center for up to four years before his trial began. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I wonder if she took it when she left, or whether he’s thrown it all away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When I turn around, I can see that the back door has popped open, and for a moment I think that Radar has been thrown from the car, but then he sits up. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It must have hammered and thrown him around inside the cabin when he was unconscious—there could be no other explanation for all the bruises and cuts. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The custodians were still trying to scrub his blood off the terrazzo in the corridor where the big punch had been thrown. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Perhaps they would both be thrown into prison. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When he asked politely if she were referring to herself, Cersei had thrown a cup of wine in his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I’d changed back into the outfit I’d picked out for Fall Fiesta and thrown on an old oversized red cardigan that belonged to Dad. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z All his bracelets had snapped off when the Governor had thrown him from the bridge, even the red braided one. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Most of the prisoners were asleep or resting, curled into corners or flat on their backs with an arm thrown over their eyes to block out the dim lamplight that filtered through the grate. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Porter parked under the same tree where Corinthians had thrown herself across the hood of the car. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z John pointed at the young man who had thrown the rock at Eugene, then waited for the police to arrest him. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I cleared palm fronds, chunks of sea grape, pieces of wood, dead fish, fan coral, and shells that the sea had thrown up. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually von Linden took possession of my recipe cards, my chains were removed, and I was thrown back into my cell. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The walls of the structure had been thrown together so quickly that they weren’t completely sealed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I’d have asked her more but was thrown off when she held up a pattern for a bib apron with a ruffled hem. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z They no longer look like security bots—they’ve thrown off the shell now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Had he thrown her all the way across the river? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “She and her father have had the honor of being our guests already. Bed and board thrown in.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He had become distracted, and Harry couldn’t blame him; one of the veela had thrown a handful of fire and set his broom tail alight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Gilly had thrown away her whole life for a stinking lie. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He had thrown a piece of scrap metal at the toes and hit one, making a deep echo, as if the column were hollow. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z There, where some houses didn’t even have screens, let alone air conditioners, the windows were thrown wide open to whatever the night had to offer. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see Bibles and coloring books thrown all over the place, then they’d get covered by the smoke. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z On top of everything else, I had apparently managed to infuriate Master Elodin to such an extent that he had thrown me off the roof of the Crockery. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His head hung; he was thrown down upon his knees. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z If I were thrown from the University my life was over. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I’d heard of people surviving car crashes that way, getting thrown thirty or forty feet away from an accident. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It was as if all the silence had been scraped off and thrown somewhere else. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Now, Colin had seen enough movies to know what happens when dorks go to cool-kid parties: generally, the dorks either get thrown into the pool or they become drunk, vacuous cool kids themselves. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z A boy in pants meant for a younger child follows, beret thrown back on his head, some kind of shiny jacket on. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then I thought about Mr. Brunner . . . and the sword he had thrown me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I mean, it would really suck to get thrown out the day before I make Junior Agent. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Maybe even thrown an arm over her shoulder. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I would have thrown something at him, but the nearest item to hand was my precious Notebook, which I’d never fling about. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Fern last: “Surely don’t” She was still looking down at us as if we’d thrown a monkey wrench into her quiet Tuesday evening. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Shambling a couple of steps away from the well, she squatted down and sniffed at the ground where Seth had thrown his salt. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I shed the slave’s shuffle I’ve adopted and walk the way I used to, my head straight and my shoulders thrown back. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Fezzik kept getting thrown down or falling down or tumbling down or stumbling down. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He was sleeping on his back, his arms thrown to either side. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After Nailer and Nita were nearly thrown down into the train gap, they rode with their arms threaded through the ladders. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z There's a river the bodies were finally thrown into that supposedly still runs red to this day, fifty years later. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Now the dogs were thrown completely on their own resources. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He had tossed it back and forth between his hands a few times, then thrown it again to Asher. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Cabbages, rotten apples, and a dead cat were thrown in the direction of the traitor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a book, but she wasn’t reading; her legs were thrown over the arm of her chair, one bare heel kicking, with obstinate, lethargic rhythm, at the wicker side. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But Siddhartha knew what his friend was thinking —probably that the boy would have thrown the oar away or broken it out of revenge and to prevent their following him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The meat is rotten and the vegetables moldy, but they haven't fed us since we got thrown in here. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I’ve spent about two hours total in the Archives, and half of that was getting thrown out on my ear.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The young soldier was lying on the bed, his arms thrown over his eyes, his bootless feet dangling over one end. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I nodded, getting ready to be thrown in the snowbank real hard this time. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He was going to be thrown into the yellow ooze at the bottom of a pit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And then on the afternoon that Willow Chance came to see him, all of his categorization ground to a halt, like a fork thrown into the gears of outdated machinery. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “There is to be no more cow manure thrown down into that pigpen. I have a terrific pig. I want that pig to have clean, bright straw every day for his bedding. Understand?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Washington was thrown into the swift-moving water and saved himself by grabbing a log torn from the raft. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z From the kitchen came the sound of pots thrown to the floor. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z His pyjama jacket, stained with rusty patches, had been unbuttoned and thrown back. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, Elizabeth had met her husband at a cocktail party the Richardsons had thrown some years before; he had been a colleague of Mr. Richardson’s. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When he saw the state into which I was thrown by the request, he thoughtfully added the figures himself. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Had she thrown away her dreams by taking a stand? Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Arion bucked so violently that Hazel had to slide off his back to avoid getting thrown. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z After we had gathered and thrown away all the cards, we went inside to order. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Chiron had thrown me a pen that turned into a sword. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He was suddenly old and weak—not himself anymore, but rational enough to know that several troubles had already thrown their shadows. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Blacks complained of having bricks thrown at them. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As soon as the umbilical cord was cut, they would both be thrown into the truck. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z If he couldn’t cover the debt, he could be thrown in prison by the state or enslaved by his creditors. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t take me long to see why: Within a few pages he had thrown me and my meat eating on the defensive. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He thought someone had thrown a rope inside his house for another evil sign, but then it moved! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes she made what she had named Weg Geschnissen, which laboriously translated meant something made with bread bits that usually would be thrown away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Their remains, and gas that is thrown off other stars, will fall toward the black hole. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They had hoped that Goyle, who was almost as stupid as he was mean, might be thrown out, but he had passed, too. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It is this other, this second sight in us, that has thrown us to the ground and saved us, without our knowing how. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I must’ve gotten thrown off by the endless geek rants about globular clusters orbiting galactic cores, rants that I see are being kept under wraps in present company. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I’d brought everything I owned: T-shirts, shorts—so worn out that people in America would just have thrown them away. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z But whenever it was possible, without detection, the men would pick up old quids of tobacco that had been thrown away by the keepers or guard. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Just that week the lilacs had thrown their first flowers. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Laughter and music skipped across the water like rocks thrown with just the right spin, their edges just as sharp against Tally’s nerves. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She’d thrown up a lot earlier in the day, and Mom made an appointment to take her to the vet the next morning. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I took the writing tablet, the case of pens and pencils and the bundle of rubles off my desk and placed them amongst the heap of items we had thrown into my case. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z At least four people had thrown in dimes and one had tossed in a quarter. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z And as she punctuated each name with another pot thrown in the girl’s direction, Beetle thought to go out. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t incredible that he had met a man on a bridge and thrown him off it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He hurled himself at the man who had thrown her down. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Stars sparkle like fireworks thrown across the sky. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I have a ton of sympathy for him having to watch his five- year-old brother get thrown out of a window—I think that’s going to affect him for the rest of his life. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The four men rushed in with it, and a moment later, three people were shoved, almost thrown out of the cabin. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Other peoples, including most Africans, have thrown off European colonial domination but remain far behind in wealth and power. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z All the Arctic peoples had been thrown into panic, and so had the animals, not only by the fog and the magnetic variations but by unseasonal crackings of ice and stirrings in the soil. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In Jane Austen’s novels there are star-crossed lovers who have impediments thrown in their way—by their parents, society, or their own doubts. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Kalo had thrown open the gate and stomped up to Curly, who was wondering if he should pick up a rock for self-defense. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since Billy had been thrown into shrubbery for the sake of a picture, he had been seeing Saint Elmo’s fire, a sort of electronic radiance around the heads of his companions and captors. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z "Because all of them have had massive overdoses, just like you. It's thrown the alarm-clock right out of whack!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Lydia’s voice was heard in the vestibule; the door was thrown open, and she ran into the room. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Had Celia thrown them out because she knew he wasn’t coming back? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Like in The World at the End of the Tunnel when Jack is taken to the hobgoblin king’s castle and thrown in the highest tower. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Picture after picture was thrown into the fire. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He read again: Immediately a cordon of five thousand police, augmented by more than three thousand volunteers, was thrown about the Black Belt. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z A window in the master bedroom broke just after three o’clock, as if a brick had been thrown through the glass. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Now imagine a rock thrown into its center. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Last night a girl had thrown herself at me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s so cute. I’d have thrown myself in front of a moving car for him too.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Had he thrown a clot that had lodged in his heart? The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was feeling kind of strange, like, I can’t really explain it, like as if hypodermics were in the air again, but thrown all ways and still traveling. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A few moments later, Locke has an arm thrown around my shoulders. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His trip to Chicago was primarily a business trip with some traditional pleasures thrown in. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw a girl thrown out of her cabin and into the dirt, only to be yanked up by her hair. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The betrayal of going back to the place that hurt Mom—the place that had thrown her away like she didn’t matter—was almost too painful to consider. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I had been thrown over Rufus’s horse like a grain sack, head and feet hanging, blood dripping from my mouth onto the familiar boot that let me know it was Rufus I rode with. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It will be like the ripples that spread out on the surface of a pond when a stone is thrown in. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Some fruit rots while still containing perfectly good seeds, and gets thrown out uneaten into the garbage. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The pregnant black women who were thrown overboard if they got too sick! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know she was already really freaked out that you weren’t going to make it back to Pittsburgh alive, and seeing you show up here? I have a feeling it’s thrown her for a loop.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The partition could be removed and the two thrown into one for a bath tub. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He had, first, given himself an outrageous beating and thrown some rags on—like a household slave— then slipped into that city of wide lanes among his enemies. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "Exactly," she says, and then our thirty-second stop at the stop sign ends, and my head is thrown back against the seat. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z He had put them in a bag and thrown them in the river. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z "That water may have thrown the brute off our scent," panted Bree when he had partly got his breath again. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Nathan carried the small picnic basket with bottles of punch and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that Lily had thrown together at the last minute. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z "In this country, it is against the law not to go to school. You want us to get thrown out?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Official propaganda films like He May Be a Communist warned Americans that their neighbors might have thrown in their lot with the Reds. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The church had at last thrown in its lot with the people! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I like my corn dogs bare and thrown nonchalantly into a paper sleeve. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Outside, the sky felt deep and dark as if a large soft blanket had been thrown over the hills and valleys. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z When they are old they turn themselves inside out, then explode slowly, the petals thrown out like shards. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He had stopped dead where he stood, and, his head thrown back, had begun to howl at the sky. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The car accelerated so quickly that they were all thrown back against the seat. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z When we were undressed, we were thrown the plain khaki uniforms of Robben Island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Clay that passed Min’s inspection was formed into a large ball, ready to be thrown on the wheel. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The words “riot” and “looters” were being thrown into the conversation too, my picture next to Galluzzo’s flashing across the screen, the footage of the arrest, looping. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He was a tall man, though not so tall as Captain Orlov, and he stood with his bare shoulders thrown back, thinking about what the Russian had said. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z How his parents are dead and he got thrown in a group home and now he’s sick. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z She enrolled me in summer school and I got thrown out. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma is a mattress who got thrown off the truck when her parents split up. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Kaz stumbled, thrown off balance by the force of his swing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I stop and turn to him, my hands thrown up in the air. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z But there have been fresh footprints leading to and from the casita and a pile of cigarette butts, as if someone without an ashtray has thrown them out the window. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z She groaned, wincing as the drapes were thrown back to welcome the morning sun. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Every seam tight and clean, like it had never even been thrown before. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Wishing he had thrown the scroll in the Nile, Ranofer silently unrolled it and pointed to the little chamber. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Some days, I’d have to dodge insults being thrown at me walking down the hallway. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I wonder if she is still arguing with those uniformed people and if she has thrown those important documents in their faces and cursed their children’s children. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z These guys couldn’t have hurt me if they’d thrown me off the Empire State Building! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I had been told stories of terrible days long ago when widows were thrown on the burning funeral pyres of their husbands. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Color was splashed through the woods as if it had been thrown about by some madcap wastrel who spilled out, during the weeks of one brief autumn, beauty enough to last for years. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z His limp body is thrown into the back of a garbage wagon. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I tried to curl myself around Rose's back, but the intimacy was further broken by RiRi’s feet thrown backwards over Rose’s knees so that they jabbed into my legs like rounded icicles. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I figured they might be able to guess who’d thrown that bayonet into the stockade, but nobody would be able to prove anything. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “It would be very nice if we could make a decision irrespective of football,” said school board member Lee Buice, “but that may be where the gauntlet is thrown.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I come back to thinking about Donay, and how all his life he is used and thrown out like he not important, like he not the best. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And there were moments when he had thrown the ball so exquisitely, with such a soft, intangible touch, that it was hard to believe he couldn’t make a contribution somewhere. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was of him in the kitchen with a towel thrown over his shoulder, chopping vegetables. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There were riots there, and men tumbled olT the piers, pushed by crowds; wealth would not deign to pass through those quarters, for fear of what was yelled and what was thrown. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I looked down where I had thrown the shell. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Two thousand dollars was not to be thrown away. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The fence was mostly thrown down, but the fortified gates still stood. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She was thrown back onto the roof, and a shadow passed over her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “I would have thrown him from one end of my forge to the other. But I didn’t want her to get hurt.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z But he had thrown it with such force that it broke the stone it fell upon, and there, embedded in the broken stone, was the most beautiful emerald in the world. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She was in the midst of laughing, her head thrown back and one hand catching a lock of hair that had slipped from her hijab. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A firefighter at the scene had told Ernest that those responsible for this “should be thrown in the fire and burned.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Overnight, hundreds of such, and sailors and ropemakers, wharfingers and dock hands, had been thrown out of work. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The parking lot of their school looks like a luxury car dealership, stuffed with BMWs, a few Porsches and Jaguars thrown in. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It looked like a Lego giant had just thrown up in here. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z There was a small picture of Gatsby, also in yachting costume, on the bureau--Gatsby with his head thrown back defiantly--taken apparently when he was about eighteen. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “NO!” shrieked Hermione, and with a deafening blast from her wand, Fenrir Greyback was thrown backward from the feebly stirring body of Lavender Brown. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I did not know when I would be thrown into a situation where I would say the wrong word to the wrong white man and find myself in trouble. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He seems happy enough by the time I leave because I’ve fixed him a coffee and thrown some ice cream in it as well. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z We picked up fruits and vegetables that had been thrown away because they were partly spoiled. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Alec had thrown the last blow of the axe to make it happen. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Described by survivors all over the city, the sudden darkness was caused by the enormous amount of dust and debris thrown into the air by the force of the blast. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked as though they would never open, never be thrown wide. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z D’Ath and the other hounds feasted, too, for all the scraps were thrown into the rushes on the floor. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Even if we had been thrown on a desert island together, and lived there in intimacy for the rest of our lives, I should have been Mrs. de Winter. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But Ophie had no way of doing so when she was stuck running around all day, fetching fresh tea and sitting by Mrs. Caruthers in case she needed another log thrown on the fire. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The Mutual had thrown a five-day-long “Dedication Festival,” a gala event that included a formal banquet held, not on the NCC campus, but in Duke University’s “Great Hall.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I’m signed up to work in the kitchen, or help Miss Lavinia dress, or anything, for a year, and Isannah is thrown in for nothing—because she is so young and has a delicate stomach. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I never would a thrown up if it wasn’t for that.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It’s like having a bucket of ice water thrown into my face. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The M & M’s were thrown in the air, gone. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mercy toward animals is just one of the principles that gets thrown out the window. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I turned and saw her there at the bottom, arms crossed, hip thrown out. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z And if he had come to the apartment late that night, Maud would have thrown him out of her room, not knocked back a shot of poison. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The very same one that Chuck Parson had thrown me onto freshman year, sending me into the terrifying netherworld of Winter Park’s dishwashing corps. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z But Ron, who did not appear to be listening to the toast, had already thrown the mead into his mouth and swallowed it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z In describing my mother, I say, “Her beauty is the kind which seems to be thrown into relief by grief?’ Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After today, when the caps have been thrown and the parties have ended, we will all begin our journey into the next half million hours of our lives. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The kings had all thrown themselves into kowtows, each swearing he would return at the Moon Festival with splendid flowers. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Otto chewed the end of his pencil, flipped to a previous page in his pad, to the notes where TimeStar claimed his time travel device was likely thrown off because of Logan County weirdness. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The whole thing really looked just like a coverlet thrown carelessly over the couch. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z The trees had thrown out low branches, making an impediment to progress; the gnarled roots looked like skeleton claws. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He became the stuff of legend, with twenty-seven pitches in a row thrown for strikes, a single season in which he hit thirty home runs. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment they were silent, facing each other, their shoulders thrown back, their lips compressed to hold down the mounting impulse to laugh. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “You got beaten up and thrown down a flight of stairs. Want to explain what you were doing?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Assembly after assembly had broken up in laughter when someone had leaned too far back and the log had whipped and thrown half a dozen boys backwards into the grass. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He had thrown it to first rather than third, and now we had Sidney Goldberg on third, and a man on second. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z True, a couple of caveats were thrown in, but these were clearly meant to suggest that Durham, for all its achievements, still possessed a sense of humility. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Gale and I were thrown together by a mutual need to survive. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Ifemelu wished Curt would remove the arm he had thrown around her shoulder; they were not announcing their engagement, for goodness’ sake. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He looked fine in a russet traveling cloak thrown over his embroidered doublet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z In one bound, Crookshanks sprang after him, and before Harry or Hermione could stop him, Ron had thrown the Invisibility Cloak off himself and pelted away into the darkness. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z At the edge of the dump, we found a tow truck so old it might’ve been thrown away itself. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z During the last war, Etienne knew artillerymen who could peer through field glasses and discern their shells’ damage by the colors thrown skyward. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A responsiveness entered her body, a flex of abdomen in rhythm with mine, her head thrown back to offer up her throat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I raise my eyebrows, because that's definitely shade thrown at Warren. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Malcolm took the soggy bundle and carefully separated what was to be thrown away and what was to be washed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Not to a picnic thrown by a jerk like Mr. Big Bucks Ballard. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z With her plane plunging through the air in flames, Tamara was thrown around so forcefully that at first she couldn’t get her seat belt unfastened so she could use her parachute. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z And so an impromptu parade is thrown together, after which the animals are led to the menagerie and the candy butchers and other concessionaires set up their wares. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The caged Miss Peregrine that Golan had thrown into the ocean—that had been the real one, while the one we “rescued” had been her brother. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I saw a crude sign on the side of the wagon proclaiming YAMS, as I walked flush into the warmth thrown by the coals that glowed in a grate underneath. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Camp that night was two tents thrown up hastily in the middle of dense bush with the spring bugs newly awake buzzing at the tears we hadn’t had time to repair. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Drum towers and half-moons held up better against catapults, since thrown stones were more apt to deflect off a curved wall, but Raventree predated that particular bit of builder’s wisdom. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Or was it all thrown away, shovelled into dustpans? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z FitzRoy had almost thrown Charles off the ship for disagreeing with him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother’s arm was thrown over the seat, and her hand bit into the fake leather upholstery behind my father’s head. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She felt winded, as if Lord Asriel had thrown her hard in wrestling. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The reins, the halters, the blinkers, the degrading nosebags, were thrown on to the rubbish fire which was burning in the yard. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Benjamin was telling Shawn about a punch he’d thrown after a fender bender in town. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was a totally random distribution, like she’d blindfolded herself and thrown darts at the map. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z All jumbled and thrown on top of one another. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The power brakes locked and I was thrown toward the windshield with little Z in my arms. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a loud bang, and Mr. Malfoy was thrown backward. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z In Mutiny on the Bounty, when people died at sea, they were wrapped in white sheets and thrown overboard with millstones around their necks so that the corpses wouldn’t float. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In the olden days, widows used to throw themselves on their dead husbands' burning pyres—or were thrown. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was as though he had thrown the world out of orbit all with a single kiss, sent gravity head over heels, and along with it, the rules that I thought governed us. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A creamy, blond woman luxuriates under a refreshing shower, her head thrown back in seeming ecstasy, her mouth opened in a wordless cry. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I thought back to my own childhood and my own neighborhood, and how the word “ghetto” got thrown around like a threat. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The last of them hit so close we were all thrown forward. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I could have laughed at him, thrown wood at him, spit in his face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She had no way of knowing if this room was older than the shrine of Mithras, or if—like the labyrinth—the rooms were a hodgepodge from many eras thrown randomly together. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He would’ve gotten angry and thrown something, or gotten excited and jumped on the table so every one could hear him, and they would’ve listened. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They made the rest of the trip on foot in the dead of night, hiking through mountains and rough terrain, terrified that they would be caught and thrown in jail. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z On the bed the covers, as usual, have been thrown off. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Seven and Thorn were spit out by the hexed wood and thrown backward onto the grass. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The ten directors and screenwriters were thrown in prison for contempt of Congress. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Lyddie tried to keep her eyes from straying toward the copies of the weekly, which were thrown with seeming carelessness on the parlor table. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I'm not brave; it's just that all other choices have been thrown out the window. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Someone had thrown the lion a sack of turnips, which he obviously didn’t want to eat. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z People scream as they are thrown to the ground or shoved out of the way. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z At Holi a special red powder mixed with cow’s dung and urine is thrown at everyone. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z They could see the other side, but it was much farther away than Will could have thrown a stone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The command was so unusual that our carefully rehearsed and smooth-running machine was thrown off. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the men were thrown into concentration camps. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Until when another ball was thrown out from behind the backstop, Deacon Hurd called back, “How many more you got in there?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The River Styx’s current swirled with strange objects— broken toys, ripped-up college diplomas, wilted homecoming corsages—all the dreams people had thrown away as they’d passed from life into death. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z My mind went instantly to the magazine crew waiting for us, the schedule that would now be thrown off. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Looking for something that’s been thrown away as useless, but could still be dredged up and reclaimed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The pirates had thrown a blanket over him. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z This girl had lived in St. Nick for a while, I think, and she’d been thrown out of too many after-schools to count. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I didn't want any of it—it was all blood money; Baba would have never thrown me a party like that if I hadn’t won the tournament. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They could have thrown them from bridges for all I knew. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z When Aileen had thrown out my wet sneakers and the gloves, we all rushed upstairs into the main hall and watched as the rest of the room stared outside. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It had been her thick accent that had thrown me off. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z At the first stroke of six, Searchlight lunged forward with such force that little Willy was almost thrown from the sled. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z By a stroke of luck he found an iron spike that had been thrown at Basil by one of the rats. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “I guess the riots have thrown everything off. Still...” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A few seconds later he had thrown off the rest of his clothes and was walking into the sea. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And Henry, flushed and callow and lean, elegant and thrown wide open, his face always turned toward Alex, his mouth unguarded around a laugh, willing. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z For instance, I had testified: “I was sleeping on a top bunk and I can recall a couple of occasions when I was taken by my hair and just thrown on the floor.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z A change in his disposition, and each one could be driven from their homes by fire or thrown by angry Lombards or rowdy knights into the river Seine. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But the Lightning attack has thrown off the Demons. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Bobby spit out a piece of a tooth that had been chipped, from one of the punches or when he was thrown to the floor. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I had been suddenly thrown emotionally upon my own. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z His head was thrown back against a pillow, his mouth open, his throat exposed and still. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course I didn’t want to get thrown out and sent back to live in a closet. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Ralph was shot into the air, thrown down, dashed against branches. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Katz cried in astonishment, as if somebody had just thrown a bucket of ice water over him, and scooted inside. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Across the room their eyes met, and suddenly it was as though he had thrown a line straight into her reaching hands. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The next April, after he and Wendell had been thrown from their beds, Kirk became even more withdrawn. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then it is captured by wicked men and thrown into tiny jails. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She felt like she had been thrown into one of Alice’s big black skillets, fires licking below. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They were a duke and duchess, very important and wealthy, who had been cheated out of their estate by a political enemy and thrown into prison. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Yes, I did see this, with my own eyes . . . children thrown into the flames. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The doors to the great hall were thrown open, and a sextet of natural trumpets blared as the king walked out upon the dais. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Suddenly, she removed her shoes and began stamping on the shells in her bare feet, slowly at first, then faster and faster in a mad flamenco, her arms thrown up in the air. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached into the pile of kitchen utensils that Dad had thrown there, grabbed a butcher knife, and slashed it through the air in front of him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Two students run into class, giggling- I firm my muscles, ready for the giggles to explode into laughter thrown at me. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But his words were thrown away by the wind. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z We jostle one another in the cab, thrown this way and that way by the uneven ground. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He sat as stiffly as he walked, straight as a pole, his head thrown slightly back and to one side, with a sidelong glance that held a mixture of pride, distrust, and myopia. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "Pulling down table-cloths, screaming, running away. Do you know that your aunt and uncle have been thrown out of their hotel?" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Going to a pep rally was rather like being thrown in with the lions to see how long we could survive. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And once, we found out about a man who had been killed by whitefolks and thrown into the pond. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At first it was the men of the ships and wharves that were thrown out of work and could not get food for their families. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As for the Butterflies, they were ambushed and murdered on a lonely mountain road, their car thrown over a cliff to make it all look like an accident. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z He was lying on a stretch of turf with a cloak thrown over him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Policemen have thrown a cordon around the compound to prevent new arrivals from entering. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z While everyone else was working to smooth the path toward integration, he could be the monkey wrench thrown into the works to slow the process down. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A month later, huge, chaotic clumps of plants sprouted from the holes where I’d thrown handfuls of beans. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat in the library after dinner, and presently the curtains were drawn, and more logs thrown on to the fire. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Women battling serious mental illness or severe emotional problems are thrown in with other women, making dorm life chaotic and stressful for everyone. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Some fall asleep and roll off; others are thrown by the street gangs who control the train tops. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And if they did decide to explore on their own, without permission, they could be thrown in jail, sentenced to hard labor, or lose some of their hard-earned wages. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The huge salmon swam up the falls, springing up and defying gravity as if it had been thrown upward into the air. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Tommy almost got himself killed before a pitch was thrown in the sixth game on Sunday. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z They had thrown spears and missed; all but one. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z In the spring of that year, the CIA was thrown back on its heels by the first of several shattering revelations about treachery in its ranks. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She’d thrown herself into each challenge with total commitment, thinking only about the endgame — taking down Miss Teen Dream for good. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Ifemelu stared at one of the photos, a profile shot in black-and-white, the woman’s head thrown back, her long hair flowing behind her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Give him his small comforts,” shouted a voice at the top of the stairs, and a red cloth was thrown into the light. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z It was bad enough he’d thrown that book away in the first place. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Anya hesitated, then started again: “‘The dagger, thrown by the blind brother, pierced the heart of the beloved brother, and he died. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Generous punctuation would also take the fun out of some of the psycholinguists’ garden path sentences, such as When Fred eats food gets thrown. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “This wild driving was the clue. A light has dawned. Now I know why you’ve drifted, why you don’t have any ambition, why you’ve thrown a business down the drain.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The other man wore a traveler's cloak of undyed wool, the hood thrown back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Percy stepped forward to confront the monster—then realized he’d just thrown his weapon away. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Felt like teasing him, but he knew I’d thrown that book out the window, probably heard me stuttering my way through it. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The string beans obviously came from a can but someone had thrown in some slivered almonds; the sweet potatoes had marshmallows mixed in, and there was enough stuffing for everybody. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The auction block had been thrown up where the broad brown Skahazadhan flowed into Slaver’s Bay. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I have done my utmost to have him thrown out of Hogwarts, where I believe he scarcely belongs, but kill him, or allow him to be killed in front of me? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Death would have him broken by a spear thrown by Telemakhos. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And then she’d gotten food poisoning—a box of leftovers that had sat too long in the fridge—and thrown up right in the library, in front of the social worker. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Frantically Taran struggled to reach the girl’s side, before he was thrown down and his legs secured with thongs. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The reaction on the part of the entire family was instantaneous; it was as though someone had thrown a match onto a pile of straw. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Afi was thrown into the holding pen soon after that, and they hugged each other gently, avoiding the fiery sores on their shoulders. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She dung tightly with both hands, desperately fighting being thrown into the river. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Their house was total chaos, babies screaming all the time, diapers everywhere, dirty burp cloths thrown over the backs of couches and chairs. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z So what if they did all get thrown out of the place? American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Her left knee was scraped and skinned, and the palm of one hand she had thrown out to stop herself was a mess of scraped skin and grit. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I got thrown but I landed on my feet. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z With so much moisture in the air and loose dirt from both tectonic upheavals and the new species of flora tearing up the topsoil, it was like thin mud being thrown constantly in your face. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Between gulps, Jean Louise told her shame, omitting nothing, and begging that she not be sent to Mobile, stretched, or thrown against a wall. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z As for the fish, they were found to be in an advanced state of decay and had to be thrown into the garbage can. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Food is thrown at me while teachers pretend not to see, people trip me. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Judging by the turnout at “Back to School Night,” it makes me wonder if some of the parents have thrown up their hands as well. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He feels it tighten like a noose, but then the scarf comes loose from his neck, and time speeds up again as Lefty is thrown clear of the auto. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Among them Sister Betty scrambled up from where she had thrown her body over her children, who were shrieking; she ran crying hysterically, “My husband! They’re killing my husband!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The flame sputtered out in the murky water, and the sewer was thrown into sudden darkness. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Even if we’re thrown away by people with more money, we can always climb our way out of the messiness and the brokenness of our lives. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I saw the shadows of the heavy stair-rails, thrown by the watchman’s lantern on the wall. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He’d screamed, whacked his father with his Smelting stick, been sick on purpose, kicked his mother, and thrown his tortoise through the greenhouse roof, and he still didn’t have his room back. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “You’re the one who gets to go to school. I only get to read books that get thrown out the window.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I should’ve grabbed every copy I could find and thrown them all away. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Drugs were hid-den in tennis balls painted grass green and thrown over the double rows of twelve-foot fences and into the exercise yards. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z We were David who’d thrown a stone into the brain of Goliath! The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He had thrown off the shackles of cubicle life and made himself happy. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z A bundle of something was thrown at the gate, and then the riders galloped on. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z They were thrown into a blender with gravel and ice. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “After all these years? Surely it would’ve been washed off, painted over, or just thrown away by now. Why don’t we just set off our firecrackers and go see Hattie Mae about some lemonade?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He’s lighter than the rest, his shoulders thrown back in a proud way, a sparkle of mischief in his too-light eyes. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The rain was still coming down, but only in large individual drops visibly and firmly thrown down one by one onto the ground. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad says his uncle was a charming curmudgeon, which I think means grumpy with some niceness thrown in. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Sure enough, she turned to me sharply, as if I’d thrown a ball of paper at her, and her eyes flashed in a way that reminded me of her Hailsham days. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z No one could say now that Hazel had thrown away his life in a foolhardy prank. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z By 1903, fully 25 percent of the 'Big Three” meatpacking companies’ profit on beef came from their ingenious ways of using what had formerly been thrown away. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “There is to be a burning. A great conflagration. Of books. They are to be stacked like logs, or thrown on a pyre, in the center of Paris,” Michelangelo explained. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Like that time we went to a party thrown by a colleague of Tom’s, and I was very drunk, but we’d had a good night. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When we were done, Cecile grabbed everything that hadn’t been used—soy sauce, spicy mustard, her fork, an extra cup that Mean Lady Ming had thrown in. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not think he could stand to discuss Sirius; it had been painful enough to hear Uncle Vernon say “His godfather’s dead?” and even worse to hear Sirius’s name thrown out casually by Slughorn. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The boy stood on the lawn beside his older brother, head thrown back, spellbound. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z In Colton, California, he was discovered by another bull and thrown in jail. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A dark liquid had been thrown against one wall. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The fat man, as if thrown back on the defensive by the impact of his brother’s fury, retreated before him, bolding the sword in front with shaking hand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The room they sat down in was larger than the whole cabin with the shed thrown in. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z We reached a stretch where ashes had been thrown onto the ice and the going was safer. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The young guy who’d thrown his voice like a bear did a ventriloquist act that was so good I almost believed his dummies had come alive. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z What with the nuts, pears, apples, and bananas that had been thrown in to him, he did fairly well for supper; out it wouldn’t be true to say that he passed an agreeable night. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The sleeping bags were so slimy and revolting that Shackleton had the two worst of them thrown overboard. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z But when that bill came—the fiddler’s bill—that bill for the tea, it was so much heavier than anyone expected, Boston was thrown into a paroxysm of anger and despair. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, when we were thrown together, I scarcely knew what to say. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I imagine this was to provide some degree of protection for die people below in case there was anything—or anyone—thrown down from above. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z But before a spear or a missile could be thrown, Jess had gone. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z When you leave the grocery, if you walk catty-cornered across the grass-grown lot, threading your way among the great rusty pipes thrown out of the canneries, you will see a path worn in the weeds. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He'd thrown his paper into the trash without even telling his mom. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Fittingly, in June a switch is thrown, and electric light illuminates the exhibitions for the first time. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was a big, light room in a wing of the house, all the windows thrown open to air out the heavy oil and turpentine smells. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z One of the knees in his jeans was torn, and the hand he had thrown out to break his fall was bleeding. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Gaunt was thrown backward, away from his daughter; he tripped over a chair and fell flat on his back. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Thousands of prisoners, from murderers and rapists to DUIs and petty thieves, were thrown together on the stadium grass. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It can be thrown off, distracted, and disabled. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He had been beaten by mobs and thrown in jail, and his house had been bombed. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s all changed up now that Miss Skeeter been thrown out. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I suppose I was partly responsible for the rat’s death, but I’d only thrown it; it was Richard Parker who had killed it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Malone felt like a drowning sailor being thrown a life belt. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Nature had spontaneously thrown up rare freaks—precisely the mechanism that Darwin had proposed as evolution’s first step. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He could see that she still lived, and he covered her with the thick woven coat that he had thrown aside as he entered the sea. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She wondered if Sigurd recognized her as the same child who had thrown the horseshoe at his face. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Some mean governor or sheriff got mad and had them thrown right into the jail stove, big as a furnace, but the Lord blew out the fire and cooled the big stove in a second. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I would’ve thrown it over the rail, but he almost had it and I couldn’t let go. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Right-wing think pieces about entitlement thrown in his and June’s direction, reeking of: Mexicans stole the First Family jobs too. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter that I had not actually thrown them into the Bay. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I had just thrown a shovelful of dirt out of the hole when I noticed a human shadow hovering over me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Bast gave a startled yelp and was thrown violently across the room to land on one of the heavy timber tables. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had been to the barn, had thrown rocks at the swallows’ nests under the eaves until every one of the little mud houses broke open and dropped its lining of straw and dirty feathers. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Other gypsies confirmed later on that Melquíades had in fact succumbed to the fever on the beach at Singapore and that his body had been thrown into the deepest part of the Java Sea. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Baba has said little since we were thrown out of the café. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z A weakly thrown apple grazed Gregor's back but skidded off harmlessly. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone jumped, or was thrown, from one of the towers, screaming and flailing his arms. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It seemed as if the only hope was not to act at all, to draw no swords for anything, to hold oneself still, like a pebble not thrown. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Tate had thrown in a remark about how I might have to transfer back to Carver if my grades didn’t turn around. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Wickham’s society was of material service in dispelling the gloom which the late perverse occurrences had thrown on many of the Longbourn family. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Hitting a forty-mile target from a distance of 238,000 miles is about like trying to split a human hair with a razor blade thrown from a distance of twenty feet. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The rotten leaves had been thrown up in showers. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And we’ve both had the ball stolen and thrown back, played defense and offense. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I remember Coach M telling them to put me in the cart and drive me down the hill to the doctor’s, and I saw JP standing in front of me, holding the cleat I’d thrown. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Kinshasa’s main street is Boulevard the 30th of June, in memory of that great Independence Day carefully purchased by thousands of pebbles thrown into bowls and carried upriver. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so thrown by this, all I could find to say was a rather limp: “Forgive you for what?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z And Gabriel could walk down the hall and not risk having his backpack thrown into the trash can. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Mr. Weasley’s car was thundering down the slope, headlights glaring, its horn screeching, knocking spiders aside; several were thrown onto their backs, their endless legs waving in the air. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The women were beaten and then thrown bodily into cells, where they were beaten again. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Crazy Doña Isa had been thrown or threw herself into the swimming pool, you couldn't be sure. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was Artemis the First, our subject’s father, who had thrown the family fortune into jeopardy. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z If thrown to the ground he sprang up with renewed strength from the contact. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At first I thought it was another party, a wild rout that had resolved itself into "hide-and-go-seek" or "sardines-in-the-box" with all the house thrown open to the game. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I was thrown from the top bunk and suddenly found myself on my hands and knees on the deck. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The health department says that once something has been served on a tray, it has to be thrown away even if no one touched it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z But leaving the Galapagos Islands, he uncharacteristically had thrown birds from different islands into one bag. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something brittle about her, and he feared she would snap apart at the slightest touch; she had thrown herself so fiercely into this, the erasing of memory, that it would destroy her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I let go, drop to the rosebush, into the ham sandwich and sherry I’ve just thrown up. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The men within it had been battered, thrown about, sickened, made well again, each in his turn. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would like you to wear your Cloak, please,” said Dumbledore, and he waited until Harry had thrown it on before saying, “Very good. Shall we go?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Of course, Rowdy would have thrown the book at the teacher and then punched her. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t tell you to try and get Auggie thrown out of the school. I didn’t want you to get Tushman fired. That was you!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z When she woke up, she was lying in her bed at Quinn House, a thick, silvery-white cloak thrown over her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I had already thrown the grenade before telling myself to throw it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything Chacho had mentioned—and more—was thrown at Matt like balls of sticky mud. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z With twenty thousand fans filling Ratliff Stadium that night, he had been nervous, almost scared, and had thrown three interceptions. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. March’s warning was evidently thrown away, for five minutes later Laurie tore by the window on his own fleet horse, riding as if for his life. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time the first half ended, Winchell had thrown nine passes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I was more afraid that in a few words thrown out he might destroy something that I loved. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His Secret Service agent, who was also thrown from the car, was killed. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z He was like a man thrown off his track by something. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z During the day I couldn’t eat this food that should have been thrown away, so I was always hungry except in the Mess Hall. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Whereas, if he had taken the responsibility out of our hands by making us stop playing rough, then there probably never would have been a snowball thrown.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z I can see in my mind’s eye his black arms thrown back behind his head, the muscles like great big peach stones sanded down, with veins running like little swollen rivers down his arms. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z And he would have to come up with a wonderful out-loud lie, since he could hardly tell them that he had thrown a rock at his nose. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Two SS men were beating a child with clubs, a girl smaller than Helena, and then an older man with a beard came tumbling out the doorway of a warehouse like he’d been thrown. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I remember the hospital entrance, the stolen ID tag and the stairwell and the laboratory, the long fall, my knife thrown at the captain, the sewers. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit hated to be pelted in the face with mud thrown up by other horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The golden spire shuddered as boat after damaged boat was thrown against its base. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Later, as I shoved the book into my bag, I found the balled-up flyer Selena had thrown away at her mom’s dance studio. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Hoping that a suspicious character had just thrown a bomb or shot himself, he ran around the comer onto St. Ann and saw the green hunting cap emitting vomit among the ruins. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard a drawer thrown open in the kitchen and the clink of silverware. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Ms. Parker has thrown open the big double doors, and I look into the gym, where we will perform. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Red shrugged, and I suddenly had the awful feeling that he’d already found the letter opener and thrown it away. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he realized that the first link in that chain, the Zebra Room, was a weak one, and he was thrown into doubt and confusion. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Once again, I was the one being tossed out and thrown away. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z When I awoke, a blanket had been thrown over me, and the room was blue with a cold dawn light. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Lovely blond, like hay I see the three or four spots of sun thrown across her face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Even when these have been tested and thrown out as illegal by superior courts, they have in some instances continued to be enforced because “they haven’t taken them off the dockets.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Orders were shouted and he was thrown roughly on the grass. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Once last year she’d found a fine boy’s shirt that had been used as a rag to wipe mud from a tourist car and thrown away. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He had thrown away nearly all his spare clothes and, it appeared, a good deal of the food. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Dad and Mom would have thrown a fit. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z With heads thrown back, legs pumping out of sync, Louie and Lash drove for the tape. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z This degree of fraud can have him thrown in jail for a minimum of twenty years and blacklisted from working pretty much anywhere ever again. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Bottles of milk were being thrown in to the babies, who made soft little grabs with their hands and clutched them greedily. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He brought this picture all the way from America where he found it thrown out by someone who had no time for the workingman. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z For a minute I thought she might have been the girl I had seen on the subway, but I knew they all looked the same, scary and dried up and thrown away. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I was thrown into the crushing river of bodies, all headed in the same direction—the direction of the smoke. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But the attackers had evidently thrown something inside that had contained its own fuel. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes Jimmy gave Toby things, never wrapped—always thrown at his feet like something he’d killed. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The girl was not more than ten paces from me and with one movement I could have picked up the spear and thrown it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “And by the way, are you out of your freaking mind? Do you know what happens when a body is thrown from a car at high velocity?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I let myself think back on the insults that Tremaine and Max had thrown my way. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The stairs themselves seemed more or less unharmed, save for some carpets kicked askew and the ribbon bows untied and thrown everywhere, but the second floor landing was, as they say nowadays, trashed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Because of the people crowding us, I probably looked like I’d thrown myself at Miles, and he probably looked like he wanted it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It was an invitation to a private party being thrown by Trujillo himself in one of his secluded mansions three hours away. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Turner would have thrown himself down on the straw. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They were about anger and hurt so extreme that rational thought was thrown out the window—these were people so deranged by frustration that they were burning down their own neighborhood. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Uriah charges down the aisle between the bunks with Marlene thrown over his shoulder. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But at least in the past I’d go trick-or-treating with her—even if my costume was random: some ripped-up jeans, one of Daddy’s work shirts, and some powder thrown on my face. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The three of them were sitting outside the kolba, in a patch of shade thrown by the willows, on folding chairs arranged in a triangle. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A few families lined the street in front of us with a herd of children who attacked thrown candy like a pack of wolves. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z From her core came the desire to rise up to meet the gauntlet they had thrown down. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Celaena only glimpsed crimson cheeks and a sandy mustache before being thrown to the icy marble floor. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She had thrown it over her shoulders like a cape, or worn it loose, hanging open, her hands deep in the pockets. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Outside, two guys were arguing loudly, seconds away from punches being thrown. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I would not have been any more amazed to see many-headed animals, tall Ethiops as black as night, or mermaids thrown upon the sands by the tides. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z At the same moment the kestrel, all beak and talons, hit the loose earth immediately outside like a missile thrown from the tree above. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His best friend’s head was thrown back over the seat in frustration. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I knew deep down that Charlie had thrown it, because he was the only one who was facing me, but I didn’t admit it to myself. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I’d heard all the horror stories—many of them true—but I also knew that my neighbor had thrown rocks at a grizzly that was in her garden and it had run off. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He roosts right inside our latrine, which is near where his empty cage was thrown by the Reverend into the weeds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It had taken the Freys three generations to complete their bridge; when they were done they'd thrown up stout timber keeps on either bank, so no one might cross without their leave. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Normally, Druzmilla would have greeted Skardebek lovingly, maybe griping that someone had just picked a big scab and thrown it out the window, but she was clearly too nervous to think of a pleasant insult. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z One time, someone had thrown a brick through our bedroom window in the middle of the night, and the living room windows, too. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He knew a load was going to be thrown on Mother, and he wanted to lessen it as much as he could. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t say out loud what she feared most if her mother was thrown out of their home: Mama wouldn’t survive it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She had an odd feeling in her stomach, as if she were the one being thrown from a great height. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I felt guilty for being sick, and I was thinking my being so sick had interrupted her sleep and thrown her off her game. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Also I still didn’t know who had killed Wellington and my book was where I had kept all the clues that I had discovered and I did not want them to be thrown away. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I know not whether my senses were shut, or thrown so far open that there was no latitude for thought and recognition. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Someone has thrown sand in Luke’s face and he’s jumped out of his sand grave and thrown himself on top of Mark, thrashing and kicking. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike her own village, Efifi was a mixture of Shona, Tonga, and Matabele, with one Afrikaner thrown in. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He came down like a child thrown up by a father. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Put all of your heart into getting that first kiss…only to have it thrown back in your face. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Doubletree Mutt came sideways and embarrassed up through the vegetable patch, and Jody, remembering how he had thrown the clod, put his arm about the dog’s neck and kissed him on his wide black nose. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “When we began the ride I think all of us were prepared for as much violence as could be thrown at us,” said James Farmer, an organizer of the first Freedom Ride. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, okay. I need to tweak the formula. Maybe lose the Dr Pepper flavoring. That might’ve thrown things off. Or not. It’s a possibility. Sort of. I should’ve written the formula down somewhere....” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z After all, I hadn’t thrown the lotion bottle at anyone, just the wall. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Bono, Olakunde, and I removed our shirts immediately—garments thrown off so with such celerity, when once donned with such pride. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Lightning seared his arm and he was thrown violently to the ground. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The streetcar pulled away, as white faces looked back at her, a woman thrown overboard. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Coming towards us there’s a small procession, a funeral: three women, each with a black transparent veil thrown over her headdress. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z In the back seat we were all thrown around, flung from door to door like rag dolls, with Mama bouncing in front of us and Papa’s hat crunching up against the ceiling. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry doubled up with silent laughter as Crabbe did a kind of pirouette in midair, trying to see who had thrown it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It was getting harder to breathe, as though someone had thrown a cotton blanket over his head. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Madam commanded that a supper be thrown to celebrate the capture of Fort Washington, complete with turtle soup. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “However, I expect they were outnumbered and somewhat thrown by the arrival of our warrior. What say you, Warrior? Do you refuse to go with me as well?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Had the spell not thrown them back, they would have been charred too. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The rotten leaves had been thrown up in showers. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother felt like he had thrown an opportunity away. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I'd almost thrown the cutting away, thinking that the garden didn't matter anymore. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I’d thrown on a light blue sweater and a slim white skirt. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Alex just had time to hide himself on the floor, underneath one of the work surfaces, before the first door was thrown open and two more guards ran into the laboratory. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z There go the screams as punches get thrown and Long and Tate are knocked out of view. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “The spear is thrown. Our people are at war.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It landed with an alarming thump, then braked so hard that Salva was thrown forward in his seat; the strap across his stomach caught him hard. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The school had been imposing: a fallacy of glass and steel against the dusty expanse of the north shore clearing, like a middle finger thrown into the sky, built in record time. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Freud had clearly upset him in a fundamental kind of way—had thrown him off balance, as he once put it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I was quite sure that if I was spotted, I would be caught and thrown out over the balcony for the seagulls. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z But in a situation as fluid and dynamic as a crew race, circumstances often change abruptly and race plans must be thrown overboard. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Instead, he found two seagulls near his head, pecking fish chunks from the vomit he had thrown up in the grass. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “That is why the Yunkai’i have thrown up this market. They will leave here with thousands of new slaves.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Since we got into that boat, I have felt as if my heart had been torn out and thrown still beating on the shore,” he said. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Grace hadn’t known Maya that long, but she was pretty sure that Maya would have thrown herself back into school the way lions ran into the Colosseum during Roman times: teeth sharp and claws out. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z But the lord's servants promptly had them thrown in jail. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z In Ofnet Cave in Bavaria, archaeologists discovered the remains of thirty-eight foragers, mainly women and children, who had been thrown into two burial pits. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z This year Rachelle is going to a party thrown by one of the exchange students’ host families. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Alaska crouched down, picked up the cigarette she had thrown away, and started smoking again. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He had the window wide open and the sheets and blankets thrown back Mrs Helena Kingshaw drew the curtains across, the bracelets slipping and chinking down her arm, from elbow to wrist. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Mosca's blanket was thrown in a heap just covering his old radio... The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z From boyhood to manhood, I have remembered him in a single image: seated, asleep on the sofa, his head thrown back in a hideous corpselike grin, the evening newspaper spread out before him. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, I...I shouldn’t have done that, thrown the honeycomb that way. It was stupid, careless. I just...I saw Ess running at the hives, and I didn’t think. I panicked.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He wore a grey cloak with hood thrown back. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Byron dropped me on the ground right on top of all the water and junk that I’d thrown up. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Cut off as if Alec had thrown him into a soundproof room and slammed the door shut. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The windows of the car were dirty and rice thrown at some recent bridal pair lay scattered on the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The cab started off with a jerk, and I was thrown off the bumper, but the sleeve of my shirt was caught. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The world spun and he was thrown forward, as helpless as a cork in a waterfall. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Crab said to Ernie, who had already thrown an arm around Tess for the kind of hug that says, Your dad is watching, but hey, coupled with, What you think about these muscles? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Hospital?” said Ralph; and even before all the syllables were out of his mouth, the car lurched ahead, so responsive that Ralph was thrown against the seat. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Rufus had thrown off the damp cloth and was knotted on his side in pain when I got back to him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Every time they saw the coffee thrown away, they gave Mama a lecture about wasting things. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The way Byron kept his head down and was smiling and saying “Yes, ma’am” this and “No, ma’am” that, it looked like he had surrendered before the first punch was thrown. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the door was thrown open again and a man rushed out, a bucket of water in his hand, his face convulsed with fury. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So each year thousands of crime reports were either downgraded from violent to nonviolent or simply thrown away. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I could have added an R and thrown an acronym out there. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She put her hands behind her back and leaned against the door frame so that her body was thrown forward. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Dumbledore raised his wand even higher, so that its light was thrown upon the walls, where something darkly red and glutinous was spattered over the wallpaper. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He entertains her in the back seat of the car when they drive on the highway on Saturday evenings, on the way to dinner parties thrown by their parents’ friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Of course, Deborah never even had a casket: Her remains were scooped up and thrown in a plastic bag. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He looked back at Peggy; it was as if he had thrown himself upon her mercy; was waiting for her to say some word that would take the horror away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “And in one last swoop, thrown into the furnaces.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In a shallow creek in the lee of the southern Armed Cliff the anchor was thrown over, and there they rode the night. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Some minutes later, his corpse was lowered, trussed, and thrown into the river. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The doors had been thrown open, she saw, and the queen stood at the top of the wooden steps, smiling down at someone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When Señora Ramirez started going over the brochure with Mom, I stuck my hand into the trash can and pulled out the paper Selena had thrown away. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z When he was just a week old the Fates had appeared to his mother, Althea, and thrown a log of wood into the fire burning in her chamber. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I had no idea where it went, but in an instant the entire porch burst into flames as if I had thrown a grenade. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Which is to say that Andrew stayed long enough to get the bottle thrown at him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “It must have been thrown over here by the force of the blast. You can use it to become Ultraman and fly up to the gate!” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In the middle of orchestra, she had, according to the freshmen vice principal, broken the teacher’s bow over her knee and thrown the pieces in the teacher’s face. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The boys were still asleep, the two older ones side by side, Kuti squeezed close to Ira and she with her arm thrown across him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I hated parties—even the ones thrown in my honor. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Then they were thrown into jail, executed, or sent to prison camps in the frozen wastes of Siberia. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z You would think she’d have thrown him out right then, but my mother said, “My goodness, he’s not too stupid to want to find out about women.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom would have had a fit if I had thrown anything out, but I spent hours straightening up and trying to organize the huge stacks of junk. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he’d climbed into bed again, curled up like an autumn leaf, every blanket in the house thrown over him, and lain without sleeping until dawn came. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Sir Charles could have thrown them out long before this. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The new rulers of Mutal had aggressively thrown their weight around and by Sky Witness’s time controlled as much as eight thousand square miles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes in big Hollywood movies they’ll have these crazy chase scenes where somebody jumps or gets thrown from a moving car. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The old man admitted to being a retired English professor who had been thrown out upon the world forty years ago when the last liberal arts college shut for lack of students and patronage. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z One Esme won fair and square, two Rowan let her win, and one Rowan won, so it wouldn’t be as obvious that he had thrown the others. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Everybody in this place likes to brag about what got them thrown in here. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I knew, by the way that Brunner had thrown him on, that he was dead. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps they had thrown her out to deflect the avengers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, and perhaps a little unexpectedly, readings can be thrown out by seemingly unrelated external factors–such as the diets of those whose bones are being tested. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z By the time Mrs. Baker and I were done, we looked liked someone had thrown a whole can over us both. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He was still a fish out of water, but he didn’t seem to be quite so thrown by every little thing as he had been when I’d first brought him home. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “He would have thrown you out of the house,” Danny said grimly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Sam’s next blow went wide, and thrown off his balance he fell backwards, clutching at the orc as it stumbled over him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Inside their large courtyard, the belongings had been thrown into a pile and destroyed. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z They rallied at the doors of the Empire State Building, and the enemy army was momentarily thrown into confusion. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Another woman might have thrown her defiance in his teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was deep in enemy territory with no allies but a drüskelle who’d thrown her in a cage only a few weeks earlier. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Open boxes everywhere, with all sorts of stuff thrown in. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Still, he said, his high school guidance counselors had “thrown in the towel” on him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The other, the Rida, was thrown over the neck and shoulders, leaving the right shoulder and arm bare. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course, we could get Dave to dig us out easily in that time, except that our precious emergency must have thrown him off, and his radio circuit is out.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Walking confidently, with his shoulders thrown back, Roosevelt waved his hand and tipped his top hat to the crowd, revealing a head full of thick brown hair. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The only sounds which came to the ear were flames, from which a continual haze was thrown. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But every time I tried to slip into Clancy’s mind, I was thrown back. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z By the middle of 1985, the KGB had thrown the CIA on the defensive. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Her torn dress and undergarments, her shoes and her little red socks were thrown on an ash heap. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And if he dares say one word about his precious fighting pits, I may have him thrown off the terrace. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As we drive into the parking lot, my dreams shatter like a glass bottle thrown against the wall. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The artisan Ikmalios had made it, long before, with a footrest in a single piece, and soft upon the seat a heavy fleece was thrown. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they all got to yelling about foreigners, the army takeover, and somebody thrown in prison which if you ask me is at least a more favorable subject than rats. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like her head was broke off from her body and thrown away. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z One time Papá told us how he had joined the Cristero Revolt in 1926, when he was sixteen, and had been wounded in the knee and thrown in jail for six months. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The man lunged at her, reaching for her throat: Then, with a bang and a burst of red light he was thrown backward onto the ground, unconscious. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I never didn’t catch a ball that was thrown to me in my life. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t be surprised if she had thrown out the other twenty-one letters, or if these were the only ones she had bought. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt thought it was a brilliant answer, considering the question had been thrown at him out of the blue. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She has thrown herself out a window in despair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He spent a few quiet moments with him, his arm thrown over his neck, the horse’s head by his chest. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned to ride by sitting atop weaned calves — after being thrown to the ground several times, one got the hang of it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When I didn’t answer, they thought I must have been thrown from the van, through the broken window, so they’d left to search for me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He’s thrown a rope with weights at either end right at my legs and they’ve twisted round and caught me, expert, just like a hunter after swamp deer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The footage of me being thrown to the ground. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Helen was thrown so hard against the door that her head bumped the window glass. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Sigurd had tried to kill Anya and Ivan twice each, three times if she counted when he had thrown her into the river near her barn, but she still didn’t think she could... Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I saw shapes huddled around the room, their silhouettes thrown on the walls by the dim light of a pair of kerosene lamps. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Andrius jumped down from the car to go to the bathroom but was punched and thrown back in by the NKVD. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He was dragged a short way and thrown into the back of a vehicle. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing more dangerous than being on the back of a racehorse was being thrown from one. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it disappeared as though someone had thrown a bottle of ink over it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z What brought me to was not the whiff of smelling salts but a half bucket of cold water thrown in my face. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z A passing car on a gravel road had thrown up pebbles and broken out the large front window of Rocinante and it had to be replaced. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Roy didn’t want to get Dana Matherson thrown in jail, because then Dana’s mean and equally large friends might come after him. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As for Kelton, I expect him to have a snotty comeback, but instead he just stands there, genuinely thrown by my comment. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Wouldn’t being with the League be better than being thrown back into Thurmond? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Until I am thrown off, sent bouncing off the rocks to my death. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z One could observe how under the sister's practiced hands the sheets and pillows on the beds were thrown on high and arranged. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave him his clothing so that Visitación could take it in when it was ready to be thrown away. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The sound of chairs being thrown aside, feet running, a table pulled across the floor. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The girl had already thrown open the door and rushed in. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Well, she was not all that bad to talk to, and she, at least, had never thrown a rock at me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Basically, weaken myself and take whatever’s thrown at me so I can survive that moment. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z ‘No, that was not thrown by Saruman,’ he said; ‘nor even at his bidding, I think. It came from a window far above. A parting shot from Master Wormtongue, I fancy, but ill aimed.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I just know the train slowed and the brakes screeched and we were all thrown forward on top of one another. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z No matter how far we were thrown, we ended up back at our place of origin. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I press the button and the claw reaches down, expands, hits the case, and is thrown off completely. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Still, now and then, I received a damping check to my cheerfulness; and was, in spite of myself, thrown back on the region of doubts and portents, and dark conjectures. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Trees snap, metal creaks, and things—stop signs? flower boxes?—are being thrown, slapped against walls. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I watch for Cordelia in the battle scene, and there she is, running across backstage in her kilt with a wooden sword, her car rug thrown over her shoulder. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then I felt my body being thrown, and I was back on the boards of the raft, gasping for air. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Had her Product, like the discolored, eyeless egg, been thrown aside someplace? Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Biologists used to entertain themselves by speculating as to what would happen if, through some unthinkable catastrophe, the natural restraints were thrown off and all the progeny of a single individual survived. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The wedding was planned for summer in New Jersey, an engagement party thrown, a few gifts already received. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She felt she was prepared for whatever trials would be thrown at the apprentices. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Francie couldn’t stand it; that beautiful pie thrown away and she had never tasted pumpkin pie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The thief had thrown both vases from the same spot on the cliff; the other one should be somewhere nearby. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The ship lurched forward and I was thrown to the deck. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Big Ma had thrown her Bible at a white man wearing a long black coat and a tall black hat. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Ivan grabbed at where the spoon had struck him and looked back at the kitchen, searching for who had thrown the spoon. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He spun and his body was thrown forward, so that he lay beside the ashes of our fire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A crutch misplaced and he could be thrown down upon the frozen wooden planking, or into the ice-encrusted snow. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Feral woke as he was thrown out of bed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I’ll give you a thrashing and get you thrown out on your ear.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My voice hit the tile and rang it as if I had thrown a rock at it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We each defended our own target and attempted to prevent the other side from retrieving the sticks that had been thrown over. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The bus had gone through Montgomery, where he had family, but he stayed on until he was thrown off, with no money and wearing jeans, a T-shirt, and no shoes in the middle of January. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She was thrown into a cargo hold with a group of other children—some older, some younger, mostly girls but a few boys, too. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He followed the sea breeze around to the back of the house, and there, away from the light thrown out the study windows, stood Lizzie, one hand on her hip, her foot tapping impatiently. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z As he drank, I explained what had happened to Cleveland after he’d thrown Miles down the stairs. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Suddenly he heard a thundering sound, and he was thrown to the ground by a wind such as he had never known. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This phrasing of the question seemed to set off a series of weak and distant lights where the other had thrown a spark that failed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone had just thrown a door open and slammed it against the wall.The shouts had reached a hysterical pitch. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She was thrown backward from the force of the blow. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, as if in answer, Jennifer raced for the spear, which had been thrown free when the girl was swallowed. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The command was for these bodies simply to be thrown overboard. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I felt myself pulled and thrown to one side. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He grinned like I’d just thrown a parade in his honor. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There’s a spurt of light, a flash of real blue sky, and the arrow’s thrown back into the jungle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Umm...They were thrown out. God threw them out of the garden.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry. It’s just...the way he dismissed me. I should have thrown that money right back in his face. But...” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I didn't want to be busted and thrown in jail so that someday I could tell my sad tale to others, just as the prisoners had told their woeful tales to me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I had thrown the boy from Elgin into a trench with all the others. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It has a striped mattress with a thin, nearly see-through cotton sheet thrown over it; an Army-green cotton blanket is folded under the single pillow at the head. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She looked at them sadly, remembering when she had gathered them up long ago after her aunt had thrown them away. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But in 1684, Halley’s affairs were thrown into confusion by the death of his father and the project was abandoned for many years, as other matters took precedence. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Kids were back to splashing and diving for the pennies someone had thrown into the pool, and Deidre—who everyone called Dee Dee—was there with her feet dangling in the water. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Bookshelves and cabinets had been emptied, the knickknacks and large-print Reader’s Digests that had filled them thrown across the floor. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I only used two slices of thin ham for my sandwich since I thought it was the polite thing to do, but now I wish I’d thrown on an extra. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z His black hair was tousled, his cap and rude leather shoes thrown on the ground close by. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I am still backtracking, trying to absorb everything she has thrown at me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Without further word, they clasped each other, their arms thrown around each other, bosom to bosom; they kissed, offering only, after some moments, a few endearments—as, “My darling.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Dumbledore’s office gave an almighty lurch — Harry was thrown forward and pitched headfirst into the substance inside the basin — But his head did not hit the stone bottom. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The man Ugwu was tied to jerked at the rope as if to see how strong it was and Ugwu was almost thrown off balance. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A man was not as heavy as a boulder or a cask of burning pitch, and could be thrown a deal farther. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I need to know how many rules you can break before you’re thrown out, and what those rules even are in the first place. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The king was shaded beneath a crimson canopy, one leg thrown negligently over the carved wooden arm of his chair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z What overwhelmed him in that instant was admiration for the gesture with which she had thrown her clothes aside. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Several of them lay thrown off the shelves, open on the floor or the wide dusty tables, and others had been thrust back higgledy-piggledy. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But even before the first pitch was thrown, there were strong indications that all was not right. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z But would he have thrown his life away for one of them, or was it just because Kaira was rich and famous? Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Maybe the heat had made me soft, or maybe I was just in a good mood because I'd found a restaurant that had thrown out an entire day's worth of old sandwiches. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z We stood in confusion; and might have continued in that way for longer, had not a door thrown itself open, and a rebel appeared before us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Apollo had been thrown somewhere in the back of the bus, but he started climbing up the rows of seats. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z First one, then two, then a third and fourth—four lifeless baby sparrows, scattered in the short grass where they had been thrown from their nest. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Leroy laughed while Tayo tried to get the can to his mouth without spilling it or being thrown against the dashboard. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She had finally thrown away her cracked and rotted shoes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And instantly there came back the words the harpies had thrown at him—taunts about his mother—and he stopped. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She feels the entirety of the circus radiating around her, as though a net has been thrown over it, trapping everything within the iron fence, fluttering like a butterfly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Lord Roke moved to the farthest corner and stood behind one of the legs of the chair on which Mrs. Coulter had thrown her clothes. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z There was an odd quiet moment when we were all staring at a rope in the clouds, heads thrown back—waiting for a sign from heaven. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I thanked God that neither one of them had actually thrown up. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The piercings were the straw that got her thrown out of that foster home. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She described how their team of Greeks and Romans had come together, and how Hercules had thrown a temper tantrum when he found out Hera was behind it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I have thrown this routing in as a sop and shall not make a habit of it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “The plane shook violently,” he later said, “rattling and clanking as if someone had thrown a bucket of nuts and bolts into the engine.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was only a matter of seconds before the cop had thrown the guy to the sidewalk and pressed him face-first into the concrete. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z No matter how many times my efforts got thrown back in my face. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I sat there as stunned as though he had thrown a rock in my face. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A small stone breakwater had been thrown out across the cove for shelter, and behind it the bay formed a tiny natural harbour. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It’s like the tide going out, revealing whatever’s been thrown away and sunk: broken bottles, old gloves, rusting pop cans, nibbled fishbodies, bones. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And after all, a thousand pesos was not to be thrown away. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z People can be thrown away too, like last night’s trash left out on sidewalks or pushed to the edge of wherever all broken things go. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I felt thrown under a limelight, reduced to a role I had never wanted but that I had been born to play. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The few tapes I owned had all been given to me at one point or another and thrown into my suitcase at the last minute. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I came up for a second, took a deep breath, and swam for the rock, timing my strokes so I wouldn't be thrown onto the lethal surface. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Fortunately for Johnny, she had forgotten where she had thrown it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The punishment consisted in being thrown into the water three times from the mainmast tree, and his comrades used to acclaim each belly-flopper with a cheer. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She had even bought some of them, but mostly they were cheap paperbacks that had been thrown away by tourists. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Of course, there were still obstacles thrown in my way that were a test, but I never allowed the obstacles to diminish my faith. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I put down the box I should’ve mailed or thrown away or tied to an anchor and dropped into a river. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I take these things down to the cellar and put them into the trunk, where old things go that are not thrown out. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z His thought is that night is a great black animal skin, thrown up over the sky. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything was thrown together like fishing tackle in the bottom of a rowboat, hooks and sinkers and line and lures and gaffs all snarled up. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “And if you and your fluorescent uniform don’t get out of my way, I’ll yank your operating license and have you thrown into the cells for obstructing an LEP officer.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z If I hadn’t been stuck to the pump handle, I would’ve thrown myself down the well rather than bear this humiliation. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I’m fine. A little sore and scratched up from where I got thrown into some bushes, but no contusions or signs of internal bleeding.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z About the moment I was thrown into the festival holding cell. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z They would have stayed longer, but Peeves turned up and, pretending to think that Harry wanted things thrown at him, started chucking chairs across the room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I was thrown into the back of the wooden seat in front of me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Turner could almost see him against the moonlight thrown up off the snow. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The ties had been dug out too and thrown down the embankment. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z For good or ill, her son had thrown the dice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I was thrown from dozens of these horses as they bucked, reared, rolled or leapt. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But off camera, his confidence was paper-thin, and he could be quickly thrown on the defensive. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He stared at her, thrown slightly off balance. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I crowd into Cradle’s office and look for my keys—four separate rings of the big, heavy “bit” keys, which work cell doors, with center-gate, end-gate, and fire-alarm keys thrown on for good measure. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as though it had flung her first at the gate, waited for her to open it, and then had lifted and thrown her, bag and all, at the front door. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z And if I lived in Dickensian England, I would have been thrown into Bedlam, which is more than just a description of madness. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z A man thrown around greatly—or whatever multum iactatus meant—thrown around on the shore and on the sea by something he did not understand. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Asher had thrown it back, and they had begun a simple game of catch. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z King Ogunwe hurried forward, as did the other commanders and the engineers, who had thrown open the doors and let the light flood out over the proving ground. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z When the altar gate was thrown open, the congregation surged forward to touch the infant Jesus for good luck in the coming year. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Cade dug around in the jumble of gear thrown into the bed of his truck. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Pope!” she whispered again, and it was as though he had had a pailful of ordure thrown in his face. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm worried for a second that Mrs. Janssen will have thrown away what I'm looking for. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Johann Montefiore, of Lombardy, if you do not report to the Hall of Justice tonight, you will be found and thrown into prison.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It was callous to have thrown her army-officer lover in his face like that, even if she did not feel the same way about him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We retreat to our places, ignoring the questioning looks thrown our way. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The kids in the street who had heard the doors thrown open piled in and milled around Francie who had already reached the counter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Or that he had thrown himself in the sea, where he would drown. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t seem like a feasible outcome, just some nebulous idea thrown about by people who had never experienced this kind of heartbreak. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I can see why they were thrown out of Resthaven,” whispered one of the policewomen in front. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “It is the ash of a cord that has been thrown into the fire and burned. Cord just like that ball of nettle twine in the corner.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Cigarette packages that lacked a New York State revenue stamp—cigarettes purchased out of state, for example, or on Indian reservations—were not allowed to be distributed to inmates, and were apparently thrown away. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the fleshy slap of punches being thrown and Hamilton cursing. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He lurches out of the driveway and I’m thrown off the backseat. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I expected Big Ma to be thrown for a loop or to jump out of her skin. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Getting thrown against the wall, a nail where a framed picture may have hung once jabbing at my back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A white priest had tried to persuade him to pray and he had thrown a cup of hot coffee into his face. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The tiles clacked pleasingly, and every now and then one of the old men would exclaim “Ha!” and you knew he had thrown down a particularly good one. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The evacuation had been so hurriedly planned, the camps so hastily thrown together, nothing was completed when we got there, and almost nothing worked. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton Frantig, the man who had thrown up on the lawn, had now been kept in isolation at Fairfax Hospital for several days. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I'm glad I didn’t mention it was my father who said it. He might have thrown me out of the house.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Chi-Boy ran back from the woods, the female tied at the hands and feet and thrown over his shoulder like a bedroll. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Xan covered the windows with heavy curtains, but she would find them thrown open, and the child drinking moonlight in her sleep. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Hideo is the one who gave me a way to even store those memories, who saved me from being thrown into the streets, who mourns his brother and loves his family and creates beautiful things. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Slowly, carefully, the boys approached the scene of suspended destruction, where things that were crushed, thrown, or knocked over took their sweet time hitting the ground. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The silver-gray dust being thrown in the air by the wind was not snow, but ash. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Even after seeing Seven get thrown from a tree. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z It’s the first time I’ve spoken since being thrown in the air like a wrestler. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The baby being thrown against the wall, the guards laughing, the crumpling mother. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Saying that I had thrown my gun away had kept them from taking me to my apartment. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d thrown it on the Ping-Pong table in the Big House. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z There were all these things that people had thrown away back there—old cookers and broken dishes and dolls with no arms and no legs and empty cans and broken bottles. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Cole nodded and told how he had pulled a handful of white hair from the bear that mauled him and then thrown it away. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It has thrown off its disguise as a meal and has revealed itself to me for what it is, a large dead bird. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The dried corsages were thrown out long ago, the diplomas and class pins and photos must be down in my mother’s cellar, in the steamer trunk along with the tarnishing silver. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z An emergency election was thrown together and Paylor was voted in as president. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The Church not being “thrown open,” he was, as I have said, our clerk. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z She backed away from the front door, retreating into the dark hall, and her stepmother came after her, blocking the beam of light from the lantern that had thrown their shadows across the wall. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My mouth opened, closed, and opened again like a fish pulled from the pond and thrown on the bank. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The magical headband from Summer that Mini had thrown at him. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Metal and cloth were thrown in the back of a white wooden wagon, pulled by two tall black horses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I thought the week would be fun and games with some workout sessions thrown in. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I hang on to the phone with both hands so I won't get thrown out against the walls. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a muffled crash as the lamp is thrown right into the side of the car. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Then came another snag, more violent, and the two men were thrown hard against the rim of the basket. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Violet, with some embarrassment, felt the stone in her left hand and was glad she had not thrown it at Mr. Poe. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Ordinarily Mack would have thrown himself headlong into this problem but now he was not to be deflected. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The cab driver took the corners with such momentum that were thrown together first on one side of the back seat and then on the other. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z It was normal, then, that he should be missed, even mourned—for it’s a hard thing when someone dies at a school like Hampden, where we were all so isolated, and thrown so much together. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then I went to Dr. Roland’s office, where I lay reading on the couch with my jacket thrown over me until the sun came up, and I turned off the lamp and went to sleep. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There was another tremendous BANG, and the next moment Harry found himself flat on his bed, thrown backward by the speed of the Knight Bus. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I felt better when I had taken my hat off, and my wretched little fur, and thrown them both beside my gloves and my bag on to the window seat. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Every single badge and sash and coronet was thrown off at once and trampled contemptuously underfoot, to be forgotten in a moment. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z At Jesus’s feet, people had thrown piles of change, wilted daisies, and two roses —one fresh with thorns, the other cloth with plastic dewdrops. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z From my perch I cried, “Laertes! Laertes!” but my words were like water thrown into the wind. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He woke up crying in a shallow hole beside the clay bank where his mother had thrown the old quilt. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I expected another satsuma to be thrown or another oath to be hurled. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Ambitiously, Haiselden meant to market his film as a “date night” movie: it had love, romance, suspense, and humor—with some retail infanticide thrown in on the side. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Even the storm waves and the threat of being thrown overboard couldn’t scare off our thirst. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of doing to him what I did to Chris when he asked that question, but my hither might’ve flinched and thrown all his broken bones out of whack even more. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The guard who had thrown the lock wore a helmet that shadowed his eyes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She managed it at last, and with the cockpit canopy open she was thrown from the plane by accident. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I picked my sheet up from the floor where Chas had thrown it and wrapped it around me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Why had he been thrown out on the lawn when everyone had been so eager to help him at first? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Nesbitt made us see that we had a history, too—that our story didn’t begin by being captured and chained and thrown onto a boat. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “Younger Hickam,” he barked, “you want to get thrown off again? No? Then get down here, right now!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Ah!” cried Rosa as Joao and his assistant were thrown to the ground. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If she hadn't thrown them that axe they'd all be dead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I fear you may have made me with a hint of dog thrown in.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Jinjoo didn’t know what he had thrown, but she bowed in thanks. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Each day when the train stopped, we’d lean out of the car and try to count the number of bodies thrown. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The lawn is strewn with tables laden with wares because the open house is really one big superbazaar, a suburban souk, with haggling thrown in for authenticity. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Even worse, Vonetta had thrown a king-sized monkey wrench into my plans. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The car stopped so suddenly that they were nearly thrown into the windshield. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The pillar was still standing, but the graven hand had been thrown down and broken into small pieces. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Your underwear and socks are just thrown in this drawer. No order here at all, troops,” he said flinging the socks and underwear on the floor. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z All of a sudden, as if somebody had thrown a switch, phone calls started pouring in. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z If they were all punk rockers with pink Mohawks and multiple piercings—maybe with one chess club geek thrown in—he could make that work. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z A few moments later, they heard the splash of an anchor being thrown down in the shallows, and the thud of a plank being lowered onto the bank. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Under the efforts of both men the lid began to yield; the nails drew with a quick screeching sound, and the top of the box was thrown back. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z When I last spoke to a certain teammate, his life had been thrown into turmoil. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He has us walk through the pews and pick up any left-behind programs, or tissues, or anything that should be thrown away. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Hey, you know that man who was murdered? The one who was strangled and thrown in the canal?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z At Troniat, a small station that one of the men recognized, the doors were suddenly thrown open and they tumbled out into the darkness onto a gravel path. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She was like something that was thrown aside after she became useless to someone cruel. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z A field had been cleared off, fences and galleries and tilting barriers thrown up. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The rolls of music that she herself had thrown into the trash with the pretext that they had rotted from dampness kept spinning and playing in her memory. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The temperance folks had given America Prohibition, and had thrown in a ban on gambling while they were at it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We carried the man’s packs and he hopped along with an arm thrown over his wife’s shoulders. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z There were six more seasoned soldiers—all of them thrown out of the army for questionable behavior, which must have been truly questionable, given that Adarlan’s army was notorious for ruthlessness. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I was exhausted by the meanness, thrown off by how personal it had become, and feeling, too, as if there were no way I could quit. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He leaps in the air, his arms thrown wide, his mouth wide open, yelling; he staggers, in his back the bayonet quivers. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I also wrote about getting in trouble with my parents, and how Mom admitted she’d thrown away his past letters. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z An ostentatious home thrown up in an assembly line fashion while you wait. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The storm that had thrown such snow at Phippsburg was the first of many that winter. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z None of them had ever seen Jaunty so excited about anything—head thrown back, molars showing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Every punch, every jab, every time those gloves connected, it felt like we had thrown the punch ourselves. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I had been thrown into a different room. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z His head was thrown back a little, and because of the angle at which he was sitting, his spectacles caught the light and presented to Winston two blank discs instead of eyes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It was as if a switch had been thrown and Alex could almost feel the raw fear in the air. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The not-so-veiled accusations thrown at him only a few minutes before proved that the others suspected something, too, but what? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They also screamed as the salt water was thrown on them, and then they were forced to perform the same horrible dance. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She could have thrown the weapon into the fire, never to see it again, but Taisin came to her side and held out a torn rag. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He gave the swing chain such a yank that Palmer was thrown like a bronco rider onto the ground. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z At dawn I was asleep in the aft cabin when suddenly I was thrown out of my bunk and onto the floor. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z They wondered who the assassin was and how the killing was carried out: Was Vaughan murdered before he was thrown off the train, or did the impact kill him? Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Would they demand that I be thrown off the plane? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z However another thrown immediately after that one drove into Gregor's back really hard. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z She might have thrown Dill a few longing glances herself. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z If only Helen had thrown them out, as ordered! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He held the cold, limp hand that had thrown the pitch that had struck out Willie Mays, that had betrayed the old man’s stoic ways by giving him a squeeze. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Or how Toby flew back, as if he’d been thrown across the room. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He looks like nothing but a backpack that got thrown down there. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z As he walked down the steps with his sack thrown over his shoulder, he ruffled my hair. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z On the way downcourt Nick gives me this funny look like he was embarrassed that the Regis center had thrown away his stuff. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The differences between the Capitol and 13 are thrown into sharp relief by the event. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He would be killed — thrown into a pit of poisonous snakes or fed to hungry jaguars — before he would be allowed to enter such a sacred place. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He rushes at me with such force that even though I block the blow, I am thrown to the floor. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Everything that had been stored under the bunks had been thrown clear, which didn’t make any logical sense to him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We were all huddled into one another, shoulders pressing against shoulders, Holly’s legs thrown over mine. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I’m thrown by the quick change of subject. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Still chortling, Fudge had thrown some powder into the fireplace, stepped into the emerald flames, and vanished with a whooshing sound. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Does anyone actually get thrown out of this school, or are they all given to Miles for safekeeping?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Kapu was staring at her, his eyes narrowed, his ears thrown forward aggressively. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But that bridge had been burned a long time ago, and Jon himself had thrown the torch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I stand there shaking from head to foot, moved to the deep-sea depths of my being, like a creature thrown into audience with thunder. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z At the last minute, Flora’s mother had picked up the piece of paper with his poem on it and thrown it into the sack along with him. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z I felt sorry for the Jews getting thrown out of Egypt and having to drag themselves across the desert to find a home. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm took the bundle to be thrown away and tried to move very quietly as he carried it out to the pit the boy had shown him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She’s talking about getting shot, being thrown in prison, being hanged and suicide. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z "I want the current guards dismissed and thrown off my patrol." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, it has been put in this position of execution, and the silver-handled knife is being thrown at it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z That nightmare drags me in its gritty wake and leaves me broken and thrown, pieces missing. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I peer up into the unmasked face of Guillermo Garcia, who now looks like he just got out of the ocean, his black hair slicked back and dripping, a towel thrown over his shoulder. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Arya had taken it from him and thrown it in a river. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I follow my new bodyguard dutifully, ignoring the questions thrown at me from all sides. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z For a moment, Harry thought that his inexpert Apparition had thrown Dumbledore off balance; then he saw his face, paler and damper than ever in the distant light of a streetlamp. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I think you’re going to get thrown by the last one. Maybe not; maybe you don’t care.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The gallows is cut up and thrown on the fire, where it nicely roasts our fish for supper. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z El Diario, the Spanish newspaper, had covered the story in detail and featured a picture of the building facing Bushwick Avenue, with a dotted line from where the girl was thrown to where she fell. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z After Rowdy hit the first six free throws, Coach cursed and screamed, and was thrown out of the game. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z With each step, I feel like I will shatter, a glass figurine thrown to a tile floor. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Several of the students stifled cries; Ron had thrown himself backward and almost toppled off his seat as the spider skidded toward him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She reached into the pocket of her blouse, and pulled out the gold coin he had thrown into the grave earlier that day. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Jonas had casually picked up an apple from the basket where the snacks were kept, and had thrown it to his friend. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The duende, her head thrown back in throaty seduction, called to me through the poet. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was worn once and then thrown away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a wrapper from something, and it needs to get thrown away.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z But he didn’t want to leave; he almost wished he could get thrown in the Slammer with her. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Although I was no longer in love with the Captain, I did not wish to be thrown in such close company with him again—just the two of us. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Today, they’d be thrown in a Social Disgrace Unit with drug addicts and maricones. Look at me. They say I’m rebellious, but it was rebels who made the revolution!” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z That one had also thrown me when Cecile said it: Should have gone to Mexico to get rid of you when I had the chance. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The cooking vessels were unwashed and a blanket thrown across a chair was stained and in need of mending. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He had been thrown into prison and was about to be hanged. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt that the man should be beaten for his impertinence, then thrown out of Asgard and sent on his way. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Dad positioned me out of the way when a shuttle car darted in, its crablike arms sweeping up the coal thrown out behind the continuous miner. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z So he never stood straight; he slouched or leaned or stood with a hip thrown out, and he never told anybody about it— ever. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A large bird started into the air as if it had been thrown, then stopped, spread its wings, and glided in a great arc to the west. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he would be thrown off the course. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The evidence, however, was gone—cut up and thrown away, just like my hope. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The following night, another bomb was thrown onto the Harrisons’ roof from the vacant apartment next door. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I turn, and it’s like I’m thrown into a dream. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z We pretended with our heads thrown back, our arms limp and useless, dangling like the dead. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z When they arrived, the chauffeur had to slam on the brakes because a thick wooden beam had been thrown across the gate to the hacienda as a roadblock. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a blanket tucked around her, and her head was thrown back. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Melisandre had thrown back her cowl and shrugged out of the smothering robe. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They were amazingly lively despite their half-starved appearance, and once seized and thrown into the sack, they went after one another with ungodly shrieks. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I explained about the gardener who’d thrown an orange at us. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He took on three first graders during a snowball fight because one of them had thrown a piece of ice. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z During the night his mother and his sister had beaten him to death with a hammer in order to rob him and had thrown his body in the river. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Now see many rocks being thrown into the puddle. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Luke wished Mother had just thrown them away. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z While looking, I found all of my letters to him from the institute, carelessly thrown in a bottom drawer with ink and supplies. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The deck rumbled underfoot as the destroyer’s engines were thrown into reverse. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z So she saw it clearly when the horse screamed with a panicked shriek and reared, and the blue smear of the thrown rider collapsed to the ground. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Kids were getting their phones stolen and/or thrown into the lunchtime garbage can by older kids. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Nick had thrown the ball for the alley-oop but it was off and I had to reach for it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Someone had thrown flaming Molotov cocktail gasoline bombs through the front picture window. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Isaac was unafraid of the rumors being thrown around about new factories where experiments were held and the danger that was coming. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She said, “When Eva told me you were here I thought at first I would have you thrown out.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I can’t really blame Grandma for being thrown by all this. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He nodded at us as we approached, then shoved the twisty thing in a bag he had thrown over his shoulder. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We sat against the low cemetery wall under the shade thrown by the pomegranate tree. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But when the crawl-space doors were thrown open, it was Wimpy and his paratroopers coming to the rescue! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z One gets thrown to me, but I keep it for later. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z ‘Your husband Ouranos was abusive. Your grandchildren the gods overthrew your beloved children the Titans. Your other children, the Cyclopes and the Hundred-Handed Ones, were thrown into Tartarus. You are so tired of heartache.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “You call being thrown in jail a little mess-up?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Actions of any sort in one generation might have incalculable consequences in another, so that merely to sneeze was a pebble thrown into a pond, whose circles might lap the furthest shores. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel like I've thrown my armor away, and I'm standing in front of her completely exposed. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z By doing this, hunters and fishermen all around had lost the land and water they’d stalked and camped on and thrown bait into for most of their lifetimes. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Instead of living right next to people whose ancestors knew your ancestors, you were thrown in with people about whom you knew nothing. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Long, unfamiliar words ending in tion, ism, and actic, with more talk about “the people” thrown in for good measure, like Big Ma throwing a pinch of salt into the cake batter. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Getting thrown out of a moving car hum way worse than that. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Suddenly Arya remembered the morning she had thrown the orange in Sansa's face and gotten juice all over her stupid ivory silk gown. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I can’t get far enough away from him and find myself clinging to the edge of the bed, sheets thrown back. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “We are going to lose ourselves in the mountains before we’re found and thrown in a dungeon or killed.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z His duffel bag was tom open and its contents were thrown around him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But a torch was thrown onto the pile of books and tinder. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He stretched out his arm and puffed out his chest before leaving, blocking out the sun so that I was thrown into his shadow. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I mean, this isn’t the first time somebody’s been thrown off one of these buildings—because gang-bangers throw each other off the roofs all the time. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The swirl of plants released her and she was thrown upward like a catapult projectile. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The weekend after Thanksgiving, while Mrs. Richardson was still irked at Izzy, the Richardsons were due to attend a birthday party thrown by old family friends. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Just be sure to dispose of it in a recycling bin. Because enough plastic is thrown away each year to circle the Earth four times.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “He was thrown out of the country so many times, the history books couldn’t keep up with him! He came back from exile in ’47 for a couple of years. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly he was thrown on to the stony floor again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “So we don’t get thrown from the boat. Look.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was then thrown over to the dogs, who apparently hadn’t eaten anything since their owner fled. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t help to tell myself that. Those people—for all these years—were my family. It was like being thrown out of my own home.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Back in school with people watching or poking at her, Biddy would have thrown some kind of fit, or get her feelings hurt and run off crying. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We again received mealie pap porridge, sometimes with the odd carrot or piece of cabbage or beetroot thrown in — but one usually had to search for it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Thank you for sticking up for me,” said Rita after she had recovered from being thrown down. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But the little animals atop the incense burners, the handles of some vessels, the water droppers—they were not thrown. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Who, for example, had abducted the oilman McBride in Washington, D.C., or thrown W. W. Vaughan off the speeding train? Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “With all the money she’d have to print up to buy this house, the FBI would have tracked her down and thrown her in the pokey.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I was too confused and too angry about getting thrown out of the car to realize what had happened. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He walked very quickly across the carpeted lobby, looking at nothing, and pausing only to see his ticket torn, half of it thrown into a silver box and half returned to him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Once Ghohg the Evil One is gone and his palace has been destroyed, taking a few thousand diplomats and ministers with it, the whole goblin kingdom will be thrown into confusion. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He jerked his head as if the sound were a boulder I’d thrown at him, but then he merely stood considering, and, after a minute, he pawed the ground again. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The lightning had thrown the man’s face into sharp relief, and it was a face unlike any Harry had ever seen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Three railroad workers had been thrown in jail for mocking a Liberty Bond poster, and a woman had been fined for sending twenty dollars to her mother in Germany. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z As the plane hit the ground, she was thrown forward against the gunsight. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z "Have this mad woman thrown out of the hotel." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “You’ve never been thrown off a thousand feet above the ground,” Gerris pointed out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I held the spear, which I could have thrown. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Our world opened up because a long-time dictator was thrown out of Haiti. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z They marched in their smart gray uniforms with their legs locked straight and thrown out in front of them the way ducks walk. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z When no one responded, Teacher ordered the pie thrown away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve thrown a punch or two in my day,” he says, rolling up his sleeves. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay. How many of you were thrown off by the Confederate flags?” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z People all over the world will watch me get thrown onto the ground. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Then she began to fold the clothes that he had thrown down on the floor. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Hands in the air like Jesus himself had thrown down that dunk. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I tried to find it so I could quote it word for word but Mum said it had probably been thrown out because our house is too small to hoard things. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The blanket lay where the patroller had thrown it—on the ground not far from the house. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The sauce has evaporated and the chicken is irreparably scorched, so much so that the pan itself has to be thrown away. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you just refuse. We’ll put the story on cassette, a hundred and fifty pesos, with a signed glossy photograph thrown in for free.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Somebody had thrown the little stone at him, but he saw nobody. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In a Fairfax hotel, a night watchman sitting by a window was showered with broken glass and thrown to the floor. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It had been years since the technique had thrown Sierra off guard, but it was still unnerving. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z It was like they were throwing it in my face, although I knew neither of them meant that, the way I had thrown my studying in people’s faces and not meant it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The only way the van’s atmosphere could have electrified faster was if I had thrown a live wire into a full bathtub. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But while he was a very poor student I was a pretty good athlete, and when everything was thrown into the scales they would in the end tilt definitely toward me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Any pennies thrown loose were considered fair game by the boys and they scrambled for them, picked them up and ran off down the street with an angry musician after them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Liz asked, opening the beer can she had thrown at Ignatius. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Darwin's “gemmule” theory—that hereditary instructions were thrown adrift by all cells and then floated in the blood, like a million messages in bottles—suggested that blood transfusions might transmit gemmules and thereby alter heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z That is, seeds were sown by being thrown in handfuls, resulting in a whole field devoted to a single crop. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He had to find a building where Bessie could stand in a window and see the package of money when it was thrown from the car. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z We were thrown backward on a wave that must’ve been forty feet high. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion garbed in heavy quilted breeches and a woolen doublet, and over it all he had thrown the shadowskin cloak he had acquired in the Mountains of the Moon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I think of the feasts at Elsinore, loud with laughter and the cracking of bones and sucking of marrow, with dogs growling and fighting over food thrown to the floor. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Had her kiss thrown him into such a tizzy? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Everything is how it's supposed to be—except for that mini-mansion that's like a newly polished pair of Jordans thrown in with a bunch of well-worn knockoffs. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It was only a polite “Excuse me!” but she spun round like I’d thrown something at her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The contents of Harry’s trunk had been thrown everywhere. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z All I could think of was if we’d netted a spy like this, Franklin D. Roosevelt would have thrown him back. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter that we were at odds—I didn’t like how intensely she was making me feel like a disposable rag, to be picked up, used, and thrown away whenever she felt like it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I keep thinking, they have thrown every piece of flesh that followed the child out of her body into the water. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Deep freeze, armchair, film tapes, circuits, beds, and all like skeletons thrown in a cluttered mound deep under. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Her head thrown back like a thirsty lady. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “But they’ve used you as a knife sharpener,” said Ron, wincing slightly as they passed a lamp and Neville’s injuries were thrown into even greater relief. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I could have safely thrown the draperies into it and let them burn. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z As I crossed his shadow, thrown long over the garden by the moon, not yet risen high, he said quietly, without turning— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He nodded and went to the couch to lie down on top of the knitted blanket that she had thrown across it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I expected her to perform everything from leaving the house, riding the bike, and getting thrown by the tornado and so on. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She shuddered at the thought of being thrown into one of those cells. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They were clearly in a state of terror, rearing up, their heads thrown back, uttering gurgling cries of fear. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Without raising his eyes, he could see her standing in the holy place, pleading the blood over those who sought there, her head thrown back, eyes shut, foot pounding the floor. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Nathan grabbed one of the black trash bags Jet had thrown outside and tried to lift it up. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He tried not to think of the stories he had heard lately of mass killings; of men, women, and children being forced to dig their own graves and then being shot and thrown into them. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “With a little bloodshed thrown in for interest.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The landscape was gouged with smoking craters, fresh-turned earth thrown everywhere as if some giant dog had been digging at it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Thomas’s only concern was that Gaily would just hate him all the more for being thrown in jail. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The weather was milder than it had been all year, and by the time they arrived in Hogsmeade, all three of them had taken off their cloaks and thrown them over their shoulders. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He wondered if his talents had failed him, if he had, in trying to compensate for months of undertraining, thrown too much work at his horse at once. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days later he found her dead with a pile of other bodies ready to be thrown into the fire. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Horan, badly bruised and terrified, his finger sliced open from when he’d been thrown from the jeep, struggled to keep up with the punishing pace they set. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z There had been roasting heretics on the one hand—forty-five Templars had been burned in one day—and the heads of captives being thrown into besieged castles from catapults on the other. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She adopted him as a son who would share her solitude and relieve her from the involuntary laudanum that her mad beseeching had thrown into Remedios' coffee. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But Valley and Seven were able to find purchase and avoid being thrown in. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z But the interior was unexpectedly cheerful, with a colorful quilt thrown over the bed in the corner and dried herbs hanging from the ceiling. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Mostly, though, he dealt with this army of guys who combed the neighborhoods looking through garbage and stuff people had thrown out that might have some value. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Someone had thrown this one hard, with a pretty good arm, from across the room, hard enough to break it to pieces and to shatter the looking-glass behind my head. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z With his shoulders thrown back he seemed to tower in the doorway. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The Bull had never actually thrown him down or beaten him up or anything. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Sharpened stakes were wrenched from the ground, planks were dropped across deep ditches, and the stockade gates were thrown wide. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Five-year-old Eric Morse was thrown out of a fourteenth-story window by two other little boys, supposedly because he wouldn’t steal candy for them. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In the service of saving Africa’s babies and extracting its mineral soul, the West has built a path to its own door and thrown it wide for the plague. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The black backpack that Rob and Cate had given me had been thrown into the backseat, covered in a few loose sheets of newspaper and an empty bottle of Windex. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “It’s all righ’, Harry!” bellowed Hagrid, now thrown flat onto his back by the surge of speed; nobody was steering now, and the sidecar was starting to twist violently in the bike’s slipstream. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They both fell, and in falling, Junior let go the cat, which, having been released in mid-motion, was thrown full force against the window. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d thrown her husband out three years after they married, for carousing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Himmelstoss was thrown down, he rolled five yards and started to yell. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Cobb, I wasn’t coming to—” “You weren’t coming to what? To bring some peace to an old woman whose household you’ve thrown upside down? Is that what you weren’t coming to do?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z And now he’s thrown everything—all his talent, all his energy—into helping us paint and draw and sculpt and grow up. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I’d heard her, but I was so thrown I felt like I hadn’t. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But he had been thrown by the way Sayle had appeared and by the slow, hypnotic dance of the jellyfish. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “I just wanted you to know I hadn’t thrown it away,” said Sally. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother came down in her dressing gown, over which she’d thrown her prize cashmere shawl, which reeked of camphor. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Even the air shimmered with excitement, and shutters closed for many years were thrown open to let the brilliant sunlight shine where it hadn’t shone in so long. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z As she said the name, Taisin felt something inside her shift—as if a bolt had been thrown back from a door, and now all she had to do was nudge it open. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Early in the morning, before the sun had thrown its first ray or the redbirds chirped their first note, all four children were gathered in the boys’ bedroom. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z And it surprised him that so many of the others looked like lost chicks thrown from the coop. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The young women were thrown into military drills first thing the next morning. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z A woman had thrown herself down near the body of a child and was rolling around in the dirt, crying. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I was scared of Rowdy and I was scared of getting thrown in jail for vandalism, so I ran. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He spent his days muttering dyspeptically to himself and singing naughty sea chanteys, with the occasional random earsplitting screech thrown in just to make you jump. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Everyone waited for the next punch to be thrown. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It was when he had thrown the shard from the first batch of ruined vases into the river in Ch’ulp’o. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Across the aisle a woman sleeps, her head thrown back, her mouth open. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Barbee stood with his head thrown back, his arms rigid at his sides, his fists clenched as though fighting desperately for control. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The food he had thrown up was still food. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He said this show took place in Biblical times, and there was a scene where a man was flung off a balcony, thrown to a mob of men and women, who tore him to pieces. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman lay twisted in agony, her mouth open to scream, her arms thrown overhead. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Mine feel like someone has thrown salt in them. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But Fig had thrown up twice now, the day after Thomas had hung up on me for Pete, and then again a week later, right after inhaling his dinner. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The oaken door had been thrown open, a giant key turned in its rusting lock. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Now she picked out a postcard my mother had thrown out a few days before. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z After they had cleared the table and thrown out the wrapping papers, Stewart unfolded his map. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z As he stirred with his stick, muttering curses into his stained white beard, he was thrown into a hysterical passion by Francie asking for a pickle from the bottom of the vat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad said I was hysterical, that I’d thrown thoughtless accusations when it was obvious my memory couldn’t be trusted. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The officer in charge gave a sign and the doors to the mess hall were thrown open, as a band marched into the cleaned out center of the hall playing the “Foreign Legion March.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The friendship of Saruman and the power of Orthanc cannot be lightly thrown aside, whatever grievances, real or fancied, may lie behind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z When either of us tried to strike the other, we would be thrown off balance by the screaming boys. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was a muramwiwa, a child whose mother had thrown him away. His ancestral spirits might have brought us trouble.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Only just last Tuesday Flossie was thrown from a horse that had apparently been stung in the flank by a ball bearing or BB fired from an unseen slingshot. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We were thrown against the cabin door, which the steward had warned us not to lode because it might become jammed. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the metal poles for the clothesline leaned while the other had been uprooted and thrown. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The smoke was thickest there, rising not from shimmering flames but two small black canisters—the kind PSFs kept hooked on their belts, waiting to be thrown into a crowd of unruly kids. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Not only was he of the same build, but he also had a bound knight thrown across the saddlebow of his mare. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Dina’s talking about a stir-fry that Molly has thrown together for the three of them after returning from the library in Bar Harbor: tofu, red and green peppers, black beans, and zucchini. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The occasional stones which were being thrown at her by the Old Ones she dexterously caught and swallowed, in the maddening way which chickens have when you are trying to drive them off. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But then the old man would just stand there and rattle it off from memory with a few extra images of nature thrown in for free. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And for the first time, I saw Wab and Chi-Boy for what they were as they stood there, his long arm thrown over her shoulders: a couple. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “You want us to get thrown out of here?” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z In another instant I swung my rifle toward the soldier who had thrown the grenade. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d caught my obscure Highlander quote and thrown another right back at me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Thomas couldn’t help worrying that he’d thrown up some red flags for Newt, and that the older boy was just hiding his concern. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I was enjoying hearing his saga of being thrown out of his home, living on the streets, and doing short stints in jail for petty theft. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z If he hadn’t been scared out of his wits that he was about to be thrown out of school, he would have been very pleased to have a chance to look around it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He was terrified of pulling some lever and dislodging the machine, of its bowling down-hill, backwards, and his being thrown off, pinned under the great wheels. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Mrs. de Roo was born in South Africa but one day she was told by the government to leave the country in twenty-four hours or she'd be thrown into prison. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z That night, I put on my white gloves, went to the garbage can in Dad’s closet, and opened the bag that I’d thrown all of the pieces of the vase into. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The nick wasn’t large, but the hatchet was important to him, was his only tool, and he should not have thrown it. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Illapa had finally thrown his stone at his sister’s water jug, and it released a torrent of rain that pelted down all about me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z As Ben agonized over a blank memory, Mr. Loring busied himself by walking around the room removing scraps of paper that were wadded and thrown under each desk in the room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Madam’s linen chest, the one that she had fussed about when we arrived, was in the middle of the library floor, the top thrown open. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Just wood and that pink insulation stuff and tiles and clothes and food, all the colors of their world thrown together like a giant had had a temper tantrum. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He had thrown away the book of cavalry doctrine and they loved him for it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The rider’s cloak streamed behind him, and his hood was thrown back; his golden hair flowed shimmering in the wind of his speed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Zoe is right, Percy. Things get thrown away here for a reason. Now come on, let’s get across the yard.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Billy backed off, feinted once, jabbed, feinted again, twice, disregarded completely a right thrown by Vegas as he prepared a series of blows to the body and head. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After the exercises, the turkey foot and corn were thrown into the wastebasket. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Spherical in shape and covered in soft, custard-coloured fur, it is a docile creature that has no objection to being cuddled or thrown about. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m not fantasizing about being thrown from a moving vehicle. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Yet this boy’s father had thrown him into deep water, and laughed; and now he himself laughed at the memory. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A ring, on water, w here a stone’s been thrown. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z To her right, a set of wide wooden doors had been thrown open. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was thrown off by the expression, but that didn’t stop him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The Nazi textbooks were thrown out, and the curriculum was rewritten. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z This spear was especially good because it could be thrown from a distance. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not, of course, ask any questions of Gebu; he would sooner have thrown himself into a crocodile’s jaws. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I was not going to get thrown in the loony bin. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z LeAlan: When I first heard, 1 was in my room listening to tapes and my momma said someone just got thrown out the window. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They walked like survivors, with dull vacant eyes, their fists clutching the coins he’d thrown to them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Because we're going to be thrown into an arena to fight to the death. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I’d thrown on my hoodie over my shirt so I could block out the world and not even see if people were looking at me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z And except for a song about bacon or eggs benedict thrown in here and there, they mostly played normal country music. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A large hailstone can hurt you as much as a rock or a lump of lead if it is thrown hard enough—and my goodness, how those Cloud-Men could throw! James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z His head was thrown back and he was laughing. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z A thrown spear came hurtling at Tyrion from the left and lodged in his shield with a woody chunk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As ghastly as it had been, there was no denying that Bunny’s murder had thrown all subsequent events into a kind of glaring Technicolor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But there are always a handful of wild cards thrown into the draft, amateur players nominated because they are so good at the game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Though I guess she still could have thrown and trampled me.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z There was my father’s cloak that he had thrown over me on the night he was killed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Maybe they are sold or thrown out, but you can’t buy them say in June. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There are Syrians who want Kurds to be thrown out of Syria. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I sashayed in and picked up the newspaper after Father had thrown it down on the floor. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I was thrown out of the dream, sent hurtling back into the freezing hotel room. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was almost as if it was she, and not the boys, who had thrown Edward overboard. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Magdalys turned and shot him a smile just in time to almost get thrown again as Missy cut a sudden right and nearly barrel-rolled underwater. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She glared at my gym bag thrown over my shoulder. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It's as if I've thrown away all the good work they did on the opening ceremonies without a thought. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I would have thrown myself into his arms, but caution prevailed in me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They slipped off, but her weight was thrown too far forward, and the board tipped its nose into the water. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z LeAlan: Where were you when you first heard of a little boy being thrown out the window in the community that you and your kids lived in? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The curtains were thrown back, and a slave offered a hand to help Daenerys out. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the end the Mountain and a handful of his best had gained the west bank, but Edmure had thrown his reserve at them, and they had shattered and reeled away bloody and beaten. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She found that she had thrown the quilt off during the night and had finished sleeping in her usual manner, with her head on the pillow. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “He’s now thrown to the wolves,” he said when the hearing was over. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z And, just like that, he had thrown at me his own little test. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The third voice added, “Like Huey said, ‘We should all carry the weight, and those who have extreme abilities will have to carry extremely heavy loads’ ” There were words thrown back and forth. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It went from black to a charcoal grey, the rain like pebbles thrown against glass. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And when I lost my high school diploma, my father found it as it was about to be thrown out with the trash. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing everything I own thrown around like trash makes me want to give up. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z There was a blanket lying there as if somebody had just thrown it down. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And Crookshanks was thrown to the floor as Black lunged at Scabbers; Ron yelled with pain as Black’s weight fell on his broken leg. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He had thrown away minutes in her company. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Water filled Harry’s eyes and mouth: He could not see or breathe: Then, with an awful lurch, the cart flipped over and they were all thrown out of it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When I climb out of the forecastle, the storm has ended, as if a switch has been thrown. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Listen,” he mumbled through a mouthful of biscuit, “I shouldn’t have thrown water on you. Long shift last night. And also...you know.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She knew these sharp, gray rocks—knew how they crunched beneath her feet, how they smelled after the rain, how they could so easily cut into her skin when she was thrown down. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Right through the charge Merry had been borne unharmed behind him, until the Shadow came; and then Windfola had thrown them in his terror, and now ran wild upon the plain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Two days later, the way the story went was that Amos had gotten into a major fistfight with the kid, and Miles and Henry and Jack had thrown some punches at the other guys, too. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Mrs. Trace plopped down in a chair with her head thrown back and her arms dangling. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At home, he would have thrown it away. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The red sun blinds me, churns up my belly to nausea, and the heat thrown out of the bone-fire burns my skin. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z She said Shorey had already been thrown out of the camp and I should follow as I would not be given food or shelter there. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It had moved in the midnight waters of space like a pale sea leviathan; it had passed the ancient moon and thrown itself onward into one nothingness following another. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d thrown up over the side of one of the houses, sick. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Mrs. Coulter had thrown her furs over the back of the chair, and her cheeks were flushed in the heat of the ship’s interior. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He had merely glanced at the headline when he had taken the rolled-up paper from the delivery owl early that morning and thrown it aside, after noting that it said nothing about Voldemort. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z As he passed Apache Bill, a bucket of water was thrown on him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered the first day of getting here, and the note that Hooper had thrown down to him, the way his mother had looked at Mr Hooper, as they shook hands. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z What Seven did know was that she had never given up on anything before—that she was smart, she was capable, and, no matter what was thrown her way, Seven was ready. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Harry could tell he was completely thrown by such an unusual show of interest. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z My father and I were thrown to the ground by this rolling tide. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain-water had been flowing from his eyes, but he had thrown the toy. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Do you want him to lie down and go to sleep up there? No. It was a small piece. Even that could have me thrown in the cage with him.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z They’ve thrown their jackets and schoolbooks to the ground and are all chirping like little birds with delight. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Along the way, perhaps, they noticed that seeds thrown in the garbage one year would sprout spontaneously in the next. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He yawned and walked out of the ring of light thrown by the fire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z But it hadn’t just been thrown down accidentally, because sticking out from one end of it was the stock of a gun. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And I guess all that detention this week had thrown off my mental calendar, because I totally forgot that the Friday Thing would be happening in town. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But George sat stiffly on the bank and looked at his right hand that had thrown the gun away. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “The state called me to testify. What could I do? Refuse? The judge would’ve thrown me in jail.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The woman had thrown open a door at the end of a passage and Vera had walked into a delightful bedroom with a big window that opened wide upon the sea and another looking east. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Like a stone thrown across a blue pond, hitting, falling deep, and vanishing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z This, at least, was the same process, whether on a molded figure or a thrown pot. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z So the following year, the mayor decrees that his citizens start celebrating the World Series before the first pitch is thrown—an act that, in his confused mind, will ensure a victory. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z How many times had I let myself connect with someone only to have it thrown back in my face? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Camilla was limp in Henry’s arms, her head thrown back like a dead girl’s, and the curve of her throat beautiful and lifeless. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I looked up to see that deathly shadow being thrown into the air upon the horns of my Patronus. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t even know who was with Vaughan when he was thrown from the train. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I needed to be in control of my emotions if I was going to help Mamá not get thrown out of her own home. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I'm so thrown off that I forget he's a Martial. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Some are bare-chested despite the cold, and some have deerskin mantles thrown over one shoulder. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Minya was thrown off the walkway but caught the edge with her fingers and hung there, dangling in the huge sphere of a room, some fifty feet up from the bottom. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He was in a great, billowing white cloud, floating in the whiteness, and there were huge buckets of water being thrown on him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “She has thrown her face into the eastward-flowing stream. Her ancestral spirit is lost forever. The person you see is just decayed flesh, evil, rotted to the bone.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never so much as thrown a punch in my entire life. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They all settled down on the grass to eat the oranges, and I watched Father Amadi laugh loudly with his head thrown back, leaning to rest his elbows on the grass. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z What if I get thrown out and the skiff disappears into the fog again? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The old man falls forward, arms thrown out in front of him, and weeps with gratitude. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I might have been eleven years old and a little socially immature, but I recognized a gauntlet being thrown down when I saw it, and I had no choice but to take it up. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z What guards remained had thrown down their weapons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, Ari. One that comes from the shelter. You know, one of those dogs that someone’s thrown away.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I was thrown off, confused, flabbergasted, and to put it simply—shocked. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I’m on a Lorde kick this week and could be listening to more of her music before class, but I got my best friend pants on because Dylan is thrown off by Samantha right now. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z On the thirteenth floor we found Annie Smith, who lives in the apartment directly beneath the one Eric Morse was thrown from. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Another doctor might have thrown up his hands in bewilderment and admitted defeat. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z A few days earlier, Samira had thrown herself a massive eighteenth birthday-slash-graduation party, and someone had left behind a backpack at our house, containing a bong and a bag of weed. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Everywhere wire-cutters are snapping, planks are thrown across the entanglements, we jump through the narrow entrances into the trenches. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time it was over, the owner of the White Sox was fully convinced that his players had thrown the series. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Indeed, Harriet, it would have been a severe pang to lose you; but it must have been. You would have thrown yourself out of all good society. I must have given you up.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z As we bumped over the top, the smell hit me hard, like a wildly thrown pitch. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Black pebbles and the ancient gray cinders the mountain had thrown poked into his backbone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But after I had laughed I was thrown back on my thoughts—how had it all happened? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I had it coming and anything would be better than being thrown out like an animal. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He’d already thrown up twice from the back of the chariot, which was not fun at the speed of sound. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A big heap lies on the floor: school clothes and dresses and torn blouses all thrown together with panties and shoes. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “They still think I’m just a weed. To be thrown away when you’ve picked it. When you’ve yanked it up from the bed where it grew.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z And Ryna had thrown herself all over the ground, lost her mind, and was still crying in a ditch. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He was thrown into more turmoil when he heard that back in the United States, King had publicly come out against the war. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He was thrown from his chariot and his horses tore him to pieces and devoured him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My face reddens as I realize I’m confessing to having been thrown out of two homes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Elihue, not knowing where to look, was thrown back on his own devices, and “found” himself quite unable to earn money. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Books have been thrown down the stairwell, along with papers, cords, bottles, and what might be pieces of antique dollhouses. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “That the army hemmed in and machine-gunned three thousand workers and that their bodies were carried off to be thrown into the sea on a train with two hundred cars.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z All in all, I think there are about twelve of us from different grades, now thrown together, learning addition and algebra, “Cielito Undo” as well as “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “I may have thrown something extra in there,” she says, winking. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z But when I turned, there was only the sheet thrown back, the mattress still depressed from where he had last lain. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I hugged the seat back as Kerns was thrown over the seat, into the windshield. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The gates have been thrown wide open, and natives—men, women, and children—are walking in. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I did not talk to Ada Taylor for three days after being practically thrown out of her house. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The Kappa feeds on human blood but may be persuaded not to harm a person if it is thrown a cucumber with that person’s name carved into it. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember being thrown into a car trunk—my hands tied behind my back, an awful sock in my mouth, tape around my head. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like a banana peel, only with bad taste and irony thrown in.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Workers in the freight yard were thrown off their feet. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Kara Manning, 17, the second passenger, sustained severe head trauma when she was thrown from the car and as a result could not give investigators any information. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z A sea of people fills the room, their arms thrown up, their hair tossing wildly. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The riders were thrown free, but their panicked horses dragged the golden chariot diagonally across the track. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Simeon followed the balloon with his eyes as if it were a football thrown long. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I locked my arms around his horns to keep from being thrown. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Doesn’t have to be about mountain climbing. Just needs at least one scene where some dudes are fighting and somebody gets thrown off a cliff.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Twelve men, hastily thrown upon an ox sled, were being drawn to their single grave. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z After the choice parts were sold, scraps would be thrown. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z About that time Jo Ann Robinson’s picture window was shattered by a huge rock, which her neighbors said had been thrown by a policeman. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Finally one stupid Tang man had thrown his knife. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I was thrown by the question and hesitated before answering. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Everybody howled as they were thrown to the right, and I heard what I hoped was the sound of three Furies smashing against the windows. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The car door opened, and Shea was thrown into my lap. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I feel like I’ve been thrown out of a plane without a parachute when Jeremy says it—even though he means it lightly. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z They can no longer carry on that extraordinary and efficient cycle by which vast amounts of ATP are produced, but are thrown back on a primitive and far less efficient method, that of fermentation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Most copies will have been thrown away long before it occurred to anyone that the book was worth preserving simply because it was old and rare. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Perhaps he was an orphan, perhaps he had been thrown out of his home by his mother, as his eyes were somewhat crossed and looked a little peculiar. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The talk in Flea Bottom was that the gold cloaks had thrown in with the Lannisters, their commander raised to a lord, , with lands on the Trident and a seat on the king's council. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She could have thrown herself down on the ground like a little girl having a tantrum. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She could not have signaled her availability to Katz more clearly if she had thrown her skirt over her head and lain across his Hungry Man Breakfast Platter. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Then one day, you’re out of here, free, only to discover you’ve locked yourself up and thrown away the key somewhere too deep inside your heart to fish it out. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the cordon, curious onlookers were kept away by Philadelphia police officers as Wes and Tony were led outside in handcuffs, and thrown into the back of a police wagon. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I thought it took a lot of care to assemble an aircraft, but they were just thrown together compared to the meticulous work being done inside the “white room” at St. Louis. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Special had thrown himself off the roof to save her! Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I watched the end of the game when Dave caught a touchdown thrown from Brad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z And then Emily had thrown half her stuff at his head. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The owners have thrown up some walls, put in a door, and installed a toilet. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It did feel like this party was thrown together all of a sudden for him. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Don’t mention her and I won’t speak of your Lumumba shattered with machetes like this poor snake and thrown in pieces into an abandoned house in Elisabethville, with the blessings of my hateful homeland. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z And then he yelled as he flew through the air, lifted and thrown by the monster as it continued its slow advance toward Håkon. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Only the dregs that the ladle cannot reach are tipped out and thrown into the garbage tins. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a great clattering of dishes and trays from the kitchen, dropped silverware, people bumping into tables and one another as we’re all thrown into darkness. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Jamie had slipped down in his seat and had thrown his napkin over his face. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was just the trip through the spinning room that had thrown her off. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z If one rock were thrown, others would follow, she knew. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Big country bumpkin, eh, Chief? One more word from you back there and she’d have thrown that table and crushed us.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Luther had never gotten over the death of poor little Sandy Graham, thrown from a horse Luther was to have ridden. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the automaton would probably be thrown away or destroyed. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z They stood and watched five others die, one in the mouth of a dragon, the others thrown off into the black tarn, sinking and vanishing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z All my evidence would be thrown out of court as irrelevant to the main body of the case, for I could cite only exceptions. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The common men camped out in the open, but the knights had thrown up tents, and some of the high lords had erected pavilions as large as houses. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z People who can make gold from lead, or anything else for that matter, who can alter the very material of the world—financial markets would be thrown into chaos. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The recoil of the discharge had thrown the shotgun off the books. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Theodoric’s analysis depended partly on examining rainbow-like images that he encountered in daily life: in the spray thrown up by a turning water-wheel, in the drops of dew on a spider’s web. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Last year, before she really knew Håkon, when everyone was hunting him, that argument was thrown at her by men much older and wiser than she. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She sped off, the door slamming shut soon after as I was left coughing in the cloud of dust thrown up by her tires. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z You’d think that being thrown out the church would be the end of it—the shame and all—but it wasn’t. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z To my mother, those bones looked suspiciously like garbage people had thrown away. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We were caught in a sudden rush of foaming surf that raced off it in every direction, thrown hard onto a surface of metal grates. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Minho had thrown a large chunk, a piece that had fallen from one of the cracks in the wall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The winds around them dropped as the Squaller was thrown off course and forced to focus on righting himself. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Some things are to be kept, others thrown out or given away. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Through the first eight games of the season he had thrown for seventeen touchdowns. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t recite Shakespeare, but I could hit a baseball thrown at 75 to 85 mph. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It was like salt thrown on a slug. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I looked out too, hoping I hadn’t thrown the burning cloth onto a porch roof or too near a wall. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “But—” “It is here for a reason. Anything thrown away in this junkyard must stay in this yard. It is defective. Or cursed.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “I’m real sorry about what happened to Abigail. If she had just thrown that letter away and forgotten all that nonsense...” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Swarms of fish lived near the bed to live near the oysters thrown back by the searching men and to nibble at the shining inner shells. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “There was a boy...He was thrown in a cell in the sheriff’s headquarters after we arrived together last week. I don’t suppose you know where he got to?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z We’re running around outside the motel, wearing nothing but our worn-out summer shoes, with our bare hands outstretched to the falling snowflakes, our heads thrown back, our mouths open, eating snow. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I had no choice, since she and Ruth May and I were thrown together by caste, set apart from Leah the Huntress. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But now that he had thrown it out, thrown it at those who made him live as they wanted, the papers were printing it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The chests themselves had been thrown on top of each other when the Red Guards decided to check the walls for holes where weapons could be hidden. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I must’ve fallen asleep, because when I wake, Mama Ya-Ya has her hands thrown over her head and she is sleeping deeply. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Nora, one of Alex’s chambrays thrown on over her bikini, floats barefoot in and out, keeping all their glasses filled from a pitcher of sangria brimming with white peaches and blackberries. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z After, she had run upstairs and thrown herself on Rasheed’s bed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z ‘We are sorry, but we belong with the creatures who have been broken and thrown away.’ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No one had ever thrown food at me before. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “I thought by now you’d have thrown that crutch in the incinerator.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Yakov’s death had thrown the world out of orbit, sent it hurtling. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Some things have been brought downstairs, and some unsalvageable pieces thrown away. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I might have thrown myself out the window, but I lived on the first floor and didn't have the energy to climb the stairs to the roof. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z But it was empty, the covers thrown back. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It took Katie a long time to remember that she had thrown it into the washtub. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Considering the chaos of the city and the haste with which the paper had to be thrown together, the Journal might be forgiven for printing what was nothing more than gossip. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Several police officers took us upstairs after I had been thrown out of the bathroom and questioned us for hours. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I’d have thrown it on the fire, but nobody here listens to me these days.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Was this just another chance to get thrown off the road? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z They got arrested and thrown in jail, but nothing shut them up. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The entrance hall was packed with students too, all milling around waiting for eight o’clock, when the doors to the Great Hall would be thrown open. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He wondered if Willis could hit a pitch thrown honestly, and tossed another rock, more fiercely, that skipped five times. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Bobby couldn’t understand why the chief arbiter didn’t prevent this muttering, since it was forbidden by the rules, and he told the organizers that Tal should be thrown out of the tournament. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then a rifle was thrown into the hole. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man just looked at him for a while with a mixture of puzzlement and recognition, as though the fish he had landed might be the same one he had thrown away long before. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He hasn’t thrown any more smiles my way, but at least we’re still lab partners. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Over the years visitors to the museum had thrown money into the fountain for good luck. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Despite the manacles on his hands and ankles, Elias’s shoulders are thrown back, and he holds his head proudly. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “How could I forget? You barrage them with snowballs while I run out and gather all the ones they’ve thrown, so as to keep our pile from running low.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I’d been hearing the same line for months—ever since I’d dodged and avoided the hockey recruiters and thrown away my chances for a scholarship to college. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z In Phnom Penh, I would have thrown up if someone told me I would have to eat those things. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z No longer would thousands of Japanese men be thrown at the invading Americans in banzai charges. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand indifferent to the hostile looks thrown my way. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Basta swore and threatened, giving me a nasty cut on my upper arm, but then, suddenly, the front door was thrown open and they both disappeared into the night, still reeling like drunks. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Good thing I was home or I would have thrown it out like most fliers that I couldn’t read. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When they got three-fourths of the way down, I heard the sound of a rope being thrown over one of the beams that went across the church ceiling from right to left. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He had thrown every rock he could find and it was still not enough. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z How many houses am I going to get thrown out of? Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Being thrown like that, he had to have hit his head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Several pieces of broken bricks, evidently broken after being thrown at the door, were lying about the door. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Aru uttered a word that, at school, would have gotten her thrown into detention for a week. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I was happy because Father hadn’t thrown my book away. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The light switch, unfortunately, made a sharp clicking sound when it was thrown. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Hitler and his gang should be thrown back into the sea.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When he slowed and settled, his limbs were free again, and the rope was thrown aside. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “As you should. But don’t forget to dance or we shall be thrown out of the Great Protector’s presence! Left, left, right. And hop! Hop!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Which means the rest of my family must have been thrown from the car like me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z That night she brought him a coloring book the children had thrown away in the Big House. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z During his continued trips around the city, he saw cars set afire, buggies overturned and their horses lashed, women assaulted, sailors fighting with civilians, and rocks and eggs thrown at innocent bystanders. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The doors were thrown open, and they went across a wide passage and through other doors, and came into a further hall. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Straw hats were thrown on the ground, and heads were shaken. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Me flying through the night like some crazy old bug, knocking those fence cutters into the air like they’d been thrown from a horse. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z And thereupon the door of the Black Gate was thrown open with a great clang, and out of it there came an embassy from the Dark Tower. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z On news shows and on fictional shows alike, it was a constant parade of black people getting arrested and thrown in jail. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I will be looked at, now, with respect: paintings that can get bottles of ink thrown at them, that can inspire such outraged violence, such uproar and display, must have an odd revolutionary power. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Oh, he hadn’t captured Father or thrown him in prison or given him cholera or anything like that. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The daffodils will soon be thrown out, they’re beginning to smell. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They might be thrown out of school, their careers ended before they began. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “So this is the reason I am to be thrown unceremoniously from your office, Dumbledore!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It was caught on a bounce and thrown to Sidney Goldberg, but by that time Danny Saunders was standing solidly on my base and the yeshiva team was screaming with joy. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “I got us thrown off? That was totally your fault!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Later, I would learn that the disciplinary committee, inundated with more serious offenses, had essentially thrown this one into the circular file. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z These are the thieves, murderers, rapists, and politicians, who feed on the Sheep until they’re thrown in prison, or better yet, belly up in a landfill alongside sheaves of your grandma’s itchy hand-knit Christmas socks. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z As the first stroke landed and the pistol-crack sounded, I was thrown forward so violently that if my fingers hadn’t been touching the carpet, I think I would have fallen flat on my face. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z In every class, Ogden Loring took the abuse of students, heard taunts thrown at him, and endured the bile and venom of students who could not or would not speak up in other classes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It has been calculated that a baseball thrown at a hundred miles an hour will pick up 0.000000000002 grams of mass on its way to home plate. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Rock after rock is thrown into the puddle, and mud and water churn. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z My two gourdes in change had to be thrown overboard as an offering to Agwe, the spirit of the water. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z During the next hour the sound of the engine died away to a quiet background rumble, voices shouted orders or queries, ropes were thrown, gangways lowered, hatches opened. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He smiles and says, “Because I can just as easily prophesize that you’ll get thrown overboard by a crewman destined to be rich and famous.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z By this point, he has thrown himself back into his own painting and has forgotten we exist. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Her head was thrown back as though in defiance. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could have you thrown off the side, Overlander, and have no one to answer to!” said Luxa. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I'm thrown backward to the ground, body useless, paralyzed, eyes frozen wide, as feathery bits of matter rain down on me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Had I lived a different life, getting thrown out of a speeding minibus might have fazed me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z During the next week, some workers, my brother David among them, had to exhume hundreds of bodies from the mass graves where they had been thrown and burn them. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z To soften their glare, veils had been thrown over the shades. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Jake drank in great panting gulps—standing half-naked in the middle of the room, his head thrown back and one of his hands closed in a tense fist. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I focused on trying to untangle whatever mental block he had thrown on me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z This is so much like what a family would say, a mother or an aunt, that I’m thrown off guard. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Of those children, 959 had been arrested and thrown in jail—one of whom was only four years old! While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I realized something else: the hyena was the reason those sailors had thrown me into the lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I felt myself bounce, sail off like a ball thrown over the roof into mist, striking a hidden wall beyond a pile of broken machinery and sailing back. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He might as well have thrown Percy’s lungs into the sea, because suddenly Percy couldn’t breathe. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I let myself have a brief fantasy of Prince Dain’s coronation, of me dancing with a grinning Locke while Cardan is dragged away and thrown in a dark oubliette. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In the violence of motion from the tanker’s bow wave the candle and matches that had been on the table had been thrown off. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then—this was starting to get embarrassing—a sergeant responding to the incident failed to secure a gate and had liquid of an unknown nature thrown in his face. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And in general, he’s just not someone who’s easily rattled or thrown off course by anything as abstract as doubt or hurt. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z |
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