| 单词 | torch |
| 例句 | It was everywhere: torches and laughter and shattering glass and painters painting windows. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Quentyn edged forward slowly, moving the torch from side to side. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Ranofer watched until the shadow swallowed them, then walked on through the dusk-filled streets, in which an occasional torch bloomed now over doorway or gate. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z But I didn’t feel a need to run around with a torch. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z We tiptoed inside, and I found a torch lying on the floor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Low voices mutter from around a corner ahead of us, and a flickering torch deepens the shadows the light can’t reach. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Duff lit a torch and they walked along the curve of beach for some time, back and forth, until Adina’s head was not so rum- muddled. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Sissy never told her name so they called her “Statch’ Lib’ty” after the lady with the torch which had been the first thing they saw of America. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had nothing to do with torching the Coral Queen,” he said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Far below, she saw the light of a single torch, small as the flame of a candle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The tar-saturated wood burned like a torch, crackling wildly as the fire inched across the structure as if it were stalking another victim. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Inside, the night's torches had burned low, and it was hard to know that the sun had risen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mom and John Mark hold hands and actually smile at Dad and Anastasia as they pass the weekly torch in front of the Apple Store. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He brought a torch that threw flickering shadows around the darkening atrium. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Windows exploded, beams crashed, and trees split, their crowns ablaze like torches in the hand of a cruel giant. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He lowered his head into the wind and made for the Great Hall, hastening after the long line of candles and torches. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "The other watch turrets are not far. I see torches burning—" "Torches, but no guards," Theon said testily. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He called for his soldiers to launch flaming torches to set the ships on fire. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It looked like it could’ve been part of a Greek tomb, with bronze torch holders fastened to the walls. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Packed into the forest behind them were dozens of soldiers with torches. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He wrote about the forest markets and stood often on the veranda, looking down the stretch of road, half expecting a mob of youths to rush toward the house with flaming torches. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Sputtering, smoky torches had been set in wall holes every few feet. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Some had been burned, as if the inhabitants had wanted to make certain they could not come creeping back, but this one had been spared the torch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Grey Worm lowered the torch, so she might see. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Still muttering irritably, he plucked the torch from its bracket and strode down the court. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The police station was almost at the bottom; the yellow bulbs at the entrance sizzled in the dampness like wet torches. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It hailed for a minute, then the sky was empty and luminescent; clumps of sagebrush along the roadside glowed like torches. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My body moved through the streets, past sentry fires and redcoats carrying torches down suspicious alleys and into abandoned houses. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The light of the torches danced off crosses of pins and needles they had pinned on their coats and shirts. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Long after their voices had faded away, Arya could still see the light of the torch, a smoking star that bid her follow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the stone’s glow, Anya could make out unlit sconces every few feet, where there could be torches if needed. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Past dry rivers and dry lakes they flew, like a shadow of the moon, like a torch burning. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long afterwards, humans may even have started deliberately to torch their neighbourhoods. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Most likely, the “incident” was a lynching or the Klan torching a house or neighborhood. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z During his watch the Halfhand had made a half-dozen torches, soaking bundles of dry moss with the oil he carried in his saddlebag. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A different guard motioned them through the gate, waving a torch at them impatiently. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The tallest rider pointed his torch directly at her. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Today we were given the torch to carry our message of tolerance and education to these kids. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Then, suddenly, there she is—that famous coppery green woman, raising her torch high in the harbor. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The glare of a torch made him squint. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then outside Anne poured kerosene over the rag, lighted it, and led a torch parade from the cellar toward the cherry tree. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z They had no fuel nor any means of making torches; in the desperate scramble at the doors many things had been left behind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Hazel, with the torch beam behind him, had almost reached the other ditch when he felt a sharp blow on one of his hind legs and a hot, stinging pain along his side. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z High up they held their torches, bruising the air overhead with the smoke of our procession. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z From the midpoint of the division, a flaming torch sprang up, spewing out fire, hot coals, and sparks. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was possible on such a night to become as disoriented as a man without a torch in a cave. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Someone put a torch near his face and he was still. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z A few torches burnt smokily from sconces on the walls. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Even with my head in the clouds instead of the flames—and certainly not in any sort of captain-mode—we Firebirds torch them. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z She pulled her lips back from her teeth, which glowed yellow amid her gums in the dim light of the torch fires. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The torches shimmered brightly against the hammered metal of the wall sconces, filling the Queen's Ballroom with silvery light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I guess we're both so nervous about the Games and more pressingly, petrified of being turned into human torches, we're not acting sensibly. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Lancelot came last There was a stir among the torch- bearers near the door, and a sound went round the hall. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She fluttered briefly as her ghost shook loose, and torch ginger buds rained out of her long hair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Now could I see black smoke above the ranks before me, rushing through the brown and red air; our advance guard had torched the last houses on the islet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A glance showed one torch burning in a wall bracket by a doorway far down the canyonlike street. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I was also listening for rioters, for the scrape of shoes on the dirt, the first sounds of yelling growing closer, or the crackle of a torch. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We ran to the window and saw men walking up the hill holding torches. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z At the foot of the hall, the doors opened and a gust of cold air made the torches flame brighter for an instant. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They were arrayed on three sides of the city, all but the river side, surrounded by piles of broken stone and casks of pitch and resin just waiting for a torch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Their torches sizzled out in the pond of scum they’d just landed in because the floor beneath the overhead grate was slick with a pool of greasy water. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Feels scalding hot, heat seeping through my nose, torching up my insides something bad. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z "They were the Kings in the North for thousands of years," Maester Luwin said, lifting the torch high so the light shone on the stone faces. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The torches were covered, save those near the stage, bringing darkness to the hall. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “They may. Once they’re within a mile, they can torch the parasail with a chemical round.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The hissing of the torches frightened me, but I took courage from my father. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But a torch was thrown onto the pile of books and tinder. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z As did the plentiful drinking water, the torches, and the distance she had traveled from the slave catchers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A pair of Unsullied went down the steps before them, bearing torches; behind came two Brazen Beasts, one masked as a fish, the other as a hawk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Their torches could be seen winding up the coomb in many lines. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z In seconds, he had swept past Harry, Ron, and Hermione and detached Mrs. Norris from the torch bracket. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Someone, I guess my mother, had cleaned away the burnt torches and swept clean the patio. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And not even the torching of their school could stop him or the marchers from changing the world. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Maybe you should tie me to a stake, douse me in kerosene, and torch me right on our front lawn. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As the pile of refuse grew, Anne swung her torch closer and closer to it. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The moon had set already, and the darkness was profound; not a torch flickered anywhere, not a gleam of lamplight shone from any house. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The marketplace was a cobblestone square about half a block wide surrounded by little shops, all cast aglow with torches. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z A red priestess scurried past, attended by a dozen acolytes with torches, their robes whisking about their ankles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He and Luna hurried up the staircase, which was long, lit by torches, and turned corners in unexpected places. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They backed away and held the torches, the better to see him. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “Before the word spreads. Before the people know. Before the people talk. Before they come for me with pitchforks and torches.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Gregor thought an actual torch would be easier to bring back. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They leaned over the sides of their horses to look, pushing the torches toward me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z In the stories I always start with a girl or a boy, and he or she is running from something like a man with a gun or a knife or a big fiery torch. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Dolorous Edd went before him with a torch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The first one swept his arrow through the torch, lighting the end on fire. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z On the night of May 10, 1933, in many German cities, university students and Storm Troopers carried flaming torches and marched behind trucks and oxcarts filled with banned books. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The heat of his breath torches my nose, and I don’t inhale one bit. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Nugent couldn’t see what they were doing: he had eyes only for the man who was crouching on the foredeck, using a welding torch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Not daring even to look at each other, Harry and Ron followed Snape up the steps into the vast, echoing entrance hall, which was lit with flaming torches. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The flames of her barn were taller than the trees, a titanic torch licking at billowing smoke in the sky. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z It was dark save for an occasional torch flaring at a turn, or beside some opening that led into the higher levels of the Tower. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z At the pavilion, torches blazed around the marble columns. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z At first we could see only the flaring light of the piñón torches. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Gebu brushed him away with a careless gesture that nevertheless sent him sprawling, and strode on past Ranofer to the gate, where he looked this way and that along the street, holding his torch high. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z "I will gladly light the torch for you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He lays the torch against his hip and strikes flint. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He lighted four cactus torches at each corner. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Winking vindictively, he made for the stairs and vanished up them, taking the torch with him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And it was then that your father and I took up the torch of the Butterflies and began the struggle again. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z There were no electric lamps on the walls but plenty of torches for the taking. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Blazing torches whirled from hand to hand to the beat of drums and the trilling of a flute. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Behind her the torch spit, and suddenly it seemed to her that it was her sister's face on the wall, though the eyes were harder than she recalled, not Lysa's eyes but Cersei's. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes they herded the hairy creatures en masse into gullies or entangling bogs, driving the animals to their doom with shouts, dogs, torches, and, possibly, shamanic incantations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The fallen torch was on the floor, guttering, making every shadow leap and twist in a monstrous mockery of the dead man’s shaking. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Shot and dart fell thick; siege-towers crashed or blazed suddenly like torches. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Extra torches were being lit in all quarters, so the city looked almost bathed in sunlight. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Is it you?” their meek old faces ask, lifting the torch to each monster-shape in turn. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I was back in the dark, moldy hallway with two torches floating alongside me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Did you say you know how to use one of those things? The drip torch?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The entrance was covered with curtains of scaly reptile skin, and flanking the entrance, two torches made from colossal femur bones burned bright yellow. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Jubilant Nazi paramilitary troops marched through the streets of Berlin with firelit torches, hailing their victory. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I don’t know how far he got, how many of the iron belts he managed to sever, before a spark from the torch made it into the tank. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z After a moment of silence, I heard die sizzle of the water as Timothy doused the torch. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She studied the ghosts and noticed all of them wore some sort of badge on their toga—a raven, or a torch, or a bow. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The High Hall of the Arryns was aglow with the light of fifty torches, burning in the sconces along the wadis. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Without hesitating, he reached into the flames, but the book he plucked out was already burning like a torch. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z "What in the world’s going on out there?” she called, "What are you doing with that torch? Which one of you is swinging it? That doesn’t look safe to me, children.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Her torches seemed to be flickering out, but that might have just been that Hazel was starting to lose consciousness. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Holly determined to torch the lot of them when she recovered her Neutrino 2000. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Marshall was even further ahead, making his way down the main drive, visible only by the torch he held. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He let go of her then, and snuffed out the torch in the dirt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He symbolically lit his little heater and a filtered cigarette with the same match, lighting two torches that signaled the start of another working day. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He was hooded, and the torch he carried was between us, so I couldn’t see his face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My father picked up a dry brush of yerba de la vivora and striking a match to it he used it as a torch to set fire to the platform. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed one of the small stone torches off the wall and laid it on top of his head. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then they rode off into the night, their torches flaring, as suddenly as they had come. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Carrying their flints and torches, Native Americans were living in balance with Nature—but they had their thumbs on the scale. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And I see torches through the trees, and I hurry quick and hide me in the bushes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z What if Ma were to pass the torch to me? Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z There would also be no flaming Olympic torch, just a giant, ten-foot-tall flashlight to celebrate the joy of reading under the covers. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z It was then that I noticed flocks of torches up and down the street. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I handed him one of the drip torches. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “It was all mixed in the dirt by then. You saw it torch those guys last night.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z And when they’re not setting up to attack us and lay the torch to our homes, they’re aping our fine ways, eating elfin foods, trying to be just like us. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Outside there was a starless blackness as Gandalf, with Pippin beside him bearing a small torch, made his way to their lodging. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Rows of oil lamps made the room bright, and each of the men had his personal torch behind him, illuminating stacked and scattered papers that lay on the table. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All the torches in the palace guttered at once. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At first Arya took him for a Lannister, but when he passed near a torch die saw his device was a silver fist, not a lion. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Moments later a man came running down the path; behind him someone followed more slowly, bearing a torch. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “It’s controlled. We'd use drip torches like Cray-Cray uses at the bonfire. Just burn out the old, and get ready for the new.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z In the faint light of the Careers' torches, I inch back down to my fork to find the best surprise I've ever had. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We saw Rockefeller Center, drove through Central Park, and caught sight of the Statue of Liberty with her hopeful hoisted torch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When night finally enveloped the ship and only a wisp of the moon shone dimly, the deck was dark except for the light from the torches the sailors used. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Grey Worm appeared atop the steps first, a torch in hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Only then did Hecate step forward, her torches raised. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Pa handed me the rifle and torch and walked up on the horse slow. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z From time to time she stopped and waved her torch at them impatiently. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The torch Otis had been talking about seemed reflected in his eyes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth threw her flaming torch to the other side of the chasm. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z By the light of the torches, we saw the black Hulk lying out a little way from the mud of the shore, like a wicked Noah’s ark. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z A group of men, torches held aloft, hurried past. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Hodor carried Bran back to his chamber, muttering “Hodor” in a low voice as Leaf went before them with a torch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The colors remind me of flames, and when she wears her hair in a ponytail, she almost looks like a torch. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It flared brighter than a thousand torches as all its leaves caught fire at the same time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The fire from the torches was dying, and in fact some of the men had already dropped their smoldering torches to the ground. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, men come around with torches, calling out, “Who is wounded? Who is shot?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z 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 As I walked, the torches floated alongside me, and faces appeared in their dim light. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z So there was little ceremony: the tolling of the ship’s bell, the torch, and the lowering of the pyre into the sea. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It must have splintered many of the city’s wood-and-plaster buildings; fallen torches and scattered cooking fires would have ignited the debris, burning down most surviving structures. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As he topped the bank, the beam of a torch shone up the lane and picked out his red eyes and white tail disappearing into the hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A few torches burned in. sconces at the near end where a group of Ser Amory's guards sat around a scarred wooden table, talking and playing at tiles. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She was silent, lips pressed together, staring out at the blackness and the reflections of torches and LED beacons on the waters. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “I am so glad to see you here this evening, because this afternoon my optometrist gave me eye drops and I couldn’t see a thing! Before I officially illuminate our Olympic torch...” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “You didn’t need my help after all,” she said, and passed him back his torch and map. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The yule log burned on the hearth and flaming torches filled the sconces. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z “Still carrying the torch for Law, huh?” says Frank, the taller one, as he waves the metal detector wand around us. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The teenager was shoving the torch at the thatched roof now, because all the wall was doing was smoking. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She could see the lights of many torches on the curtain walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A fat-bellied man waddled out of the shop with a lighted torch, thrust it into a bracket beside the door, and waddled back inside. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And I expect them to assemble in the square with bricks and torches? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The child went in front with the torch in hand, her cloak of leaves whispering behind her, but the passage turned so much that Bran soon lost sight of her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Two unlit torches sat in wall sconces on either side of the doorway, both covered in cobwebs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Dany could hear the distant call of night birds, the hiss and crackle of the torches, the gentle lapping of water from the lake. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Dustfinger spat out one last fireball into the air—its size made even the bravest in the audience step back—then put down the torches and picked up his juggling balls. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z When he saw the goddess’s torches blazing, the giant seemed to recover his wits. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The lights, changed to reed torches, which burned but didn’t smoke. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Then they saw torches, countless points of fiery light upon the black fields behind, scattered like red flowers, or winding up from the lowlands in long flickering lines. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A few torches had been lit, and a fire kindled in the great hearth, but most of the hall remained in darkness. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It would be a couple of hours before the plane arrived—the reception committee were laying out the flare path—electric torches tied to sticks. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The shadowy palace halls brightened as torches flickered to life along all the walls. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Just don’t go out of sight, all right? You got the torch?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Mareth placed the torches together to make a small fire and put on some food to warm. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Jon followed more slowly, the torch thrust out before him as he made his descent. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When he gave no reply I drew closer, holding the torch near to him. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “He emerged fully grown from the stone, holding his dagger and torch.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She struck one and set the torch ablaze. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Joe’s torch was huge and bright as the tip of one curtain in the window touched the flame. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Out on the farms they did that too and they torched some barns. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With a sword in his right hand and a torch in his left, he drove the creature backwards. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then die realized they were men with torches, galloping between the houses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Jamming the torch end into a crevice in the stone floor, I used my dagger to cut his bonds free, starting with his feet. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He saw small red lights, torches, winking away below there as they issued from the tunnel. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They went at the hardened zoquete with pickaxes, hatchets, even acetylene torches. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Above me—at some distance—I saw Aycliffe’s torch, and his face peering down. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Dumbledore illuminated the tip of his wand, so that it glowed like a torch, and smiled down at Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Hecate fixed her torches in them, then walked a slow circle around Hazel, regarding her as if they were partners in some eerie dance. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He bared his teeth and crept backward, eyes glowing golden in the light of the maester's torch. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He turned back towards the canoe, signaling once with the torch to let Alice know he was there, and then he saw the shadow. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z On reflection, he took the torch as well. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z That question, like a wayward torch in a roomful of firecrackers, sparked answers from everyone. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z A torch sailed spinning above their heads, trailing fingers of fire as it thumped down in the dirt of the yard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When Little Walder pulled him up and Big Walder waved the torch at him to herd him from the cell, he went along as docile as a dog. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He brought out a torch and shone it not at the soldiers, but at his brother, at what was in his hand. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He hesitated, and Calvin said, “He can run with me. Give him the torch.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up the unburnt side and held the thing up like a torch. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He liked it better when the torches were put out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mom, covered in blood, heard the attackers talk about torching the pile of bodies she lay in, and she managed to remove the bodies on top of her and quietly crawl away. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Below, the wide plain blazed with torches and Taran saw a great ring of flames. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Most of the other villagers had returned to their homes, but two remained behind, carrying torches. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He came next to a window looking east and another torch above the door to a passage through the middle of the turret. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He'd thrust the torch into the mouth of one of the larger skulls and made the shadows leap and dance on the wall behind him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As they traveled farther into the maze, the glass lamps became scarcer, until only a stray torch or a narrow boat’s dim lantern lit the rotting boardwalks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The torches were going out, she realized with a start of fear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Along-side the procession, slaves ran lightly through the grass with torches in their hands, and the flickering flames made the great monuments seem almost alive. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It didn’t seem safe with all the torches around. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a photo of a robed woman with a sharp star for a halo and a torch in her upraised hand. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Dustfinger was collecting his props: the two bottles he had used in Elinor's garden, the burnt-out torches, the bowl into which he spat and whose contents he now tipped carelessly out on the pavement. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z "I do not frighten easily. Do you plan to fight a torch?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Ser Corliss lit the first pyre with the torch, then thrust it into the wood at the base of the second. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A tattered veil covered his face, He was standing in a dank cave, lit only by torches. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A vague memory started tugging at her—the way Reyna brushed her hair behind her ear, the silver ring she wore with the torch and sword design. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He took a torch from a holder in the hall and led the way in. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “How did you get shaken up? What knocked the torch out of your hands?” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Ann Atwater spent the better part of the night creating decoy gatherings, drawing police attention away from sites she knew had been targeted for the torch. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He made the torches disappear as if the darkness had devoured them, bowed to the speechless Meggie with a smile, before once more spitting fire out into the night’s black face. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z By the light of their torches I glimpsed their blue-and-gold livery. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Soldiers crawled over the city walls like ants with torches, and crowded the hoardings that had sprouted from the ramparts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At nightfall tribes in the Rocky Mountains entertained the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark by applying torches to sap-dripping fir trees, which then exploded like Roman candles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Torch flames fluttered like pennons along the walls, and here and there the odd torch guttered out. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They came toward her, and the first one set her torch down upon Elowen’s body, the flames flaring up as they touched the fur cloak that served as her shroud. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “What if you pass the torch...to me?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z The goddess Hecate danced in her wake, setting fire to their enemies with two blazing torches. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The girls went out with torches in their hands, swift at their work of bedmaking; returning they whispered at the lord Odysseus’ shoulder: “Sir, you may come; your bed has been prepared.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Dustfinger couldn’t help smiling when he thought of Farid’s eager face and the way he had burned his lips when he secretly took the torches from his backpack. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Every time Arya looked up, more torches were flying, trailing long tongues of flame that lingered behind her eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I’ve heard this speech, or one like it, often enough before: the same platitudes, the same slogans, the same phrases: the torch of the future, the cradle of the race, the task before us. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But fresh torches burned in the iron sconces along the walls, and Jon had ordered benches and tables brought in. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Lombard pulled a torch from his pocket and followed. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Another guy in Greek armor ran forward, carrying a torch. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Blackbeard’s men broke the tiki torches for the luau, threw herbal wraps into *the swimming pool, and kicked over tables of sauna towels. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Blinded by the blaze of their own torch, they did not see her pressed flat against the stone, only a few feet away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Occasionally, they toss these flaming torches to each other in a shower of sparks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We made our way around the rocks and ran into Clarisse and a bunch of other campers carrying torches. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Passing the stranger the torch so he could see better, Aycliffe took up the document and cast his eyes over it. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Upholding the torch of liberty— which had been lighted on the fires of England. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The princess still held up the torch, fiery and writhing in the wind. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “So . . . tell me . . .” said Cedric as they reached the entrance hall, which was now lit only by torches in the absence of the Goblet of Fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Mareth had told him that torches burned all night long in the corridor outside his room and he could rekindle the flame there. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Pinmei looked at the door and windows and could see only the lit torches, balls of fire rolling and spinning madly around the house like toy yo-yos. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z One of the legionnaires has started torching the house. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The northern girl had a wild beauty, as he recalled, though however bright a torch might bum it could never match the rising sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dwarf waddled after him, slashing with the torch, jabbing it at the stone man’s eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hie torches had begun to bum low, and one or two had flickered out. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the center of the quadrangle, torches burn. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Kaede kept her eyes on Noa’s torch ahead, trying to ignore the strange sensation that there was something out in the dark, watching her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Later, when the crops are high, farmworkers use propane torches to burn the weeds by hand. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She slammed her own torch, flame side down, into the sand, extinguishing it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z A torch had been thrust down into a crevice, its flames flying pale orange ban-ners when the gusts came. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Morgan went before her with a torch and Merrel came behind her with an axe. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Most people didn’t know who had started the blaze, but she did: Hale’s workers, on his orders, had torched the land for the insurance money—$30,000 in all. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She looked at him like she was accusing him of torching the redwood forests. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He tucked the card back in his pocket and switched off the torch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z As black as onyx, polished smooth, so the bone seemed to shimmer in the light of his torch. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Bono, Will, and I stood with our muskets at ready while the others lit the place afire with their burning torches. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They were like a pack of mad dogs, their torches flickering like demonic eyes and their swords glittering like sharp teeth. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But they were not candles, they were torches. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The last time, torches had burned all along the tunnel, and the eyes of starving men had peered down through the murder holes in the ceiling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Hodor plunged ahead, hurrying after the child and her torch, deeper into the earth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The light of the torches shimmered off their masks—ape, ram, wolf, crocodile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t have to think too hard about it; candles were expensive and vulnerable to drafts, torches were dirty and dangerous. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Tyrion clutched his torch tighter and found that he was holding his breath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Every night Leander swam across to her, guided by the light, some say of the lighthouse in Sestus, some of a torch Hero always set blazing on the top of a tower. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Trees blazed like torches; the sap in their veins boiled and split them asunder, the pitch in the conifers caught like naphtha, the twigs seemed to blossom with ferocious orange flowers all in a moment. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There were men with torches and we heard shouting and the trucks were passing pretty often and under different circumstances we might have felt scared. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A grandmother of a petty knight, an ugly woman with a crooked nose, seemed stately and beautiful in the torches’ strange light. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The torch picked out what Dad was looking for. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z As the beat got louder, she smelled smoke and heard the flickering of torches on either side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then he lit a second torch and ran its flame over his bare arms. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Montag and Beatty stared, one with dry satisfaction, the other with disbelief, at the house before them, this main ring in which torches would be juggled and fire eaten. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so very nervous, that I had already lighted the Aged’s sausage like a torch, and been obliged to blow it out. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He thought he could see the light of torches a little way ahead, but try as he would, he could not catch them up. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The song of the river suddenly grew louder, the torches burned a little brighter than before, and the air was full of strange smells. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the night when he was at his load he saw their faces flickering past him, caught for an instant out of the darkness by the flaming torch ahead. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Mareth cleaned them and set them on the torches to grill. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A sliver of palm fiber off the torch handle made a poor enough engraving tool, but it was all he had. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The running man holds a torch, and as he comes closer the torchlight glints off of Captain Gosnold’s armor and makes clear what he has in his arms. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The flaming wall torches of the Penitentiary seemed to glare angrily as they approached, until finally Redd motioned for everyone to huddle out of sight at the side of an old stucco-walled factory. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Irina Rakobolskaya, the deputy commander for the 46th Guards, said that “a single incendiary bullet could turn it into a flaming torch.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z And then I was back at the entrance, staring into the dark, two torches floating alongside me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z His twin brother, Pollux, tried to say a few words, but he choked up and just took the torch. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z So saying, he picked up one of the torches from Elinor's deck chair. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The man with the torch searched around under the trees. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Nhamo turned her flashlight on only when she couldn’t see by the light of the torches. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Norris, the caretaker’s cat, was hanging by her tail from the torch bracket. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He remembered seeing many cartoons of Communists in newspapers and always they had flaming torches in their hands and wore beards and were trying to commit murder or set things on fire. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The guard from the gatehouse had come in with Father MacPhail and was shining a torch into the corners of the room and under the bed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They saw far beyond the lake a bobbing pinprick of light—a torch being carried along the drive—but they did not comment on it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Another man whipped a torch round and round his head and then lofted it toward the thatched roof of the stables. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z With helmet down and torch blazing, he practiced to his heart’s content, welding all manner of metal objects—forks, shovels, horseshoes, even the grate off a potbelly stove—right into the gate. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Ruby was fire—fire and wishes, like torch ginger—and she was...fruit? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z "What I can do, I will," the one with the torch said softly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She is racing south to Yunkai, to put the city to the torch and its people to the sword, and we are going north to meet her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In summer I sometimes come outside at night with my torch and my planisphere, which is two circles of plastic with a pin through the middle. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They followed a row of torches up an uneven path to the leeward side of the prison. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “The ghost I talked to explained how Hecate defeated Clytius in the first war. She used her torches to set his hair on fire. He burned to death. In other words, fire is his weakness.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Halliday now stands in a dim cavern, where light from unseen torches flickers off the damp walls. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Vine and Knot ran to the sails with torches and suddenly silk and ropes were burning. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Flames were licking up its sides from where a torch had fallen on straw, and she could hear the screaming of the animals trapped within. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He thrust half a dozen torches into the brazier’s glowing coals and watched the oiled rags flare up. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After they had gone down a little, the cave divided, but the left branch was dark as pitch, so even Hodor knew to follow the moving torch to the right. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Immediately, the blade flickered, showing the dark shape of the giant Clytius moving through a corridor, snuffing out torches. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "In love...in love," he murmured as he took the torch from Farid’s hand. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Farid lit the second torch and threw it at the church porch. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Men, with axes and torches, coming to burn the grove to the ground. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She lifted her torch higher, and the light seemed to shift and change. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On the night of the banquet, firelight flashed on the walls of the great hall and rush torches sent up their oily smoke. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “With torches and a big purple curtain over the entrance . . . really mysterious. But inside, a totally decked-out pad with a game room and one of those home theater systems.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z His blue over-tunic was long, quilted, and dark, with yellow clasps that gleamed in the torch- light. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She lifted her eyes to the altar statue, which held a dagger and a torch. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Henry dropped the torch and beat at his hair as Luxa went into hysterics. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Many of them carried torches, and in the flare I could see their faces. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I held it up like a torch and squinted. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z One of the ironmen went before them carrying a torch, but the rain had started again and soon drowned it out. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z With torches lighting our way, Pocahontas leads us back into the village to one of the houses. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The torches sputtered and spoke in their sconces on the walls of the corridor. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Eric led them through the darkened corridors—where every other torch had been extinguished and the tapestries looked woven from black silk—and back to the courtyard they’d come through. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He kept well out of the moonlight and away from the flare of torches, and huddled between a warehouse and a tanning shed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly she was holding two old-fashioned reed torches, guttering with fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He wiped his mouth and felt in the canoe for the torch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Arya tried to count, but they were riding too fast, torches spinning through the air as they flung them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Chomsky torched a potted shrub with a flamethrower. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Not even the telltale torches on the far shore to at least let them know it was on its way back. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Now, it was time to pass the torch again. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He raised a hand, and the other singers began to move about the cavern, extinguishing the torches one by one. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Finishing quickly—all too quickly in Jonathan’s judgment—the young soldier wiped his hands on his jacket, then, picking up the torch, made a motion to Jonathan that they were to return to the house. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Cyril Ramaphosa was elected secretary-general, evidence that the torch was being passed from an older generation of leadership to a younger one. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Anne swung the torch nearer the pile of refuse. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z She crept to her window and saw men running on the walls, carrying spears and torches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And there has to be a torch burning somewhere. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And how I watched my little sister become a human torch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He might as well be holding a torch in one hand and a pitchfork in the other. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Instead, he took the electric torch from the rucksack and switched it on. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The physiological manifestations of fear, the racing heart, the torched armpits, went on in him without official acknowledgment. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The rebels had laid torch to the hospital huts, afraid of contagion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z After a while a torch flared inside the shop and they could see it moving in a leisurely way here and there. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Crowds snake toward the White House, holding torches to light the way. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z It was the only light in the room besides the torch. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Right behind them came the man with the torch. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Public buildings and private homes glowed from candles, torches, gaslights, and fireworks. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Maddie switched off the torch and stared out the window, her night vision ruined by trying to read the map. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The passageway grew narrower and narrower, and when I turned around I could just make out the torches near the hole I’d entered. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The flame of the torch was nothing to them,- they had bathed in the heat of far greater fires. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z More like making my own torch and carrying it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z And still there was more to reap: horns were turned into spoons, sinews into bowstrings, tallow into fuel for torches. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Her torch sputtered out, leaving her with only the light of her dagger. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The torches that had been lit on the night of the ball were gone now, and the tents that had been erected on either side of the path had been packed away. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The torches had to be larger and more solid than those Dustfinger used in his shows, for they would have to burn a long time. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Then he put the photograph in the breast pocket of his shirt, cast another glance at the empty square, and threw the torch through the broken window into Capricorn's house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z In the middle there was a wood-fire blazing, and upon the tree-pillars torches with lights of gold and silver were burning steadily. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There was not much light to see it by, and Iorek commanded that a torch be brought. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z This tower felt different from the first, older, its rough-hewn stone walls blackened by smoking torches. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A torch was waved above the bodies, so the defenders upon the walls might see the faces of the dead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The long hall went on and on and on, with endless doors to her left and only torches to her right. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They stood all in a row alongside the Long Walkway, the fires from their torches trembling. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Men went before and behind with torches; the bushes seemed to press in on all sides. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z On the way home, I cut through a line of skeletal houses that had been torched the night of the coup. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Then a gust of wind through the door made the torch sputter, and the semblance was gone, washed away in orange glare. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Luxa’s torch had burned out, leaving only his hard hat for light. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A torch was glimmering from somewhere up above. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z By the time the fire engines got there, the gambling boat was a floating torch. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Yet Grover drove through the whole grand catastrophe undistracted, as though the torching of a place simply did not matter to him, or as though it were no more than some histrionics he’d ordered up. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The torch beam quivered across some grimy walls. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Hecate stood with her torches, watching and waiting—which infuriated Hazel so much, she found one last burst of energy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A knife rests in one hand like it's an extension of his body, and he holds the torch in his other. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then he dipped the torch he was holding into the bucket, took it out again, and held its dripping head of wadding to one of its burning sisters. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z In the Greek myth of Prometheus the gift of fire forever severs humankind from the natural world—the burning torch is the icon of the constructed and artificial. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z My vision cleared and I saw them, mounted on horses, holding torches up. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Let us put the torch to it and burn it down.’ The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Where Storm's End stood was only a deeper darkness, a wall of black through which no stars Could shine, but she could see torches moving across the fields where Lord Stannis had made his camp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Pa and Mr. Highgate stirred everyone and they lit torches and searched high and low but didn’t come up with nothing or no one. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Jeweled necklaces hung at her throat, gem-studded bracelets circled her wrists, and heavy rings threw back the flickering torches. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z His torch lights up stone walls made of cardboard. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Celaena hurried up the steps, her torch casting odd shadows on the walls. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In the light of the guttering torch, shadow wolves twenty feet tall fought on the wall and roof. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I’ll prove it to you. As soon as I can walk across the yard without near passing out, I’ll get a torch and cut off another tank.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The man with the torch pushed at something. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A dozen ironmen hemmed them in, torches in one hand and weapons in the other. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Once Ebben suggested that some torches might serve them well, but Qhorin said, "No fire," and that was the end of that. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Where he had grasped the torch, his skin had cracked and split. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Joe fought the terrible mountain man by the light of only a single torch. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Here, too, were boys of gold on pedestals holding aloft bright torches of pitch pine to light the great rooms, and the night-time feasting. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In towns and villages, large halls or great castles were decorated with torches and banners. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Dad brought two torches and his massive bunch of work keys. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Trying not to think of the bobbing boulders, he lit his oil lamp from a torch by the dock. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They were in a narrow stone passageway lit with flaming torches. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The procession pauses, and a gust of wind tears at the torch flames. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The thick earthen walls protected the prisoners from freezing, but the only light was the single torch left by the guard. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z If we cannot preserve it for another year I would be in favor of putting a torch to it and burning it down and let it go up into the bright sky to eternal heaven.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It was so dark inside the corridors and classrooms that extra torches and lanterns were lit. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z And a moment later the angel would have sprung into the air, but Will dropped his torch and leapt forward. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I get the book out of the rucksack, using the torch for a light. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z They danced as the flames consumed them,- they staggered and writhed and spun and raised blazing hands on high, their fingers bright as torches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The party towers were already lit up, and snakes of burning torches marked flickering pathways through the pleasure gardens. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I was there in the camp, surrounded by men with torches and machetes. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Percy hadn’t noticed before, but she had a tattoo on the inside: the letters spqr, a crossed sword and torch, and under that, four parallel lines like score marks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z With his right hand he shook a torch whose rays spread out in all directions lighting the depths of the waters and penetrating into the bowels of the earth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “When I was flying very low I would close the throttle and say, ‘Hey brothers, how are you?’ and they would light their torches.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z From time to time the steps doubled back on themselves, and she could see Stone below them, and the Cates of the Moon farther down, its torches no brighter than candles. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He pulled a torch down from a wall sconce and waved it till it blazed up bright and hot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z An instant later the man holding the torch climbed into her sight, his companion beside him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Refers to the Bible story in which Samson captured foxes, tied torches to their tails, and let them burn the fields of the Philistines. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The porter reached into the opening, where he found a torch in the shadows and set fire to it, illuminating a tunnel of dry stone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Already those who could see the writing on the wall were torching their own property for the insurance money before it became worthless. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z There was no answer, unless it were an utter silence more dreadful than the whispers before; and then a chill blast came in which the torches flickered and went out, and could not be rekindled. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Below them, flickering torches lit the open Penitentiary yard. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z In the black alleys, under the torches, the children sang: “—and when she got there, the cupboard was bare, And so her poor dog had none!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached for the torch the man held. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Tears welled in his eyes as the boulder door rolled shut, sealing him once again in the stinky torch- lit dankness of the Cyclops’s cave. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z One minute he was pressed against the wall, and the next he had jumped forward and thrust his torch into Fangor’s face. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The kiss of wildfire turned ptond drips into funeral pyres and men into living torches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Each time she turned a corner, she expected a posse on horses, with torches and muskets and mean smiles. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She was holding on to the boat straps for dear life, her hair flying straight up like a torch. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Quietly, another soldier entered with a small torch, unbound her hands, and offered her a cake. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Massaging his bruised ribs, he squinted resentfully into the glare of a torch. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The boy from District 1 ignites a tree branch for a torch, illuminating the grim determination on all their faces. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It had taken on a ghoulish quality; Taylor had affixed several black shirts to poles outside her cave and lit them to make torches. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “That poor shell of a woman must forever hold her torch aloft while the world does its business around her,” Calliope says sadly. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Her wrist ached badly, and the torch had burned down almost to her fingers. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Villagers from all round, like us, were converging towards the bonfire to be lit there; already smoke wisps were curling towards the clouds, torches were beginning to flare. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I hold my torch high and see three long, narrow passageways leading into the dark underworld. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The maple tree in front of the doorstep burned like a gigantic red torch. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He seized a handful and pulled it close to the torch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The giant poinsettias in the courtyard looked like flaming torches. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A ring of torches bathed the, area in light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Now ’twas lit with torches, and sentries stood outside the front doors, jealously protecting the officers who slept within. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “I’ve seen enough torches to last the rest of my life,” said Lefty. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Down came the tents, up flared the torches, out flew the blades, and the yell of battle mingled with the lmentatirm of surprise. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "But that's what makes us great—the statue isn't going to put her torch down, not even after this." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Rabe’a al-Adiwiyah, a great woman saint of Sufism, was seen running through the streets of her hometown, Basra, carrying a torch in one hand and a bucket of water in the other. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Then, with the Olympic bell tolling in the background, he turned, rose on his toes, and touched the torch to an enormous bronze cauldron on a tripod. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z At the first alarms, civilian volunteers joined the patrollers to quell the disturbance, invading the quarters and putting freemen’s homes to the torch. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The stone walls were lit with flaming torches like the ones at Gringotts, the ceiling was too high to make out, and a magnificent marble staircase facing them led to the upper floors. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z One of the torches had guttered out, leaving only three. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I torched through the firewall, maybe five seconds. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The light of Quentyn’s torch washed over scales of dark green, the green of moss in the deep woods at dusk, just before the last light fades. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “They torched the Colored Orphan Asylum as well. These kids are only here because they were at our show when it happened.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z For an instant she seemed to be stroking the river with two banks of long bright torches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I could see the pirates running down the stairs, waving tiki torches and sticks of celery. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Sana doesn’t move, and Keenan shoves the torch into her hands. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Got one of them to hold an electric torch for me while the other made a tent with his jacket to hide the light. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I spent a few minutes trying in vain to cut one of them free of its pedestal with a laser welding torch before calling it quits. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I could see white ghosts moving in the night, and torches against the black. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Then our eyes grew accustomed to the dark and we could see the dark outlines of men, and their red, sweating faces by the light of their torches. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought that the dark might let her crawl close and free Gendry, but the guards kindled torches off the cookfire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But behind the mausoleum, in the dim light of the torch, he found a stack of old fence posts. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Probably years,” said Grace, holding up her torch. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The firelight of the torches makes long shadows and limns everything in scarlet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The hall was lit with dozens of torches, dancing and fluttering, casting strange shadows over the hundred feasters, either revealing their true nature or concealing it—one can never tell. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z A candle or torch may be depicted as the source of light in a dark interior or night scene. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z As she jumped up, a burning torch slipped from his hands and fell on the grass. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The torch spun from his grip to bounce across the floor, then tumbled into the pit, still burning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But three torch fires were placed in the long hall to give them light. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The goddess took her double torches from their stands. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The guards motioned the wagon through with their torches but took a harder look at the big Andal on his war- horse, with his longsword and his mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Those who fought it out at the Cornucopia will have food, an abundance of water from the lake, torches or flashlights, and weapons they're itching to use. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Her instinct was to focus on the dagger or the torch, but instead she concentrated on the statue’s base. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The girls went out with torches in their hands, and presently a squire led the guests— Telemakhos and Nestor’s radiant son— under the entrance colonnade, to bed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “For a bag of rice. And a torch.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She laughs when she recalls her husband’s screams, the way he bolted out the door, his head a flaming torch. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She only caught glimpses of what passed: walls of white, glacial floors, and every once in a while, a torch burning with a cold blue flame. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Foot-high words had been daubed on the wall between two windows, shimmering in the light cast by the flaming torches. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Arson, too, was a growing problem, as blacks, still unable to obtain justice in the white man’s courts, torched property belonging to their victimizers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Those last few tortured nights before he left her, Chacko would slip out of bed with a torch and look at his sleeping child. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire in the torches turned from harsh to warm. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Then tinder hits flint, a hiss splits the air, and a moment later, a torch catches fire with a whoosh. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And each carried a flaming torch in his left hand. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The gold form of the Statue of the Republic, Big Mary, stood like a torch aflame. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z First the torch bursts into flame and then I light it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Gwydion could speak again, the Horned King, bearing a torch, rode to the wicker baskets and thrust the fire into them. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He hurried upstairs to the door and thrust the torch into the wall bracket beside it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He whipped around to see the lady who’d ordered them beaten, and almost burned her with the end of his torch. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It was like her way of passing the cooking torch so that I could do my thing in the kitchen without having to open up one of those lame, thick, usually way too girly cookbooks. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But the torches mark Empire territory, and the aux soldiers who get tunnel duty are probably Plebeians, the most lowborn of the Martials. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But I am pleased as punch to announce that I will be passing the torch to an up-and-coming writer who, according to Sister Redempta, has an eye for the interesting and a nose for news. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He took his bowl to the back of the hall and found a place on an empty bench, yards away from the nearest torch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was an awful thing to see them riding through in white robes with torches burning, guns shooting up the sky. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His half brother stood at the top, a torch in his hand. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Another man thrust a flaming torch at her back, but the rainbow cloak was too sodden with blood to bum. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Carrying torches and wearing black hooded robes, they circled the fire singing hymns to the dead between sips of whiskey. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Bran thought he could smell smoke now, but perhaps that was only the torch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z First he hears that a group of boys took Frederick out and set up torches in the snow and told him to shoot the torches with his rifle—to prove he had adequate eyesight. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They lit the torches for the wrestling matches. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Performers on multiple platforms juggle torches, spinning them high into the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the backyard, they mingled under the glow of blue, red, and green lights winking in the trees, their faces illuminated by the light of kerosene torches propped everywhere. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Twice it seemed to disappear, but she kept on straight, and both times she found herself at the top of steep, narrow stairs, the torch glimmering far below her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The room was dimly lit; he thought it might even be underground, for there were no windows, merely torches in brackets such as the ones that illuminated the walls of Hogwarts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “You’re going to need all the training you can get,” he promised, as we were working with swords and flaming torches. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The man brushed past, almost dropping his torch in his unsteady progress along the courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “And people have got to be put to the torch for this sort of thing. This is terrible.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z In one hand he held a fluttering torch. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Another fanfare sounded and a slender, blond young man dressed in white and holding aloft a torch appeared at the eastern gate of the stadium. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z According to testimony, after the bond issue for the civic center failed, Hammond was in on a scheme to torch the building in order to collect insurance money. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The priests approach them, carrying torches, their shaggy white heads bent, obsequious. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z In the daylight, the path would have been an easy walk, but in the dusk—brightened only by the flickering torches— it was an obstacle course. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Each marcher carried a flaming torch, creating a river of light that flowed through the center of Berlin. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It was very quiet as Dustfinger let the burning torch lick his bare arms. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z This time, however, the torch was not between us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The first projectile came sailing up the aisle, spinning like a miniature torch. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He saw Beatty, a torch, not moving, fluttering out on the grass. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The torch, that was already burning low when he arrived, sputtered and went out; and he felt the darkness cover him like a tide. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A cloud of ravens was pouring from the cave, and he saw a little girl with a torch in hand, darting this way and that. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “It was the Klan. They torched the Spencer house!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z As he was standing it on end, Quentyn pulled the doors open and Gerris stepped through, waving the torch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Not a leaf moved; there was nothing to be heard but the torches crackling and the chirping of the crickets. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The soldier took up a smoky torch and led the way. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It was slow work, puncturing the tank with a hammer and stake, then waiting for the fuel to drip out so the tank could be safely removed with a cutting torch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Snow was falling again; the streets were long paths leading through a dense jungle, lit here and there with torches held high in invisible hands. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He just stood there, arms loose by his side, the nozzles of our drip torches gazing at each other. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Only the torching and the fat fellow arrived by the front door; the rest came by secret ways, through tunnels and hidden passages. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Jon had detailed Horse and Satin and half a dozen others to lead them through the Wall with torches. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They lit no torches either, Asha had time enough to think, and they know these woods better than we ever could. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We came upon torches and a crowd of men who blocked the road—slave patrollers seeking runaways. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I moved slowly off, toward the darker blackness, lighting my way by these feeble torches. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa lit the torch and we started searching for signs of the horse. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Rows of torches burned to left and right, grasped by skeletal human hands jutting from the walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The prince lowered his torch to throw some light into the gloom below. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then he took a deep, deep breath, arched his body like a bow, and spat whatever was in his mouth out into the air above the burning torch. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z High above the Empire State Building, Olympus was its own island of light, a floating mountain ablaze with torches and braziers, white marble palaces gleaming in the early morning air. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Before them to show the way ran a little lad carrying a flaming torch and in the light of this torch the faces and the bodies of the men and the wet stones glistened alike. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Theon had watched from the safety of the Sea Tower, and sometimes he still saw die torches in his dreams, and heard the dull thunder of the collapse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "The fat one said the princess was with child. The one in the steel cap, he had the torch, he said that they had to hurry. I think he was a wizard." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Telemakhos went across the hall and out under the light of torches—crossed the court to the tower chamber where he had always slept. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But I guess the rest was all right, down in the tombs with torches and swords and stuff. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z When that Hydra showed up, so did John, torch at the ready like lolaus, burning the necks as I cut off the heads so they couldn’t grow back. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Even though the bars were removed I could still see the jagged edges above and below the windows where they had been unevenly cut with an acetylene torch. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Startled, he staggered back a few paces, dropping the torch. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They looked like a fast-flowing dark stream, illuminated by the torches and burning sticks they held. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z All that could be heard was the crackle of the torch and the unhappy whimper of one of the infant captives. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He held the torch in his right hand. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z So many were there that when they flew, they would block out the sun and people below would have to light torches. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Farid picked up the bag with the balls and torches and followed him eagerly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They wound around corners and past cold torches mounted on the walls, until they reached a thick wooden door. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Even as weak as he was, he could take the torch, take the keys, take the dagger sheathed on Little Walder’s hip, escape. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Beaten silver mirrors backed every wall sconce, so the torches burned twice as bright; the walls were paneled in richly carved wood, and sweet-smelling rushes covered the floors. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The lords torched the thatched milling room and then threw their great mugs into the flames. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I’ll also admit to the fact that certain arcanists occasionally use prepared candles or torches to impress gullible townsfolk,” Ben said, clearing his throat self-consciously. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But by the time he got to the trash heaps, his torch had gone out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The torch sputters behind her, casting her face into deep shadow. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The light of the torches made his burned face shine a dull red. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was dimly lit with torches flaring in brackets on the walls but its distant end was lost in gloom. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Dad was too stubborn to shut it down, even though it cost him more to have his foreman salvaging than it would have cost him to cut the iron with torches. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Arya could see a wisp of grey smoke drifting up off the torch, writhing like a snake as it rose. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Away to the left something glittered in the gloom as Aragorn’s torch drew near. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z You could hardly see them because they were just huddled in balls and had no wood for fires or torches or anything. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Well, there was only one thing to do if I was to make a torch. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterward, she could never say what had distracted her attention from the whirling torches and the showers of sparks, making her look up once more at the house and its windows. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Reek turned away from the torch with tears glimmering in his eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the country the repository of art and science was the school, and the schoolteacher shielded and carried the torch of learning and of beauty. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Emma had made a torch of her hand, a tiny ball of flame that seemed to hover just above her palm. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He threw the torch high in the air where the fireball had just been blazing, caught it as it came down, lit more, juggled with three, four, five torches. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Twenty iron sconces were mounted along his thick stone walls, but only four held torches, and none of them was lit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Little Walder had to shove the torch at him to get him back on his feet and moving again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Two torches burned on either side of me, barely illuminating a long, damp corridor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The four posts which had held the platform continued to burn like torches, one for each of the directions of the wind. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When Pinmei finally dared to open her eyes, the crack in the gang let her see the angry fires of the soldiers’ torches. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The walls around them were made of bricks of half a hundred colors, but the shadows turned them all to grey until touched by the light of the torch that Gerris carried. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Besides the food, he packed a torch, and his penknife, some sticking plaster, a pair of socks and a ball of string. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The prophets, ghostly in their white robes, carried blazing torches. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They stood together in the middle of the paved space, and Gebu held a torch. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z By the light of the torch I saw Bear. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “There must have been an evening service. Have you ever seen a living person set alight? The hair goes up like a torch and the skin bubbles. The eyes melt.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Along the length of Elsinore's vast hall, torches flamed in their sconces. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “The people gathered their pitchforks and torches, of course” — his brief laugh was darker now — “and waited where Carlisle had seen the monsters exit into the street. Eventually one emerged.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In a few moments the men would shine their torch on him and pick him up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of miniature torches fixed to the ship’s rigging splashed starry patterns of light that shimmered on the gilt furnishings and twinkled over the water. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She also needed a torch—or at least some extra candlesticks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Whenever two torches crossed in the air, a naked girl leapt between them, spinning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He took a torch and moved into the plastic city and with the flame touched the walls here or there. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z In March, Dacca had been invaded, torched, and shelled by the Pakistani army. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The girl went up to one of the burnt-out torches and touched its charred head. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Once we passed a cabal of figures in black cloaks and tricornes carrying torches and whispering together. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “We could break that gate down easy enough, or put it to the torch.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “It’s not just a hand, Poppy, it’s a torch,” Rafik said. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Burning houses stand out like torches against the night. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A massive fortress-like building glared down at them from the top of the hill; torches lit either side of its huge front gate. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She waved her torch toward the black crack in the back wall of the cave. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A few torches were kindled and cast a dim light on the glistening walls. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z When their parents were fighting, Maya sometimes imagined torching their entire house. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Closer to hand, a crowd was gathering around a pair of jugglers throwing flaming torches at each other. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Behind a fence of sharp black teeth he glimpsed the furnace glow, the shimmer of a sleeping fire a hundred times brighter than his torch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “It was her who saved us, though. The torch ... fire kills them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her hair was braided down her back and seemed to catch the light of the torches, as if it were anxious to turn back into pure flame. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In her hand was a flaming stick, which she held up like a torch. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The flints ignited torches, which were as important to the hunt as bows and arrows. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Gregor slashed at them with the torch sending a trail of sparks through the air. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The men with the torches and brushes howled with laughter. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “Sure. But who’s going to carry on? I got to think about the future of the profession—pass the torch, so to speak.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z He shone the torch at the door; it was closed with a padlock. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They had electric torches—both men walked up and down the length of the bus inspecting the damage and cursing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Bod walked over to the pointed stone—tall, carved with upside-down torches, and he waited, but saw no one. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z A servant, torch in hand, showed them out and they slept there in comfort until the dawn appeared. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Theo pulled her crust to pieces and arranged three crumbs in an inverted L-shape to imitate torches blazing in a dark French meadow. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The young man staring back at them held a torch and wore a sky-blue kaftan dampened with sweat around its neckline. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It would take time to search for them, more time to kindle a torch, and time was what Ranofer did not have. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “See, they carry torches. They would not bother if they were not visiting us.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The welding torches of men working on the steel cofferdam flickered on and off, glowing orange and electric blue. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Frowning, she thought a minute, and then her face shone as though a torch were fired inside her. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z More and more of them came outside, blinking up at the blue sky, and many of them were carrying torches as though they had known what Kaede was preparing to do. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was all done by the glancing light of electric torches and we didn’t dare fire at anyone now, for fear of hitting one of ours. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The field was strewn with stricken orcs and men, and a reek arose of torches cast away, sputtering out in swirling smoke. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Nate loved the sidewalk puppet shows and jugglers who spun torches on the street corners. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Shawn suggested we use torches to cut the iron, but Dad said it would be too slow and cost too much in fuel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The girls lit torches and combed the immediate area, but the ring was nowhere to be found, and it wasn’t safe to go any farther. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Thousands of torches were placed strategically so that a soft, dusky light illuminated the entire city. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I just get a glimpse of Peeta, lit by a torch, heading back to the girl by the fire. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And at the same time we heard the loud report of a shot and running men carrying burning torches surrounded our house. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet another torch went out as she stood pondering, and the sounds grew faintly louder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They tortured her, stretched her on the rack, tore her sides with iron hooks, burned her with blazing torches, and she said, Nay, I will not deny Our Lord. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Better to control that spark and pass it carefully from one generation to the next, like an Olympic torch. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Maybe his dad had been bracing for the entire neighborhood to swarm the house with torches and pitchforks as soon as they saw Park with eyeliner. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z To attract women, speakeasies began featuring jazz bands, torch singers, and other forms of entertainment along with their booze and food. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He once torched a whole squadron of fighter jets on an empty airfield in the middle of the night and has on two occasions grounded airships by crippling their engines. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Mark swung his torch in front of him as he ran. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Then evening comes: they fade and twinkle out; the torches pass on into another chamber and another dream. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The eyes of some animal peer at me from the neighboring tree -a possum maybe -catching the firelight from the Careers' torches. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Lyra opened the door and found herself in a room lit by one torch, and empty but for a cabinet of mahogany containing some tarnished silver ornaments. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z "Most of them, they think it was some battle. A siege, a burning tower, an enemy with a torch. One fool asked if it was dragonsbreath." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Still entangled in Feral’s sheets, she went full Bonfire, lighting up like a torch and taking the whole bed with her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It even had torch ginger buds for little candles: sixteen of them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It had already grown almost quite dark and they now found themselves in a maze of corridors lit only by occasional torches fixed in brackets to the walls. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z She handed Luwin back his torch and scooped Bran up into her arms again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Last came the conqueror himself, led by forty elephants holding torches to light his way. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Lightning flickered on the eyes of a bird, perched up somewhere in the branches ahead, and for a second, they shone yellow-green, like torches. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Abandoned pieces of furniture on the street and sidewalk were fiery torches, while shadowy figures darted through the night seeking a safe escape. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z I suppose he wanted to remove that last fuel tank, but I can’t imagine what possessed him to light his torch without first draining the fuel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But of course there was no one on the lawn now, just the burnt-out torches still stuck in the ground. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Henry followed next, with a torch and a drawn sword. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He puts out the torch with brute swiftness and grabs my arm, pulling me after him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He stuffed his waymarked map back through the opening in the bulkhead, followed by a pocket-size electric torch. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z At those words, Roz heaved her torch high into the air. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The Glow-worm became the light inside the torch on the Statue of Liberty, and thus saved a grateful City from having to pay a huge electricity bill every year. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The crowd was gathering, a good twenty men and boys and a few women, carrying flaring pine torches. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z They kept moving and flashing their electric torches into our faces—or where they thought our faces were—occasionally blinding us. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The engineer lit one of the torches on the wall. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly a torch flared twenty feet ahead of them, and behind that torch, a half-dozen more burned into life. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The torch slid into a holder clearly designed for it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The others waved their torches back and forth as they slowly approached my father. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Barksdale was going straight for the guns, running, screaming, far out in front, alone, as if in a race with all the world, hair streaming like a white torch. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A tongue of flame trailed back from the upraised torch as he went. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On the altar stood a stone figure of a man sunk to his knees in rock, a dagger and a torch in his outraised hands. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The torches and braziers kept the outdoor pavilion warm, but we all had to sit with our cabin mates, which meant I was alone at the Poseidon table. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z They were at the edge of the deck when the creature rushed him, grabbed the torch, and ripped it from his hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She touched the flame with the head of a torch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Normally the underside of the green roof was lit by a tangle of golden reflections, and their faces were lit upside down-like, thought Ralph, when you hold an electric torch in your hands. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Everyone had spent hours looking for them with torches. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The men with the torches and paintbrushes turned to him. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Osha carried her long oaken spear in one hand and the torch in the other. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Just outside the door was a wide bucket full of sand, with several torches jutting out of it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The long battering ram lay unguarded, conveniently spotlighted by the rats’ abandoned torches. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As if his indomitable spirit had set its potency in motion, the glass blazed suddenly like a white torch in his hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Now the flicker of approaching torches and the clink of steel ahead was very near. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He squatted in front of her, and moved the torch close. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lighted torches were stuck into the ground to the right and left of it, and two more were burning on the lawn, casting quivering shadows in the night. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The flames had bitten his nose and his lips, yet Dustfinger kept finding him making torches of cotton wool and thin twigs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Her hair was not the orange or strawberry color of common red-haired men, but a deep burnished copper that shone in the light of the torches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Their torches illuminate bolts of cloth and suits on hangers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Hocked wallpaper, moss green with gold, in a pattern of sinewy trellises; a matching moss-green carpet; and on the walls, electric torches. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The bunk rooms and showers become icy; for lighting, the caretaker resorts to torches and candles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then the torches switch on and every man strikes at the heap, which scatters with a rush. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The unarmed soldiers ran out to meet the coach with great flaring torches in their hands. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The torch went flying from his fin-gers, caromed off the stone face of Brandon Stark, and tumbled to the statue's feet, the flames licking up his legs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He held up his torch, so that the light washed over Young Griff’s face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Along the right hand was a row of torches burning with a smoky orange light, but the only doors were to her left. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The tributes from District 11 are just rolling out when Cinna appears with a lighted torch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Gregor slowly got to his feet, retrieving the torch, but keeping it down at his side. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The lights were off inside, but instead of turning them on, Morrow took an honest-to-God torch off the wall and used it to illuminate our way. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Now Sam too bowed his head, hoping that it would hide his face when the torches reached them; and he set their shields before their knees to hide their feet. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Summer refused to move from the steps, even when Osha followed the torch, Bran in her arms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I've shown him how to make little practice torches, but he's in too much of a hurry. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z |
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