| 单词 | vine |
| 例句 | Other robbers hide along the tracks above and below the bridge, which is thick with bushes and vines. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The plants were crowded with weeds, grasses and low vines. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I realized then why he had used our rope sparingly; why he had made my guideline down to east beach from vines instead of rope. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She clung to Hamlet like a vine to an oak tree. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There are vines I could imagine Tarzan swinging from, crossing this small jungle with one holler. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The sea was still some way off, but the hills were lower, and vines grew on the slopes rather than the undergrowth and trees that grew on the hills around Capricorn’s village. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z We're all going to wither like flowers on a vine if we work the way they want us to. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Other guards hack at the vines with their swords, but it only makes them grow back thicker and bolder. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Many green tomatoes dangled from the vine, and two plump ripe red ones. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “Maybe some of the vine developed fungus and died, and a gardener just filled in the bare spot. Drapeweed is prone to fungus....” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The curls of iron around the letters do remind him of pumpkin vines. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Looking happily into Mr. Reilly’s area, he noticed that the bean vines were growing so healthily that they had even begun to twine downward through the handles of the file drawers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered watching my mother pushing a silver needle in and out, gently nudging flowers and leaves and vines to bloom on the cloth. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He shrugged out of the vine girl’s grip, but it was too late, because Citra had seen it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Brian tried to move to the bank and run, but the brush was so thick and wild that it was like a jungle—grass, willows, and thick vines grabbed at him, holding him. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z I fidgeted and scribbled a drawing in my notebook, a circle of vines and roots that looked like my bracelet from Doc. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z You could hardly see the screen for the philodendron vines that dangled around the news pictures. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Of some 70 species of shrubs and vines that are typical roadside species in the eastern states alone, about 65 are important to wildlife as food. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But it was just a prickly bush thing....This...this was a whole city of vines and thorns. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Grandma slid off the stool, walked down an aisle, opened a trunk, and withdrew an ornate box embossed with vines and flowers. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Putting turkeys and grape vines together means getting two crops off of the same piece of land. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It looked like a miniature forest except for the little fence-looking things in the middle that the vines were wrapped around. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The willows that grow in the river bed were well leafed, and the wild blackberry vines were thrusting their spiky new shoots along the ground. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Pima didn’t sound convinced, but her next words were interrupted by Lucky Girl scrambling back up out of the greenery and vines. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Quickly, Thomas grabbed other vines, ripping them away from the wall, creating a series of climbing ropes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The field was surrounded on three sides by tall trees draped in a tangle of vines. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Derrick—with a braid almost as long as mine hanging over his neck and dangling like a vine—was in a pine straight across the road from where I was perched in sticky balsam. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z In the Southfarthing the vines were laden, and the yield of ‘leaf’ was astonishing; and everywhere there was so much corn that at Harvest every barn was stuffed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The honeysuckle vines emerged in long stringers, unwoven from the mass. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z A few miles up the valley the river cuts in under a high cliff from which vines and ferns hang down. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In the moonlight the quick figure of a boy slid down through the vines. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z A vine that hadn’t been pruned for years grew up one of the houses beside the parking area. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I make sure I’m sheltered from view behind the cover of the massive tree, push the vines aside, and step inside. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I whispered, jerking forward, struggling to make my eyes sear through the dark trunks and vines. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The water would flow into the paved channels in the courtyard to feed the apple trees and the grape vines. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Once we were within the cover of the old hospital courtyard, its overgrown vines and shady trees, each of us took turns downing as much of the schnapps as we could. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z I begin cooking up some lake vine soup, boiling in a 500 ml beaker. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The vines had never reached out for him. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z They were scattered here and there among untidy stands of mealies, rioting pumpkin vines, and sweet potatoes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Every morning early, every evening until it was too dark to see, Daddy worked in his garden or among the vines. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Before she could stop him again, he was off and running, jumping through the vines and out onto the boardwalk. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “I shall need to buy bean seeds and chilli seeds, and perhaps a few young pumpkin vines...sweet potatoes of course...I have made a lot from my vegetables before.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was a tangle of brown and red and gold, autumn colors, with vines and twigs and withered flowers woven through it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As Seven and Valley struggled in the mud, Thorn scrambled around, trying to find another vine to throw to them—but there was nothing. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z And the wild roses seemed to twist just slightly on their vines to get a better look at me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She strolled around the house to the backyard where the blackberry vines clambered over the fence. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He slammed into the stone ahead, losing his grip on the vine. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z A few minutes later we were all in the pumpkin patch with our baby pumpkins that we were allowed to pick off the vines. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sean helped her hill the potato plants so that they didn’t get sunburned and helped her dig up the tubers once the vines died. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Fungi and vines throw a blanket over the face of the dead land. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It lifted the hair off my face and rattled the squash vines. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Beaver scooped up handfuls of the resin and smeared it all over the wooden foot and the vines until everything was glistening with stickiness. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I looked for a vine I could grab on to, but there were none nearby. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “And cut the vine — oh, y’all might want to step back.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The vibrasaw purred through heavy vines, parted tangled underbrush like a comb through wet hair, and sliced cleanly through metal when the odd misstroke brought the cutting edge down onto the track. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And the tangle of vines and undergrowth, which unbalance me occasionally, trip him at every step. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The idea that it might be difficult finding a single vine strand in a small sea of Snow Sand never bothered him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “But Mama,” I said, “she couldn’t have eaten pea vine. The pea vine is all dead and gone this time of year.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The redbrick buildings are covered in vines, which will bloom green ivy in the spring. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Just when it seemed it would pop free, thorny vines shot out of the ground and entangled it further. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” I told him, tracing the vines in my bracelet. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They climbed the nearest tree and searched for the vine that would carry them to the next tree in a contagion that would take them nearly to the compound. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Miss Lilian had us trapped between the fence and a thicket of bushes and vines heaped with snow. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The vines caught nicely on all the dings and dents and scrapes. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z When the crater had been filled, Fiona dragged some shrubs and vines over the raw soil and began to grow them. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Nothing moved except the vines rippling over the walls and the shadows they made. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The Nightbeast howled helplessly, but it was imprisoned, surrounded by a sphere of spiky vines that Thorn had weaved together. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The vines creaked and tensed as the weight of the cauldron shifted. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Half of them had collapsed, pulled down by the weight of the grey moss that draped them and the thick black vines that snaked upward from the water. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The river then whisked the canoes under some braided vines that reached across the banks. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Richard disappeared into the vines and night screech of the jungle, a pale skeleton of a man fading into the blackness. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Street light reflects off her vine tattoo, and heavy black makeup outlines her eyes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The bones rounded out of the ditch, where the dark vines were in the black ditch, into the moonlight, like some of the shapes had stopped. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Branches whipped at my face and cut it, and vines and tree trunks caught at my feet and tripped me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll find food soon,” I say with a cheerful smile, knowing when we do, it will be slimy boiled lake vines. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Grass and rocks, bushes and rocks, vines and rocks, sand and rocks. Lots of rocks,” she said, lowering the spyglass. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The fruits were apples and early pears and plums which Brother Michael had picked from the trees and vines kept trained flat along the garden wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He reached out to pluck a fruit from one of the vines. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Anyway, the second Phiri saw my father arrive, he shouted to him, “Mister Kamkwamba, PLEASE...some vines for my head! I don’t want to kill this man!” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Engulfing fields in dense mats of root and vine, kudzu swarmed over entire farms, clambered for miles along telephone lines, wrapped up trees, barns, and houses like a green Christo. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The vine ripped out of the earth, but slowed him enough so that he was able to stop himself. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Aggo showed her a courtyard overgrown with twisting vines and tiny green grapes, and Jhogo discovered a well where the water was pure and cold. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The blossoms on the morning glory vine were little tight blue fists, and you could hear husky sighing from the cornfield across the fence. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I spied a door, its bottom half covered in thick roots and thorny vines, and my spirits sank. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “I have been having these awful dreams,” Emilie whispered as she plucked some leaves off my grandmother’s pumpkin vines. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He did the same with the next vine. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The vines were beautiful, deep green against the glowing sun-kissed stone, like the illuminated marginalia in a manuscript. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Encouraged, he went back to Alby and dragged him over to the vines. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I walk my bike around the skeletons of dead trees and desiccated vines onto the dirt path into the woods. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z At once, the prickly vines shot back inside, and the gnarled stump sat there looking like an innocently dead lump of wood. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z As soon as I got outside, I ran up into the woods, pushing tree branches and wild grape vines out of my face. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They made their way carefully through the passageway, which was a maze of vines, Matty in front with his knife. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The vines formed in a curtain of deep green as she twisted one of the stalks around her bare foot and used it to hoist herself up. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z As Roosevelt headed back to the camp, he turned his head from side to side, keeping a lookout for Julio, who might be hiding among the thick vines. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z She ducked beneath a long curtain of vines and disappeared. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They reached the island and climbed up through trees and kudzu vines and bushes, making good time, even with Nailer’s bad shoulder. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Illyrio pointed out the smooth stone plinth on which the second sphinx once stood, now grown over with moss and flowering vines. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The spiraling vines of ivy and honeysuckle that twine up the sides turn the whole thing green and leafy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Overhead, the sky was a bright morning blue, interrupted by vines and leaves... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z If Washington’s retirement hymn featured the “vine and fig tree,” Jefferson’s idolized “my family, my farm, and my books.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The pumpkin vines also took on the personality of jungle plants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to keep my voice calm as the grape vines continued to wrap around my legs. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Newt stepped back, still holding on to the ivy vines. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z When their bellies were full and their eyes grew heavy, the wild boar covered them with blankets made of leaves stitched together with vines and watched over them while they slept. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I wondered where she’d gotten enough pea vine to hurt her. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama was still several feet down, frantically climbing the vines and looking over her shoulder with a panicked expression. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The vines were remnants of a handrail from a footbridge that the rising waters had washed away. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Plants blossomed in the thick black earth, sprawling out in all directions while trees—palm, oak, ash, and fruit-bearing ones of every variety—reached up into the misty heights, their branches draped with vines. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t have Hephaestus’s skill with metalwork or—gods forbid— Dionysus’s way with vine plants. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z As soon as they were finished, they jumped up to carry huge armloads of tangled vines out to the marsh. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Three camaradas were assigned the difficult task of clearing the path of vines and dense foliage. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I went down the steps and up the walk in the dark, making it out of the building just before it bent me double beneath the wisteria that hung from the trees on rope-like vines. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I unhook Beetee’s belt and find a heavy metal cylinder attached to the side with a rope of vines. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He stepped back, then came forward and did a karate kick, the crane kick, and—hi yah!—knocked a whole bunch of those pods right off the vine. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I make a thick pad out of the moss, place it on Beetee’s cut, and secure it by tying vines around his body. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Knot and vine were fast and efficient, moving from bar to nailshed to bar, seeking silently and collecting their fellows. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z No curtain of vines hiding a glowing cave for escape. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Not far away, Leader tentatively lifted one foot and found it free of the entangling vine. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The vines grew everywhere, their green and silver-white leaves contrasting attractively with rose-pink flowers. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as Ekon reached them too, the vines gave a terrible shudder. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The scrap of song came from a woman’s throat, and Joe thrashed and beat his way up the incline and through the hedge, a tangle of muscadine vines, Virginia creeper and hibiscus rusty with age. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the hat and the card there is a folded white lace handkerchief, its edges embroidered with looping black vines. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “He’s just clawing those pea vines all to pieces.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Our house is also mud, thatch, cement, and flowering vines. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Some lovely little engraved knots and vines on it. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I watched from the vines and boulders of the giants’ ruin, two miles off. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He was rescuing a throw pillow, thrashing it back and forth to free it from a tangle of imaginary vines, when he heard the cellar steps creaking. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Tally realized she was wearing her baggy black expedition outfit, muddy from crawling up ropes and through gardens, from falling among the vines. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It rose steeply and was covered by prickly bushes, vines, and bracken. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z My fingers fumble at my belt and find the spile still hanging from its vine. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The whole greenhouse came to life as vines tangled poxies, gigantic Venus flytraps gulped down demons, and trees swatted the waves of flies filling the air. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Their vines hung over the driveway like streamers of sponge at a car wash. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Flowering vines wound along the latticework of the impressive promenade. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Tayo looked up at the big orange sandrock where the wild grape vine grew out of the sand and climbed along a fissure in the face of the boulder. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Cable’s pendant seemed to grow heavier and heavier, wound around her neck as tightly as the vines, brush, and roots grasping the railroad tracks. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It was not as though he was really surprised, thought Harry, as he wrestled with a thorny vine intent upon throttling him; he had had an inkling that this might happen sooner or later. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z As a spray applied to potato fields to destroy the vines they have taken a toll of human and nonhuman life. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I pull back a section of vines and peek inside. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Dicey let go of the vine in exasperation and ran to help. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z And we jump on down the hill, skidding on leaves and wet vines, using rocks as handholds as best we can. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The vines held her steady, though, keeping her quiet and immobile as her dad whispered into her hair, too. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The roots sank so deep that the vine was nearly impossible to remove. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z His whole body pulled back against the vine. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Where the best of thought Father said clings like dead ivy vines upon old dead brick. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She was crowned with braids and vines and what he first took for butterflies but quickly saw were orchids, with a single long white feather at a jaunty angle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z On the wall behind her, a painted wisteria vine frays into a tangled modernist spray of color that makes von Rumpel uneasy. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z All the loose parts were then lashed together with vine and tree bark. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Together they ducked and went under the vine. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I run wildly in the direction of the voice, heedless of danger, ripping through vines and branches, through anything that keeps me from reaching her. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Beyond it is a small courtyard with vines growing in it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He waited there, holding the vine rope steady, easing Kira through the mud and up the bank. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “Don’t give up,” Petra whispered in her dream, and as if the story- frog heard her, it came upon a large acorn covered in vines. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Although mangolomera never weakens, it can be neutralized for short periods of time using the green vines from a sweet potato plant. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Flowering vines sent up creepers from every crack in the wall or pavement, and young trees had taken root in the Walls of abandoned shops and roofless temples. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Their voices faded as they took the bend in the path and vanished among the brittle vines and green ferns. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He twists a ripe tomato from the vine and holds it out to me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She examines the carvings on the stone and the vines twining around them, but her gaze keeps returning to Marco. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They had trailed vines along the walls and on the table where the punch bowl would be. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Last night, when I was gathering vines, I came upon a bush of Rue's berries. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I push the thorns deeper into his skin, then let a vine hook around his neck. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The rabbits died of shock, and the vines withered in his garden. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z What happens to the corn plants and the luxuriant branching vines when the grain is harvested, the grapes gathered, and the black frost sets in, killing the fresh green life of the fields? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Thick around a tall trellis, a vine that had been simply green when he arrived the day before was now profuse with opened blue and white morning glories. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Stripped of their grapes, the vines were now draped in yellow, orange, and brown leaves. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He imagines the vines carved into the lid coming to life like wooden snakes, lashing at him the moment he tries to lift it. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z After making a neat pile in the middle of the bandage, I gather up the sides, give them a twist, and tie them tightly with a length of vine, making an apple-sized bundle. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I don't think she can read, but her brown hair swings over the page as her eyes follow the curling vines and grotesque beasts that run up and down the margins. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He follows her around trees and topiaries, through coils of vines and roses, chasing glimpses of her red hair. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She spent her days in the garden, tending to her roses, geraniums, potato vines, and orchids. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She ducked under the tangled honeysuckle toward the garden path, using her trowel like a machete to hack through some overgrown vines that crowded her jungly little porch. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I cut the vine that ties the spile to my belt and hold the metal tube out to him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The huge creeping vine that cloaked the house had shriveled; the main trunk and stems sagged and dripped oily sap. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She made a desperate sort of half leap, and it cost her as she slipped farther down the vines. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The roots of the ceiling begin to worm, lengthening like vines and crawling across the underside of the hill. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In England this latter practice developed about 1951 as a result of a shortage of sulfuric acid, formerly used to burn off the potato vines. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z New mbika vines are curling up from the ground behind us, where the water pools in our footsteps. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Lots of long, twisty vines lay on a checkered handkerchief. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When they’d reached a spot about thirty feet off the ground, Thomas stopped, swaying on the vine he’d tied around his chest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It was made of a dark wood, and the corners were covered with inlaid silver vines. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z A worn trellis runs up alongside the Commandant's window, covered in summer-dead vines. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A small burial mound in the middle of Nathan’s garden, where vines and flowers have long since unrolled to feed insects and children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a few minutes’ walk I see the vines, still waving in the wind which has just finished its eight-hour cycle. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Alone Odysseus walked the orchard rows and vines. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The squid has now pulled itself completely out of the water and onto the bow, its tentacles wrapping around the lower half of the foremast like black vines. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There are times the secrets feel like strangling vines. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Carved vines weave up the handles of their silverware. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The earth of the floor was brushed in pretty patterns; flowers and vines picked out in dirt to ornament the rude kitchen. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z When she pulled her hands away, the vine was stained dark with blood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He enjoyed tearing down the vines, grabbing at them with both hands and holding hard, as his hands slipped down, ripping off the leaves. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Spider plants let down vines from the glass roof. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Seeing no vines nearby, my father instead ran over to Phiri and wrapped him up in his arms. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z He’d glimpsed some ruins along the banks, piles of masonry overgrown by vines and moss and flowers, but no other signs of human habitation. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes they just lean into each other, their trunks twirled together like jungle vines. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Fortunately the vines here are strong and the spile and tube of medicine wrapped in the parachute are still secured to my belt. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Seeing as how we’re wrapped in vines nine hundred feet in the air, you might want to talk nice. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Once upon a time a farmer planted a little seed in his garden, and after a while it sprouted and became a vine and bore many squashes. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z That way the bean vines could wrap around the corn plants like necklaces and dangle their pods like earrings. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Conveniently, one plant hangs just inside the doorway, its vines trailing all around the room. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was lost in the shadow of a broad hat, the brim wreathed in leafy vines. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I want to plant it beside my papaya tree, where vines can climb and shade ripening fruit. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The vine came after him and wrapped around him, as if it had a life of its own, as if it was a boa constrictor attacking its dinner. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I crouched underneath the vines for shade but the heat pierced right through. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Leaves and vines brushed against him, and he imagined they were fingers. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The boys were so thick around the punch bowl that the table and the vines didn’t show at all. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Rushing, degenerate mutter of noises I send out before me wherever I creep, like a dragon burning his way through vines and fog. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everywhere the best ornamental grounds that we see are those in which vines and creepers are outwitting the gardener. We can’t have little vines and weeds enough.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I reach the path to the bridge, start down, past the nightshade vines with their red berries, past the undulating leaves, the lurking cats. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Rose vines push from their pots, curling and lengthening to create a thick and thorny arbor over our heads. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Joel likes to put his turkeys in the orchard, where they eat the bugs, mow the grass, and fertilize the trees and vines. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I flail around, trying to use vines and trunks to right myself. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I thought she was swinging, like Tarzan from a vine, on the TV. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a year after the heptachlor was applied, the vines in the treated yards were wilting and dying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She had to depend on the calabash vines to provide most of her containers. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Although it is young and all she has, it is as if it had decayed on the vine at budding time. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Fear and excitement climb over me like vines. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Then I came around back and saw my opportunity: a doorless doorway, bearded with vines, gaping and black; an open mouth just waiting to swallow me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It showed climbing vines, rivers and waterfalls, grapes, flower beds, singing birds, everything a desert dweller might dream of. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z With their mossy hair and green skin tinged with orange for the coming autumn, they were no more frightening than a pumpkin vine. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He pulled on it, and with the sound of thick paper ripping apart, the vine came unattached from the wall—more and more as Thomas stepped away from it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I strip a tough vine of its leaves, thread it through the hollow center, and tie the spile securely to my belt. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Kaede and the Huntsman passed through a forest of giant trees, their trunks black with age, the sun obscured by thick, tangled vines. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We looked and looked, climbing over fallen trees and pushing through prickly vines. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I could smell the last of the heavy, ripe watermelons on the vine in the fields as we passed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He swung his body out and to the left; then he jumped toward the wall of the Maze, trying to grab another vine; the Grievers vicious tools snapped and clawed at him from behind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Excited, I toss aside the broom and run to the kitchen for some twine that will blend in with the vines. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Concealed beneath a mat of vines he found three plastic garbage bags, each tied at the neck. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z On the north end of the island, tough vines, almost as large as a pencil, were laced over the sand. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahead of him he could see a little farmhouse sheltered among vines, where a goat bleated and a spring trickled down through the gray rocks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He cast around, half looking for vines or grasses he could weave into a rope. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z The dark serpentine of a dead vine running down it like the track of some enterprise upon a graph. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z So if he let go of the vine and did not find her within a finger snap, it was all up for both of them. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Climbing roses covered many of the trees, their prickly vines making the forest look like it was covered in armor. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z There was a little pea vine that grew wild all over the hills during wet winters and bloomed pale lavender in the spring. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z A giant brick wall surrounded the Night Zoo, but there was a section of the wall where creeping vines hung down in thick ropes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Then here I go,” said the Angora, starting up the vine. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z It also means I know exactly how to treat the lake vines. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z My body aches in exhaustion, but I begin pulling vines down from the trees to make a sling. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I touched a fat, slick loop of vine, prepared to leap back in horror, but it was only vine, no worse. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas tried to imitate Alby s lifeless body, hanging limp in the vines. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It was a mass of vines and blooms that twisted sinisterly in the flame but sat, docile and domestic, in the moonlight. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Dionysus looked bored, twirling a grape vine between his fingers. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Then he hunkered back down between the vines. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Once he reached a point a couple of feet above his friend, Thomas wrapped one of the vines around his own chest, around and around several times, snug against his armpits for support. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The image of raw billowy water vines fills my head. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The four vines tied to Alby below hung tautly around him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He had cut a very long piece of strong vine and coiled it over one shoulder and was busy working on it as they moved. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She stretched over and passed the vine to Seven and Valley, and heaved. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Sir La vine was actually riding into the lists when the great man came at full gallop, on a white horse which belonged to Meliagrance. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In the strange light, beautiful plants grew—giant orchids, star-shaped flowers, vines bursting with orange and purple berries that crept among the crystals. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Much the same as the blossom on a morning glory vine, I would think,” the man said. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So they left the vines and ran down to the water, single-file along the narrow path. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Deftly she circled his waist, and then her own, with the length of supple vine. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z A rickety bridge made of split logs and woven vines dangled across a steep, rocky ravine. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I saw visions of grape vines choking unbelievers to death, drunken warriors insane with battle lust, sailors screaming as their hands turned to flippers, their faces elongating into dolphin snouts. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Heaped by the steps of Blake’s cabin, the tangled vines already drying out. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It had hand-shaped leaves and purple berries like the ones found on bramble vines. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She even took pains to water the garden, and one morning I saw her tending the pumpkin vine, which was overladen with blossom. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The decoration was autumn leaves and vines and red crêpe paper. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Hanging out, in the middle of thin air, were ivy vines stretching to nowhere. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She found room for the last little goat’s cheese wrapped in its vine leaf, smiled and bowed again, and took a last drink from the spring that bubbled up among the gray rocks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Genie wondered why Grandma didn’t just get one of those fly zappers they had in Marlon’s as he and Ernie squeezed and snapped peas off the vine, tossing them into the basket. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Pull down one vine and trim it, and you’ve got as much as a man can carry” his father always said. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The track was overgrown with vines and stunted trees, every wooden cross-tie in the grip of a dozen tentacles of vegetation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They found bodies everywhere, tangled in kudzu vines of the jungle, stuck in the trees high up, floating out in the surf. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The earth is very black and spongy underfoot, often obscured by tangles of vines with colorful blossoms. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z This part of South Carolina seemed to consist mostly of overgrown fields, punctuated by telephone poles and trees covered in kudzu vines. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The fields were green and there were small green shoots on the vines, the trees along the road had small leaves and a breeze came from the sea. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z She imagined Sahel stumbling through a jungle, clumsy, oblivious to what waited for him among the vines. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Vines—grape vines—had sprouted from the cracks between the stones of the building. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I trotted back toward the house, but when I looked over my shoulder, Susie still stood in the middle of the twisted vines, almost like she was trapped and didn’t know how to get out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He threaded among willows and sycamores and wild blackberry vines in the riverbed, patted the trunks of live oak and scrub oak, madrone, laurel, toyon. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “See that ground vine with the tiny leaves? It’s a rare plant called drapeweed that flourishes in thin soil.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The kingdom was held together by thousands of miles of footpaths crossing the forest, with suspension bridges of woven vines swinging quietly over the rivers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The wrought-iron frame mimicked the weave of vines, decorated with flowers and leaves of green copper. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Maybe because they were green and the vines were green too, so everything just blended in. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Twisted iron scrolls run up its center like wisteria vines. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I walked behind him, careful not to trample the vines. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There were flowers and vegetables and trees and vines. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Where had those vines found water inside the building? The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Stanley couldn't see his feet, which made it difficult to walk through the tangled patches of weeds and vines. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The brick house with the pink vine wrapped around its forehead in the summers. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It was concealed by a giant wisteria vine and reasonably cool inside. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Frolic went to the base of a wooden post that was entwined with a purple-blossomed vine, and lifted his leg to proclaim his presence and authority here. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “Tom, Tom, son, listen to me. Come back, slip down the vines, boy. Come along, Anna’s waiting; we’ll give you a good home, everything you want.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you decided what color you’ll be? And what jewels you’ll have on your robe?” a girl asked, suddenly hanging on his arm like a fast-growing vine. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Kwang himself was talking, laughing, pointing, taking every hand he could, slowly roping through the crowd down the church steps toward the street as if carrying himself on a human vine. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The vines from the banyan tree hung over us like they were waiting to turn us into puppets. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It sprang to life at once; long, prickly, bramblelike vines flew out of the top and whipped through the air. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z His old Spanish guitar spat out a series of warm, labyrinthine phrases that wrapped melodic vines around Gordo’s fierce piano hits. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z But unlike the vines and grass, they didn’t wait until the first rains to start growing again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The vines creeping around the compartment shriveled and peeled away, like flowers wilting under the baking sun. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Set apart from the rest of the buildings, it was surrounded by a wasteland of sand and low, flat bullhead vines. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Bunches of pansies and roses were meant to bloom in the four corners, all connected by a border of twining green vines. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I was odd and wary, and that was just the way of things, like my gray eyes and my untamed hair, red and tangled as a wild rose vine. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Her eyes were darting back and forth now like a hare caught in a trap, looking from the vines to the approaching warriors to the vines again with visible panic. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The vine around his ankle tugged at him, bit into his flesh, anchored itself there, and sent a new shoot upward. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Thomas reached out and grabbed a vine two feet to the left of where he hung. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z There was an arch-shaped trellis near the playground, in the shadow of a row of hibiscus trees, a few green vines climbing up the timber lattice. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she texted Brooke two kitty-cat vines with a short note. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Around the edges of the smallest board he carved a tiny flowering vine. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally looked up at the ancient, serpentine shape of the roller coaster, the vines crawling up its framework. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Her strides made it a circle, and then the mouth of a cave, hidden by brush and vines. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He doesn’t look at me like I have vines sprouting from my head, because he understands. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Thick vines were joined to the cubs’ prison, and it was dragged onto the back of some unalive thing that nonetheless moved. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z If the First Arrivers are in the habitable zone, it might take years—and gagging down a lot of lake vines. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In the mirror I see all the details: the vines, the flowers, the butterflies, and the hummingbirds in lots of colors. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z And within a week the vines were coming undone and the foot was sliding loose. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The vines crowded each other in a twirling mass, winding desperately around each other’s stems, suffocating the tender com shoots. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The cat let it get nearly to the cover of the blackberry vines and then she reached delicately out and white thorns had sprouted on her paw. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the swamp that smelled of still water, they walked past ancient trees cloaked in vines. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The vines that ran up the trees almost covered them. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z With a grunt, they heaved their way up the vine and onto solid land. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Especially since they were sitting in front of five birdcages, which, Genie realized, if you looked past the entwining vines and leaves, were arranged in a semicircle. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Against the perfect cover of vine and bramble and tangled drift sticks, a little gray brush rabbit sat quietly in the sun, drying his breast fur, wet by the grass dew of his early feeding. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Now when Ekon looked into the jungle’s snarl of trees, roots, and vines, he remembered no legends. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Hollow Hall is a stone manor with a tall, crooked tower, the whole thing half-covered in vines and ivy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Teach me to sew a vine of stars. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He described, in his halting way, a city of whitewashed houses and tile roofs, of vines spilling over walls, of busy marketplaces and beautiful gardens. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Scooping up my cat, Nero, I plunged into the tangle of vines and weeds lining the drive. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z "Let us rejoice in our blessings. Let us utilize the fowls of the air. Let us utilize the product of the vine. Will you utilize a little, brother?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z They slide down the vines as if the things were greased. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The bones rounded out of the black vines. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Weeds have overcome her husband's herbs, but she still tends to the tomatoes—his favorite—that glow on the vine every summer. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sara shows me the cutest little baby green pumpkins growing on a prickly vine. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He fought the fear, forced his body to remain perfectly still, hanging there in the vines. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The moment he moved, the vine began to pull away from the wall. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Her voice in the hall lashes me to my chair with prickly vines. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z In fact, among the overgrown shrubbery and fallen leaves, he had mistaken her for a statue, covered as she was by moss and vines. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The vines grab the sleeping Princess Charlotte from her throne chair, lifting her high above us all. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They felt dry, but when I pressed one, the Shoestrings bent easy as a honeysuckle vine. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And on the under side of the leaf of the potato vine are the bright orange eggs of the potato bug. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z They rushed down the river but were suddenly turned by the rapids and hurled against some boulders, then became trapped under a tangle of vines and tree branches. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Ivanito imagines the vines and tendrils, taut and violent as a killing rope, snaking along the floor to his bed, wrapping him in place, tighter and tighter, choking off his breath while his sisters sleep. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When she pulled back a tangle of vines, we saw an old, worn-out, snub-nosed rowboat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Ted’s husband, Rory, is a graphic artist, and he wrote out my parents’ Jewish marriage contract in calligraphy, decorated with colorful flowers, vines, and stars. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Forty-five pounds of fruit and leaves and seeds and stems and bark and vines and rotten wood. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Pushing upward with what remained of her quavering strength, she heaved it open and emerged in a tangle of bramble with summer’s last shriveled berries still clinging to the vines. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It was a different universe down there, the water shining with flecks of moving light and kudzu vines draped between the pine trees like giant hammocks. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z What faint light they shed fell gloomily upon some roof corner or a waving strand of vine, transforming familiar daytime shapes to eerily unfamiliar phantoms. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Let us be dissatisfied until that day when the lion and the lamb shall lie down together, and every man will sit under his own vine and fig tree, and none shall be afraid. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Thomas looked up at the enormous walls covered in thick vines— desperation had finally clicked him into problem-solving mode. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Reynie had no idea what a common vetch was, and the possible answers offered no helpful clue—it might be an antelope, a bird, a rodent, or a vine. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Roses and vines were carved into the rich wood. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Thomas found a vine halfway to the ground and grasped it, his arms almost ripping out of their sockets at the sudden stop. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I’m sorry, Alby, he thought as he unraveled the thick vine from his chest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Time came and went, mountains rising and falling, vines creeping over the slumbering city, concealing it with layers of thorns and leaves. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The vines on north beach might make dark smoke, but the leaves on them were very small The sea grape! The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Reluctantly, Thomas let the vines fall back into place and swung his backpack over his shoulders. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She cannot tell how far it stretches, the size of the tent obscured by cascading willows and twisting vines. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then, when his grip held, he would lean back on the vine and swing his weight against it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Shrubs that had been tidy topiaries had grown into great shaggy trees, and bowers of blooming vines had overspilled their neat beds to riot up the walls and columns and drape over the railing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He shook his lasso of poison vines and insulted the monsters’ bad breath, stirring them into a fury. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When she wasn't writing to my grandfather, she was probably training bougainvillea vines or painting watercolor landscapes. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see through the tangled vines into the former hot zone. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On the way back from the slaughterhouse, we stopped for Cokes in the village of Mojo, where the gas-station owner had arranged a few tables and chairs beneath a dying canopy of vines. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Everywhere he taught men the culture of the vine and the mysteries of his worship and everywhere they accepted him as a god until he drew near to his own country. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cut off a vine and it will grow back,” the mayor said. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Rows and rows of fat red and orange tomatoes hung on our vines. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z A breeze stirred the drapery of vines that were the only thing standing between outside and in. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In the corner closest to the door I came in, there is an ancient double swing-set covered in rose vines. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Maybe it would burn, but she doubted that; it was lush summer growth, tensile vines and green leaves. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he just lies there, his eyes trained on my face as I build a sort of blind out of vines to conceal the mouth of the cave. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I pull the vines aside and wave my arm hurriedly for the others to enter. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z There was a fence with green vines on it, and many trees. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The green vine shifted suddenly, every part at once moving up, down, or sideways. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z To refocus her eyes, she looked out over the field before she bent once more to cut the deep-green vegetables from their vines. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Nobody, really, was out there advertising the fresh, healthy stuff—the gratifying crunch of a fresh carrot or the unparalleled sweetness of a tomato plucked right off the vine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Well, Minya and the ranks of ghosts that now filled the arches of the arcade, crushing Sparrow’s vines beneath their dead feet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Wrap them in maple leaves and store them in the grape vine basket in the root cellar. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There were big guns too that passed in the day drawn by tractors, the long barrels of the guns covered with green branches and green leafy branches and vines laid over the tractors. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I thought about her the next morning when I woke beside the creek in a bed of kudzu vines. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A few wide-winged butterflies soared over our heads, and I knew they could smell the fresh, green scent of the vines too. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z A black vine that has grown branches through his legs and arms. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The moon seemed to nod at her through the leaves of the vines that hung from the eaves around the porch. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Tendai had his legs hooked around an old chimney as he cut away the wisteria vine- that threatened to topple it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Earlier, Minho and a couple of Runners had pulled out ropes of ivy and knotted them to vines still attached to the walls. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Hey, wait a minute. Who you callin’—” He started to get up, but a grape vine grew around his waist like a seat belt and pulled him back down. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z They crouched under the partly cut tree, pulling handfuls of cut vines from around the track. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The buildings were old and covered with vines and the roads gracefully winding, lined with hedges and wild roses that dazzled the eyes in the summer sun. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I rush over to where he lies, motionless in a web of vines. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The memory of it had crept into her dreams like a vine, curling around her in vivid, oversaturated colors. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I hold the vine up with forceps and point the toxometer at it. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Dense thickets of brambles, hawthorn, vines, and trees—called hedgerows—provided perfect hiding places for machine-gun nests. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Sprawling vines of ivy had grown across it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z There are no flowers or blooming vines crawling up the buildings, no benches where students can relax. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z More cherubs, grapes, and vines decorated the mantel. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The yellow cat inched warily from beneath a pumpkin vine. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She had tried to text Claire, too, but she hadn’t responded, and Maya felt that dark vine climbing up around her phone now, almost like it was keeping Claire’s response away. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The next thing I know, I'm lying on my back in the vines, a terrible pain in my left temple. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Gilgamesh clambered over the wreckage, untangling himself from thick ropes of vine and brushing dead foliage off his shoulders. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z But now, plump red tomatoes grew fatter every day, yellow flowers turned into bright green zucchini, and pole beans hung in clusters from vines that snaked up twine to form leafy tepees. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “It is a deep red flower that grows on a strong vine. Its leaves are dark and delicate. They grow best in shadowy places, but the flower itself finds stray sunbeams to bloom in.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The streets are narrow and lined with Spanish-style houses, where purple vines climb up trellises to end at balconies. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Dancing empanadas and cheeseburgers sneak out of the vines to taunt me, then rush back into its spiral, hiding out of my reach. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Newt stepped forward and dug his hands into the thick ivy, spreading several vines away from the wall to reveal a dust-frosted window, a square about two feet wide. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Monkey, panel, vines, flute, finds...She could feel the blood beating wildly in her temples: monkey, vines...monkey, vines...panel, flute, finds...FINDS! Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Think of the vine that curls from the small square plot that was once my heart. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair hung like a clump of discolored marsh weeds, bound with vines and ornamented with bejeweled pins that seemed about to lose themselves in the hopeless tangle. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z A horse- drawn fruit wagon went by, its driver singing: “Fresh from the vine, sweet as sugar, red as wine.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen was recessed into a covered alcove, and a pergola around the dining area would once have been covered with climbing vines for shade. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They can’t follow when the chimps cross a narrow, steep-sided valley by swinging from tree to tree, or when they climb the slender vines that often hang down a sheer cliff face. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Thomas tried to imitate Alby’s lifeless body, hanging limp in the vines. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z It was nearly dusk and a March stillness had seized everything—the trees, the rotting deadwood, the leafless vine maple, the stones littering the ground. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The moon lit the wide front hall in pale ribbons, turning the dust and broken bits of chair and wainscoting and climbing vines from feral houseplants into fairy tale turrets. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It was the kind of place where you could sit for a while within the vines and watch the green world be green. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Like a lion tamer she tamed twisting vines and nurtured bristling cacti. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The sunburned face of Nailer’s father peered through kudzu vines, grinning. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Climb this vine, enter George’s room through the open window, then go downstairs and you’ll find the bird asleep in the Boston fern on the bookcase.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z The stairs coming up from Tata’s room on the first floor were marble, with a landing in between, and a colored glass window with bunches of grapes and twirling vines. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The man made an extremely rude hand gesture at the black-eyed Susan vines covering one wall. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Wild rose vines climb the trees, their blooms turning the air to honey. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z My warning cry is just reaching my lips when Peeta’s knife swings out to slash away some vines. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Thomas sucked in a huge gulp of air, then another, feeling the pinch of the vines tied around his chest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Half the tiles on the roof were broken, and a wild tangle of vines had grown through the windows and covered most of the outside wall. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached down to investigate, and his hand came up filled with a grayish-green, leafy vine. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Nailer and Nita and Tool all stepped out from the vines and clambered up the raised rail bed to the tracks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z In the jungle, he’d rig up vines to drop coconuts on his enemies’ heads. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My doubts rise insidiously from the soil of my mind like creeping, choking vines. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z His hands began to slip and slide on the vines. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They accused us of picking cherries, grapes, or figs from the trees and vines in their yards. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z It was covered with scraggly, long ropes, like vines or tree roots. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Corn was sowed long before vines were planted. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Thick vines around the trunks seemed to curl like fingers beckoning me closer. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z But every idea, no matter how good, seemed to wither on the vine of his imagination. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The countryside is scattered with Roman remains from centuries past—blocks of carved stone and broken columns and foundations—overgrown with vines and brambles. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z They slashed with machetes at branches and vines to clear a path toward the river, sinking deeper and deeper into the swampy soil beneath them. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There were vines and creepers where at home would be honeysuckle. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Floor’s dirt, swamp plants growing in it now, vines and suchlike, but nothing else. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z In several empty ice cream cartons on top of the filing cabinets beans were already sprouting little vines. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In some places the ubiquitous vines had been woven into living wreaths and other fanciful patterns. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The honeysuckle vines were taller than him now, and as he looked them over, he realized that one of the buds was beginning to open. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Directly across the street stood a small one-room shack about seven feet wide and twelve feet long; it was made of unpainted wood, with large gaps between the wallboards where vines and weeds grew. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I’m like a tree with vines wrapping their way slowly around me, and nothing I can do to escape their grip. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Then he lifted his feet and hung onto the vine; his body swung forward. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They burst into vines, which rippled overhead, sprouting buds. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The vine rope would also serve to get me safely down to the beach. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z On either side she saw hillocks covered with pumpkin vines, while beyond stood row upon row of ripe mealies. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Italian night sky was crisp and brisk, infused with olives and vine. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Tally peered out from behind a curtain of hanging vines. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z On the outside there was a border of flowers and vines made from bits of colored glass set into a lead frame. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The men speculated that when Julio ran away, the thick vines had snagged the rifle from his hands. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z He led me through an arbor; we stood in a small grove of dead vines trailing purple across furniture of marble. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Liyana lay on a low wall outside the school, her head swimming in a pool of sun, body hidden by a tangled vine from anyone who might approach. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Flailing once again, Thomas found a new vine and clutched it with both hands. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Potted plants and trees sprout here and there, vines hang down from the balconies. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z This time when she grabbed the vine, the pain was manageable. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z You think of Jonah, who, after enduring being partially digested by the whale, burst into tears on a mountaintop when the gourd vine protecting him from the sun was devoured by a worm and died. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She found gourd vines to make more calabashes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This is what I get for trying to keep from having to watch your life wither and die on the vine in this stupid little town. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He was pelted with flaming pinecones, and tripped by taut vines, and crunched by tumbling rocks. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Surely if anyone deserved to spend his remaining years relaxing under his “vine and fig tree,” it was Washington. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The gear will just weigh us down, and we at least need to try to find them before eking out a life inside caves and eating lake vines. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Westley let go of the vine without a qualm, because he had come too far to fail now; failure was not even a problem to be considered. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I snap off hanging vines and use my newfound knowledge from training to practice knots and weave nets. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She fixed her a crown of braids, leaving most of it tumbling long, and wove in vines and sprays of orchids, sprigs of fern, and the one white feather. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As an afterthought, he pinched a cucumber loose from its vine nearby, and pulled some leaves from a clump of basil. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Sometimes she stumbled over old grapevines, gnarled and twisted, thick as a man’s wrist, or became entangled in the tough, sinewy vine of the honeysuckle. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn't know about the smell of a hayfield and eating beans off the vine instead of from the store. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Green buds could be seen on the vines that crawled up the walls, and tiny white-and-yellow flowers blossomed near the ceiling. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She snaps a tinda off the vine and puts it in my hand. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z These good souls worked with people whose legs were swollen to the size of tree trunks, whose numb limbs had become as twisted as jungle vines. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He clamps the visor shut and walks out between the vines. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Thorn had managed to grab on to a vine from the Spector Lagoon and was pulling herself out. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The wind howls behind me, the vines brushing against the back of my suit. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Snowbell said goodnight to his friend and climbed up the vine and went in to bed. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z He held a cornucopia in one hand and a drinking vessel in the other, and had vine leaves in his hair and a swinging tunic to show he was dancing. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I was starting to be less dependent on the vine rope, and sometimes it seemed to me that Timothy was trying hard to make me independent of him. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just think. If we could get down there,” David said, “we wouldn’t have to pull up all those vines. All that track just waiting for us.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I duck behind a curtain of vines, concealing myself just in time. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z There were ghosts all around, but the vines and billows of flowers made nooks you could almost hide in. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Their twisted trunks, roots, and vines wrapped themselves around the ruins like gigantic boa constrictors, crushing and swallowing the overturned stones. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She says her hair is drying out, her skin and nails, she shows me all over how she’s dying on the vine. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I wandered among them, entranced by the narrow streets, the iron-grill balconies, the green plants and vines glimpsed in lighted flagstone courtyards. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Fiona dragged her hands along the wall, searching for crevices that might contain soil from which she could grow a vine or something else we could climb. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She’d had to go deeper into the jungle to find vines that were strong enough, and she’d had to make sure they were low enough to the ground so as not to be seen. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There, in a sandy place by a blue flower vine, Spiderwoman was waiting for him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Below her feet was a tangle of vines and roots, and she had to be careful where she stepped if she wanted to avoid a turned ankle or wrenched knee. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She tugged at the knots, and he could see that she had done a masterly job of connecting them to each other, leaving a length of vine between. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The cats’ voices grew louder, and they talked so loudly that they never heard a slight rustling in the vine a few feet above their heads. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Finally they came to a large room with a marvelous carpet woven with birds and vines. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d been sleeping in some type of vine, and wherever my body was exposed my skin had a sprinkling of pink rash. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The curtain of vines billows in the wind. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Then Pearl had reached out one timid finger and traced a vine in the wallpaper, and Lexie had felt a warm gush of pity for her, the sad little mouse. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Patterns of clear green beads were embroidered in whorls and vines across the whole of it, and bone-colored stitching stretched along the ribs. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We drove about a hundred miles to the vineyards, where the grapes were so ripe they were about to burst on the vine in bunches bigger than my head. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They looked about them and saw that many of the pumpkins had been ripped from their vines and were lying, half eaten, on the ground. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “But what if it’s a huge river,” I asked him once—“like the Congo, which is much broader than the reach of any vine?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Elderberries make good wine, good jelly, and good medicine. But only bears eat ’em off the vine. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Nothing to be had from my efforts, for the vines and vegetables had withered in the long weeks of drought. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The wooden ceiling was decorated with carved interlocking flowers and vines. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The otters carried bags of smooth pebbles which they hurled from vine slings with great force and accuracy. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She made a desperate grab for the vine, but it fell in with them. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Light pours in from a glass ceiling atrium and down to where we stand, in the middle of an open space decorated with towering indoor vines. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Three fat raccoons shuffled into the garden, dragging a tangle of vines behind them. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They ran blindly, stumbling through brambles and harsh nets of dead vines. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “Lots of different shrubs would work, though: azaleas, rhododendrons, spice-bush—a wisteria vine.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He trimmed them expertly with his knife, lashed them with braided vines, and in no time at all the dwarf held up a serviceable cage. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Where he stood, Leader could feel the vine now. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z When I was little, I loved to trace the vines with my finger. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Shouts and shots pursued him from behind, branches and vines caught at him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Shanti stretched her arm out and wiggled her fingers for a vine. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It held her like a vine, stretching across the miles, comforting, strangling. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I suddenly see vines and lush plants clumped together, and the air is pungent with the smell of life. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Tom stopped beside the porch and looked up at the second floor where two windows bloomed with light among the vines. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He kept it directly before him as he picked through bushes and vines and trees, the thick rotting floor of the forest crunching beneath his feet, reminding him of where we all go. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “Lower your voice, boy! We don’t want one of those policemen outside the door to start bothering us. Now if you could add another letter, you could have monkey, and then there’s panel...and vines!” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z We pass a toppled building, its rubble being eaten by weeds, and vines. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z A couple of the windows are boarded up, and weeds and vines grow up the walls. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The slopes and low hills that fell gently toward the river only appeared welcoming; underneath vines, carpet grass, wild grape, hibiscus and wood sorrel, the ground was as porous as a sieve. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Tarzan let out mighty yelps and swung from limb to limb on vines that looked suspiciously like ropes decorated with sweet-potato vines. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The vine snapped, and Thorn tumbled over with half of it still uselessly gripped in her hands. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z A couple of boys grabbed some ropes made from ivy vines and lowered Alby and Newt into the Box so they could retrieve the girl’s body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Small white flowers bloomed all around them, and as they walked the flowers became vines that climbed up the tree trunks until it was as if the trees were hung with blossoms made of snow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I took off my cap and tossed it into the blackberry vines that grew everywhere in these woods. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The ivy was thick enough that he could not tell what the shed was made of—he could see only leafy vines. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He ducked and dodged under vines and around trees, flashing in and out of sunlight, his war paint blending into the woods like camouflage. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Hesitant to try, Thomas steeled himself and pulled on the vine of ivy with all his strength. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Messy. They are tangled as a jungle of vines, layered like the sediment in a canyon. We must weave through the vines, trace the sediment. We must translate and decipher.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We stopped to admire the grapes, dangling in heavy clusters from the vines, fat and purple. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a massive tree next to it, with long vines that you could use to plunge into the water. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z And the little vine ran around the edge of the shelf. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Peeta genuinely seems to enjoy this station, swirling a combination of mud and clay and berry juices around on his pale skin, weaving disguises from vines and leaves. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Nhamo was hidden by the leaves of a bougainvillea vine the Afrikaner had grown over a frame at the side. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A vine tattoo snakes down her neck and disappears into her corseted shirt. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Taylor led Adina to the arsenal the girls had made in the jungle weeks before, and Adina cleared away vines and leaves from the catapult, the cannon, the stash of beauty product weapons. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I dream I’m with Tag and we’re swinging from vines while Stella watches. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Not in the first tomato off the vine, split open and salted lightly, which her grandmother put before her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Before she got down, Wielaf ran up with lengths of rose vines in his hands. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “I hope so,” Dicey grunted, jerking back on a fat vine. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet the principles behind all these devices, like Aristarchus’s heliocentrism, died on the vine. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The vine was Tartarian honeysuckle, a weed that grows in waste places and on abandoned ground. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “What a mess,” I heard him mutter to himself, trying to shake his pant leg loose of a blackberry vine that had meandered onto the walkway. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The branches ripped at us, vines caught at our feet. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Lilacs bloomed in April and fruit ripened on the vine. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Kira stood waiting, Frolic suddenly quiet and wary at her feet, while Matty sliced through the vines at eye level ahead of them. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I didn’t know how the jungle smelled, but whenever I hugged him I smelled wild tree vines beneath his shaving cream and toothpaste. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She felt the dew of the forest surge through her vines, felt her balsam bark heart begin to pump with hope. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z While the other monks tore ivy from stone, one busied himself collecting the fallen vines and heaping them in a pile. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z We were still in our crate when she looked at me without seeing, and I knew that the vine had finally snapped. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The supports were tied together with strong vines that covered the north end of the island. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone had lived here long ago, and the vine had grown so heavy, part of the arbor had collapsed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She limped around the perimeter of the house, looking for a garden, some carrots she could dig from the earth, a tomato she could pluck from a vine, but these people didn’t keep a garden. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I walked between the rows of beans, climbing up a twine grid, and the low, bushy vines spilling squash across the plot. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I agree with Elihu. A Loyal New York cuts off New England from the other colonies. The rebellion will wither like a vine cut off at the roots.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z In this time, in this place, the world had gone mad with lush and green, throwing vines over old electrical poles and belching up rotten pipelines from the ground. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z An acidic sap dripped from the cut vines and burned where it landed on his arm. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Chestnutt had said the Thicket had magic woven into its vines, but it was still amazing to watch as we made our way through the maze of hallways unimpeded. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Then he used the knife to cut through the vine that had held them together in the swamp. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z First, he pushed the left leg up, then tied a new vine around it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Gnarled old vines cover half the façade of the house, and the yellowish stones are smoothed from rain. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I continue until I’m close enough to see a curtain of vines hanging over the black area. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Somebody had planted blue morning- glories below each of the four wide windows, and the vines of the blue flowers were climbing cotton strings that had been nailed to the window frames. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We work side by side, using flat-bottomed trowels and occasionally shears to cut the vines and roots that weave through the blanket of dirt. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Making words in Arabic is like planting a field with seeds, growing an orchard—words hang on the vines like grape clusters, leaves throw shadows of meanings to the ground. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Little curls of her hair lay on the bill like vines on a green roof. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The terrace was the perfect place for a craft to land, much better than the garden with its trees and vines. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At least the vines were behind them now, and he didn’t see any ahead. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The vine was dry, and the wind rattled in it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother gathered the flowers of particular climbing vines and sapped them of their essences and combined them with honey that she pulled from the wild hives in the tallest trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z We did not pick from the bottom of the vine or from the top. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He described to her the green wheat fields of Herat, the orchards, the vines pregnant with plump grapes, the city’s crowded, vaulted bazaars. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Climbing vines had grown up inside the room and had pressed against the glass of the windows, seeking warmth and light. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It took place in the spring when the vine begins to put forth its branches, and it lasted for five days. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is where we come from, see. This sand, this stone, these trees, the vines, all the wildflowers. This earth keeps us going.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “This is the best way to eat them. Fresh off the vine and still warm from the sun.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The older one was climbing up the vines to follow suit. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Bags of sassafras and licorice root and birdeye vine sat open for bargaining, and by the time we poked around those a minute, Constantine’s whole body’d be rambling and loose in the joints. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Her legs looked like they were tangled in vines, but then I realized they were sprouting snakes, hundreds of vipers darting around, constantly looking for something to bite. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Why, some of the bean vines had wound themselves all the way into the very treetops, striving for light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They filled a grain sack with coins and bills, leased seven acres of stumps and vine maple, purchased a ploiv horse, and started clearing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He sliced off a long cluster of vines and laced them through one of his belt loops, trying to ignore the burning and itching in his hands. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She tied the wood into a bundle with vines and deposited it by the trail. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Branches caught at her clothing, but through the spiked leaves and dead vines, she could almost see what was happening in the clearing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I found out that he’d never thought about how the sea grape, or die vines, or the coconuts came to our cay. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I grow grapes, a variety of vines, annual and perennial flowers, and, in one small area, tropical plants. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She saw ruins—a few crumbling walls, a single column, a stone floor covered with moss and dead vines—all clustered on a grassy hillside dotted with pine trees. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He starts by painting long green vines that sprout pink and purple flowers. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “His tomatoes would be red while everyone else’s vines were still climbing. His squash were bigger and sweeter, his grapes didn’t hardly have to be bottled before they started being wine.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z To work, aside from pulling up vines or drawing something in the sand, you must be able to see. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas, startled, swung around to look, his mind so concentrated on the vines that he’d momentarily shut out the Grievers; he searched all three directions of the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Dicey showed Maybeth how to wrap a long vine around her arm and pull back on it, with all her weight, taking the strain in her shoulder. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They found even harder wood and even tougher vines. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z After several wraps, he tied the vine off. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Fireplaces were throttled with vines that had descended from the roof and begun to spread across the floors like alien tentacles. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z What had been little more than stacks of rough stone moments before is now set and carved into ornate arches and pathways, covered in crawling vines and speckled with bright, tiny lanterns. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Thick, ugly vines ran up the back walls. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z She looked up from the vine and nodded. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I rolled over onto my back, reaching up to tap the raggedy dream catcher I’d bent out of branches and filled with vines for her so that it swung on its string. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Black vines crept in and out of windows, through doors and over archways, up the sides of high stone walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hedges of honeysuckle—twisting, strangling vines—had grown over what must once have been a split rail fence between the house and barn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The garden had fruit trees, too, and berries, herbs, and pea vines in one corner. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And then she pulled out a long vine covered with tiny white flowers with six sharp petals like fallen stars. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Oh my God,” I said again, walking over to a metal plate on the table with what looked like little vines etched all over it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z As they climbed higher, the patches of weeds grew thicker, and they had to be careful not to get their feet tangled in thorny vines. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The canopy of trees, vines, deadfall, and undergrowth formed a wall of dark green vegetation that would have been hard to crawl through. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She motioned for Antain to sit on one of the chairs—it was covered with a spiky sort of vine, but Antain sat on it anyway, trying to ignore the prickles in his legs. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The overgrowth gradually gave way to a thin layer of the oldest, thickest vines. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he took another vine and put it around Alby’s left arm, then both of his legs, tying each one tightly. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z This year a trumpet vine leaned eagerly against a cool lily, pointy leaves fought to see who could take over the steps, purples and blood reds argued loudly with each other. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Above the humongous oval-shaped room, thorny branches arched like the roof of a dome, with creeper vines and yellow seed pods hanging down like streamers from rafters. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The view of the ship and ocean disappeared, hidden again by the emerald tangle of blurred trees and vines. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Kendra used a hacksaw to separate another pumpkin from the vine. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It’s a patterned tile, with pastel buds and climbing vines. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When Ramon ran past and called to them, Matty and the blind man had been clearing out the garden, pulling up the last of the overgrown pea vines. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Benny tripped over a gnarled vine and fell hard to the ground, his hands still up in a defensive gesture. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z On the walls beneath the jungle vines, thousands of beautiful apsara goddesses with big round breasts wearing only short wraparound skirts smile at visitors. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Number four had tomato vines on the walls and a roof made out of real grass. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I poked my head through the curtain and there they were, Mom and Mr. Stokely, wrapped around each other like a couple of tangled-up vines. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A few of the old mansions remained, but they were deserted and decaying; some were completely imprisoned in vines. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There had been terrible deaths, with bodies brought out strangled by vines or branches that had reached out malevolently around the throats and limbs of those who decided to leave Village. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The buds on a weeping spruce cascade over a small embankment—a little hint of life beneath the desiccated vines and leaves. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The vines that me and Jay now wore. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He reached down and grabbed one of the vines that went all the way to the ground and wrapped his hand around it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Kira looked, and saw a green lizard slither into the vines at the sill; behind the fluttering wet leaves a gauntfaced woman was holding a tyke in her arms and looking out. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When it came early and lasted so long and poured down so hard, the manioc hills melted and tubers rotted away from their vines, and finally the downpour brought us the kakakaka. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Walking among the giant trees with their snakelike lianas, or vines, hanging down, Roosevelt noted the stillness and silence in the forest. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Fishtail’s square bag was beaded all over in swirls of green vines, leaves, and glowing crimson flowers that popped out vividly against the white beads of the background. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Give me more of the vine—I can’t get a good grip!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z They were left standing in a tunnel covered in vines. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The light of the headlights fell on brambles, on vines run wild, and on olive trees crouching like bent old men beside the road. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He swayed in the air, a good eight feet above the ground, revolving slowly, the green vine rope creaking. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z And we can’t spend hours at the lake, out in the open, harvesting enough vines to eat right now. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Only a matter of time until the black vine chokes off his heart. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A long porch was almost pulled down by an ancient wisteria vine. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The lovely hymn, the Tantum Ergo, sounded as smoke of incense rose like vine. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She lay as still as a cucumber on a vine. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z When the canoes came around a sharp bend, jagged rocks unexpectedly grabbed a hold of one while a tangle of vines and fallen trees ensnared it. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Flames and rods and tubes and circles, not to say ordinary bulbous bulbs of every size and wattage and color, dangled like fruit from an ecstatic entanglement of wire vines. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z There were little flowers she did not recognize, white and palest blue; and endless, tangled vines; and here and there a fallen log, half rotted but soft with patches of sweet green-velvet moss. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They are so big they look like they were built And vines. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw flashes of the Greater Jungle with blood on its leaves, envisioned vines covered in thorns. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Koffi stared at her hands, still loosely wrapped in the bloodied strips of cloth Mama had torn from her own tunic to help her climb the vines. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z At the base of the dark cave, the mini-chinchilla scrambles through the vine curtain. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “You gotta get right up on the vine to find the pods,” Grandma said, reaching into the tangle of green. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I feel like she just dropped a seed of doom down my throat and now it’s growing and spreading poisonous vines that are wrapping around my internal organs. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z When I returned to the cave, Georgie was sitting at the entrance, braiding vines and leaves into his hair. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z They still looked frighteningly close; he took a better grip on the vine and loosed one foot to search for a wider crack. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Over the walls, vines grew, as they must have done in bygone days, before the shade. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The light was dim deeper into the shrubbery, and Robbie’s slender form blended so well with the curling vines and branches it took Sierra a few seconds of squinting to find him. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z This meant that as they pulled the vines or piled them up they got mightily scratched, all over their arms and chests and legs, but it was cooler. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He was still concerning his mind with the infants yet unborn when something happened he had not counted on: the vine was not long enough. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Before she had even entirely disappeared, he had dropped his sword and long knife and had gotten the vine coil from his shoulder. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Every night, she felt the link between them thickening, ripening: at first a slender shoot, and then a vine that curled around them, strengthening each day. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The vines blanketed the grapes, making it difficult to see the bunches. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She admired the wisteria that wrapped around the potting shed, the trumpet vine on the arbor, and the big grove of bamboo in the back. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z You are training him, as a vine, upon a considerable armature, when we wish to see precisely w hether he can flourish on his own. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When he’d moved back ten feet, he could no longer see the end of the vine way above; it disappeared in the darkness. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I rubbed the bracelet made of twisty vines. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The air on the way to Madame Ruelles bakery smells of myrtle and magnolia and verbena; wisteria vines erupt in blossom; everywhere hang arcades and curtains and pendants of flowers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Tie up the spile and the tube of medicine in the parachute and fix it to my belt with vine. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The vines protected their turf with the meanest, nastiest thorns ever and could even stab through shoes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Perceiving this he let her go and sat down opposite an elm tree over which grew a vine loaded with purple grapes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z If you wanted to kill a vine, you didn’t just keep cutting it back. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Multicolored tattoos—of eight-pointed stars, lush-leafed vines, a hammer and anvil, a bird, a woman's eyes, scales—run from his wrists up his arms and into a black leather jerkin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “The water butterflies swim in swarms and conceal their magnificent purple glow by hiding among a home of dense vines.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “We don’t know exactly. The vines shifted and they were gone,” says Finnick. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The vines creep onto the window’s corners, like they are trying to come in and join the conversation. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The trees draped in Spanish moss were even spookier, the brambly bushes thicker, the hairy vines more twisted. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He grabbed one of the vines and wrapped it around Alby’s right arm. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z We scurried after it and hid in a thicket of dead vines and pokeweed. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Beady-eyed rats scurried along the vine, gnawing at it. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Morrison stared at the vines and leaves still swaying from Georgie’s plunge into the trees. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Unbelievably, green vines wove their way through the coral. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He slid into a patch of weeds and grabbed onto a thorny vine. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I ask each bartender if he knows a girl with a vine tattoo. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Trees were covered with ferns and vines and mosses, and everywhere it looked as if nothing had been dry in centuries. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z One twisted metal vine veers to one side ending in a handle. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z And the Fuzzy Bandits used theirs to skillfully tie those vines around the robot’s leg and around her new foot. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Through the forsythia and pumpkin vine, Sierra saw a middle-aged man stomping through the party with an even gait. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The blade is etched along the fuller with a barely visible pattern of vines. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Little prickly firs grow out of every crevice and yellow vines with thorns wrapping themselves around the firs’ trunks and you can see and hear yellow razor lizards hissing at us as we pass. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Dark green mold eats through the cracks in the wall as wild trees and vines threaten to overtake the building. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Just by snapping their fingers they could make honeysuckle vines bloom over their doorway and daisies cover their roof, which was totally unfair. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She undid the twist of vine that held him inside the beaded velvet wrapping. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Even the potatoes had small but healthy looking green vines coming. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z And in this way a civilization might slowly wend its way like a vine among the worlds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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