They gathered their weapons and equipment and loaded their vehicles with speed and precision, thanks to months of practice. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In her hands, bedroom slippers are lethal weapons. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either because they were damaged or more likely because I shouldn’t have weapons. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Mini started, “we need armor, or weapons—” Aru nudged her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the Spancel had a strength in it Perhaps it was because she was twice his age, so that she had twice the power of his weapons. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew stares at her, unblinking, as I take her weapon. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She cradled her weapon and moved swiftly to the Special Forces hootch and followed the others inside. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rowan put away his toxicology book and pulled out his volume on weapons identification. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Manny’s avatar switches weapons in quick succession, tossing everything he’s got at the enemy troops. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Stakes were weapons, and having weapons was better than being defenseless. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“In the stories, he looks enough like a human that he can ride horses and wield weapons. He has paper wings.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“There’s improvement, there’s constant improvement. Gandhi proved it’s the only weapon that can win against violence.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo’s brethren from Cabin Nine hurried around, fitting everyone with armor and passing out weapons. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“There won’t be enough of us left to keep going. If everybody doesn’t lay down their weapons—and I mean, as in very soon—it’s all over, anyway.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He and the other men—six white and three black—loaded up with weapons. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The saddlebags bulged with provisions, and the white mare also carried a number of spears, bows, and arrows—short and heavy, as were all the weapons of the Fair Folk, but carefully and sturdily crafted. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

After a solitary supper, over which she contemplated all of her planned escape routes and how she might make more weapons for herself, Celaena paced through her rooms. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I brought my hand to the weapon, my finger played with the safety. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She put the weapon in his hand. Do you know how risky that was?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He does not believe in the weapon salve or that murdered bodies bleed in the presence of the murderer. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He climbed from the ditch and wiped his weapon in the grass. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the American and European emigre scientists who developed the first nuclear weapons were profoundly distressed about the demon they had let loose on the world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had been waiting in the frigid cold since dawn, their weapons ready. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin took the weapons away the minute Matt unwrapped them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adaon’s sword flashed and rang against the weapons of his assailants. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment we’re frozen, sizing each other up, our weapons, our skill. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I make sure to fully prepare myself for the day -eating a big breakfast, securing my pack, readying my weapons -before I descend. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Put your weapons on the dock. No funny bus—” All around the Romans, Charleston Harbor erupted like a Las Vegas fountain putting on a show. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mostly, pottery is owned by sedentary societies: what nomad wants to carry a collection of heavy pots, as well as weapons and the baby, every time he or she shifts camp? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were trying to build a secret weapon. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow didn’t want a weapon; Shadow just wanted something to do with his hands. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I’d expected her to tell me that she was still working on her revenge scheme, or that she was afraid their weapons were too strong so there was no use in fighting. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He drew Hazel’s spatha—never his preferred weapon, but he was big enough and strong enough that the heavy cavalry sword didn’t bother him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In a crystal case at the top of the far wall sat the most powerful weapon in all of Ravenskill, and maybe the whole Twelve Towns: the Celestial Sword. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

In this confusion of dying men and wildly flying weapons Atalanta kept her head and wounded the boar. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Television had shrunk the world, and had in the process become a great weapon for eradicating ignorance and promoting democracy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had told them how the houses were made and the weapons were forged, how the pots were laid in hot coals for many days to season them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena reentered the bedroom, yawning, and stood on the edge of the mattress to tuck the makeshift weapon into one of the folds of the partial canopy over the bed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Within days, these yielded a commitment from the AEC that thermonuclear weapons development would play a part in Livermore’s program from its inception. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

While I’ve been messing with the weapons, Peeta’s been squatting on the ground, drawing something with the tip of his knife on a large, smooth leaf he brought from the jungle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the men wore night-vision headsets and all of them bristled with weapons—compact machine guns, laser-sighted pistols, combat knives. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

When he was done, Percy loaded the enemy’s weapons back on the pirate ship. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell if he was human or not, but he seemed to notice our weapons, so I guess he wasn’t fooled by the Mist. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The resort to weapons such as insecticides to control it is a proof of insufficient knowledge and of an incapacity so to guide the processes of nature that brute force becomes unnecessary. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was holding up the grappling-hook weapon as if he were a seaman about to harpoon a whale. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Yes, they have plenty of weapons, but we will have the element of surprise. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He lifted the weapon, nestled it in the crook between his neck and shoulder and held it there with one hand while dropping the other to rest at his side. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It is to be achieved either by gradually acquiring more and more territory and so building up an overwhelming preponderance of power, or by the discovery of some new and unanswerable weapon. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The main problem, Ernest concluded, was the difficulty of tracking fissionable material in the Soviet Union to ensure that it was not finding its way into weapons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He heard the heavy tread of marching feet, the rattle of weapons. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

And now there was a crazy person in the ship somewhere with the most dangerous handheld weapon ever invented. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Theory in the classroom included the principles of flight, aircraft and weapons mechanical instruction, and navigation skills. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Okay, then if he hasn’t actually come out and threatened you, maybe it’s not as bad as you think. Does this kid bring some sort of weapon to school?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

US officials had known that the Soviets would eventually be able to build a nuclear weapon, but the nation's top intelligence experts estimated that the Soviets' nuclear capability was still four years away. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They smelted and forged iron ore into weapons, plowshares, flutes, and delicate jewelry. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was truly the weapon of a prince. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He needed to show them over and over again how to handle the weapons. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe what they’d done had proven to the weapons that they were worthy of wielding them in the first place. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the past, agriculture, writing, and improved pre-gun weapons took much longer to spread much greater distances, but the underlying social processes of population replacement and competition were essentially the same. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The stick that had supported a skull hampered him but he would not be parted from his only weapon. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Discoveries in mechanics and steam technology were applied mainly to the perfection of weapons, the encouragement of superstition, the amusement of kings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The result was Polaris, a weapons system that marked Livermore’s “coming of age.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I stash my weapons in the hollow log nearest my old home in the Seam and head for the fence. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The energy of brooding affected their father like no other weapon they could turn against him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a secret weapon! Holy cats! Send a message to the Queen at once! The country must be warned! And give me my telescope.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

It would be the most powerful weapon ever produced. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erudite doesn’t have weapons, and they don’t know how to fight—but the Dauntless do. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They had long hair and beards, and they were carrying Kalashnikov automatic weapons. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They were prepared to erect barricades overnight and engage the police with weapons and whatever came to hand the next day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By October, KGB officers in Moscow were able to produce a complete report on plutonium bomb design, containing detailed descriptions of each component of the weapon and specific materials needed. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pale swords were drawn; but I know not whether their blades would still bite, for the Dead needed no longer any weapon but fear. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She looked for a weapon and came up empty. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The earsplitting quality it had had—which I used as a weapon against my brother—disappeared. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

With pointless optimism, I look for something to pick up to use as a weapon, but there’s nothing in my path except the couch. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Others were gathering supplies and tools; Thomas saw Minho carrying weapons from the basement to the main building. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Alfred Carter Jr., Deborah’s son, is in prison, serving a thirty-year sentence for robbery with a dangerous and deadly weapon, and first- degree assault with a handgun. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Even though he knew perfectly well what lived out there, he still didn’t want to think about why he needed weapons to go into the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

His hands were covered with grease from cleaning weapons. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Americans continued shipping weapons to the Soviets, but the atomic bomb remained a secret. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't see a weapon on him, but just the sheer size of him matched with his unnatural state made him a danger to us all, especially for RiRi. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Knowledge is a weapon, Jon. Arm yourself well before you ride forth to battle.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Um, I think we should probably get going. Those white-haired people have been eyeing me since I got here and a few of them have weapons.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There were six of them, and they were carrying weapons—mostly old muskets, but one or two of them had swords and pistols. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many loud yells in orc-speech answered him, and the ringing clash of weapons being drawn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

That weapon was unnecessary now, as both Jefferson and Madison understood, because the superior organization of the Republicans at the state level virtually assured their victory in the looming presidential election. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Simpson came over to the new guys and made sure that we all had our weapons on safe. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though she’d brought three of her makeshift weapons, she’d found no trace of whatever had been growling and screeching last night. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, we scoured the ground for anything that might be used as a weapon—but all we could find were pebbles. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

We seized upon our weapons and awaited commands. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then it became clear that they had a powerful weapon in the zeppelin too: a machine rifle mounted on the nose of the gondola. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The Friday before winter break, my mom packed me an overnight bag and a few deadly weapons and took me to a new boarding school. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“We have superior weapons. This next house now. Up we go.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could kill them, everyone of them, if those silver weapons were in my hands. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was said that they were a cowardly people who fought with poisoned weapons and preferred to hide from foes rather than free them in open battle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Directly in front of Reyna, behind a conference table piled high with reports and bladed weapons, sat a familiar figure. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Matthias had no knife, only the bloody rock in his hand, and the remaining wolf prowled the arena between him and the pile of weapons. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Bunches of them are already crushed and strewn around like weapons after the war. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As Calixte had bemoaned, most of the theories were martial ones, involving conquest, weapons, and defense. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Swords, daggers, spears, sickles, axes, and some weapons Anya couldn’t even name were mounted on the walls, covering every inch of space. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The survivors immediately pounced upon the bodies of their fallen comrades, plundering weapons and objects of clothing that they had coveted. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Asha reached for her axe, but Qarl dropped his knife and caught her wrist, twisting back her arm until the weapon fell from her fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Others were rushing away, throwing down their weapons as they fled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Percy stepped forward to confront the monster—then realized he’d just thrown his weapon away. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

From then on, the beanbag gun became a favorite weapon for submission. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She was beginning to think the weapons had a sense of humor. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Unless the weapon was big and powerful enough to reach that far....That was it! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He picked out from the pile of grim weapons two knives, leaf-bladed, damasked in gold and red; and searching further he found also the sheaths, black, set with small red gems. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Bronze weapons are an orchestra of destruction and bloodshed, and the screams of the warriors are her choir. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“We got a report of a man with an automatic weapon,” this cop said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there are tens of thousands of nuclear weapons. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Our weapons and supplies are at the end of the catwalk. We should hurry. Pretty soon—” Alarms began wailing throughout the cavern. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then I went to my locker and dumped all of my avatar’s newfound treasure, armor, and weapons inside before finally logging out of the OASIS. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But I cannot find my voice to do anything about these future calamities, because it is someone's idea of inspirational to release the bobbing weapons. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

After I had exhibited my new weapon at school, a description of it spread among the boys. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other smaller specialist groups existed, in which boys learned how to signal in Morse code, operate antiaircraft weaponry, provide first aid and practical field medicine, perform air-raid warden duties, and handle other weapons. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The men with their weapons went first and the women followed. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like her son, the attractive forty-year-old widow is a Confederate sympathizer who has been involved with spying and smuggling weapons. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

As my stats continued to increase, I honed my avatar’s combat and spell-casting abilities while collecting a wide array of powerful weapons, magic items, and vehicles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In the darkness I could only make out his black uniform and his pointed weapon. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He snapped his fingers, and their weapons fell to the ground. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Mark moved his weapon left to right, pulling the trigger in short bursts, not even bothering to aim. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“It is just the soldiers testing their weapons,” one of our friends assured us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure it was a gun or a weapon. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Three children dashed forward, their imaginary weapons in firing position. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He trusted her to carry the awful aegis, his buckler, and his devastating weapon, the thunderbolt. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And here we all are to-night, in various houses, in various beds, with no weapons to protect us, and the rocket lies in the moonlight, empty. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her weapons would always come from her eyes and her tongue, from her face. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The South suffered many shortages, and often its soldiers fought with weapons that had been taken from the bodies of Union soldiers. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

In some of the weapons associated with the animals, images of plants have recently been recognized. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Humans now had a dependable source of light and warmth, and a deadly weapon against prowling lions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran for the nearest stairs while all around me monsters and demigods shouted orders and strapped on their weapons. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They are more like the weapons in the Training Center than my ones at home, but who cares? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The chests themselves had been thrown on top of each other when the Red Guards decided to check the walls for holes where weapons could be hidden. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he had the knife, and they had no weapons at all. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am peace. Peace is me,” he chants over and over as I pick up more weapons to deal with him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It took them a long time—too long—but they all knew those weapons could make the difference between victory and defeat if they got them back to camp in time. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The soldiers who owned horses and weapons would pose fiercely on my left and right. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel was being so aggressive, I thought perhaps the coach should have me fence someone else to start with, considering this weapon was so new to me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Sheku and Josiah weren’t strong enough to raise their weapons, so the corporal gave them each a high stool to keep the weapons from falling. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

‘Artemis knows a lot about missile weapons. She told us Octavian has ordered some . . . surprises for Camp Half-Blood. He’s used most of the legion’s treasure to purchase Cyclopes-built onagers.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Besides the medical kit and cameras, we have nothing but our uniforms and our weapons. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He carried his weapon in one hand, muzzle down, moving without any hurry up the center of the trail. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

All she knew was that the celestial weapons were housed somewhere inside this place. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Already men were breaking away, flying wild and witless here and there, flinging away their weapons, crying out in fear, falling to the ground. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Another pries the scim from her hand and the bow from her back, shrieking in elation as the weapons drop to the dunes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Very clearly, sharply, the sound of the evil insect weapon. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

That's not the sort of weapon the Gamemakers usually provide, given that they like to see the tributes draw blood personally. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The weapon felt awkward and unfamiliar in his hands. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And why would they be gathering sticks or poles unless it was to use them as weapons? A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Never would I have turned a weapon like that on anybody. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What kind of weapons did the warriors have?” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The rings of concentric circles along its barrel fluctuate through a rainbow of glowing colors as the weapon powers up. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The third guard raised his weapon, but Wylan snagged his arms from behind in an awkward hold. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My rabbit, which I have killed myself with a weapon I made myself, becomes part of the communal stew that evening. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Each one had specific attributes, weapons, and speed capabilities. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The most revolutionary weapon used in the Civil War was the ironclad warship, a ship covered entirely in iron. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was enough to have learned that love was the unexpected weapon, that it was the knife I’d needed to cut through the Kevlar I wore every day. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They dropped their weapons and ran as Bull Number Two closed in on Clarisse for the kill. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was probably the only major human expedition in which no weapons were carried. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a scream of rage, she dashed the weapon to the ground. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, if the bomb succeeded, the demand for fundamental research on atomic energy would only increase, though it would be likely focused on more and better weapons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Like ghosts up the ladder, taking their weapons with them. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

This meant they would use assault weapons to blast or bum their way through the city blocks, taking out any Germans who resisted, house by house, if necessary. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Both his weapons fell from his grasp as he clutched at the wound. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Which made Aru think of the words Urvashi had said so long ago when they had visited the Court of the Sky: You must awaken the weapons...go to the Kingdom of Death. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Booth and Herold gathered their weapons and blankets and headed on foot to the nearby house of a friend of Herold’s, where they were fed, and given information. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The heart is all that matters. Do not despair, Lord Snow. Despair is a weapon of the enemy, whose name may not be spoken. Your sister is not lost to you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Any weapon he had would have to be hidden in his denim jacket or pants. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, I will draw them in, any in my vicinity, away from Peeta and over to me and the lightning tree that will soon be a weapon in and of itself. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, so the murder weapons on the walls aren’t suspicious at all?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Still, he wasn’t wild about handing over a deadly weapon to a kid. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The platoon was preparing to move out, checking weapons, going through all the rituals that preceded a day’s march. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Costly mistakes, like sexual confusion and nuclear weapons, which by the way are both legacies passed down from the greatest generation—the guys who whipped Hitler—are strongly related to extinction. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Eisenhower’s remarks revived the contempt for the very concept of a “safe” thermonuclear weapon that had been raised by Strauss’s invention of the “humanitarian H-bomb.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Almost as if to prove her point, a private guard, his weapons clicking, passes by on the side of the patio open to the back gardens. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And in doing so, I gave him the weapon he needed to break me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Elusive as they are, they are the only weapon the Scholars have. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mark jumps to his feet as the man brings his weapon up and points it directly at the old man’s face. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

All the weapons were finely made, and glistened in the sunlight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Beetee, an older inventor from 3, who I rarely see because he was pulled into weapons development the minute he could sit upright. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

One afternoon he began firing his weapon into the air, yelling Strunk’s name, just firing and yelling, and it didn’t stop until he’d rattled off an entire magazine of ammunition. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not think the French should have tested atomic weapons in Algeria, of course, but she did not understand why it mattered enough for Balewa to break off diplomatic relations with France. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The gold cloaks were almost as uncertain a weapon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For a room that was supposed to be full of celestial weapons...it was decidedly empty of weapons. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now we had flying weapons, kites able to cut the strings of other people’s kites in midair. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The gunmen scanned the room, their weapons trained on the terrified customers and employees, their heads swiveling, looking for any movement. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She had no weapons, no demons surrounding her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slapped his left hand back on the weapon and gripped it as hard as he could. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The kind of weapon that Aaron Burr used to kill Alexander Hamilton in their infamous duel. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

In the intervals between guard patrols, there was no one close who could fire a weapon at Shin and Park. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“No weapon can hurt Balder. No disease. No rock. No tree. I have taken an oath from all the things there are that can harm.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

A real man's weapon—Mars was a moron. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He definitely wouldn’t order his own officers to get rid of their weapons. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“The Allegiant raided their first weapons storehouse a few days ago,” the young woman sitting at the control room desk nearest to us says over her shoulder. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He could no longer see her, though, because he was surrounded by a thicket of weapons. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

It was none other than Rowan’s friend, Tyger Salazar, who Rowan hadn’t seen since the day he showed him Scythe Faraday’s weapons den. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They’d spent most of the afternoon gathering supplies for the hunt—water, dried foods, whetting stones for their weapons. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Although the weapon was beyond my comprehension, there was nothing about flying an airplane that I did not understand. If this bomb could be carried in an airplane, I could do the job.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would the four winds blow in from the four directions of the world and smother me as I made the weapons? Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Food, containers of water, weapons, medicine, garments, fire starters. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

How he’d gotten the weapon past his guards was a feat in itself. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The mob dispersed as state troopers arrived with their weapons drawn. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The freed defenders grabbed up anything that would serve as weapons. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She had only a handful of the weapons she had started with: a pistol, a switchblade, the hunting knife. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The sound of clashing weapons and labored breathing filled the air. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It seemed to her that a noble weapon deserved to have its story passed down, and if not to her and Rowan, then to whom? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The officer holstered his weapon, drawing out a set of cuffs. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

What really caused indignation in the town was not the results of the elections but the fact that the soldiers had not returned the weapons. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The first tale I heard about him when I arrived at the Great Place was that the reverend had chased away a dangerous ghost with only a Bible and a lantern as weapons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weapons, the boat, and all of the passengers sank quickly beneath the surface. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He’d let go of his weapon, and it hung from the strap on his shoulder. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As he slashed at the sweater with his broken weapon, the ladies began to dash out the Royal Street end of the alley. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced up when we all filed in with our weapons and armor clanking. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Every monster in the audience drew a weapon or extended its claws. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Our enemies eyed their weapons and rocked upon their feet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

"Do you have any weapons I could borrow?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The Nazis knew what appealed to kids—uniforms, flags, bands, badges, weapons, and stories about heroes—and they offered plenty. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I mean she was very negative about the whole thing, shaking her head from side to side; she did not approve of the use of nuclear tactical weapons at all. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The only other items in the room were eight trunks, just like the one containing the knives in the weapons basement. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Boys Thomas didn’t know ran alongside him, whacking at Griever instruments with their makeshift weapons, jumping on them, attacking. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And the team had discovered a secret weapon of sorts: the Dikori brothers. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

In the same period, there was a burgeoning international trade in the devastating non-nuclear weapons coyly called “conventional.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He released his rage at a crowded harvest festival—and this time Rowan couldn’t save anyone, because Goddard kept him by his side as his weapons caddy. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The hall was as it had always been, grey and silent and austere, with the portraits and the weapons on the wall. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Vajra was still in her hand, but although the weapon had been awakened, Aru couldn’t do much with it except hit a couple of things. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As for Anna Brown, Morrison said that Hale had recruited him to “bump that squaw off” and had given him the weapon—a .380 automatic. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, he was standing right in front of me, his weapon leveled at my face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Aragorn had Andúril but no other weapon, and he went forth clad only in rusty green and brown, as a Ranger of the wilderness. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The ground troops, reinforced by heavy air support, destroyed the North Vietnamese sanctuaries, and confiscated weapons, rice, and medical equipment. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

They would give the strangers whatever weapons or pigs or cattle they’d saved from destruction, and the strangers would give them an outbuilding, the worst of their food, and some straw. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, of course, there was no weapon danger. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

There is always a struggle until I obtain control of the weapon and kill the enemy before it can kill me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ruddy father and son are brandishing their weapons in an attempt to be menacing. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

There was nearly two hundred of them, all holding some weapon. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was an evil weapon, able to kill both mortals and monsters. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Like the other fighters, he wears nearly as many weapons as a Mask. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Taran unstrapped the weapons on Melyngar’s back and handed a bow and quiver of arrows to his companions, as well as a short spear for each. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

She popped her head into the hallway, but the four guards only reached for their weapons. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Ser Barristan suggested a tourney instead; his orphans could ride at rings and fight a melee with blunted weapons, he said, a suggestion Dany knew was as hopeless as it was well-intentioned. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

This time the easel shook and the weapons began to hiss. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He waves The Catcher in the Rye in the air like a weapon. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“Keep your weapons on safe. I don’t want none of y’all shooting me.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted her chin and surveyed a rack of weapons. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They had gone to Tall Rock, but when the men showed me the weapons they had brought to kill the otter, I shook my head and acted as though I did not understand. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Officer Galluzzo, like Goliath standing with his hand already on his weapon, sizing me up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They sped off up adjacent aisles; Harry could hear the others’ footsteps echoing through the towering piles of junk, of bottles, hats, crates, chairs, books, weapons, broomsticks, bats.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was standing there, hopping around as he aimed his weapon, waiting until he could risk firing the Transvice at the woman. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She twirled her club in her left hand, and my eyes followed the wicked head of the weapon. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

We didn’t kill too many Rebs ’cause we had few weapons, but we put them on the run. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That December, Elizebeth became the newest recruit in the Rum War—and the Coast Guard’s secret weapon. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Before dawn, men rose to exercise the horses, polish weapons, or move out with bows in search of deer. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slaves walked the roads between towns with their scavenged weapons: hatchets and scythes, knives and bricks. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

For many visitors, however, the weapons were a disturbing presence. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Same boat,” repeated Citra with deadpan dullness but daggers in her eyes as sharp as the ones that used to hang in Faraday’s weapons den. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The weapon’s components, a piece of wood and a length of hard wire, were originally part of a toilet brush he’d confiscated, dismantled and hidden under his mattress. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The United States' brief monopoly on the world's most powerful weapon came to a sudden, shocking end. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s with swords, isn’t it? Rain would never teach me anything that uses weapons.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Against such an argument she had no weapons. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

To those weapons, Atahuallpa’s troops, without animals on which to ride into battle, could oppose only stone, bronze, or wooden clubs, maces, and hand axes, plus slingshots and quilted armor. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It had once been the garage of the old house, but now was lined with the scythe’s extensive weapons collection. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The demigods mumbled agreement They went their separate ways to sleep or eat or repair their weapons. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Sure, I hung out around Red Witch Bridge in the middle of the night, but that was in the cover of the trees with an urban legend and a baseball bat as weapons. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“We know you have one. We know where all the Tory weapons in Redding are. Not everybody is willing to play the dog to the King.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his weapon and looked down, chastised. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The older boys take everything much more seriously—the drilling, the weapons training, the endless military parades. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, he’s very strong, but I do wish that we had some real weapons of war—swords and daggers and such like. We won’t kill many rats with wooden staves.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You have the weapon. You must do this.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Wonder came into the man’s eyes, and he laid the weapons hastily by the wall, as if he feared to handle them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"It melted, leaving no trace of a murder weapon." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laws of Ghalas-at forbade the making of weapons by women of the tribe, so I went out to search for any that might have been left behind. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finnick and I stand with our weapons poised while he works the spile in, but no threat appears. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Instructions. Things—things he shouldn't have known—" “He was my apprentice. I taught him to make weapons. Fine weapons. Teluman weapons. But not for the Empire." An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It would, he realized, be more difficult; but he judged Melyngar could still carry the unfortunate Gurgi, as long as the companions shared the burden of the weapons. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Or would I have to be like Martin and become the weapon myself? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then he swings his weapon at Baxter and lets loose three quick bursts of fire. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Newt thrust his weapon into the air and yelled, “Hear that, Creators! We’re coming!” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The strap of the automatic weapon slung across her back digs into her neck and she shifts her shoulder to reposition it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

From my pocket I tear my weapon—a plastic bag of stale bread I thought to bring at the last minute—and hurl pieces at the dogs like hand grenades. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And between them, unmistakable, larger-than-life, and with six arms to hold six weapons, was the Godslayer. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t possibly take down all six weapons before the attack began, even if he found the strength to shadow-travel that many times. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His plump hand shut on my left foot, then inched up my ankle, closing and probing, as if feeling for a concealed weapon. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Disguised as a peddler he went to the court where the lad was said to be, with gay ornaments in his pack such as women love, and also some fine weapons. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for the weapons lashed to the horse’s saddle, these travelers might have been on a spring ramble. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

What if they ask me about nuclear weapons in the Soviet Union or something like that? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

That was when a huge weapons plant in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, switched over to making chemical fertilizer. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In 1882, she said that as she prayed, God told her “to speak for woman’s ballot as a weapon of protection to her home...from the tyranny of drink.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

For example, four Russian submarines prowled the waters near Cuba, each one carrying a torpedo loaded with a nuclear weapon. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Dauntless who came with Tori offer to find weapons for us. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I earned a decent amount of money each month by selling commercial time on my POV channel and by auctioning off any unneeded magic items, armor, or weapons I acquired during my travels. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Later the same day, Truman announced in a nationwide radio address that he had instructed the AEC to “continue its work on all forms of atomic weapons, including the so-called hydrogen or superbomb.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Sixty pounds was considered a good weight for the arms used on the pel-quintain—so that, when he did come at length to the usual weapons, he would wield them featly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The AEC chairman could not imagine how a bifurcated weapons program would operate or how the reduction in responsibility for the Super would affect morale on the New Mexico mesa. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Not wanting to be left out, I fired Leopardon’s Arc Turn weapon, a gold boomerang that launched from the mech’s forehead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Making use of the readily available poisons, she soon turns the blowgun into a deadly weapon by dipping the darts in lethal substances and directing them into her opponents’ flesh. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The others drew weapons and began the awful gleaning. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Aru wondered whether this was what great warriors of yore did: hit their weapons and hope they started working right. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Until three of them pulled out weapons that glistened even more than their bejeweled robes, and the fourth pulled out a flamethrower. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Fractured skull, no murder weapon, no motive, no leads. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

This time the captain didn’t pull his weapon on her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

‘Then let us lay him in a boat with his weapons, and the weapons of his vanquished foes,’ said Aragorn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

That is a lesson that members of Abnegation learn—guilt as a tool, rather than a weapon against the self. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Most rifles and muskets at the start of the war were single-shot muzzle-loaders, that is, a bullet was inserted through the front, or muzzle, of the weapon. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Percy always said my cover of ‘Born to be Wild’ should count as a dangerous weapon, but I don’t think it’s that bad.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They flank me and don’t hesitate to let security check them for weapons. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He moved one hand to his sword belt and drew his weapon. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“How do you hunt a bear without weapons?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Well be lucky if ninety seconds is enough for our ship to make it off the old planet. They’ve overrun the guard station. They’ve taken weapons.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Something chirped, then hummed; then there was a gray light emanating from the entire body of the weapon itself. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Like most spies in the field, Ken carried no weapon. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not to toot my—our—own horn, but the Quickfire-Lightning pitcher/catcher combo is one of our team’s secret weapons. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The novelty of horses, steel weapons, and guns undoubtedly paralyzed the Incas at Cajamarca, but the battles after Cajamarca were fought against determined resistance by Inca armies that had already seen Spanish weapons and horses. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sheer power of nuclear weapons themselves, any one of which could destroy an entire city, established a new principle for military conflict, dubbed "mutual assured destruction," or "MAD." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had been in the weapons den nearly every day for lessons, but to be there alone, nothing but her and instruments of death, was entirely different. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Parker gave me a sympathetic look, and I felt the slap of irony hit—some secret weapon I turned out to be. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“A headband? I’m trembling with fear. Now, let’s be honest. I could kill you easily. Two little girls. No training, no valor. Do you really think you can get the celestial weapons?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Both weapons were blunted, yet still they raised an awful clangor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

By the end of the twentieth century many nations had collected nuclear weapons. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is possible to say unequivocally,” he stated, “that nuclear weapons tests carried out at the present time do not constitute a health hazard to the human population.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

By the 1700s, guns had replaced swords as the main weapon favoring European invaders over Native Americans and other native peoples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

After doing time for assault in Alabama, where he grew up, and a second sentence for weapons possession, he had been in New York, dating a woman who was also dating a CO. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I won’t hand them a weapon to destroy us. Not if I can possibly help it.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The ancestor balanced his weapon, feeling how it became part of his arm, and he touched the ndoro to send a prayer to the spirit world— “You fool!” roared the She Elephant down the tunnel. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I stay where I am as two soldiers check me for weapons. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She had never used her knowledge of magic as a weapon before, and she knew there were proscriptions against it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“No fighting. No drawing weapons. And don’t make any comments about the boss’s appearance.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was pretty sure he remembered reading some rule against civilians bearing weapons in war zones. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"I put down my weapons a long time ago," said Gilgamesh. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Government spending on nuclear weapons research was running about $ 150 million a year, Bradbury estimated, about three times its rate prior to the establishment of Livermore. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But I had no weapon, only my hands and my swift feet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Below, the men were gathering for the distribution of weapons. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holly strapped the lightweight weapon into her shoulder holster. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Root stood on the doorstep, palms up, the universal gesture for Look, I’m not carrying a big murderous weapon. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The captain almost fell as if he had been hit by a mighty weapon. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like a cradle for the weapon. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“This is our chance!” said Kojo, racing across the floor to grab the weapon. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

They would check for casualties, call in dustoffs, light cigarettes, try to smile, clear their throats and spit and begin cleaning their weapons. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was an online form that Sixer commanders used to request weapons or equipment inside the OASIS. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was more nervous than usual walking toward Harvey’s, and he tried to make himself laugh by thinking of the beer cans as weapons. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

At its center was Huitzilopochtli, a martial god who wore a helmet shaped like a hummingbird’s head and carried a fire-breathing serpent as a weapon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“It was customary for Lakota wives and mothers to hand weapons to their husbands and sons. And they had a saying that gave them encouragement and reminded them of their duty as warriors.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

To Oppenheimer, Truman’s refusal to even try to forge a genuine partnership with the Soviet Union for the control of nuclear weapons was a tragic lost opportunity. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Walt Disney even had an entry with an animated featured entitled Victory Through Air Power, extolling the virtues of the flying machine as a weapon of war. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Some grabbed up knives, platters, flagons, anything that might serve as a weapon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’m not about to argue with a loaded weapon. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It is indeed. Asmodeus the snake lies dead. I slew him with this very weapon. It is the great sword of Martin the Warrior!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I am weak and have no weapon so, with my ragged teeth, I bite him. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Probably because the weapons room was so bright. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She is undaunted, and our weapons crash together in a starburst of sparks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Bush and Conant had been skeptical about an atomic weapon in part because of the reluctance of eminent physicists to commit themselves to the work not only in word but deed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Nuclear weapons became almost a home handicraft industry. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It barely cleared the review board. Some thought the pin could be used as a weapon, giving you an unfair advantage. But eventually, they let it through," says Cinna. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The test tubes were some sort of weapon that he was using to sabotage them. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He made a croaking sound and fought his way to his knees, fumbling for a weapon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you do not understand. I offer you something you cannot have even if I loosened your hands and gave back your weapon. By that, Lord Gwydion, I mean—your life.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I felt the calluses on her palm and fingers from all the time she'd spent weapons training with her mom. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Eat, live, and breathe the workouts, drills, weapons practice, lectures on tactics. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Cluny too felt the vibrations each time the sword clanged upon his weapon. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Valour needs first strength, and then a weapon. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His weapons of choice were brief dialogues and verse. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

With just a few days before conclave, he and Citra stayed up late studying in the weapons den. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Then later he said, “Tim, it’s a war. The guy wasn’t Heidi—he had a weapon, right? It’s a tough thing, for sure, but you got to cut out that staring.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost immediately the German government recognized the value of these same chemicals as new and devastating weapons in man’s war against his own kind, and the work on them was declared secret. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mother thought Amadeus in full battle dress with weapons bristling from his belt and strapped to his arms and legs looked like the last person anyone would call Daddy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Kaz was dizzy, and his limbs felt creaky from being trapped in the chair, but everything seemed sunnier with a weapon in his hand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You did that to Cap! You couldn’t fight your own battles! You had to use the whole football team as a weapon!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

They were laughing and cheerful, but Amari noticed that everyone seemed to carry a weapon—a gun, a sword, a knife. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through its inability to solve its racial problems, the United States handed the Soviet Union one of the most effective propaganda weapons in their arsenal. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

So the Americans put their weapons down, and they came out of the woods with their hands on top of their heads, because they wanted to go on living, if they possibly could. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m about half a dozen weapons short of what I’d like to have to take on a horde, but it’ll have to do. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I remember all those mediaeval paintings, the hand raised, open to show there is no weapon: Go in peace. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever it is,” Turner said, “I think you should check your weapons now and have them handy.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then I saw that many of them had even dropped their weapons. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she could move, he tore belt and weapon from her shoulder. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Oho! You don’t want to lose your bargaining weapon,” I crowed. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was one of the things about the end of the war: Absolutely anybody who wanted a weapon could have one. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I was without my weapons at the time. You don’t bring your bow and knives when you’re courting a princess. The guards took me easily. Her father the king had me blinded and exiled.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Hazel and Frank stood back to back with Percy, their weapons ready. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then he was back in his room and his guilt assaulted him and he had no weapon to fight it off. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo went over the weapons she had observed in the village. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to adjust to the constant surveillance and the threatening gaze of white guards with weapons, and the permanent smile of death from the Director’s purple lips. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“We could use a weapon or two about now.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then again, it’s easy to be clever when you’re holding a loaded weapon.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I draw two warriors with swords made of starlight, pointing their weapons at each other and drawing lines in the sand. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Dimple took what she hoped was a menacing step forward, map held out as a weapon. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Because Hamilton had been challenged, he had the choice of weapons. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

On April 6, 1775, Gage’s mole in the Sons of Liberty reported that he had seen four stolen British cannon and other weapons in Concord. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around the courtyard, ghosts and ghouls rose to their feet and drew weapons. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The Retrieval Squad roared military-type affirmatives, coaxing as many metallic noises from their weapons as possible. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

According to military theory, “regular warfare,” or “conventional warfare,” refers to war between two or more nations, using battlefield tactics and typical weapons of war. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I put on my glasses, place my weapons in readiness, and settle down to keep watch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

It should be evident that many of the supposed facts we have been looking at—the weapon salve, for example—are rather odd, and always have seemed odd. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Butler could kill you a hundred different ways without the use of his weapons. Though I’m sure one would be quite sufficient.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

They were in a top-secret, even further back back room of the Bochinche, loading all kinds of fierce weapons into shoulder bags. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Lifting his weapon, Ellsberg spun and saw a very young soldier, maybe fifteen, wearing nothing but black shorts. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

One of the things we did was to practice our weapons drills whenever we had a break in his class. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother had said that each of them held great powers and could wield fantastic weapons because they were the sons of gods. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a weapon against her strength and if it turned out of no significance, still it was a hope that she might fall to their level some day. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

But he is known to have a rap sheet that includes convictions for assault, including one with a deadly weapon. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Taking the fundamental ideas behind Gale’s traps and adapting them into weapons against humans. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Evelyn controls the city because she controls the weapons. If we take those weapons away, she won’t have nearly as much power, and she can be challenged.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I crouch before her, staring helplessly at the embedded weapon. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

De Soto's company was too small to be an effective biological weapon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Some sat sharpening their weapons; others sacrificed to queer gods, or dulled their nerves with milk of the poppy before going out to die. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Briefly, Lieutenant Cross wondered where the kid’s weapon was, and his helmet, but it seemed better not to ask. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since it’s his weapon and the rest of us have to defer to his knowledge so entirely, there’s the odd feeling of being let out of school early. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was supposed to signal to the enemy that the crew carried only light weapons to defend themselves. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He chose to fight Claudia with the one weapon he had—the power of the purse. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some young people took up the weapons abandoned by the guards and performed sentry duty. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

"And, of course, a god can be slain by another god, or by a weapon like Kasusu. It was forged for that very reason." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was there somewhere, churning inside her, a weapon she didn’t even fully understand. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

As Cluny and Redtooth made for the gatehouse door, Constance shouted, “Put down your weapons, rats. Throw off your armor to show us that you come in peace.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Whatever that centaur did must have worked, because there were no agitated Mud People racing down the stairs, waving primitive gunpowder weapons. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Not exactly. I was told you weren’t to have weapons. You’re too young.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The blade was not the only weapon used by knights in armour. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems I’m becoming the weapon in disguise for more people than I’d like. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I fling my scim to the sky, watching with mercenary satisfaction as Helene’s eyes flick up to follow the weapon’s path. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He could have found enough footholds to jump his way up the walls to the second or third floors—all while using the guards’ weapons against them. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“We know you have a weapon, Meeker. Where is it?” he shouted. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, the sword clattered out of my hand “Now in real time,” he said, after I’d retrieved my weapon. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The only monsters left were his own undead Romans, standing in a stupor with their weapons lowered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They piled his wagons high with gold and leather and weapons, and they kneeled to his messengers and made long speeches and promised to defend him against any foolhardy outlaw that dared to attack him. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She is determined to make it a peaceful march. She has ordered all who follow her to bring no weapons and even asked them to sign pledges against violence.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

"We have our weapons, King," said the first Dwarf. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

But the antitank weapons that were expected never arrived. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It would be satisfying to a closet sniper, this job, because he could spend long hours playing out scenarios of whom he might have to fire at, with which weapon, and under what circumstance. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the walls behind the glass, older weapons had been arranged in an elaborate display—axes, spears, longbows. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It is incomprehensible that I shall use this weapon against men of flesh and blood. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The “thank you” cut her to the quick, but it was not the reason she ran scurrying into cupboards looking for weapons. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And education is the most powerful weapon we have to address that problem.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

They had to use regular weapons, like Håkon’s rusty sword and their insignificant knives. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then, readying my weapons, I ran forward, leaping from platform to platform, to confront the first of my adversaries. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We loaded up with every available weapon, mostly bows and arrows pulled taut with young wood and reinforced with repurposed wire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Persuading the fighters to surrender their weapons was a difficult task, but at last it was done and we could begin to right things. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But if I see so much as the twinkle of a weapon on any of the medics, I might be tempted to detonate a few of the mines I have planted in the grounds.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The one classmate who protested her presence employed silence rather than epithet as a weapon. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

And behold! there lay his weapon, but the blade was smoking like a dry branch that has been thrust in a fire; and as he watched it, it writhed and withered and was consumed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And maybe Milt, who was very inventive, could design a weapon for him to use. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure which weapon to select, but some of the other freshman girls I met earlier chose épée, so I did the same. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Picking up weapons that lay close to paw they assembled at their appointed posts to await further orders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He let go of the weapon like a hot potato. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, after handing her my spare set of sickles, we secure our weapons and are off into the night. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Mark poked around more, hoping to find some kind of weapon for when that door finally came open. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

On that first day, we barely touched our weapons. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Judging from the size of the weapons, Reyna calculated that Octavian had enough firepower to destroy every living thing in the valley. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

So he reached for his favorite intelligence weapon: deception. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hand itches toward a weapon, but I resist—I have to keep hold of the ropes so we don’t plummet to the desert floor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even see the Mask draw the weapon. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The project would be enormously expensive, they knew, and it would mean pulling top scientists off other high-priority weapons projects. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor was it a weapon, a style of cooking, or something to keep one’s head dry in foul weather. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Rowan looked to Citra, who still stood in the doorway of the weapons den, frozen like a bystander at an accident. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Although Andean troops carried bows, javelins, maces, and clubs, their most fearsome weapon, the sling, was made of cloth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Massasoit showed up with ninety people, most of them young men with weapons. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

With a quick movement I slipped my purse over my head, gripping the strap with one hand, ready to surrender it or use it as weapon as need demanded. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

In spite of her new weapons, Nhamo’s food supply grew smaller as the dry season struck with full force. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if I had, and could have lashed it to an oar butt, what a weapon. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Goddard was just using his samurai blade, he didn’t need Rowan to be his weapons caddy. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Most of the room was filled with workbenches and tables and sets of tools and weapons. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She disabled a third siege weapon by sawing through the torsion ropes, which should give the Argo II a clear approach from the north. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Inside, the fortress bustled with activity: dozens of kids going to and from barracks, carrying weapons, polishing armor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mark looked at the charging weapon and got the chills. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He unholsters his weapon and steps between the Director and me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Scythe Chomsky checked the settings on his weapon. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Both set helms upon their heads and chose blunted longswords from the bundle in the weapons chest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Some of these youths were beginning to infiltrate back into the country in sorties, armed with submachine guns, bombs and other sophisticated weapons. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t much of a weapon at all, but worst-case scenario, it would have to do. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Coming or going from the prison, captives would see weapons, armaments, machines of war—all a brutal reminder of the power of the Fjerdan state. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The detective leaned the gun against the wall, relinquishing it, although he felt certain it was the weapon that had killed the Clutter family. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She raised her hands to show she had no weapons. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But you really can’t treat a chick or even a baby cockatrice like a weapon, just pulling it out when you want to. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

When she splits the book open, I watch her flip through sketches of cartoonish women, all dressed like futuristic gangsters and armed with some kind of weapon or another. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Menelaus drew his sword, his only weapon now, but as he did so it fell from his hand broken. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a handful of moss, I polish the blood from my silver weapons. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There are four parts: an obstacle course that assesses your physical condition, a written tactics exam, a test of weapons proficiency, and a simulated combat situation in the Block. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“You could double the number of troops and that would keep things quieter—until they left. You could use nuclear weapons and kill all the people. I wouldn’t call that a win.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But mechanization wasn’t Duke’s only weapon in the struggle for market dominance. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“This is their second. That’s where they got those weapons. After the first raid, Evelyn had most of the weapons relocated, but this storehouse didn’t make it in time.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

This one dated back to the previous fall, when the AEC and the Pentagon had worked out the military program for both weapons laboratories. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Before the axe could make contact, a whiplike willow branch smacked the weapon out of Sigurd’s hand. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He made sure the wire was among the weapons. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Using this, Soviet scientists immediately began building their first atomic weapon. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only then, after we had collected our weapons from the wall tower, were we, our guns, and our inmate all finally united inside the van. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet the sword was their one, indispensable weapon against the Horcruxes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The first was to kill the lion of Nemea, a beast no weapons could wound. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good morrow, lad,” he cried out, even as his hand eased off his weapon. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He punctuated his words by pointing to the corpses with his weapon. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Boo...what happens if the Sleeper finds us before we find the weapons?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Percy and his friends had no weapons except for Annabeth’s knife and Hedge’s hooves, but the murderous looks on their faces evidently convinced the golden warrior he was doomed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Littered across the white sand floor were glass marbles the size of bowling balls, and a strange assortment of weapons like tridents and spearguns. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Leo figured that as soon as he reached the top, they would jump away before he could use his weapons; but he had to try. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Root said I should take a weapon on this one. Just in case.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Our fearlessness shall be our secret weapon,” I said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then he ordered factories to produce warplanes, tanks, cruisers, and other weapons and ammunition necessary for a strong military. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Hair spray? That’s your secret weapon? See, this is why women will never end up really having power.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Brand and Cooke stood stock-still, their eyes fastened upon each other, their pointed weapons raised; but they were dimly aware of the havoc that churned about them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could have thrown the weapon into the fire, never to see it again, but Taisin came to her side and held out a torn rag. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I want there to be guards. Not just that boy. Older men, with weapons.’ Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“First of all, don’t use that name like a weapon against me,” he says, pointing at me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They found weapons, snowshoes, Norwegian currency, radio transmitters, and a map with Vemork circled in blue ink. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crumbled into piles of bones, armor, shields, and weapons. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He fitted it into the leather pouch of his weapon and proceeded to the brush line. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy; there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several others looked like Roman warriors with various weapons. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The weapons obviously hadn’t been used in a while. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And Sarai had become the weapon Minya wanted her to be, and punished humans in the only way she could: through their dreams. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

After the riot was over, were, or were there not, caches of weapons found all over the neighborhood? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

‘You haven’t seen my best trick yet. I have a weapon guaranteed to win any contest!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

So, though there was still some store of weapons in the Shire, these were used mostly as trophies, hanging above hearths or on walls, or gathered into the museum at Michel Delving. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Dimly lit glass cabinets filled the room, displaying swords, clubs, pistols, and every type of weapon in between, going back in time to a flint ax someone might have used to take out a mammoth. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Under the glow of emergency lighting, Nailer cast about, looking for some tool he could use as a weapon. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid of them from habit, and as the four or five drunkest of the thanes came toward me, shaking their weapons and shouting at me, my idiotic fear of them mounted. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of weapons hung all over the walls. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“So you need to give us a weapon and tell us what to do,” said Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He stood for a moment with his eyes shut, feeling along the bottom with a foot, then he passed his weapon over to Norman Bowker and reached down into the muck. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then her enemies appeared, and she realized that no weapon would be enough. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

That night Alba went to see her uncle in his tunnel of books and proposed that they apply the same system to his father’s weapons as she had to her mother’s provisions. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They found no wound on his body nor could they locate the weapon. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Some camps were orderly, with the tents arrayed around a fire pit in concentric circles, weapons and armor stacked around die inner ring, horse lines outside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I saw their weapons come flying straight at me, saw them touch my fur and drop quietly in the grass. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I am a weapon, then I’m being sharpened against a grindstone every day. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She’d always been impressed by the scenes of factories building planes and guns for the war effort—hundreds and hundreds of weapons coming off the line every day. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Rats have no thumbs and therefore cannot do many things that we can. They cannot make tools or weapons. They are masters of destruction, but creation evades them,” said Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We shall need weapons to replace those we lost,” Taran said. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Miss, I'm afraid we can't let you in without checking you for weapons,” says the shorter one. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“The Sixers have a huge advantage over all of us. They’ve got an endless supply of money, weapons, vehicles, and avatars. There are thousands of them, all working together.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Baker ordered John Garrett to enter the barn and take the weapons from the fugitives. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weapons give me an entirely new perspective on the Games. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her weapons, the complete lack of cunning or intelligence even of conviction, in her attacks were enough to drain away any fear. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to make apologies, which no one paid any attention to, since the soldiers could hardly know how many weapons he had purchased. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Franck would observe later, they were uneasy that the government’s interest in atomic energy might begin and end with its effectiveness as a weapon. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And then we think, what a horrible world that makes a weapon out of love. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Black women were armed; black women were dangerous and the less money they had the deadlier the weapon they chose. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together with verbal coffins like model and level in which writers entomb their actors and actions, the English language provides them with a dangerous weapon called nominalization: making something into a noun. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I will if you don’t give up your weapon.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later we learn that Mrs. Capone had been strip-searched to find her weapons. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When it’s time to march, you’ll need to get rid of everything that could be perceived as a weapon—nail files, sharp pencils, everything. Get all that stuff off your body.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“This image reminds me of the human costs of war and why no one has ever used nuclear weapons again. We’re done.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Either this dead person had been carrying the weapon, or it had killed him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe they could use the pins as weapons, put them in their gloves, swipe at the cucos’ eyes, and make a run for it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Leo had been experimenting with all sorts of weapons based on the Archimedes sphere that he’d recovered in Rome. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“He himself was rather awestricken by what had occurred,” remembered Gold, “greatly concerned by the terrible destruction which the weapon had wrought.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the best way to send this message was by massive and ongoing buildups of their stockpiles of nuclear weapons. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you will not need any additional weapons to get all three keys,” said Boo. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I settle on Emilika’s laundry pot as the best weapon in the room. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be no reason for it: Lord Asriel’s allies were outnumbered, their weapons were less potent, and many more of them were lying wounded. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Put down your weapon or we will fire!” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Citra found herself getting increasingly anxious after lunch, as the weapons manufacturers touted their wares and various motions were hotly debated. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The philosophers’ main weapon was logic, but logical deduction seemed useless against Zeno’s argument. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“True, no side uses fire as a weapon, not even Cluny. It is the one thing that spells certain death to creatures on both sides. We must look on it as an accident, Father Abbot.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He flipped the cylinder back into place and holstered the weapon. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Holly drew her weapon and flicked it up to the second setting. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

As they ran, he and his friend pointed their weapons in Ray’s direction and began taking shots. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

So now I have a car and a weapon and maybe some water. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The company also provided your avatar with high-end armor, vehicles, and weapons, and covered all of your teleportation fares. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The bow and quiver slung over his shoulder were no toys—they were weapons of war. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In her second week Eddie Diamond taught her how to disassemble an M-16, how the various parts worked, and from there it was a natural progression to learning how to use the weapon. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emboldened by his ownership of Martin’s weapon, Matthias tickled the tail lightly with the sword point. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We were met by guards with automatic weapons; the atmosphere was tense but quiet, unlike the boisterous reception I had received on my arrival on the island two years before. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So now you’re the savior of the Scholars, after spending years creating the weapons that have destroyed us?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Salva was afraid of the weapons, and he could see that the others were, too. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They fought with blunted weapons in a chaos of mud and blood, small troops fighting together and then turning on each other as alliances formed and fractured, until only one man was left standing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But the most part fled eastward as they could; and some cast their weapons down and sued for mercy. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Guns in hand and silver badges swinging from metal chains around their necks, the men pointed their weapons at Wes and ordered him to the ground. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He’s found some neat stuff like old flags and broken furniture that looks like ninja weapons, but mostly he just finds food leftovers, cigarette ashes, and beer bottles. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I want to see every single hand,” the man says to them, sweeping his weapon back and forth, pausing for a brief moment on each person. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

At that point, the United States and Soviet Union would be in an arms race—each trying to produce weapons fast enough to stay ahead. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

This realization momentarily stunned me, which was unfortunate, because Sorrento’s lightning weapon was still firing, moving in a fast sweeping arc, cutting across the ground, then diagonally up the castle wall, toward me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

No drugs or weapons were found during the raid and no charges were filed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was these wrongs which Agravaine’s colder blood could recognize as far too distant and confused to serve as weapons against the King. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When humans lived in small groups, when our weapons were comparatively paltry, even an enraged warrior could kill only a few. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aru, do you think these weapons are a sign that they like us?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the weapon she’d just had the good fortune to stumble across. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mark lifted up his own weapon and started firing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Her feet were never going to be weapons. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I found your sword again,” she added, handing the weapon to Taran. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Yet instead of receiving recognition and gratitude, Los Alamos received “rather thinly veiled criticism” that it was not up to the job of weapons research and development. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, her mom was the goddess of knowledge, and knowledge was the most powerful weapon. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The agreement established an independent body to review police actions, created a mechanism to fence in the hostels, and banned the display of “traditional weapons” at rallies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had lost his weapon but it didn’t matter. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A farmer smiles nervously at approaching American troops, one with his weapon at the ready, 1967. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Boggs relieves him of his weapon and goes to make a call. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe I don’t need weapons or armor if I have the truth. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The United States rushed weapons to the British, but stayed out of the fighting. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Háma is my name. Here I must bid you lay aside your weapons before you enter.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The variety of arrows—razor sharp, incendiary, explosive—turn the bow into a multipurpose weapon. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He had brought a weapon from the house. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Thalia and Luke approached with their weapons ready. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

You went to Madrid, because Madrid was where lived the famous Yeste, and if you had the money and he had the time, you got your weapon. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“They keep talking about fusing metals. I wonder—” “They were talking about the greatest Titan weapon,” I said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We lift the weapons up into the ready position, adjust our grips, take a breath, and slash them across the space before us in time with Miss Duncan’s count. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Sensing that the GAC was poised to reject the Super, they worked to shore up support for the weapon well before the committee issued its report. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But what most got Arm’s attention were the weapons. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Anything that could be done on such short notice to prepare for a Griever attack had been done: windows boarded up, furniture moved in front of doors, knives handed out as weapons . The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

What my weapons would be I didn’t know. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The militiamen confiscated anything that could be used as a weapon and announced that the Delawares were all to be killed. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph sensed the position of the weapon from the glimpse he caught of Jack's arm and put the thrust aside with his own butt. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The results weren’t as strong as a proper, man’s weapon, but the boys could still bring in small game. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shoot again and again until I get the feel of these new weapons. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

To his credit, the augur didn’t seem afraid, though his only weapon was a dagger. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But sometimes, you find yourself standing in exactly the right position, wielding exactly the right weapon to hit back. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A policeman strolled toward us and the boy quickly dropped his weapon into his jacket pocket. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gold’s Soviet contact, known to Gold only as “Fred,” told Gold to get a job at a weapons factory—someplace with technology worth stealing. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait, so, we need weapons to protect our weapons from becoming...weapons.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nearby was a ledge of rock which I climbed, taking my weapons with me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our hearts felt full as we studied the code, took apart and repaired radios in the field, and learned how to fight with our weapons. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I show her the loops near the waist for weapons and how to secure the waist ties and extra strings at the ankles. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I am my own weapon, Miss New Hampshire.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Surrounding them are Dauntless soldiers, all in black, all carrying weapons. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The two of them scrambled to their feet, grabbed their weapons. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Warriors were now in place from every world where Lord Asriel’s rebellion had supporters; mechanics and artificers were fueling aircraft, loading weapons, and calibrating sights and measures. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now we are wondering whether nuclear weapons will proliferate around the world by the same often-violent process, from the eight countries that presently possess them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Besides soldiers, weapons, and supplies, Oshiro and Big Jim carried highly classified information back and forth to the camps in locked bags. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I knew that a well-structured argument would be my best weapon. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those engaged in the development and manufacture of weapons of mass destruction are given salaries, perquisites of power and, where possible, public honors at the highest levels available in their respective societies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I search the ground for weapons—a staff, sharp rocks, anything I can use to fight them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can have a scim too. I have a pile of weapons I never want to see again. Take them all.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t matter to me what weapon you choose,” Coach Mustilli said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Why wouldn’t the gods keep their weapons with them?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Other carts were loaded down with silver plate, weapons and shields, bags of flour, pens of squealing hogs and scrawny dogs and chickens. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“If we stop testing,” Lawrence declared, “well, God forbid ... we will have to use weapons that will kill fifty million people that need not have been killed.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

‘It was this accursed knife that gave the wound. Few now have the skill in healing to match such evil weapons. But I will do what I can.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

While I still didn’t have the speed of the other kids, my weapon had a significantly better range. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

About 1950, Dr. Knipling launched a serious effort to turn insect sterilization into a weapon that would wipe out a major insect enemy of livestock in the South, the screw-worm fly. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Even though trespassing in the woods is illegal and poaching carries the severest of penalties, more people would risk it if they had weapons. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The weapon salve was thus to be brought within the sphere of experimental science, and strange facts were to be naturalized. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A few of them were getting up again, reassembling, bony hands groping for their weapons. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She’s got a weapon that if necessary can convert solar energy into deadly rays of power, so that could last indefinitely. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The McMahon Bill excluded the military from control of atomic energy, except as the technology was directly applicable to weapons, propulsion, and other military needs. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I tried to imagine myself as one of the best on our team, but did I have the willpower and patience to learn a whole new weapon? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Anya held her hands up, showing the Nightingale she had no weapons. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The pirate crew disbanded in terror, chattering and clicking as they dropped their weapons, forgot the captives, ignored Chrysaor’s orders, and jumped overboard. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I fought with the only weapon I had, the sharp cutting blade of a double-bitted ax. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach Mustilli kept Rachel and me there fencing with each other for the next hour, and I began to get the hang of working with my new weapon. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He moved out of direct view and leaned on the wall, looking around as if some magical weapon might appear in front of him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But just in case the Black Tips got any ideas, the other Dregs would be waiting right outside the eastern arch with weapons at the ready. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Guardsmen walked the walls, and knights and men-at-arms were training with blunted weapons. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, send somebody, because I need medical attention. The kid has my weapon. Yeah, I know, I know. Just send me some local help, comprende?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In short, the weapons of others slide off your back, weigh you down, or tie you up. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Angelos, a twenty-four-year-old record producer, possessed a weapon—which he did not use or threaten to use—at the time of the sales. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was the weapon of Kronos, the one he’d used to slice up his father, Ouranos, before the gods had taken it away from him and cut Kronos to pieces, casting him into Tartarus. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He held a G3 weapon and his helmet under his arms. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A flash of darkness blinks across the sun as the weapon screams over our heads to smash into the ground far beyond where we huddle. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were on the choppers and out in minutes, with Simpson screaming at us to get our weapons on safety. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Telling it like it is, like talking was their weapon. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he pointed a finger at me that looked like a weapon. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

After attacking the guards, she’d relieved them of their weapons and buried them in a shallow storage pit beneath Our Lady. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It’s as if I’ve been holding a weapon all this time, ready to defend myself if he said anything wrong, and he just pulled it out of my hand, disarming me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Lina thought maybe they were weapons, meant for fending off hostile creatures. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jule leaps from the roof to the branches of a neighboring tree and breaks off a sharp stick to use as a weapon. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Besides, while he’s a whiz with that trident, it’s a weapon less suited to the jungle than my arrows. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fleet was not, in fact, outfitted with nuclear weapons, but the message was clear. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“At the age of twenty-nine, I had been entrusted with the successful delivery of the most frightful weapon ever devised,” Tibbets recalled. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not the witches, not those angel-beings, but that sleeping child: the final weapon in the war against the Authority. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled off his hood to reveal neatly cut gray hair, a mournful face red-cheeked from the chilly day, and dark eyes that seemed themselves almost to be weapons. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was one thing to screw up a huge weapon. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A blinding stream of white light shot from the weapon and into the man’s chest, quickly turning him into a wall of gray, then an explosion of particles that disappeared. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But maybe in the darkness the guards heard them as terrifying weapons; maybe the thin columns of smoke seemed to be the first sizzlings of a larger explosion. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I mix the chicken up with a little mayo and my secret weapon—blue cheese dressing. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After an explanation about the three different types of fencing weapons—épée, saber, and foil—we were told to select one we thought we’d like to try. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Only the big golden horn and the picked-over pile of weapons remain. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s probably better to appear friendly,” he said, handing the weapon back. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Armed guards, helmets and weapons bright, their livery blue and gold, took up positions before them. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The SS were running as well, weapons in hand. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He lost his birth mother. He learned how to ride horses, use and make weapons, be a hunter and a warrior. Had his first girlfriend.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t even any decent garbage to use as a makeshift weapon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sputnik was proof, American policymakers assumed, that the Soviet Union had intercontinental ballistic missiles—many of them, hundreds perhaps, with the power to hurl an atomic weapon at US cities. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We got some of the nation's best experts to review the gun evidence, and they con-eluded the Hinton weapon could not be matched to the murders. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

No matter how long I take to get into the weapons shed, the sword is always right there where I left it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Without the hatchet he had nothing—no fire, no tools, no weapons—he was nothing. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

It carried America’s secret weapon, a single atomic bomb. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to be there; he wanted to be in the armory gathering weapons, in the kitchen grabbing food, and in the library collecting information. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

In similar fashion, no weapons would be permitted on Libra, and Librans simply would not be able to understand why earth people continued to shoot one another. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gathers the men who are new to weapons—the commoners and servants—to begin training. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It snapped its jaws together until its mouth was a mess of green blood, yellow foamy poison, and splintered weapons. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Newt went after him, right on his heels, and then the rest of the Gladers followed, a tight pack of roaring boys charging ahead to a bloody battle, weapons raised. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They developed new weapons and sophisticated hunting techniques that enabled them to track and kill mammoths and the other big game of the far north. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the Sleeper is going to try and wake up the Lord of Destruction, he’ll need the celestial weapons,” said Hanuman. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Lure him into a liaison. Keep the weapon concealed until the last moment.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Then, maybe, perhaps, I could use them as a weapon? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t need weapons because he is one, particularly when faced with a slave who barely comes up to his shoulder. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Smaller weapons would take “several more years” at least, he said. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The police searched the entire farm and confiscated hundreds of documents and papers, though they found no weapons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blades, bows, ballistics, or the use of his own body as a weapon of death. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Of course not, Sheriff. Jane is terrible with a rifle. I was thinking more along the lines of the sickle, a weapon designed specifically for the close-combat techniques of an Attendant.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Many things, most of them unsafe. This is where we guard our most prized weapons and talismans. Spell books, ingredients for potions, all the good stuff.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The symbol of the spear was chosen because with this simple weapon Africans had resisted the incursions of whites for centuries. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could bring it out anytime, and he knew it was the sharpest weapon he had found. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Warders with automatic weapons stood on raised platforms watching us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their trying to save one another had activated the weapons. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Words had to be added for new weapons, military terms, and situations of war. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two others didn’t waste time with weapons; they lunged for her, hands outstretched—a textbook case of how not to attack. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Then he repeated his efforts with several of the weapons lying around the bottom of the tank and managed to break three tridents, a sword, and a speargun. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You never understand things the first time,” Eilonwy murmured, her grip firm on the weapon. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

And with a little extra help, some food, the right weapon, why should I count myself out of the Games? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I had never had anything to do with weapons, beyond the mock skirmishes with elder sticks at the orphanage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

For yet another weapon, swifter than hunger, the Lord of the Dark Tower had: dread and despair. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Legendary weapons didn’t rust and wear away to nothing; otherwise they’d never get to be legends. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But as the spy wars in Berlin reached a new phase, the world would learn just how powerful a weapon the spy George Blake would turn out to be. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Booth plunged his hands into his pocket and withdrew his weapons. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We need to stay hydrated,” Alec said, placing his weapon on the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Their men are cowards, though! When they’re given weapons, they refuse to fight.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

After forging the blade, she had spent another three months using Transformation to engrave the weapon, imbuing it with its magical properties. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Welcome to our secret room. Got some nice automatic weapons. Grenades. Some beautiful killing machines, really. Here’s my personal favorite.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She had learned, for example, that Bien was a kind of secret weapon. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Officers stopped Walter's truck and drew their weapons, then forced Walter from his vehicle and surrounded him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

At some point in the woman’s lunge toward Joe he realized that a stick wasn’t much of a weapon against the dead, but it was too late. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in the city, Germans are loading weapons or drinking brandy and history has become some nightmare from which Marie-Laure desperately wishes she could wake. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He is looking at me as though I’m being uncouth by pointing a weapon at him—even though he’s the one with the minion who assaulted me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The Orion starship is the best use of nuclear weapons I can think of. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This fear, I think, is Hitler’s best weapon. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Grog gave Smith another weapon in his war with the press. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we consider the advantages that Spaniards derived from horses, steel weapons, and armor against foot soldiers without metal, it should no longer surprise us that Spaniards consistently won battles against enormous odds. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Please,” Taran said, “you must get her, too. And weapons for us. Will you do that?” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“It was a large hunt that day. The men had gathered for the distribution of weapons. I had a spear and a sack of food. Katrina had prepared food for me. She always did.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can’t beat these guys with our talent. We just aren’t good enough. But I think we have bigger hearts. And I think we have a secret weapon.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

One team concentrated on slamming us into lockers, while another focused on tripping us up or shoving us down staircases; still another concentrated on attacks with weapons. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not an authorized weapon for the A camp, but Big Jim had somehow managed to get his hands on it. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

"Will you not allow me to salvage my weapon, sir, and with it my honor?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a huge place filled with broken furniture, piles of books and ledgers, and rusty weapons. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had merely fallen face down across the bed, as though sleep were a weapon that had struck him from behind. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Against this weapon, so indefinable and so effective, Jack was powerless and raged without knowing why. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Go get our friends. But first we break into the ship’s weapons stash.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Their weapons drip with blood as they walk away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hung around together in gateways and at the corners of buildings, leaning lovingly on their weapons as they talked. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Aim and press the trigger. A man knows how to fire a weapon.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Zhenya landed, she was in tears and furious—her weapons had jammed and she hadn’t been able to use them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The shiny weapons were half the appeal anyway! Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As one, the forces of Kronos dropped their weapons and ran for their lives. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He gave Alec a grim look and followed the older man past them, to the stairs to the basement, and went down, weapons held at the ready. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Forgetting that the car’s occupants were armed, and brandishing his own gun by the barrel, Joe galloped toward the vehicle, planning to beat them all to a bloody pulp with the stock of his weapon. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you need a weapon, sir?” asked the pilot, handing him a gun. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are nations that develop and stockpile bacteriological weapons. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Jasper Jr. hopped out of the boat, I saw that he didn’t have a speargun or any other weapon. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He looked around for some kind of weapon. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“With our heavy equipment, weapons, and thick clothes, we could hardly move.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fear gave way to anger, and I scrambled for the fallen weapon. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Writing marched together with weapons, microbes, and centralized political organization as a modern agent of conquest. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

With all the training over the past five days and fiddling with various weapons and techniques, her body ached. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The walls were lined with battle flags and weapon displays: antique rifles, battle axes, and a bunch of other stuff. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, it’s cold out, so we can conceal most of our uniforms and weapons under flowing coats and cloaks. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Swords, swordbreakers, axes, bows, pikes, hunting daggers, maces, spears, throwing knives, wooden staves...While she generally preferred the stealth of a dagger, she was familiar with every weapon here. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

If you bring any kind of weapon to Bunche it means an automatic suspension and then you have to go through the bring-in-your-parents bit to get back in. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their trainer was Scythe Yingxing, who used no weapons but his own hands and feet to glean. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“One or two more whacks and I think this baby will bust open. We need to be ready. Find any weapons?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The floor was littered with skeletons in Roman armor and Imperial gold weapons encrusted with frost. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Teller’s viewpoint was shared by Lewis Strauss, who was struggling at the White House to hold the line against Stassen’s lobbying for an international agreement on nuclear weapons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Celaena eliminated her options one by one, seeing each weapon for what sort of damage she might do to the captain’s face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It’s all I have, my only weapon for smashing through these stiff coffin-walls of the world. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taran began, as he noticed a black and battered weapon at Gwydion’s side. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Soon the Fifth Cohort was equipped with new weapons and shields and helmets. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A vast collection of troops, tanks, weapons, and vehicles surrounded the castle on all sides. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The infected man who’d stolen the Transvice was just outside the door to the cargo room, the weapon clutched in his hands. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The commentator at the scene was hit by a powerful weapon, his entire body charred. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

If the child is killed in the process, the wizard can determine the weapon of his enemy and develop something stronger. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

She tossed her new weapon up in the air, caught it again, brandished it, and urged the horse forward. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“There have been weapons brought on campus,” Karen claims. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You know darn well Mrs. Miyamoto isn’t going to slip Mr. Miyamoto any kind of weapon. Back off a little. Let them talk.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

"We'll be enlisting you prentices for battle scenes soon. Your weapons will be blunted, but there will be no protective tips. So, lest you die too convincingly, you'll wear a metal plate." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

In it were the weapons they had stolen from the old man. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The glare of the flames showed scars, sneers, weapons pulled out and ready. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

They took away some small weapons—a dagger for each of them—and some long votola cloaks that Alfhercht wordlessly insisted they take. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

His boots were scuffed and stained, and he had no weapon on him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

All six dog-men dropped their weapons, grabbed their ears and fell down in agony. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Some wear bucks’ horns on their heads and each carries a weapon—one a club, another a sword, another a bow and arrows. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I checked the weapons, counted the ammunition, made the required phone call to the watch commander to say that everything was okay. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twice he went down to the banks of the Potomac River, where no one noticed or cared what he was doing, and practiced firing his new weapon at saplings. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“If it’s an enchanted weapon,” Taran began, more interested than ever in getting his hands on the sword, “shouldn’t we keep it...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

There were many of these animals on the shore near my camp, but I lacked a weapon with which to kill one. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why didn’t they use the weapons they had? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Those of us with specialty weapons are allowed to take them along with our guns. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He was aiming his weapon, yelling at them all to freeze, when Mark caught up to him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The trustees’ discovery that they had unwittingly funded a weapon of mass destruction was not regarded in the boardroom as grounds for pride. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She didn’t have any backup, or weapons, or even know where Sigurd was. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I don't draw a weapon at the sound of his voice, though I have a dozen at hand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Leaning forward, heads down, they used the butts of their weapons as probes, wading across the field to the river and then turning and wading back again. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My arms became fighting sticks, my legs became weapons. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Provide us with atomic weapons in the shortest possible time. It will remove a great danger from us.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I may have relinquished weapons, demon, but do not be foolish enough to think I've given up an ounce of my power." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And what the scorching, searing, freezing, poisoning weapons of non-life have failed to do may be accomplished to the end of its destruction and extinction by the tactics of survival gone sour. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

With some ceremony, he took the weapons and made a short bow to Horse, who slapped him on the back again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In the time it would take a legionnaire to knock and issue an order, a Mask would already be in the house, weapons slicing through anyone in his way. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Hunters whose courage was thus fortified were bound to be more successful when slaying these formidable beasts with their primitive weapons. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this school, the only real weapons were words, so I’d become skilled at wielding them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When Lon shook his head, she tried again, “A magic weapon? Like the Executioner?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They carried steel bars, axes, knives, wooden stakes, and hammers— all the weapons used by the Khmer Rouge soldiers to kill their victims. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the Spaniards’ superior weapons would have assured an ultimate Spanish victory in any case, the capture made the conquest quicker and infinitely easier. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The giants pointed their weapons, ready to turn Percy and Jason into a demigod-kabob. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His scythe began to change, until he held Luke’s old weapon, Backbiter, with its half-steel, half- Celestial bronze blade. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“If you read carefully, the laws only cover hunting with weapons,” he informed me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My father always told me you should never draw a weapon unless you are fully prepared to use it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Cain came at her, and she had no choice but to meet his blows, barely having the strength to raise the weapon each time. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Chiron and Quintus stood at the front by the weapon racks. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Nothing remains except for us to vote what support we can give the quest—transportation, money, magic, weapons.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A Zulu driver got out with an iwisa, a large, traditional Zulu weapon—a war club, basically. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The weapons establishments in the Soviet Union, the United States and other nations are large and powerful. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet were stuck fast, the way the lamps in the suburban house had been stuck to the floor so she could not use them as weapons. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

B-52 bombers were detected moving out of hangars, carrying nuclear weapons. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His fierce eye gazed out across the mighty army: black rats, brown rats, grey rats, piebald rats, skulking weasels, furtive stoats and sinuous ferrets, all gathered round, their weapons glistening and dripping with the rain. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Strauss reiterated his familiar theme that the cessation of testing would have “severe repercussions” for the clean weapons program and that Los Alamos and Livermore would “lose momentum” during the suspension. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The crowd roared approval and brandished their weapons. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“She was a good soldier. Good woman. This kid Frank proved his stuff tonight. Happy late birthday, kid. Time you stepped up to a real man’s weapon.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then, if he missed, or failed to kill the president, he would turn to his backup weapon, a Rio Grande camp knife, a handsome and extremely sharp type of bowie knife. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only trucks are allowed to operate, to relocate people and carry weapons to silence any voices of dissent against the Angkar. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the four-year conflict ended, four million men had taken up weapons. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Get up and retrieve your weapon,” the badger growled. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I'd been there alone, without my father's weapons to protect me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Peck’s access to an end-all weapon makes him valuable. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She wondered if she could use her power to control the weapons, maybe disarm the ghosts, but she was afraid to try. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

‘I got tired of waiting for you to carry out my orders! I’m coming aboard. Everyone on both sides, drop your weapons!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The weapon was headed for the glass ceiling. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Two bullets were retrieved from Whitehorn’s skull, and they appeared to have come from a .32-caliber pistol—the same kind of weapon that had been suspected in Anna’s murder. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The weapon was automatically associated with the pictures, and that was enough for Six-Fingers to report to the powerful Neighborhood Party Committee. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Irregular warfare is war in which one or more sides might not use a regular military organization, and might or might not use conventional weapons or tactics. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“No. I’m going to teach ye to use yer weapons,” Kin said. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

In spite of the intense cold, Crazy Horse tossed off his buffalo robe so he could handle his weapons more easily. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Other people are born with talents like yours. You’ve heard of them, I’m sure: seers, conjurers, makers of magic weapons. Most legendary figures have some sort of ability that makes them noteworthy. ” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I ran inside and looked for a weapon. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Gabe dropped the paddle and caught the handle of the weapon awkwardly, relieved that the blade had not sliced through his hand. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know they could make weapons like that.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

"I have heard it said that poison is a woman's weapon." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Russia’s secret weapon is the bewilderment and despair and hunger of millions of people of whose existence we are scarcely aware. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking like a Career now, and the first thing I want is to get my hands on a weapon. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Half the skeletons, including those of children and babies, bore clear signs of damage by human weapons such as clubs and knives. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As porters they carry supplies, food, medical aid, and weapons for the soldiers and are often put in the line of fire. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In return for her freedom, they demanded that her father free the English prisoners he was holding, give back stolen English weapons and tools, and send a large quantity of corn. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Before the call, I would’ve bet anything Peck doesn’t have any weapon on him, since we’re the ones who jumped him when he was coming out of work. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Already we are heavily overburdened by coincidence. Two people decide to stab M. Ratchett last night. It is too much of a good thing that each of them should select an identical weapon.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

His jawbone was all the weapon he would ever need. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Empires with steel weapons were able to conquer or exterminate tribes with weapons of stone and wood. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The activation code will enable the memory serum weapon, and another button will deploy it instantly. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The squad had just got some new barrels for the sixties and two new M-79 S. They were sitting around a tin can full of carbon tet cleaning the cosmolene off the weapons. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taran stumbled down the riverbank and leaped to a boulder, feverishly grasping for his weapon. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He gave Alec a curt nod and stepped up to the porch and entered the house, sweeping his weapon left and right as he searched the room. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I set aside my weapons and anoint her arm with the burn medicine. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“For this fight, we let the boys have their weapon of choice,” he said, glancing at Archer’s gun, “with the exception of firearms.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The constant bombardment wore on their nerves, made dents in their weapons and food supplies, and deprived them of sleep. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They've come back to kill me or get their weapons or both. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You marched against assault weapons,” he says, far calmer about this than I am. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was only one Beta Capsule, and it was a far more powerful weapon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She practiced wielding the knife as a weapon rather than a tool. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He saw his friend, aiming an imaginary weapon in his hand, dart from behind one tree to another. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I slide my legs off the table and look around for a weapon. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I spend the short ride back to 13 curled up in a seat, trying to ignore Plutarch going on about one of his favorite subjects — weapons mankind no longer has at its disposal. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They put cells in culture dishes and expose them to radiation, drugs, cosmetics, viruses, household chemicals, and biological weapons, and then study their responses. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Old men helped them, or instructed the young men to grab weapons and meet the enemy. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

And that made it difficult to get to know him, to figure out what might make their new little family go from fine to magnificent But Cady had a secret weapon. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Still, Tendai thought the Art of War was more fun than weapons practice. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had tried to communicate that the national interest did not lie in simply continuing atomic bomb work, and even suggested banning atomic weapons by international convention “just like poison gases after the last war.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Nothing that can be used as a weapon against others, or against yourself. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Lit by the sunlight pouring out from the weapons room doorway, I’m able to point out the bouquet of flowers in the creature’s hand. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He carried no visible weapon, but that didn’t make Reyna feel any better. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They hefted their weapons and turned the corner of the house. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But on March I, 1954, a thermonuclear weapons test at Bikini in the Marshall Islands detonated at higher yield than expected. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a time, they called a truce, sweating and showing the welts and scratches from their makeshift weapons. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Other times, he had to be at Goddard’s side, loading or switching out his weapons. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

My father loads the weapons and takes off any safeties. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I have no weapons on me, and you’re free to search me,” he said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jefferson’s conversion occurred with such breathtaking speed that hardly anyone noticed how deftly he was discarding the chief weapon the Republicans had wielded against two Federalist administrations. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They carried weapons, though: tridents, nets, and scimitars. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now it was wielding a large bright sword, an ancient weapon of terrible beauty. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She could infect a whole house with gaiety and she used her gift as a weapon against the despondency that lurked always around outside the house waiting to get in at Tom. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no weapon, not even a stick or a stone. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

And I could no longer see the secret weapons of each piece, the magic within the intersection of each square. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man held Gabes neck with one gloved hand, raised his weapon with the other, and touched the tender skin there with the blade. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The real soldiers have given us weapons training, so now I know how to use a sword better. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The only things he could use were the Martians’ physical appearance and their weapons. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

They drop their weapons without question and let me pass. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And at no time did he have a weapon. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In order to do this, we will need Dauntless’s help. They have the weapons and the combat experience. You could bridge the gap between us and them.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then, without a word to Mark, he lifted his weapon and aimed it at the group of people attacking Lana. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Peering into Bates’s grade book, a document that was later brandished about in the courtroom as if it were a murder weapon, he saw the notation “NC” for one of the daily homework grades. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We must not stoop to dirty weapons, even if our enemies do.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmers tend to breathe out nastier germs, to own better weapons and armor, to own more-powerful technology in general, and to live under centralized governments with literate elites better able to wage wars of conquest. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pretend out loud that I’ve built him a majestic castle, describing every brick and barrier and weapon that will protect him from the monsters outside. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He thought he could use it to push himself away from rocks, and perhaps, when he reached the other side, he would need it as a weapon. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I raised my hands to the level of my chest—the weapons I had against the hyena. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then the wars began, and the war songs, and the weapon making. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, Gloss, Cashmere, Enobaria, and Brutus have gathered, their pack formed already, picking over the weapons. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The older of the two men motioned toward the sofa with the barrel of his weapon. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I have the right to check the personal property of any of the detainees. How do I know there aren't drugs or weapons in there? He stole a car, too! I've got witnesses!" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He was just about to rear back with his weapon when he realized it was Alec. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He let them fall, and pulled up a comer of the cloth the weapons had been wrapped in, rubbing it between his fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the new light, Gabe could see that the weapons had changed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The soldiers pressed in on us from all sides, keeping their weapons hidden. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I lift my weapon, focusing on Miss Duncan and trying to decide if she is indeed a revenant instead of thinking about the deep burning in my poor scrawny arms. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The jabberjays were muttations, genetically enhanced male birds created by the Capitol as weapons to spy on rebels in the districts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

His own skills aside, it would be nice to have a weapon. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Lay down your weapons and slide them over!” barked the girl. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It’s everyone from the mom buying some food that fell off the back of a truck to feed her family, all the way up to the gangs selling military-grade weapons and hardware. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They seemed to be everywhere at once—whacking Romans on the head, stealing their weapons, cutting their belts so their pants fell around their ankles. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The next day she carried her secret weapon to school in her satchel. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The punishment used for small children was a regulated system of smacks with the discipline wand: a thin, flexible weapon that stung painfully when it was wielded. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was metallurgy as it applies to weapons, the philosophy of mortality, the psychology of immortality, and the literature of the Scythedom, from poetry to the wisdom found in famous scythes’ journals. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think I would be aiming a dangerous weapon at someone today when I woke up. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “You will never defeat the armored bears. You have seen my armor; now look at my weapons.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the valley, thousands of monsters wailed and roared, clashing their weapons and bellowing in triumph. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I was brought to a shattering of my ignorance almost as brutal as the weapons themselves. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

While the scythe’s house was modest and unadorned, it had one impressive feature: the weapons den. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

No weapon had been found in any cell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indigenous fighters went to a British garrison in Canada to obtain weapons and supplies, and Tecumseh called for a unified and coordinated Indigenous-led war on the United States. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Leniency for confession, severity for resistance! Hand over your weapons now, or we will be forced to search the house.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One evening in New York City,” Gold remembered, “about October- November 1942, Semyonov asked me if I had heard anything of a military weapon.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though he knew perfectly well what lived out there, he still didn’t want to think about why he needed weapons to go mto the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“The day has been filled . . . with talk about supers, single weapons capable of desolating a vast area,” Lilienthal recorded sourly, his earlier admiration for Lawrence shattered by the latter’s enthusiasm for this loathsome new weapon. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Their stingers are coiled like harpoons, millions of invisible weapons just waiting. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I don't know much yet about different kinds of weapons, but it's a bit like looking at an expensive car. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I haven’t told them how much the Capitol’s defenses mirror the weapons in the arena, but my going off to war is awful enough on its own. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I can feel that from here. And unless I knew what weapon could harm them, I wouldn’t want to go closer than this.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh. My. God. I didn’t even think of that. But they don’t store weapons. It’s physics research.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

We stood in silence for a few minutes, weapons still pointed at our prisoners. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The UN warned us that many of the slayings were being conducted with “white weapons”: machetes, clubs, and knives, so-called because they killed without noise. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The search for new weapons continues unceasingly, and is one of the very few remaining activities in which the inventive or speculative type of mind can find any outlet. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But instead of gently handing it down, he laughed and threw the peaches like weapons, smashing the soft fruit against their heads. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no weapon, just the marten sitting on his shoulders. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The gyptians had planned to stop and rest their dogs, repair a couple of sledges, and get all their weapons into shape for the assault on Bolvangar. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Alec held the strange weapon up as if it were some holy relic. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She and Ivan hadn’t brought their weapons back to the barn since. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

But Mark didn’t waste time with explanations—the man’s weapon was propped up against the wall next to him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The crowd raised their weapons in the air and cheered with satisfaction. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two winters after they left I made more weapons—a spear, a bow, and a quiver of arrows. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the trunks stayed where they were and Petra Cotes set about reconquering the husband by sharpening the only weapons that his daughter could not use on him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He carried no weapon, but that didn’t make him any less terrifying. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Since warriors always carried their weapons, Uncle Little Hawk had his black powder percussion rifle with him. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

In the end it’s a pathetic pile, maybe three hundred weapons in all, half of them rusted. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In addition to their flight preparations, all three young women had to learn to fire pistols and hunting weapons in case they were forced to land in the Siberian wilderness. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In the months leading up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, dueling experts floated diametrically opposite forecasts about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He kneeled at the water’s edge and put the dead bird and his weapons down and dipped his hands into the water. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled a saber out of the rack of weapons and found a spare mask and glove. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I forget now what kind of concealed household weapon she had in there. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The effect of the name on the people in the car is immediate and bewildering: they lower their weapons. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I took the liberty of removing my weapon from your forge!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She could feel him reaching for his weapons as Rajar’s hands swept back the folds of his coat, exposing his guns. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Those of us who have no weapons discuss the merits of protective techniques, like hiding under a mattress. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

If I can find a way out of this cell, and arm myself with a soldier's weapons and vest, I have a fighting chance to get out of Batalla Hall. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

A fell weapon, perchance, devised by the Dark Lord. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They were both good ships, with formidable weapons and defenses, but neither craft would offer much protection in the epic shitstorm that was about to unfold on Chthonia. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Find the most powerful weapon in the universe.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s the only female chieftain among the Tribes. One of the most dangerous women you’ll ever meet. Also one of the cleverest. Her tribe carries weapons to the Marinn branch of the Scholars’ Resistance.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

One of Seabiscuit’s major weapons was his supremacy at running turns; racing around just one turn at Belmont would deprive him of one of his strengths. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lightning weapon shut down a second later, but Sorrento continued to trudge forward. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The bird rose into the air, laughing at the useless weapons of the people below, but the arrow followed him upwards and pierced the center of his heart. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

‘Draw no weapons! Wait! and it will pass you by!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"Then he gained Abubu, the Sky Cutter. A weapon so devastating it could literally slice the heavens." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But without real weapons — without a pistol, a man-eating lion, and a vial of bubonic plague — I had zero chance of competing directly with Rowdy. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

His military aide, Navy Captain John H. Morse Jr., seconded his opinion: “You may detect some feeling that clean weapon potentialities have been over-stated and over-simplified recently,” he wrote Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The move was so swift I am not certain I saw it clearly, but I believe he thrust his point through the guard of the other's weapon, then jerked upward. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her brother was several years younger and bore no weapons. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They’re probably one of the least likely cultures in American life to commit homicide; their weapons of choice are electronic flames, not machine guns. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have another fairly superfluous weapon. We’re also venomous,” she said, her teeth glistening. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

In his hands were the weapons of a retiarius - a trident and a weighted net. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Take it from me, if you are in an open space with no weapons and a grizzly comes for you, run. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

At least finding a weapon at the house was a goal. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

As the Peacekeepers fell, weapons were appropriated for the rebels. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And those who will take a weapon to such an enemy must be sterner than steel, if the very shock shall not destroy them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He raised his staff, and it changed into his regular weapon—a huge three-pointed trident. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I also told him that if America spent less money on weapons and war and more on education, the world would be a better place. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His eyes were closed, but he groped in the dark for the weapons that had been discarded on the ground. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

According to one estimate, the corporate profits in military weapons procurement are 30 to 50 percent higher than in an equally technological but competitive civilian market. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t bring myself to look at his reaction as the black weapon was placed in his outstretched hand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Nuclear weapons were used for the first time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She, personally, did not trust anything that had a built-in weapon and claimed not to use it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We don’t normally give potential future council members weapons, because they have no clue how to use them, but it’s pretty clear that you do.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You put before me plans for making a definite, highly effective weapon,” he said. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Once a month, Father let them fly to the police rifle range to study more modern weapons. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They’d kept their weapons, but stripped off their telltale uniforms, begged or stolen clothes, and joined the tide of refugees fleeing toward Saigon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

That was because Citra was too busy going over her weapons and poisons in her head. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The legs moved mechanically, the weapon stayed in front of the body. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I beg your servants to help us find him. Then, too, our provisions and weapons have been lost...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The sword, obviously, was the wiser choice—and for Chaol to offer his own weapon made her feel strangely lightheaded—but the staff... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As the group entered the man’s property, a horn was sounded, signaling neighboring black and white abolitionists to converge on the farm armed with guns, pitchforks, and other weapons. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His size, his deftness with the weapon, his scarred and dusty appearance—they are all supposed to intimidate me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But the bottom line was this: He still had no idea what was going on inside German weapons labs. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to the three standard weapons—the M-60, M-16, and M-79—they carried whatever presented itself, or whatever seemed appropriate as a means of killing or staying alive. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stood side by side, all four of us, defensively holding up our weapons like ninja warriors, while Pita huddled behind us, defenseless without a weapon to wield. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Lee Strunk carried a slingshot; a weapon of last resort, he called it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark mimicked his wary movements, as if any sudden action would trigger the budding insanity in those who watched their every step.They inched closer, weapons held firm. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Tobias hands over his gun, hut when I reach behind me to take out my own concealed weapon, he grabs my hand, guiding it away from my hack. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know. I’ve never seen myself like that before. Katniss is right. I’m the monster. I’m the mutt. I’m the one Snow has turned into a weapon!” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In America, a man had need of a weapon. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got the transcript for the hearing related to the weapons charge on Costello. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

European weapons were steel swords, lances, and daggers, supplemented by small firearms and artillery, while body armor and helmets were also made of solid steel or else of chain mail. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the other wildlings went scrambling for their own weapons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A few soldiers gathered our weapons and others guarded us, to make sure that we didn’t try to run for our guns. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The officer pulled his weapon and the two were grappling over the gun when it discharged, shooting the officer in the stomach. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“How can it hurt when the point of the weapon is still an inch away from your belly?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Glean them all!” said Chomsky, powering up his weapon. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Celestial bronze, Percy. An immortal weapon. What would happen if you shot this at a human?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a splendid weapon, castle-forged, and new-made from the look of it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At some point, a gun was drawn, and an accidental discharge of the weapon killed both Naomi and Fuller. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It was obvious,” Teller said later, “that Oppenheimer did not want to support further weapons work in any way.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held out the lantern like a weapon, calling out, “Who is there?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thor’s weapon is Mjollnir, a remarkable hammer, forged for him by dwarfs. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Many shunned him; a few nodded, and handed him their weapons; he rubbed the unguent on the stock and muzzle, all the while whispering to the firearm coaxingly in some unknown tongue. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Arrested at thirteen for assault with a deadly weapon. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He relished the fame, but was terrified by the thought of what he had helped create—a world with atomic weapons. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spiral fins, made of horn, gave the bolt a spin and made the weapon as accurate as a rifle. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I watch them empty the room of weapons and ammunition and move on, fast, scattering like seeds on the wind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Kaz lowered his weapon, a chill settling deep into his bones. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The weapons wrapped themselves around the animals’ legs and brought them down to be killed by volleys of sling missiles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They seemed completely oblivious that people had weapons aimed at them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Pizarro’s military advantages lay in the Spaniards’ steel swords and other weapons, steel armor, guns, and horses. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The two men have their weapons drawn and are looking all around them like something’s going to jump out of the woods and grab them. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

You almost couldn’t believe people lived like this, burning trees to clear land, burning oil for heat and power, setting the atmosphere on fire with their weapons. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Magically, Archer’s weapons were wrenched from his grasp. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His partner circled Arthur and started to pat him down, looking for a weapon. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stumbled back against the wall and crashed painfully into a rack of weapons. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He talks for more than a minute, assuring listeners that the enemy won’t be able to resist the militia’s weapons. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Go on, Elias, pick your weapon. I challenge you, best of three.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

At first he was terrified that they needed so many weapons, but he was relieved to see that the vast majority of it was covered with a thick layer of dust. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

About five of them armed with many rough old-time weapons, mainly machetes to hack you up, surround me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The noise was strange, somehow more painful than receiving the blow, but Celaena thought little of it when he charged again and she met his weapon, parrying with ease. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But there was something else now, as Betonie said: it was everything they had seen—the cities, the tall buildings, the noise and the lights, the power of their weapons and machines. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He swept the weapon back and forth as he walked, looking for any interlopers. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

America's factories efficiently mass-produced military weapons, planes, tanks, cars, and other machinery with fewer workers and at a lower cost. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The Cauldron-Born flung aside their weapons, seized him, threw him to the ground, and quickly bound him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then it was simply a matter of inching the weapon close enough to be graspable by one hand, and then it was an even simpler task to slash his bindings. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazi Party used propaganda, which was a powerful weapon, allowing them to twist the truth or outright lie to support their agenda. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He had no helmet, no overcoat, no weapon, and no boots. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lobel and Johnson jumped on Monaco and wrestled his weapon away from him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the most interesting of the recent work is concerned with still other ways of forging weapons from the insect’s own life processes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He obviously had not realized that Burr’s shot had caused an accidental firing of his own weapon. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“One thing first, though. Hazel, there’s about a ton of Imperial gold weapons and armor at the bottom of the bay now, plus a really nice chariot. I’m betting that stuff could come in handy....” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

From a dozen nests across the marsh, golden objects shot into the air—jewelry, weapons, coins, gold nuggets, and most importantly, gryphon eggs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I tuck the weapon into my belt—it’s the difference between life and death out here. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know why Doc would sharpen a cane, but it would make a good weapon. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His favorite weapon was a long whip with which he could peel an apple while it was still on the tree. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first weapon that actually felt balanced in my hand. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Anderson strips me of my weapons before she claps me and Red Jack in irons and leads us down a back staircase to a lower part of the house. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I dropped my weapon and mask and ran over to Coach Mustilli. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Waves crashed as the robots grappled for the weapon. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes, probatio tablet. Fine. Ah, weapon in your pocket? Take it out! Take it out!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

To identify the murder weapon, the lawmen needed to extract the bullet that was apparently lodged in Anna’s skull. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

No blood followed as Gwydion ripped the weapon free; the Cauldron-Born shook himself once, without a grimace, and moved again to the attack. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Father said this tradition was to show they aren’t hiding any weapon. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

To initial training with personal weapons, then more training, school upon technical weapons school when not reassigned, until, finally, and the word was finally, the ultimate and all-consuming horror of nuclear-warhead school. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Sure, he liked military history, weapons, and biplanes, but he also loved old films, especially romantic comedies from the 1940s and ’50s. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Brush and comb clutched in her fists like weapons, she stormed into apartment 2c. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I primed my weapons, surveyed the terrain, picked my target. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Wilfrido’s security reached out for me, but before they could grab me, I swung the sign like a weapon and sprang back. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

For potential victims, it was possible deliverance, protection, a weapon to be used against the might of The Vigils. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She screamed, gripping the handle harder even as she stumbled, vaguely aware that keeping the weapon was her only hope for staying alive. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Goodness, no, my duck. We already have so many—too many, in fact. And some of them famous weapons of mighty warriors.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

With arrows flying every day, weapons and armor are more coveted than gold. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I imagine the child my mother was, crouched in one of those lean-tos, scrambling for weapons because they meant an ounce of safety, choking on smoke to keep warm in the winter. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Wherever I went during the day, I felt secure with my new weapons, and I waited patiently for the time when I could use them against the wild dogs that had killed Ramo. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now America had surprised the world with a weapon that could devastate entire cities in a matter of seconds. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Percy had no weapon - perhaps his sword had been confiscated or lost in the fighting - but he didn’t let that stop him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Piper was on watch while her friends geared up for combat - checking their weapons and armour, loading the ballistae and catapults. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Richard Parker rose unsteadily to his feet on the tarpaulin, eyes blazing as they met mine, ears laid tight to his head, all weapons drawn. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The men looked at each other for a second longer before they put away their weapons and began fashioning a stretcher from long branches. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He fumbled for his weapons, but his hands groped at nothing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His gaze flicked over them, counting weapons, checking for weaknesses. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Carrying their weapons, our men sped along the trail which winds down to the shore. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How do we look like snitches? Do we have new clothes or good weapons? Are we too well fed?” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Jay said, “You mean, like, fighting them? Are you going to teach us to use weapons?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was hungry now, and angry, and once his ‘precious’ was with him he would not fear any weapon at all. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

This must be another weapon of the clock. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

What is more remarkable is that all three powers already possess, in the atomic bomb, a weapon far more powerful than any that their present researches are likely to discover. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Mark planted his feet and aimed his weapon. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Slowly, we lowered the weapons, and Doc eased himself out of the cellar. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When the police arrived a few minutes later, they found the American kid’s mother at the scene of the shooting, picking up the shells that had discharged from her son’s weapon. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The leader gave a command and the squad switched to close-quarters weapons. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Instead, he took a job in Washington, analyzing weapons expenditures for the U.S. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

We were not to fire our weapons until fired upon. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was smiling, exhilarated, liberated and meanly enjoying a weapon he did not know lay in his arsenal. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt had seen this weapon at El Patrons birthday party. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep the knife too. A Scholar girl should always carry a weapon, no matter what the rules say.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It turned out to be their most effective offensive weapon: Permian was called for roughing the kicker and Odessa High got a first down. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of our attacks were direct hits, but Art3mis’s beam weapon was the only one that seemed to do any real damage to Sorrento. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, he wasn’t even in the riot; he had no weapons, confronted nobody on the street. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

To his surprise, both had lowered their weapons and bowed their heads at something behind him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I can see the weapon, a short, heavy blade at his belt. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The guards were looking for drugs, weapons, any contraband. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The first thing the Peacekeepers will do is to strip him of his weapons. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to study those ancient scrolls we got. There’s got to be all kinds of new weapons I can make. We’re going to hit Gaea’s armies with a whole new arsenal of hurt.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I said that I managed to take the weapon from him, that I used it to defend myself. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every man and woman on the crew watched as the captain raised the weapon. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“One of you already has this weapon. It is a simple one. You have brought it with you.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Let me fill you in on the weapons status,” continued Artemis. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

If someone knows you’re going for the weapon, sorry, despite what you see in kung fu movies, it is nearly impossible to get the weapon without getting hurt. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

In taking the boat, most of the canoes, and some of the weapons from his famished troops, Orellana had displayed, Gonzalo said, “the greatest cruelty that ever faithless men have shown.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But then...if there are people in District 13, with powerful weapons… “Why haven’t they helped us?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Never was she so thankful to have a sack full of weapons. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Cost overruns in military weapons systems are permitted on a scale that would be considered unacceptable in the civilian sphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned right and moved toward another hut as I lowered my weapon and turned left. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the smoky light, Kaede saw men and women approaching with weapons in their hands; some held swords, while others carried long wooden staffs or axes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

From there, Booth began adding others, selecting them based on expertise with weapons, physical fitness, and knowledge of southern Maryland’s back roads and waterways. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

His work done, Gandhi returned to India, where Satyagraha became the most effective weapon in the fight for Indian independence. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

All around her, the fields crackled and hissed, laughing in Gaea’s voice as Percy and Jason charged at each other, their weapons ready. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The moral aspects of the military blockade as a weapon in times of peace had been bothering me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Drawing his weapon from his holster, he sprinted through the entrance. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Originally, the weapon salve is an unguent applied to the weapon which has caused a wound and thus cures the wound. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She must do something, and there was only one weapon left in her arsenal. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

What guards remained had thrown down their weapons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

No axes, no hammers, no weapons but knives. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The dogs did not come to the camp during the time I was making the weapons, though every night I could hear them howling. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the King’s Tower, Jon was stripped of his weapons and admitted to the royal presence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Making it clear that they should carry weapons, he added, “But if you have to fight to survive, do a good job.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

As soon as I opened my car door and got out, the police officer who had started walking toward my vehicle drew his weapon and pointed it at me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And this one probably doesn't have much in the way of weapons while I've got this excellent knife. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I practice mostly with a gun, but they reserve an hour a day for specialty weapons, which means I get to use my Mockingjay bow, Gale his heavy militarized one. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He came upon him asleep and fell upon him, pinning him to the ground; and with his fists—he had no other weapon—he battered the monster to death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

You fight with your hands and with weapons. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The siege weapons — six golden onagers the size of houses - were arrayed behind in a loose semicircle, three on each flank. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But the great waves had cost me all the food and weapons which were stored in the cave, as well as the canoe I had been working on and those hidden under the south cliffs. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of belt intended to bear the weight of multiple weapons. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She wrote to her mother, “Now I am a warrior...not studying at university as you think, mummy, but getting ready for the front...mastering a fearsome weapon.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Like tuxedos. I bet the ancient Romans hated togas as much as we do. By the way, you didn’t bring any weapons, did you?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The armed men that stood near clashed their weapons, crying: ‘The Lord of the Mark will ride! Forth Eorlingas!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Clearly the dinner was a weapon meant to ignite enthusiasm and show the easterners that Chicago fully intended to follow through on its grand boasts about the exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Hmmm...well, the only people who really know are in no condition to tell us. You see, the dementor lowers its hood only to use its last and worst weapon.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He just stood there with his weapon aimed down the stairs at the man with the match. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They walked down the street, Hazel and Frank with their weapons out. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She takes a stance next to her partner and points the weapon at Mark and each of his friends in turn. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She’d have learned more about the city if she weren’t so focused on her poisons and weapons. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And the others came forward to dust the snow off Billy, and then they searched him for weapons. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children all over our neighborhood made pretend weapons out of whatever they could find. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Frank couldn’t believe he was Juno’s secret weapon, or that this big Prophecy of the Seven depended on him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

One young woman was responsible for all the weapons on a single aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I looked for anything that might be sharp enough to serve as a weapon. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Her father says their weapons gleam as if they have never been fired. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The police claimed that their lives were endangered, but many demonstrators were shot in the back and had no weapons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. More than once, too. Cops wanting me to lift my shirt so they could see if I had weapons on me. Pat-downs and all that.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Even though he didn't have a weapon on him or anything. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

John had seen Booth’s weapons and knew he would not hesitate to take revenge for his family’s inhospitality and betrayal. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Langley was one of the United States’ most powerful offensive weapons—a secret weapon, or nearly secret, hidden in plain sight in a small southern town. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He was a weapon better than any gun or tank. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In 1947, she warned of the dangers of atomic warfare and campaigned for global efforts to ban nuclear weapons. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Ah, well. You did leave quite a few half-blood weapons in your room in Virginia, the last time you . . . left.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

On the roof of Jason’s building stood his old comrades from Camp Jupiter: an array of demigods in combat armor, their Imperial gold weapons and shields glinting in the dark. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But little was told accurately about how the weapons actually worked, and much that was said was so wrong as to be dangerous and downright silly. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She has the skills to get her hands on a nice weapon like that—which means she might be in the same line of business as Day. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And Odysseus took his time, turning the bow, tapping it, every inch, for borings that termites might have made while the master of the weapon was abroad. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The contrast between the friendly greeting and the weapons propped against their shoulders is almost humorous. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There was much to take—my two birds, the skirt I had made, the stone utensils, my beads and earrings, the cormorant feathers, and all of my baskets and weapons. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnson didn’t want nuclear weapons on the table, or calling up the Army Reserves. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Even if we get out, we have no weapons.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was a simple weapon, unadorned by any jewels or intricate designs on its wooden hilt, but Ekon’s breath still caught when he saw the name carved into it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Slaves were given long, sharp machetes, which would be their equipment—but for some also their weapons—until the harvest was done. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I see that you carry heavy weapons these days,” Alhaji joked with him. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Once he was done, the two of them hoisted their weapons into their hands, ready for battle. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Scary kingdom, sleepy weapons, weird pool, got it. Okay, let’s get this over with,” said Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

With a flick of his wrist, Rajar hurled Archer into a chair and scooped the weapons out of the air before they hit the ground. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But the dragon had adopted the strategy of running away, leaving its weapon hanging in the air behind it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

And were these weapons, or were they not, AK-47s and machine guns? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Saving me with the...What is this weapon?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped his weapon, rested his finger on the trigger, then turned to face the foot of the stairs, where Alec maintained his position. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

No weapon in the world could stop him. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Hearing nothing, I risked a look out and saw two teenage girls, one my age and the other a little older, expressions hard and weapons gripped in trembling fingers. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were the garden shears, the knitting needles; the world is full of weapons if you’re looking for them. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evidence Against Him or Suspicious Circumstances: None, except that weapon used might be said to suit his temperament. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the rest of us approach the board to collect our weapons, he hunts the floor for his. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Her knees skidding across the floor, her hand reaching for her weapon. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Leo must have programmed the weapons with surgical precision. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The boy Hatchet executed in front of him just to get him to pick up a weapon. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then he released the hilt of the weapon and jumped away, running back to Chuck and Teresa. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There was enough there to buy a lot of weapons. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the gun, it was a plain weapon, but it was sharp and well cared for. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In violation of United Nations resolutions, North Koreans have also sold rockets and nuclear weapons technology to countries including Iran and Syria, according to U.N. officials. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we should choose something,” Dylan says, picking up a dagger from the weapons rack. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“If it is not love that will save you this time,” said Voldemort, “you must believe that you have magic that I do not, or else a weapon more powerful than mine?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Scalping, attacks on women and children or threatening to attack them, and the use of biological weapons such as smallpox were irregular warfare strategies employed against Indigenous civilian populations. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

His hands are tucked into his pockets, and suddenly I wonder if he’s got a weapon in there. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what would force me to pick up a weapon like that, but it wasn’t a group of strangers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They made it known that it wasn’t a fair fight: the drug dealers were armed with state-of-the-art weapons and a bottomless supply of cash. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She glared at them, still on her porch but now holding the hammer up like a weapon. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I try to ignore her, try to find some Quichua words to use as shields or weapons. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer cast about for a weapon, something he could throw, a club, anything— Nita grabbed him and dragged him back. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He has just one weapon, a dagger at his belt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Each of them identified the death weapon in court as that same knife. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long his main weapon would lose its force, and then they’d only have their wits. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He fell backward, but could not dislodge himself from my weapon. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She’d talked herself and Mini out of trouble, and gotten them new weapons. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Are you calling me out? Because then it’s my right to choose the time and the weapon.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“We got our new secret weapon, right here. New goalie. My man, the Midwestern Monster.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he finishes, he walks up to his room to get his weapons and gear. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Twice, he fired his weapon into the street claiming he’d seen someone trying to climb the wall. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then she told him of the weapons she had stolen from her grandfather and hidden with her Uncle Jaime, and she offered to take him to look for them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure how Ares knew about that, but I guess a god of war had to make it his business to know about weapons. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“We hid the freaking Maps in the weapons room, put dummies in their place. Because of Alby’s warning. And because of the so-called Ending your girlfriend triggered.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

All of them had been holding their weapons beneath the robes, to keep them warm. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe weapons weren’t allowed inside the city, but Reyna’s pets could still tear her to pieces if they chose. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When a television crew thrust a long, dark, furry object at me, I recoiled slightly, wondering if it were some newfangled weapon developed while I was in prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason slipped the guidebook in his back pocket the way he might holster a dangerous weapon. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Armies need a lot more than weapons and bullets to fight a war. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Against the far wall of the chamber sat piles of jewels and weapons. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Usually the swishing sounds were only squirrels, but to be safe, Genie broke a limb off a tree and swiped the leaves off it to make it into a weapon. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe throw the hat like a kung fu weapon. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

However, the strung iron bits soon proved to be a two-edged weapon. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The Amazons confiscated the trio’s weapons and marched them down so many flights of stairs, Hazel lost count. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Had Kennedy ordered an invasion of the island—a strategy many of his advisers were clamoring for—the Soviet commanders on Cuba had orders to launch the weapons, which would have obliterated the base. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We had thought Sufi Mohammad would tell his followers to put down their weapons, but instead he called democracy un-Islamic and encouraged them to keep fighting. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sunlight glints off the row of glass cases, and my gaze is drawn to the weapons within. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

These weapons, assegais, which are spears, and knobkerries, wooden sticks with a heavy wooden head, are actual weapons with which Inkatha members killed ANC members. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised the branch, prepared to use it as a weapon. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Within the privacy of the White House, there were even discussions if it would become necessary to use nuclear weapons. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She realized the men, mostly draggers and diggers, would all be working, and she felt relieved, remembering how they had grabbed at her the day of the weapons. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The hell I can’t—if I want to. All right! Mr. Trask, you served in the United States Cavalry. The weapons of the cavalry are carbines and pistols. You—” He stopped and swallowed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the coach was trussed like a rodeo calf and dumped with the other loot—crates of food, extra weapons, even the magical ice chest from the mess hall. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“How do we know which ones are the right weapons for us?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He grasped the weapon eagerly, his hands trembling so that he nearly dropped it. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He took another step back, firmly pressed the butt of the weapon against his chest, aimed a little more precisely and pulled the trigger. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

After our final class of the day I drop off my weapons at the armory and get ready to head to my bed, using my study time to doze before dinner. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Occasionally they used their weapons to test the bottom, but mostly they just searched with their feet. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The carefully tailored layers of body armor, the hidden weapons in the boots and belt, the special reinforcements over my heart. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

This left Hare with his head as the only weapon at his disposal. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Despereaux Tilling, take your paw from your weapon. Come with me. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

It had been her most powerful weapon, because it was their most potent fear. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe they were looking for a weapon of mass destruction, but all I had was a T-shirt, Right Guard deodorant, and a pair of shorts. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“So why aren’t we taking it to Athens with us? It’s obviously our secret weapon.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to mark the ones where we know the Gamemakers’ weapon follows us out past the jungle, so we’ll stay clear of those,” says Peeta, drawing diagonal lines on the fog and wave beaches. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Something to delay the attack on Camp Half-Blood and preferably put those weapons out of commission. Dakota, Leila, will your cohorts follow you?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Let the Ring be your weapon, if it has such power as you say. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Reverently, he lifted the weapon, and my blood turned to ice. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Their bodies slowly faded out of existence, each leaving behind a tiny pile of weapons and loot. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Far more Native Americans and other non-Eurasian peoples were killed by Eurasian germs than by Eurasian guns or steel weapons. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I backed toward the balcony’s brink, reaching behind me to grope desperately for a weapon. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Then you shoot me," I say furiously, shoving the weapons back at him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She pushed one of them aside and went into the former classroom, where a group of half-dressed soldiers were oiling their weapons. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And when the LEP officers were switching weapons, right at that moment when their hands were fumbling with holsters, that’s when the Mud Man spoke. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

If you examine a selection of the countless images available of Native people and their material culture, you would see that most focus on clothing, tools, weapons, and homes. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I strap on my weapons: both Teluman scims across my back, a brace of daggers across my chest, and one knife tucked into each boot. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

By the time the Capitol’s antiaircraft weapons begin to fire, it’s already too late. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It asks the saints to help them and to disarm any weapon raised against them. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Engineers were working on everything from weapons to sound waves to X-rays. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He looked round the room, cursing himself for having forgotten his weapon. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also intended to do a deal with the Nazis to get weapons for Argentina. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Not the best weapon for self-defense, but it would serve in a pinch. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And even though there aren’t tanks rolling down the streets, there are uzis, semiautomatics, and other weapons of war. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They were loud and quick to anger, and eager to shoot their weapons at the Lakota. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

There was no threat to contend with, no weapon to dodge. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She gathered words as weapons to be used later. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was also hand-to-hand combat and weapons training. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least we fight this battle in the light, with the weapons of honest men, he told himself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And when you arrive with your repeating rifles and your tanks, when you set upon children and helpless villages, should we not use the weapons we possess? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They squawked and squeaked and fumbled with the weapon, trying to aim the clunky thing. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In England, commoners do not carry weapons, but here almost everyone has them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Instead, he was an empathic and patient listener, coaxing each of us through the maze of our feelings, separating out our weapons from our wounds. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He jerks his weapon in a gesture to get people in motion. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We make a bed of pelts, strip off his layers of weapons, and help him onto his back. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Our bus was stopped, and several soldiers in camouflage uniforms, carrying automatic weapons, ordered us out and lined us up alongside the body of the bus. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I count twelve exits and identify twenty potential weapons before I realize what I’m doing and force myself to relax. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Words for him were like weapons designed to pierce the pages or explode above them in illuminating airbursts. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mark ran to them, knelt in front of them, placed his weapon on the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Orion was designed to utilize explosions of hydrogen bombs, nuclear weapons, against an inertial plate, each explosion providing a kind of “putt-putt,” a vast nuclear motorboat in space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing more than a weapon to hurt me and TJ to the bone. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I hear Four’s voice in my head, telling me that the most powerful weapon at my disposal is my elbow. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In one, a mad scientist used HeLa as a biological weapon to spread rabies; another featured yellow house paint made of HeLa cells that could talk. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And of course—we made the greatest weapon of the Titans! The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then once more, orc-fashion, he leapt aside, and as Sam sprang at him, using the heavy bundle as both shield and weapon, he thrust it hard into his enemy’s face. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The weapon belonged to the First Cohort, and the point was sticking out the front of her armor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The blood on Wes’s face and clothes, and the weapon in his hand, told a very different story. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Arm sighted along his weapon and tried to remember the police drill. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a secret weapon. A secret weapon ... of dance!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I wished I could be like him, that I could wield my voice as brutally as a weapon. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Orion was under serious development in the United States until the signing of the international treaty that forbids the detonation of nuclear weapons in space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no weapon on Earth as powerful as a big cannon. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He hit him so hard that he broke the pistol, jamming the cylinder and making it impossible to fire the weapon again. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had carefully planned how I would defend myself, what weapon I would use. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Men in planes and tanks, or armed with guns, artillery, and advanced weapons, tore apart the bodies of millions of soldiers and civilians. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Chomsky and Rand defended themselves against him, and although they were good, they were nothing compared to a weapon so sharp and precise as he. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Instant scalping. . . but dragons had no hair . . .pepper breath. . . that would probably increase a dragon’s firepower . . . horn tongue. . . just what he needed, to give it an extra weapon . Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She had the precious dress-cloth, Uncle Kufa’s knife, six matches, two clay cooking pots, her weapons, and the bag of gold nuggets around her neck. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the songs, Lann was the fellow who winkled the Casterlys out of easterly Rock with no weapon but his wits, and stole gold from the sun to brighten his curly hair. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I check over my weapons, which I know are in perfect condition, because it makes me seem more in control. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had a whole collection of newly purchased murder weapons and dead UPS men in her basement and/or attic. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

There I left all of my weapons except one spear. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The legionnaires of the honor guard bristle, hands on their weapons, but at one look from Cain, they settle back, a pack of barely cowed dogs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But my voice was drowned out by the sound of the lightning weapon firing out of the metal dragon’s mouth. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

You’re going to ask how the “invincible” thing worked: if I magically dodged every weapon, or if the weapons hit me and just didn’t harm me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The guests entering through the grand archway were being shepherded into rooms off the rotunda in small groups to be searched for weapons. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“We plugged your phone in,” Freckles says, handling it like evidence, a murder weapon. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It’s not that the Capitol couldn’t have had the same weapon, it’s just that I’m sure the rebels did. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She meant that even if I got killed, the people could use my dead body for a weapon, but we do not like to talk out loud about dying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It also funds the purchase of foreign-made components for missiles and other weapons programs. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Lightning had melted all the weapons in the giant’s hair. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The authorities used information as a weapon, and it was a successful one. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only possibility she could think of was returning to the house and trying to find a weapon in the attic. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

And he stood the weapon upright against the massy-timbered door with one arrow across the horn aslant, then went back to his chair. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t get out until I’ve deactivated the weapons system,” said the General. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the only weapon the police department will issue her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the chill of knowing they had used something they loved—the study of physics—to build the deadliest weapon in human history. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

His “enthusiasm” for the weapon was a figment of Alvarez’s imagination. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Nicole looked around for something — a weapon, a hole, a hiding spot. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I was told of the police confiscating weapons one day in one area, and then Inkatha forces attacking our people with those stolen weapons the next day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a bomb, Semyonov said, a weapon of almost unimaginable power. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he got his weapon and said he would see us later. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes it from my hand, and I wish then that I’d kept it, broken it to use as a weapon. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Laugh this off,” she said, and butted the troll with the only weapon available to her. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The old woman, realizing she was brandishing a very sharp weapon, hastily put it down and wiped her hands on her apron. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

There on the paper was a diagram of one of the weapons that had been pointed at Moss and his friends in the science lab. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He smacked a man, then pulled his weapon back around and hit a woman right in the nose. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If only they could have fought, as we did, until one adversary's weapon broke. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

If Aru and Mini could cross that, they’d be well on their way to the place where the celestial weapons were kept. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Afterward the sailors stripped the dead corsairs of boots and belts and weapons, divvied up their purses, and yanked gemstones from their ears and rings from their fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I hate that rifle with a passion, all because it is hands down my worst weapon. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I’ve always wanted my nails done, but looking at these weapons has me thinking twice. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Well, what would the best weapon be that a Martian could use against Earth Men with atomic weapons? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hangman’s noose dangled from the wall, as did assorted weapons and a blanket caked with blood. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I hand Peeta my knife, since whatever weapons he once had are long gone, and he slips it into his belt. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Shae and Pol reached for their weapons at the same time, standing up to face the dark. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Valley thrust her weapon at the cuco, and it leaned back to dodge, but Beefy caught it square in the ear with a right hook. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mark held his breath, remembering all too well that they had no weapons. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

For now, everyone was greatly relieved to find the murder weapon. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He threw mud balls until Yellow Kettle gave her hoe to him and told him that if he stopped working just once she would take away all of his play warrior weapons. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The weapon had shuddered at the idea and obediently shrunk. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They were usually carrying weapons of various kinds and were not afraid to use them. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She has her small knife, barely long enough to be a weapon, but she holds it bravely. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

During the rebellion, the Capitol bred a series of genetically altered animals as weapons. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She pushed down Percy’s sword arm, forcing him to lower his weapon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Spoils of war were often left behind when a monster dissolved—sometimes a tooth, or a weapon, or even the monster’s entire head. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It merely explained what was being done and why, and threatened like treatment to the next buyer of stolen weapons. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear the thud of Finnick’s trident finding another mark and know his weapon is occupied. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly no one was going to draw blood with this weapon. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

For some reason—maybe because Miles had so willingly hugged her—I felt no need to check her for weapons. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

His first month at camp was spent knocking over rows of weapons, breaking chariots, and tripping entire cohorts as they marched. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“First, Percy Jackson, what weapons will you choose?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Throughout human history, centralized states with metal weapons and armies supported by dense agricultural populations have swept away sparser populations of stone-tool-using hunter-gatherers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

When Taran went back to rearrange the weapons they would now be obliged to bear, he was surprised to find a large oak leaf on the ground before his cloak. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Three of the many kinds of weapons used in the war are particularly important: the minie ball, the breech-loading repeating rifle, and the ironclad ship. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Aiming upward, out the window of the car, Rick squeezed the trigger of the weapon. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Some of them, I knew, belonged to the trainband and were going off to get their weapons. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wherever I went now, whether to the shore when I gathered shellfish or to the ravine for water, I carried this weapon in a sling on my back. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lost himself online, in his character, in the search for weapons, in the running techno-patter with Eric about speed, graphics, power. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time he had ever openly carried a weapon on a trip. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were even sessions where his targets had their own weapons. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

If the Athena Parthenos was a secret weapon, taking it to Athens was pretty tempting. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Brother George agreed, on condition that the rat surrender his weapon. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Hooper's own fear in the storm had been absolute, and yet it had gone, it might never have happened, Kingshaw knew that he was quite powerless to use it as a weapon. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I nod to the bulge in her coat pocket, the unmistakable contours of a weapon. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The secrecy of weapons development, carried to especially extravagant lengths in the Soviet Union, implies that individuals so employed need almost never accept responsibility for their actions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither man heeded me, if indeed they heard me above the din of their weapons. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

If their arrows did not work, then there was no other weapon at their disposal. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Stop the Sleeper from stealing the celestial weapons, find out how he may be defeated from the Pool of the Past, and then you will receive Pandava training from the entire Council.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At bayonet-practice I had constantly to fight with Himmelstoss, I with a heavy iron weapon, whilst he had a handy wooden one with which he easily struck my arms till they were black and blue. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is the weapon all right,” he said. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and his company went on, their weapons clinking, chain-mail jangling, solemn and ominous as drums. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in the dim light, Archer recognized the weapon: all black, with engravings of scales and dull gold inlay. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Each afternoon, the boys learned how to handle weapons and dig protective coverings, such as trenches, foxholes, and earth bunkers. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, after several calls and hours of conversation, he claimed to know where the murder weapon, which had never been recovered, might be located. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

All the girls at Miss Preston’s have their own weapons locker, and I am no exception. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“The use of a second bomb the same week,” he said, “was calculated to indicate that we had an endless supply of this super weapon for use against one Japanese city after another.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of them raised a weapon at her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Realizing that my plastic weapon was hardly a match for a long fork wielded by a maddened Methuselah, realizing that I was seeing Clyde at his worst, I tried to end our little duel. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This gave me time to make weapons to protect myself from the dogs, which I felt would sometime attack me, to kill them all, one by one. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She recognized some: the butcher was there, cursing as he argued with another man, and she could see her mothers brother too, in a group comparing the weights of their weapons with loud bragging comments. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Full description of every article, garment, weapon, letter, ring, or trinket is to be sent to Lugbúrz at once, and to Lugbúrz only. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I feel better having a real weapon, but I still ache for my sickles. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The appearance of the weapon caused a stir among his children behind him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trick was the weapons, he thought, remembering the mallet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Rowan stayed in his room, studying there rather than going into the weapons room, which would feel painfully wrong without Citra sitting with him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Hands were grabbing for his weapon, too many to fight off. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I tried to imagine myself moving lightning fast on the strip with this new weapon that seemed engineered for speed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When it was quite late he murmured something, went to a closet, and drew forth an evil weapon, a long yellowish tube ending in a bellows and a trigger. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen ironmen hemmed them in, torches in one hand and weapons in the other. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She needed a better weapon to fight with—something more than her voice, a stupid fortune-telling dagger, and a cornucopia that shot ham and fresh fruit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Some had their weapons raised, some had them holstered, their hands ready to snap the guns loose at a moment’s notice. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I stare at the weapon in my hand. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

As the seasons went by, we grudgingly began to share our knowledge, our weapons, our secret places that were thick with wild plums or turkeys. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Although spraying has been tried as a weapon against the ubiquitous budworm, the areas affected have been relatively small and have not, as yet, included important spawning streams for salmon. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She came out brandishing the Club, but when she saw I was kind of out of it, she lowered her weapon. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He told everybody he was going to demonstrate a disarming technique: how to twist the enemy’s blade with the flat of your own sword so that he had no choice but to drop his weapon. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She felt her Mist disguise burn away until she was just Piper again - one girl in the midst of an army of giants, her jagged bronze blade like a toothpick compared to their massive weapons. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

That meant Leo had only himself, his bag of junk food, and a few highly improvised weapons made from sugar and toothpaste. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t know where a simple bow and arrow could possibly find a place in all this high-tech equipment, but then we come upon a wall of deadly archery weapons. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Poison may be a coward’s weapon, but it is an effective one.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Once freed, the captives stripped the dead guards of their weapons and darted up the steps with steel in hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She needed a few more makeshift weapons, and a way to fortify the locks on her windows and doors. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They can design dream weapons that come to life in my hands, but they will never again brainwash me into the necessity of using them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It was the first time in as long as I could remember that hunger wasn’t a punishment or a crime or a weapon or a mode of self-destruction. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In gloved hands were clutched all manner of weapons: longswords and lances and sharpened scythes, spiked clubs and daggers and heavy iron mauls. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When I sat up, my vision was blurry, but I had a horn in my hands, a ragged bone weapon the size of a knife. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Following almost every series of incidents, officers would search the yard, the gym, and other places inmates congregated and prepared for battle, looking for weapons. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘We don’t want to interrupt your crazy time. Maybe you can just finish this conversation with yourself and we’ll come back later, with, um, some bigger weapons and possibly some sedatives.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

According to the equations of quantum mechanics, more power than is stored in all the coal mines, oil fields, and nuclear weapons in the world is sitting in the space inside your toaster. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Besides, I wouldn’t mind the chance of going over the weapons again. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He would spend hours on end in his room, calculating the strategic possibilities of his novel weapon until he succeeded in putting together a manual of startling instructional clarity and an irresistible power of conviction. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“But the Pandavas were like demigods. They could use divine weapons and stuff. So that makes me half a goddess, right?” asked Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘You Graeci sneak around, sabotaging our weapons, attacking our men -’ ‘You mean the weapons you were about to fire at us?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I was excited, I suppose, and frightened about you. There was a press of people waving weapons, and knights trying to stop me. I had to cut my way.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It echoed the ideological fear, so effective as a weapon against the taxes imposed by Parliament and decrees of George III, that once arbitrary power was acknowledged to reside elsewhere, all liberty was lost. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Again the wars were ‘inevitable’ and this time there were atomic weapons, so that mankind could no longer live through its torment to the inevitable wasting away of inevitability.—And positronic robots came. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The Horned King paused, a growl of savage joy rose in his throat, and he took a firmer grasp on his weapon. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Have you found a weapon? Was there any blood?” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Kneeling lower, Reggie felt around on the ground, looking for anything he could use as a weapon. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“In the whole history of the Foundation, no grant had ever been made for a destructive purpose,” Fosdick observed unhappily in the foundation’s official history, “let alone such a lethal weapon as this.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Alec was in the dining room, still fighting off a dozen attackers, firing his weapon when he could. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Pistol shots cracked from the stern as pentathletes fired their weapons out over the empty ocean. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“There is no mistake. Here is our missing weapon all right—eh, docteur?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thinks I’m here to steal the weapons that will reset the experiments, not deploy one of them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The soldiers standing in my cell have more weapons than usual, along with gas masks and protective vests. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Several of the soldiers have automatic weapons held lengthwise as they push us back toward the door. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It lay across her knees and, with a perplexed frown, the tip of her tongue between her lips, the girl was studying the weapon curiously. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“The wait is up to four years and even I am embarrassed to mention the price. Have your weapon made by another.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Butler grabbed the offending baton, swinging weapon and bearer like a set of bolas. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He held them off with his sharp weapon until he saw the ghost of Teiresias. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is amazing. In the old days, the children of Vulcan would come here in secret to consecrate demigod weapons. This is where Imperial gold was enchanted.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And I was going to be his secret weapon. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some 40,000 years ago, into Europe came the Cro-Magnons, with their modern skeletons, superior weapons, and other advanced cultural traits. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I have his home number,” Willow says, brandishing her cell phone like a weapon. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he’d had a weapon, he would have slaughtered everybody in sight. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s only the matter of our weapons now, which we’ve largely retained. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But after the search for weapons, I had a different feeling about it: it was real and it could come home to me, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She measured the distance to the giant weapons above them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“One aircrew should bomb the target and the other ‘tackle’ enemy antiaircraft weapons.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“I hated like hell to see him take out that weapon.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and his friends pulled out their weapons and drew into a formation. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

‘Yet doubtless Gandalf will gladly put you down on your feet when blows begin; or Shadowfax himself. An axe is no weapon for a rider.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Had one of these weapons been used against him? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It would be a terrible tactical error to go into battle against the dead without the proper weapons.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I reach out my arms to her, bend down, hands open to show I have no weapon. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Butler followed his lead, popping the cap on his weapon’s starlight scope. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I have training, but Gale’s scheduled to work with Beetee on weapons or something, so I get permission to take Finnick to the woods. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I’ve only ever heard of people getting expelled for violent stuff, like fighting or bringing a weapon to school.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The guards admired their quality as they inspected the food for vials of poison or concealed weapons. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

When the conversation turns to how it felt to translate our skill with weapons to the bombing in 8, I stop talking. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Then he was rushing forward, slinging his weapon to his back, diving. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Small weapons of all sorts, from bucklers to broadswords, were piled within. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was why the Uncle could use the Gran’s weapons, why the Gran was unable to join the fight against the Cursed Toads until their necklaces were broken. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

They needed to get those celestial weapons, and soon! Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The newest addition to the weapons is the use of chemical sprays. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Killing, ice-pick-wielding Hagar, who, shortly after a Christmas thank-you note, found herself each month searching the barrels and cupboards and basement shelves for some comfortably portable weapon with which to murder her true love. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand showed white as he held it up, palm outward, in token of peace; but the king’s men gripped their weapons. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Instead of Star Trek trivia, they could probably tell me about every application of a weapon, yet could never even begin to fathom what it feels like to actually end a human life. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A mad person was running around with a weapon that could vaporize a human in an instant. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Instead, it began to seem a place where one’s views on the fraught politics of national security and weapons development loomed over one’s career prospects. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was a big, wicked- looking weapon that made the M-16’s look almost fragile in comparison. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all waved their weapons, making high-pitched and deafening sounds, beyond human. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Because the weapon salve involved action over a distance, it defied a fundamental principle of Aristotelian physics, that action requires contact. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The sounds of automatic weapons seemed to be a rippling that swelled from somewhere. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next one displayed inmate weapons: a sharpened piece of Plexiglas, a filed-down serving spoon, a metal spike. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand shoots forward and smacks the weapon out of Boss’s hands—the gun fires a wayward shot just as it spins away, clattering on the floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

That's where she picked up the billiard cue she had carried up the stairs as a weapon. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that Aru could do anything with any of those weapons. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

One night he left without saying goodbye, leaving behind his trunks, his books, his weapons, his boots, and all his belongings. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weapon emitted a second tone, letting me know it had finished scanning my handprints. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He raised his weapon again, and in response, she pulled out her own: a handgun with a stubby muzzle wide enough to fit a golf ball in the barrel. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He walked away, and the hobbits made a lane for him to pass; but their knuckles whitened as they gripped on their weapons. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Each hour begins a new horror, a new Gamemaker weapon, and ends the previous. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m too used to having weapons across my back. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He held on to the grappling-hook weapon with one hand and pointed the pistol above him with the other. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He might as well have had a pea shooter against that thing, but he didn’t lower his weapon, no matter how outclassed it was. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

One prefers those that are interior to the toilet bowl, since they can be attacked by brush, which is a kind of action-at-a-distance weapon. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stumbling and bleeding, he wished briefly that he had brought some kind of weapon. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

They fire blindly into the dark, and most of them grabbed guns but no bladed weapons. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Efforts were made to control it but they were largely fruitless until, in the late 1940’s, the chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides offered new weapons. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It continued past long storage racks that held a wide array of weaponry: magic swords, shields, powered armor suits, plasma rifles, railguns, and countless other weapons. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Once Casde Black had housed five thousand fighting men with all their horses and servants and weapons. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When we met the following day with President Habib Bourguiba, his response was utterly positive and immediate: he offered training for our soldiers and five thousand pounds for weapons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had strong, shapely legs and wore knee socks with heavy lace-up shoes that became lethal weapons in fights. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He and his friends were into old weapons and would spend lots of time talking about “material culture” and sketching ideas for fantastical blades. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Sir, I do believe you should know that these weapons are highly inadequate for any kind of patrol.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The second hits the man in the arm, so the huge weapon topples to the floor. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Leave your weapons here,” he told the prisoners. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And on that tablecloth, evenly spaced, were weapons: a pistol, a shotgun, a scimitar, a bowie knife, and a vial with a poison pill. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

My hand flies to my shoulder, hungry for an arrow, but, of course, my weapons are stashed in the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here is the agent’s main weapon: the conversion of information into fear. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

And he had to admit he was beginning to like wielding deadly weapons. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As they prepared to take their designated places, then, both men were armed with extremely powerful but extremely erratic weapons. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In this chapter we have looked at a series of local histories: Kepler’s efforts to make accurate measurements of Mars; the introduction of the word ‘fact’ into English; the weapon salve. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Stimson did not minimize the international and political importance of the weapon. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But they would be carrying more than six hundred pounds of weapons and supplies, and they could expect no help along the way. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yep,” Anya agreed, and the three of them gathered up their bags and weapons and walked through the door in the back of the cave together. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then I saw that it was a Cong, trying to get his wet weapon to work. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brian took the briefcase down to the raft, and decided to take a weapon—he left the bow but took two lances he had made. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He calmly walked up to stand beside Mark, the end of his weapon pointed at the suffering woman. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

His eyes shut tightly, he stamped his feet, shouted, and swung the weapon about him like a scythe. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He could not fathom why the North Vietnamese would keep fighting, given the arsenal of weapons the Americans had. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Accordingly, we returned to our barracks and ate our supper, prepared our weapons, and then waited uneasy for further command. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I found a whole bunch of stuff online about weapons used against protestors. I’m pretty sure the cops used something called a Mosquito against us.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But they also were aware that deploying a weapon of such enormous power would not be a military action; the Super’s value would be strictly “psychological,” General Bradley declared. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Soviet scientists had to abandon fission experiments to work instead on weapons that could be used right away. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then one by one they threw their weapons at Balder, and each of them was astonished and amazed. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

At a signal from the Warlord, a gang of rats leaped upon Constance and beat her back into unconsciousness with their weapons. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But the weapon was well aimed and merely lodged in the wood. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The second officer, who had not drawn his weapon, inched cautiously toward me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Not now, Jane. We shall discuss your concealed weapon later, in addition to your highly improper outburst. Girls,” she says, turning to the younger ones, some of whom are crying. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Immediate reasons for Pizarro’s success included military technology based on guns, steel weapons, and horses; infectious diseases endemic in Eurasia; European maritime technology; the centralized political organization of European states; and writing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She thinks he might have a thing for guns, which in her world is as rare as saying he has a thing for medieval weapons of war. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

If you move often and lack vehicles or draft animals, you confine your possessions to babies, weapons, and a bare minimum of other absolute necessities small enough to carry. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

That was the kind of power I sought, and the story of our own royalty became for me a weapon. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But Jermaine had told me once that anybody could do anything, if they had a weapon and a reason to use it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But the secret weapon turned out to be a blob of wood filler, placed there by the manufacturer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Percy spotted a bazooka, a grenade launcher, a giant Roman candle, and a dozen other wicked-looking weapons. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I inhale deeply before jerking my nose away as the door rattles and Veturius emerges with his bloodied armor and weapons. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Shagga was gaping back; beyond a certainty, he had never seen so many men, horses, and weapons in all his days. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Because the wording of the act was so broad, even activities such as trespassing or illegal possession of weapons could constitute sabotage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his hand, he held the weapon Vajra, the thunderbolt. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her Celestial bronze dagger was missing—the weapon she’d carried since she was seven years old. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If Prescott is right, in an age of nuclear weapons and effective contraceptives, child abuse and severe sexual repression are crimes against humanity. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My tools? I have twenty acres of trees to care for. And I’m a wood-carver. You thought they were weapons?” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I was always so busy with my radio equipment that firing a weapon was the last thing I could do. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t fit everything in the chariot, but they used Frank’s rope to strap down most of the gold weapons and the best pieces of armor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Food and clothing, land and castles, now weapons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I remember driving up from Palo Alto to San Francisco with L. W. Alvarez and Dr. Vannevar Bush when we discussed Oppenheimer’s activities in the nuclear weapons program,” he stated. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As his fellow soldiers reacted in disbelief, Mason handed over his weapon to the squad captain. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

An arm stretched around the Berg door above, holding the tube- weapon out to take random shots. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If I do continue away from the fire, won't I be walking straight into the weapons of the Careers? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She’d had very little in life that she could call her own, least of all any kind of weapon. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The Moriori were a small, isolated population of hunter-gatherers, equipped with only the simplest technology and weapons, entirely inexperienced at war, and lacking strong leadership or organization. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, my mom had made me promise not to use deadly weapons in the apartment after I’d swung a javelin the wrong way and taken out her china cabinet. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He held his weapon like Samuel had showed him, and aimed up the hill. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Someday, these weapons might be used in war, but now they only served as the backdrop for a waking nightmare. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Of course he didn't have a weapon on him.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The thought of making weapons of mass destruction had never occurred to him. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can work in the Dauntless compound, drawing tattoos or making weapons or even fighting each other for entertainment. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Harness and weapons must be out of sight in the inner room. And if the suitors miss them, be mild; just say ‘I had a mind to move them out of the smoke. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mom told me it was Indra who taught Arjuna how to use all the celestial weapons. He even tried to sabotage Arjuna’s nemesis.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I have to act like everything’s okay until I can find that troll. Then I’ll kill him to death and get my normal feet back. Have you got weapons?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

In fact, most of the enemy seemed to be armed with some kind of fiery weapon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Most of their training was just to make sure they could actually use weapons. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

‘The Acropolis is ringed with great siege weapons — onagers.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Reputation is like a sort of armor, or a weapon you can brandish if need be. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Institute conducts research into ways to protect soldiers against biological weapons and natural infectious diseases. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wax in our ears—standard procedure when battling evil sirens. Now, throw down your weapons and turn around slowly so I can bind your hands.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The two countries struggled for supremacy using political maneuvering, stockpiling weapons, and fighting “proxy” wars in other, smaller countries where they didn’t directly engage each other. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Henry takes a step back from her as if there were a weapon in her empty hand, but Jacqui’s wriggling fingers are insistent. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He saw Mars sitting at his grandmother’s bedside, looking at Frank with those nuclear explosion eyes: You’re Juno’s secret weapon. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She had been looking forward to ferreting out Bebe’s past, to delivering the secret weapon that would end things for good. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone on the bus began filing off with their identity cards in hand, so the empty bus could be checked for weapons or stowaways. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A Statue of Liberty lay like a dropped murder weapon. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Mark fired, heard a sharp ping as the bullet hit the metal contraption, then watched the weapon fall to the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Fflewddur came up just then and he, too, peered at the strange weapon. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

It must be ascertained that they had been given orders not to fire until our column was within fair range of their weapons. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

For a moment I see my double again, holding the gun but visibly shuddering, the weapon as far out from her body as she can possibly hold it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But sometimes—not often, mind you, maybe once a year, maybe less—a request would come in for a weapon that was more than even Yeste could make. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

All the focus in the room shifted to the stolen weapon, leaving Mark a few seconds to scramble back to his feet. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The beast’s snarl turned into a whimper; Con ripped his weapon out and struck again, drops of hot blood stinging his hands. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We stood, side by side, four little sisters, holding our weapons at our sides ready to defend our baby sister as we watched him disappear into a new dawn. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The SS officer threw his weapon to the ground. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

If I knew they were there, I would have weapons against them, charms, prayers, some kind of alliance with forces equally strong but on my side. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apart from their ornate appearance, the weapons were distinctive for two reasons. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They did not use the sonic, stunners but the foray gun, the ancient weapon that fires a set of metal fragments in a burst. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of playing volleyball in the sandpit, counselors and satyrs were stockpiling weapons in the tool shed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He borrowed a cup of dried peppers and a block of salt, and he brought in a long working knife, eighteen inches long and heavy, as a small ax, a tool and a weapon. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t take his eyes off her as he picked both items up, slinging the pack onto his shoulders and tightening the straps, then hefting the weapon in both hands once they were free. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Good. Now, before you go, collect all weapons and helmets and make a little pile right there.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He reached up and pulled a rapier from the fourth wall—the one with the older-looking weapons. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Part of him was disappointed, because that was one less weapon they had at their disposal. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Finnick chooses a campsite about ten yards below the force field, saying we can use it as a weapon by deflecting our enemies into it if attacked. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Briares wants to help. He will teach Cyclopes ways we have forgotten, how to make better weapons and armor.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Those who fought it out at the Cornucopia will have food, an abundance of water from the lake, torches or flashlights, and weapons they're itching to use. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A genuine weapon would be more than I’ve been hoping for. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“The weapons will not be used on you.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“There are men coming,” she said, “on foot, with weapons. They’re only a few minutes’ walk away. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They hovered by the door, inspecting the lock, Cray-Cray jingling his massive all-campus key ring that always hung from his belt like some kind of medieval weapon. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He danced under the tusks, hammering home a devastating uppercut with his medieval weapon. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“You’ll get your weapons. I shall get my place of honor back, make no mistake. And then it’s up to you and your brother. Or sister, gods help us.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Release your weapon. Let the law handle this.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Rule one: Always test fire a new weapon, no matter how proficient you might think you are. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Naturally they came on board in the guise of passengers, though how they got the weapons past Security is anyone’s guess. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of days later, in Lawrence’s office, York was startled when Ernest asked him bluntly: “Does the United States need a second nuclear weapons laboratory?” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He wears no weapon save a dagger at his belt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But the weapon is dropping to the ground and the unarmed woman is holding something out to me in her gloved hand. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lancelot reached the tree in safety and swung round with his weapon in his hand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

With all the training, with everything I’ve been taught about self defense and the wielding of weapons, something inside me blows a critical fuse. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I casually mentioned to Stalin that we had a new weapon of unusual destructive force,” Truman recalled. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your weapon will be random. Choose a slip of paper from the box.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“The guy was dead the second he stepped on the trail. Understand me? We all had him zeroed. A good kill—weapon, ammunition, everything.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They merely stared, with their useless weapons drawn, their shoulders hunched against my laughter. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want Mama knowing about the weapons, or about the way she still thought about Sigurd all the time, so she kept them at Kin’s. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They were required to be able to identify thirty different weapons, how to wield them, and their detailed history. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Arsenic was the weapon he decided upon; after poisoning the victims, he meant to tuck them in their beds and burn down the house, in the hope that investigators would believe the deaths accidental. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmer Cotton cleared the street, sending everyone indoors, except the older hobbits who had weapons of some sort. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The very notion of “clean” thermonuclear weapons was mercilessly demolished in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists by Ralph Lapp, a distinguished antinuclear physicist. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Some inventive rat had devised a fearsome weapon: chunks of iron grave-railings from the churchyard, strung to lengths of cord. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’ve played with a lot of the Capitol’s weapons in training, but none designed for military combat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

For the same reason, weapons were stored, waiting. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ruffians had clubs in their hands and horns by their belts, but they had no other weapons, as far as could be seen. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

With considerable effort he stooped over and selected a golf ball-sized weapon, straightened up, tiptoed a little closer, and then flung the rock at his target. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Samson produces no weapon, his fingers merely twitching by his side. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

The Japanese were so impressed by the new weapon that they commenced indigenous gun production, greatly improved gun technology, and by A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had to touch him, looking for those weapons. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was agreed that when both principals were ready, Pendleton would say, “Present”; then each man would be free to raise and fire his weapon. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They moved in a blur, without any weapons that Tally could see, leaving everyone in their wake lying on the ground, bound and dazed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The might of Elrond is in wisdom not in weapons, it is said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In my room, one guy lifts the baby-doll pajamas I left lying on the floor as if a secret weapon is hidden underneath. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

A violent scream filled the air, a piercing, horrible sound, and suddenly every last person there was charging forward, rushing at the two men with their death-dealing weapons. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Alec ran up and swung the butt of his weapon down with both arms, slamming its end into one of the attackers’ heads. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Most of us didn’t have a weapon except maybe a knife or a club. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At random times Aru’s weapon, Vajra, liked to shift into lightning-bolt form and zip across the sky before turning into a ball and bouncing in front of her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I drop my weapons and take a step back, my face burning in what can only be shame. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But some answered: ‘While we yet live? How long? He has a weapon that has brought low many strong places since the world began. Hunger. The roads are cut. Rohan will not come.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Thomas helped Newt distribute the weapons, and even more innovative ones were created in their desperation to be prepared for the Grievers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Only a man who knew the spells could take old weapons and forge them anew. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In the past I have seen many such tokens as this weapon. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The North Vietnamese immediately began moving more troops and weapons from North to South. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Nergal smiled as he steadied his grip on his weapon. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It’s one thing to see the weapons laid out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then he pulled forward his own weapon, a twenty-foot-long steel scaffolding pole that had been converted into a crude spear. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The next time we saw him, he was in uniform, assigned to motion study training in assembling and disassembling the Lewis machine gun and other automatic weapons. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

They holler for the people to close their shops, to gather all guns and weapons, to surrender the weapons to them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z