| 单词 | blown |
| 例句 | The hot wind that had blown through the village overnight had left fine sand on all the windowsills. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “I thought Tom,” he remembered later, “had blown his topper.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On the day the Gjallerhorn is blown, it will wake the gods, no matter where they are, no matter how deeply they sleep. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She tucked a lock of hair blown loose by her violent sinus eruptions back into her headscarf. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z People getting their legs blown off and so forth. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The bomb had cleanly blown away his face. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Her cover blown, she pulled on street clothes that fit her from someone’s luggage. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z A balloon would start up jerkily, on a great bias, and be torn by the wind or blown against the houses of the square. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The police helicopters were rising so far away that it seemed someone had blown the grey head off a dry dandelion flower. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks up to me with this forlorn, bewildered look, as if I really had blown a hole in his chest. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “What is it with this town? I’ve blown more intelligent life into a handkerchief.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Deep down I was afraid for my safety—terrified of getting my head blown off, like Cynthia had, in a Klan explosion. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He looked faintly absurd, stepping over the carpet of dry leaves in his tight airport suit, his tie blown over his shoulder. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is serious. The Rowells are still screaming at us because of the last party. This is it; you’ve really blown it this time.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I think of his ridiculous reaction to finding the supplies blown up. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The wall of a tent leans up over my face, not visible but audible, a slanting plane of faint sound: the susurrus of blown snow. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The storm had blown out the July humidity, leaving behind clean air and a dirty road. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z There were holdfasts and farming villages along the road south where he might be able to trade the mare for a fresh mount when he needed one, but not if she were injured or blown. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I wonder about the other tributes, how they're managing now that their main source of food has been blown up. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “You shouldn’t have blown up at that detective like that,” says Mama. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He squeezed himself tighter into the doorway and tried not to think about the gruesome stories Papa’s men used to tell, about men who’d had their heads blown off by cannonballs. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z You get blown away because you don’t have a full squad, you can thank those creeps.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the background, the editors placed the photograph of the church’s stained-glass window with the kind face of Jesus blown clean away. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You need a bigger gate,” Tormund complained to Jon with a sour look up at the sky, where a few clouds had blown in. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was half across the lawn, coming from the shadows, moving with such drifting ease that it was like a single solid cloud of black-grey smoke blown at him in silence. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z All the windows were blown out, but the walls still stood. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But the instant it’s out of my mouth, I’m blown away that it came from me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z An agent wrote of the bombing of the Smiths’ house, “The two women perished instantly, their bodies being blown asunder, and pieces of their flesh being later found plastered on a house 300 feet away.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Panicked monsters surged backward If the bag really had been full of Greek fire jars, we would’ve all blown up. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The sailcloth was blown up into the dunes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, she is having to produce her elixir at home, due to another break mishap, which resulted in her classroom windows being blown out. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He has spent all morning creating something that will be blown away or trampled by tomorrow. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z They were at an odd angle and all I could see was the shoulder of a black coat, with a silk scarf blown out in the wind behind it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “There’s no Thirteen. It got blown off the map.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I pictured my heart and ribs blown from glass, tiny air bubbles throughout, like in the documentary about Mexican glassblowers I’d watched with Mom that summer. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Cold air told him that the side of the castle had been blown away, and hot stickiness on his cheek told him that he was bleeding copiously. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z All the anger I thought I'd blown out of me came rushing back. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The outer regions of the star may sometimes get blown off in a tremendous explosion called a supernova, which would outshine all the other stars in its galaxy. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But the window was closing, let’s face it, we were going to be blown out of the water by the boys in Iraq if we didn’t act fast. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The rain was hitting my back like thousands of hard berries blown from air guns. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A few shreds of clothing blown against the wall, everything gray in the ash. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He was doing okay ’til he got blown away on a Saturday. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He carried messages from the Aztlan and U.S. presidents, but they wouldn’t do much good if he got blown out of the sky. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of the banisters had been blown away. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Like Gilbert, Galileo practised what he preached, and it was the peripatetic approach that was blown apart by his work in Italy late in the sixteenth century and early in the seventeenth century. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I was blown away and still had no idea how she could afford it. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It may seem odd, but it made me think the town had long hair, and each strand blown by wind was yet another color. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Just a whiff, hanging on that gust from the orchard, or blown down the ghostly alleyway of what used to be the street we lived on. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The bomb had blown away the roof of his house and the walls of his bedroom. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When we arrived at the park, everyone crashed, rolling onto the track like cars whose tires had just blown out. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The intruder is blown back against the door frame. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z One night, as he sits down to dinner, Lourdes tells her son that if she had sent more money, he would have blown it on drugs. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z They call this part of California the Inland Empire, and it’s always smoggy, because whatever nastiness is in the air gets blown here and caught against the mountains. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z There were delays in the post because the owls kept being blown off course. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Then the door was blown apart and a shock wave hurled me over, forcing all the air out of my lungs. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The landscape became blurred and again Sophie had to duck down out of the whistling gale to save her head from being blown off her shoulders. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She belonged here; yet she was being blown away. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z A maple at the edge of the meadow had literally blown up. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s watching Alex, eyes blown dark and hazy, and Alex is watching him right back, every nerve in both bodies narrowed down to a single point. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Dried leaves encircled his body as if blown by a great whirlwind. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She’d blown out her birthday candles with a wish for green eyes instead of brown. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Later, I would hear that a lot of them were wondering if the mine had blown up or maybe the Russians had attacked. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A combat wound, well healed, such as a leg blown off by cannon fire, would become new, open, horrible, even after decades of healing. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He’d be lying if he said it didn’t feel good to feel that kid’s pulse beating fast against his arm, his breath short, his eyes blown wide open. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He crashed down, seeing nothing but a blur of green, his breath blown, completely spent, leaving him without the strength to move at all. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z He could barely look at her, afraid that on close scrutiny she might dissolve into sainthood and be blown like holy pollen into the sky. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the fuss about Bunny had mostly blown over, the college had still not returned quite to normal—and not at all in the new “Dragnet” spirit of drug enforcement which had spread across campus. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His school picture has been blown up, and they have left the case open so that we can all post tributes around it—Dear Finch, they all begin. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “You have a morbid aversion to dying. You probably resent the fact that you’re at war and might get your head blown off any second.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The Greenlanders’ last known contact with Europeans came in 1410 with an Icelandic ship that arrived after being blown off course. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Let me be blown out by the Olympians! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m blown off my feet, into the front wall of the warehouse. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Deborah heard those things and imagined her mother on the moon and being blown up by bombs. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Bod’s view of things was upside down at this point, bouncing up and down on the back of the 33rd President of the United States, gritty sand from the path blown up into his face. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Somebody on horseback had blown Grandma’s mailbox sky high. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She smelled his rotting leg in Africa, where it would be blown off his body on a moonless savanna night. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Bod breathed in, Faded as deeply as he could Fade, and moved past the man like dust blown on an evening breeze. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Supreme got one and was so blown away that he begged Dad to let him manage his career. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Lanre, his face in shadow darker than a starless night, was blown away like smoke upon the wind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The windows were blown outward, glass littering the grass in front of the house, nothing left of the door but a few charred scraps swinging on their hinges in the breeze. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The nearest door had been blown open by the storm. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The light was gone from his eyes, blown out. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z What can it profit a man to gain the whole world and to come to his property with a gastric ulcer, a blown prostate, and bifocals? Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lord, but you are lovely. You’re not half blown yet, are you?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “What do you call this stuff?” he asked, touching a fold of her dress that had blown over his knee. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z All the beads were made from blown glass. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z But in light of the many times I’ve been blown or brushed off, I keep it to myself. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The timbers of small corrals were broken, well housings aslant, outhouses blown over and destroyed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The buildings were blackened, roofs blown off, walls half standing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The doors had been blown off our cages. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Pretty soon the vacant lot was littered with blown sneakers and broken hearts. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew Mom wasn’t eavesdropping, because she would have blown a fuse. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She looked around their yard and pointed to a pile of blue plastic near the oak tree that must have blown out of the old barn. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then faintly, as if it was blown away from them by the breeze, they seemed to catch a dim ringing, as of small bells tinkling. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Another bomb fell on a piece of waste ground which was used as a playground and several dozen children were blown to pieces. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They begin to fall until they are scattered across the dais like blown leaves. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They are blown to pieces, annihilated—there are only broken bits of trenches, holes linked by cracks, nests of craters, that is all. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z In spite of his feigned interest, José Arcadio never understood the powers of the philosopher’s egg, which to him looked like a poorly blown bottle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to think about the painful memories of close friends whose lives were blown away like dust in the wind. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z At the grey tea hour there were always rooms that throbbed incessantly with this low sweet fever, while fresh faces drifted here and there like rose petals blown by the sad horns around the floor. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z This encouraged me, but the theory was blown by such masculine nouns as murder, toothache, and Rollerblade. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Scientists who tried managing energies of the necessary magnitude often ended up with equipment blown to smithereens and laboratories littered with glass shards. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I was blown away by their finesse; they could take the tip of their blade and hit their target with such precision. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It could be as bad as a broken bone or a blown suspensory ligament. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The tents were being blown from their ties to the earth, and the animals were being freed from their tethers. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A few bees flew out of my head as I walked north with my buckets, blown out by the strong cast wind. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time he arrived, the late-afternoon summer fog had already blown in. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I would think of the blown lilac, and the Happy Valley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Ordinarily, Root would have blown his top at this point, but he knew that Cudgeon was grasping at straws, desperately trying to save his career. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z They have just blown their first shot at a landing. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z If they heard those Russian words, they would know that an enemy surveillance team had seen them and blown their cover. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Meggie’s voice died away as if the wind had blown it from her lips. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z ‘I’d already noticed your horse worries a bit over blown paper in the streets—things like that. I suppose you know that, too?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A light bree« would have blown her into the back room. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z For example, we could imagine a landing site at which the winds were so strong that all mobile dust had already been blown away. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z No noise came out, but it was obvious to Sophie that whatever had been in the jar had now been blown through the trumpet into the Goochey children’s bedroom. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the technology behind every flute, whistle, shakuhachi or recorder ever blown in the history of humankind. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The brightness was gone from her face, blown out like a candle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The same puff of wind that had blown it away stirred the coals in the fire. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our fans are great; our team is nifty! We’re going to get blown out by fifty!” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Mom’s like a hurricane and there’s no way to stop her outrage until it’s blown over. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The dancer held up a doll and puffed out the skirt of its dress so that it opened prettily like a fully blown flower. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z There was a pop and he was gone, leaving a faint scent of grapes that was quickly blown away by the wind. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A whale must have surfaced right next to the Frog and blown on him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I look to Keenan, but he appears almost bored, and I'm shaken at how his eyes can go cold as quickly as a candle being blown out. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We were moving the boat instead of letting it be blown around. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z My inner voice spoke loud and clear to me: Carolyn, it’s not if you will get blown up and killed by a bomb, but when. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The wind had blown since late February and it did not stop after April. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The candle flickered within the lantern as if a breath had blown against it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z My only regret is that the clouds had blown in while we walked, leaving the sky flat and grey as slate. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Maybe we would be blown off course and land in a country without New York or people who bought and sold children. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He never had a blown tire, never ran out of gas and needed twelve grinning raggle-tailed boys to help him push it up a hill or over to a curb. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Is she thinking of my father’s being blown to nothingness in the mines? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Irene’s face was bright against the dark of the sky, her eyes all shimmery wet, pieces of her hair blown free from her ponytail. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z The louvers, too, had been slipped off and the windows were gaping holes and the dry harmattan winds had blown in so much dust that the walls were now an even brown. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The barn door had blown open, and the pony was gone. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z At my feet are mounds of burned-out candle wax, fistfuls of dying flowers blown by the wind and roughed by the ravages of the street. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A friend told Burnham, “The scene burst on me with the beauty of a full blown rose.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The entire front plate glass window of Pep Boys was blown out. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Anya had seen it only in perfect condition, but today it looked as though a storm had blown through. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z From time to time spray was blown off the crest of a wave and wet the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Swifts, flushed from chimneys, catch fire and swoop like blown sparks out over the ramparts and extinguish themselves in the sea. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If people step on one and their arms or legs blown off, they are no longer of any value to the Angkar. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The stationery itself frightened her because it already looked blown to bits. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They had been blown all the way down there from Sicily. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Dusk thickened, conch shells were blown, and the air grew dense with the incense of prayers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Grumman sat steady and quiet; his dæmon, wind-torn, clung firmly with her talons deep in the basket rim and her feathers blown erect. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well...when you fell off, it got blown away,” said Hermione hesitantly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I hear fluttering, like the pages of a book blown by the wind, but there is no wind. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z And so enslavement must be casual wrath and random manglings, the gashing of heads and brains blown out over the river as the body seeks to escape. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z It was then that he heard a boat not far off, the sound of a foghorn blown deliberately, and he turned his ear in its direction. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When I saw that pasty sunken face, I was completely blown away. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The wind that came up off the prairie could’ve blown me away like so much ash. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Every evening at dusk he heard a conch shell being blown in the house next door to signal the hour for prayer. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In the afternoons, the sun sapped energy and goodwill and the soldiers quarreled and played Biafran whot and spoke of the vandals they had blown up in past operations. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Having blown out the light, she slept fitfully, holding her pillow like a man in her arms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Scent got cold. Taranada might have blown her anywhere. The body could be up in one them trees.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The whistle was so loud that it made me duck down and put my hands over my ears, it felt like he’d blown it right inside my head. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z It had blown up like a balloon animal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z As Rooster Jim had noted, a Chinook had blown through a few days before, warming the prairie. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “I’ll see you soon, then,” she said, and headed back into the kitchen as I stood alone with my mind blown. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Women had been kept in purdah, schools and bridges had been blown up, businesses had closed, and the people of Swat had lived with constant fear. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The whole top of his head was blown off. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When the second stage, or upper half, of the Titan separated from the first stage, I thought we had blown up. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the sound of a nose being rather violently blown. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z On the next day she did not appear in the canteen until he was leaving it, the whistle having already blown. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He copied Shaw’s exuberant, off-balance stance, as if being blown backward by the force of his own playing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The anger, he thought, ought to be his own; yet years ago now the anger about her had finished gradually bleeding out of him and had slowly dried up and blown away. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Actually, I was glad he said it because I was too blown away to speak. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z There was the sound of five noses being blown. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Hiking packs leave you with no recognizable center of gravity at the best of times; here we were literally being blown over. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z They were blown here, and fought in vain for sea room; the ships kept going in to their destruction, slammed on the reef. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And on the clipper they’d met the Gallivespians, who were strangers from the moon, blown down to the earth by a fierce gale out of the Milky Way. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z We walk through the Crooked Forest, where all the trees are bowed in the same direction as though they’ve been blown by a strong wind since they were saplings. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He would freeze, starve, or be blown away. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere a wind had blown down a pole. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z My backpack was totally unsalvageable: With the seam blown out, the straps had failed as well. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Pierre told a good story: one meeting of his secret society had, he assured Boyle, been disrupted by disgruntled employees who had blown up the castle in which the society was meeting. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Then he heard it again, rising from a pile of waste papers and soot that had blown against the concrete wall. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “What if someone found it in the trash like I did? A wind could have blown this to the foot of Stalin,” said Papa. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The storm had taken him, taken the boat in its fist and blown it— where? The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a woman’s head, blown up to twice the size of a normal head. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Her Dad had come onto the porch and blown the whistle that meant the beginning of the first prom. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He says the universe is like a dot- covered balloon that’s being blown up. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A pause, then the answer sounded to both men, “Boss? Where are you? My third subsidiary has had his chest blown in. He’s out of commission.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Or had a gust of wind blown it away? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z At first I thought the clouds had blown over, and the moon was peering in from the horizon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A few of the overhead lightbulbs have blown out and need to be replaced. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There was a grey light on the terrace, I could see the shapes of the blown fireworks stands taking form on the lawns. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Because even though Coach had blown the whistle, I had blown my legs. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z For the only time in the last few months I had gone out on assignment, actually courted a live body, I had nearly blown cover. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Must have blown over from the other graves. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “I don’t care where it hit, Ghalib. Look at the state of your brother. You could have been blown to pieces.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The sergeant was incredulous, until Prendergast gave him the revolver, which smelled strongly of blown powder. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The structure I’d blown groans, the sound echoing across the landscape, and I glance over my shoulder to see it toppling forward toward all of us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We wandered over to the first area—Space Is Dangerous—and watched a video of a hole being blown through a thick metal plate by a simulated meteoroid. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Frankie had blown him off again and expected him to take it and be grateful. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The "paints" used were chunks of red and yellow ocher ground into powder and applied with brushes or blown onto the surface through hollow bones. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z As I follow her through the school, I’m completely blown away. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Its Ark was a gutted mass of charred wood, its four Torah scrolls were seared black, its holy books were piles of gray ash blown about by the wind. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z At first I thought the radio’s vacuum tube had blown, but then a man’s voice came on the radio. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She’d liked the map of Kerch best, a whimsical drawing of their island nation, surrounded by mermaids swimming in the True Sea and ships blown along by winds depicted as fat-cheeked men. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Victarion had no way to know whether they had foundered, run aground, or been blown off course. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They had been blown off in Singapore in ’42, within the first week of his running away from home to join the fighting ranks of the Indian National Army. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z On January 22, Worsley climbed a hillock of ice and saw that the gale that had blown them north had also compacted the ice and blown Ocean Camp closer to their position. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He felt his smile slide away, melt, fold over, and down on itself like a tallow skin, like the stuff of a fantastic candle burning too long and now collapsing and now blown out. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z His rubber sandals had been blown off He lay at the center of the trail, his right leg bent beneath him, his one eye shut, his other eye a huge star-shaped hole. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z On the cliff, the men clutched at each other as they sought to keep from being blown away. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As he spoke, he noticed the plastic tarp had blown off his wood stack, so he walked over and tucked it back around the pile. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He became sullen, resentful, angry, and his memory seemed to be blown away. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the echoes died as suddenly as a flame blown out by a dark wind, and the enemy advanced again. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They and others came shortly, and they stayed throughout the night to see that the burning brands were not blown onto the roof of the cabin. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack knew the camp could be a target and they might be blown to bits. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Seekers were usually light and speedy, but Diggory’s weight would be an advantage in this weather because he was less likely to be blown off course. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Her hat had a wide straw brim and a crown completely blown out, as if whatever was in her head had exploded many times. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It reduced a tree to sawdust—the tree disappeared as if they had blown it away ... Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Recently, a Nazi spy in America, William Sebold, had gone to the FBI and blown the cover off Hitler's existing spy ring, destroying it. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z On my return nothing more was to be seen of the first one, it had been blown to pieces by a direct hit. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The river was high and the bridge had been blown up in the centre; the stone arch was fallen into the river and the brown water was going over it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He’d confessed to me, last night, that he’d been secretly learning and practicing on his own these last couple of years, and I was blown away by how much he’d progressed all by himself. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Then Cap let me work on the Halloween dance ...” I was blown away. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Across the foaming water, to and fro, the boat careered like a ball of tumbleweed blown on the autumn plains, but intact still. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It had blown in quickly, darkening the field and lowering the temperature. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Anything that could move had long been blown away. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I called Jasper once more, but he was chasing a feather blown by the wind. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It may have once been a storeroom, but its roof and doors had been blown off during the civil war years ago, and it had remained that way. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Like dust can the child be blown about, like dust is his life, like dust is his strength. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z But when a group of twenty rebel soldiers follow them, they’re blown to bits by a row of potted rosebushes in front of a flower shop. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The candle on the dressing table had been blown out already, but its wick still smoked. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z His kindergarten photo was blown up nearly to full-page size, and beneath it, there was a statement in neat black calligraphy: “All proceeds from tonight’s concert will benefit the Jeffrey Alper Medical Trust.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was blown up while we were eating cheese.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z After all that work and getting blown up, I'm exhausted. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When Robert comes over with his hair blown out into an afro, I beg my mother for the same hairstyle. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I had blown up and acted personally instead of denouncing the significance of the dolls, him, the obscene idea, and seizing the opportunity to educate the crowd. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was in raking the yard, searching for nails and glass pieces blown over from Mr. Lucas’s house, that gave my eyes a downward place to look. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Just one step down from the edge of the turf was the white, blown sand of above high water, warm, dry, trodden. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The justice of the peace determined that the young woman, who was married and had a child, had been “blown to pieces.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He kept pacing the deck with tears in his eyes, pulling at his goatee and slapping the side of his head, muttering, “I should have saved them! I should have blown up more stuff!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And when he did, he felt his breath catch in his throat, like an icy wind had blown down there and frozen the air solid. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Claudette’s church, Hutchinson Street Baptist, was dynamited, its stained-glass windows blown to pieces. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The simum blew that day as it had never blown before. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The war interferes with the oranges from California, and even Florida isn’t dependable, when there are roadblocks or when the train tracks have been blown up. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s strange to me that no one else in the stadium knows what happened, that they must really think the two sparks of light in the balcony seating were blown transistors instead of gunfire. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z That moment when we decided to go searching for my lost tape, it was like suddenly every cloud had blown away, and we had nothing but fun and laughter before us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z We were walking in Portsmouth Square and already the fog had blown in and I was very cold in my thin coat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought maybe down the coast a bit, maybe straight out from Los Angeles, because the storm had blown him south a bit as well as out to sea. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat under the dome light of the airplane, worried that I’d somehow blown it with those fourteen stupid words. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The postmark on Miss Peregrine’s letter was fifteen years old, but by all accounts she’d been blown into the stratosphere back in 1940. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z When?—the last “when” blown into three pleading notes. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The breath of warm hope which Jan and Max had blown so softly upon him turned to frost under Buckley’s cold gaze. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The safe room was in a shambles, blown apart by some sort of fairy flatulence. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The garbage dumps had been blown clear of snow and stood out stark and ugly against the white. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z At the very least, the mortal police would be arriving, trying to figure out who had blown a hole in the Arch. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z All the candles in the room had been blown out and the fire reduced to ash. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Globes of thinly blown sugar sit on each plate and must be broken open in order to access the clouds of cream within. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “The place where the house was blown up.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Cooking fires had been blown from their pits, and scattered embers burned everywhere. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z That too was distant and hard to be sure of, blanketed by millions of snowflakes and blown this way and that by little puffing gusts of wind. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The sailing ships slid silently across the horizon, blown so fast that their lights disappeared over the curve of the earth within minutes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Figs that drip with honey, sugar blown into curls and flowers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z My dad got blown up in Afghanistan, and Ma and everybody we knew and plenty of people we didn’t know but knew his name, all reminded me—he sacrificed for all of us. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Nina had blown into his life with the wind and rain and set his world spinning. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In a French village far to the south of Saint-Malo, a German truck crossing a bridge is blown up. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then there came an echoing blast: a great horn was blown in the hall, and answering horns and harsh cries were heard further off. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Our chance for a subtle reconnaissance mission had just been blown. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The wind had blown some tiles off the roof of Señor Aguilar’s hotel. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z On one side of the alley trash is blown up against the wall. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The man-hoist winch creaked again, and the waiting wives shuddered as if a cold wind had blown through them. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Shards of glass coated the cement floor, blown out dozens of feet from the black metal frames. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Eccentric souls with too much money in their pockets and far too much time on their hands, they had blown thick wads of cash on preposterous machines called automobiles. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve seen storm troubles in New Orleans, too—flooding, a fallen tree, a roof blown off. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The bulb in the tent had blown out several days before, and neither of the two men had been able to muster the initiative to replace it. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Another followed him, and still another, as one by one they were blown backward into the dark maze of tunnels we had just left. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Not at Argos in Akhaia, but blown off course, held up in some far country, is that what gave the killer nerve to strike?” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The situation is rather like a balloon with a number of spots painted on it being steadily blown up. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Omba’s very first act of mercy was to retrieve his master’s mask, which had blown up against Mile. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “I’ve never blown you off on purpose,” I say, shrugging off my jacket and handing it to her. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z They were not like words at all, but like soap bubbles, or like the kisses blown around by a starlet in a motorcade. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z As I watched, I wondered if / were blown to Oz with my dog, what would we ask the wizard for? Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z A gust of wind threatened to scatter the pile of trash she had collected, and she scurried to cover it with her broom to keep it from being blown away. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Its meter is cracked, several fuses are blown, and the transmitter plug is missing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It seemed like every time we blew a bottle, some people thought the mine had blown up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He began by saying that he was an MK saboteur who had blown up a municipal office, a power pylon, and an electricity line. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The box was down, but nothing inside; it was most likely blown over by a breeze. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Ordinarily, I would have enjoyed the festival of Capac Raymi, when the conch shell was blown loudly to the sky to welcome the spirit world on this shortest of nights. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z And very valiant indeed he was: no heir of Minas Tirith has for long years been so hardy in toil, so onward into battle, or blown a mightier note on the Great Horn.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Their cover was blown when an African-American woman who was waiting on them in a local tavern recognized one of the men as a British officer from Boston. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z While they try to predict what dishes will be served, I keep seeing the old man’s head being blown off. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I guess they figured I’d get blown out anyway, so what was the point? The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z That summer, when it seemed she was thinking about it, she would stare in wonderment at me as if I had a gaping hole blown through my head. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z By their reactions, they’re still not quite as blown away as I am. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Grandpop just nodded—it was like he had blown out all his words. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It was as if they were all being blown dry in a car wash. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “That sounds like a prescription for getting our heads blown off.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He had taken Benton’s notes and not blown them out of proportion so much as he had strapped an atom bomb to every letter of every word. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “They creep into apartments at night. They booby-trap kitchen cupboards, toilet bowls, brassieres. Go to open your panty drawer, and you get your fingers blown off.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The party lanterns have been blown out and the garden is shrouded in darkness. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z They told Rasheed later that if the winds had blown east instead of west, his shop, which was at the corner of the block, might have been spared. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I scrambled to pick up the scattered wool that hadn’t blown away and placed it back inside the basket. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The first time a storm had blown through, the girls had been at its mercy. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Dimple’s mind could be considered 100 percent blown. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It came in mid-February, blown over the border from a conflagration on the campus of South Carolina State College in Orangeburg. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He said there was so much dirt blown into the wound that there had not been much hemorrhage. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The sound of the inexpertly blown conch interrupted them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Someday the rerun will come to an end and you'll see all the stars start to flick off, like a billion little flames blown out by the wind. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z It was covered with the stalks of felled plants, as if a great wind had blown upon it during the night. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The best explanation for this phenomenon is that matter has been blown off the surface of the visible star. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I suspect that it has something to do with the Weed’s cover being blown. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Sea air exudes from the man’s clothes, as if he has been blown here by a gale. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Their leaves littered the terrace, blown into piles in the corners. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It was like a blown kiss, and Caesar went white to the lips. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Especially when it had blown the tapestry out? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Not only blown, but with those blown bits plastered all over the internet like stickers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He would then have no more than seventy seconds to eject from the plane before it was blown to pieces. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She owned the crack that made her stumble; she owned the clumps of dandelions whose white heads, last fall, she had blown away; whose yellow heads, this fall, she peered into. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z When Aru had walked in, no wind had blown her hair. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They had tried to dig under, but there were great flat stones beneath, half-covered by earth and blown leaves. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It looked as though a tornado had blown through the main floor of the cell block. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Peru was in the midst of a civil war between the government and theShining Path guerilla movement, and on midnight one New Year’s Eve, while Father Jack was saying Mass, the pharmacy was blown up. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z My two brothers fell to the floor laughing, while I ran around the house crying for Ma, zooming from room to room, my circuits blown. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Heat rays from the late afternoon sun arose from the gray concrete, shimmering like the weary tones of a distant bugle blown upon still midnight air. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “In a second they’re going to be blown past each other, and who knows what will happen next?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When she said that, it was as if she had just blown out all the candles on my cake. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The being that had blown that, had sat waiting for them on the platform with the delicate thing balanced on his knees, was set apart. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She’d have blown out all three windows in the bay, except they were open. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Is that everyone’s problem? That our enemies might have a few hours to reflect on the fact that they’re dying, instead of just being blown to bits?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “If I’ve got this right, then, well, it looks like I might have blown my chance.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Special Duties planes need a lot of maintenance as they tend to go through them quite rapidly, bashing the undercarriages in the dark and getting bits blown off by antiaircraft guns on their way home. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z There was no one at home to explain the fearsome racket, but she satisfied herself that the iron cook stove had not blown up, and returned to her sweltering bedroom to continue reading and copying. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The upside was that if he ever decided to go into acting, he’d be able to play a guy who got blown up and shot and look as if he knew what he was doing. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Almost as if they were small balloons being blown with air, they grew into round fruit, blushing pink and red as they developed. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He might as well have blown the entire bus up for the panic it caused. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Maybe you get sucked into furnace systems and blown out through the vents. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind rushing against Sophie’s face became so strong that she had to duck down again into the blanket to prevent her head from being blown away. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought she’d blown it because of the way the owner’s attention had wandered, but rather than give up, she marched into the kitchen and prepared a spicy tuna tartare. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I keep going back to what Anna said—that maybe I’ve blown this situation up to make the good-bye feel smaller. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Their minds can stay blown for all I care. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Hatsue went out into the desert wind and returned with a few scraps of tar paper she’d found blown up against a roll of barbed wire along a firebreak. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The picture showed a nine-year-old boy who was so enormously fat he looked as though he had been blown up with a powerful pump. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I was furious—not at the Hudsons, who had been so patient and loving, but at Luke, who had blown his big chance. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I untangled an aluminum lawn chair which had blown into a manchineel tree. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Maybe they believe we deserve to be blown up. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She might be treating them like allies rather than enemies, but Percy could tell Reyna still had a not-so-soft spot for Leo, probably because he’d blown up half the Forum in New Rome. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z How much sand had been blown by wind? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After all their planning and caution with the Ocarrion raid, it had still blown up in their faces. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But the guards outside were huddled by the doors, backs turned against the icy wind and blown snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then I felt the field give way, as I had broken through . . . the cells looked as though someone had put a tiny hand grenade into each one—the whole culture had just blown apart! The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The excitement of my flight had blown away any thoughts of ending my studies with the shaman. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Fifteen yards away from them came the plopping noise of fabric blown open. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She put her huge hat on the bar and climbed on a stool up into a cloud that Jones had blown. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess I must have blown that audition all on my own, on account of no rabbit foot. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Then he added, “or by getting blown away just as they thought they were escaping the maze.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And never in after years could he hear a horn blown in the distance without tears starting in his eyes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z His eyes made him shiver like a chilly breeze had blown on exposed skin. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He could see the peach swelling larger and larger as clearly as if it were a balloon being blown up. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Luke was still saying the words as he stepped around the plane, noticing how the leaves had blown around Toby’s body like he’d been in that spot for weeks. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It looked like something had blown a chunk of the wall apart. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z And both the physicist and the father are blown away with the results. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But the threat of a storm had apparently blown in, just in that short amount of time. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Then we’ll walk for fifty-one kilometers. But I know we weren’t blown that far off course.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The great tail is blown away from the icy nucleus of the comet by a wind of protons and electrons from the Sun, which has set below this horizon. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Next, he suggested that a firebreak could be created to contain the flames if several houses were blown up, thus depriving the fire of fuel. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z It was so quiet in the room that I could hear the leaves being blown off the trees outside. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z What revolutionised Debussy’s music more even than hearing Mussorgsky was a sound that came from much further afield, blown into Paris on an aromatic wind from Asia. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Hildreth’s methods appeared harsh to many people, especially to those who saw their homes blown up while the fire was still blocks away. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “Miss Havisham,” said I, “I went to Richmond yesterday, to speak to Estella; and finding that some wind had blown her here, I followed.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The rest had been cremated in the heat and their ashes sucked up by the swirling wind and blown away. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z He smelled woodsmoke and passed a stack of old lobster traps, blown over and the staves broken in, then a heap of firewood guarded pitifully by some old barrels, also broken. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z One very stormy night the light was blown out by the wind and Leander perished. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z One small boy who had blown up a Russian tank collapsed from exhaustion after receiving his medal. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z But no, this one had blown apart as easily as a dandelion gone to seed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The following weekend, our rocket rocked in the stiff, frigid wind that swept over Cape Coalwood, enough so I was afraid it might be blown over. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I heard one whisper to my left: “I saw him in the street, outside my door. His head was blown off.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Her long hair is blown every which way. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z To her right waits her little bedroom, the window glass blown out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The only ones who might have seen Mudd, the men in the same plane, had all been blown to bits with him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The two fencers had sat down to rest after an exciting bout, and Uncle Dap was blown. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z At this stage Bragg had blown his top and, with his blood pressure all too high, returned home presumably to tell his wife about the latest antics of their problem child. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z A short bridge over a canal was blown up but we climbed across on what was left of the span. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z A single day can feel endless, and then suddenly six months have blown right past. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Imagine how much you’ve got compared to all the kids in the world getting blown up or starved, and the good you could do if you spent half a second thinking about it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Its door, dangling on one hinge, had blown open, so the earthen floor was covered with leaves and animal droppings. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think my whole back end is blown off. I’m afraid to look.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z After she has gone back to sleep, after Etienne has blown out his candle, he kneels for a long time beside his bed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z By dawn it was obvious that the men were in for another storm, and by noon the gale had blown up into hurricane force, lashing them with snow, rain, hail, and sleet. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z A couple guys nodded their heads in approval, but most of us didn’t seem blown away. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z We go to tie up Mr. Prentiss Jr. with his own rope and find that the electric shock has blown the wooden stock right off of his rifle. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z To have your front door blown off its hinges and the police rush in. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z If they did exist, he wanted to know whether the entire Holocaust story was blown out of proportion, and the account of millions being exterminated a myth. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Matter blown outward from the Sun’s atmosphere, the solar wind, carries fragments of dust and ice back behind the comet, making an incipient tail. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “And Capricorn fell down on his face, and his black heart stopped beating, and all those who had gone burning and murdering with him disappeared—blown away like ashes in the wind.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “They talk about love and respect and family, but I don’t know any family that puts a tracking device on someone and then sends them out to be shot up and blown away.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She wanted Ellsberg to realize he’d blown the appearance of the German poet way out of proportion, and he got the message. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But then Greta Akkerson arrived, claiming that her son had gotten hold of a can of Hungarian olives and somehow her chicken coop had its roof blown off and chickens went squawking everywhere. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Like a tiny angel, a little cherub, sleeping after the wind had blown a lullaby into her little ears. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I told him I had a pretty thick skin and, besides, what was a friend for if not to be blown up at every now and then. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z By the end of the first week, our gym was so jam-packed that the next link anybody tried to cram in there would have blown the roof off. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z In this place there is no ship but the sleek racing yacht sailing out of the bay, blown by a custom-made zephyr, sending it off to points even more exotic than this. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z And they were still so close to German territory that they were afraid they’d be blown back over the front lines if they tried to use their parachutes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z A rule should be blown off, in contrast, if the answer to any of the following questions is yes. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z All the gales sio had ceased, blown out, and with an offshore breeze we launched again, stepping the mast and sail, to make for the open sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They went outside and stood by the door, facing the gray and white sea that was so very silent, rolling into die shallows, its spume blown off into the wind. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z John Flynn, the barrel-maker who had been blown clear through Number 3 freight house into the harbor, was also one of the lucky ones. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The Nightingale hurried to the edge of the tree; he less walked than seemed blown by the wind. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Caputo had seen friends shot and blown apart by land mines. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But the flask was milky, and the cells were blown away. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Light clouds came up out of the sea in the distant South and were blown away upon the breeze. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “You’ll have plenty of real targets to hit. But don’t get blown up. I’ve got enough on my plate without having to replace you. Now get to the Capitol and put on a good show.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Stray snowflakes seem to drift through the rooms, blown through gaps in the walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z With both of its back tires blown out, it swerved into the other lane, spinning out, until it came to a jolting stop on the shoulder of the highway. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And maybe, just maybe, if I do this—and if I can rock it—all the other kids will have their minds blown, and it’ll be completely satisfying to watch. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z While outdoor pictures did away with the hazard of being blown through the ceiling, they did not eliminate the hazards connected with Dad’s temper. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “It had hundreds of mortar rounds that would have blown up everything within hundreds of yards,” said Scruggs. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “I was half expecting to find nothing. You know how rumors get blown out of proportion.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z All the atmosphere on the rooftop fled, blown away by Dad’s explosive admission. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I studied the clouds’ dark shapes—flocks of lost sheep straying across a desolate wasteland, blown to rags and tatters by the wind. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z By early 2011, the Taliban had blown up two more schools. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Well,” Dad said, “let's all get inside before we get blown away.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “That, and windy. You learn to walk well away from the edge. Men have been blown off. Still. The Wall is like nothing else on earth. You may never have another chance to see it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Jasper scrambled up the rocks immediately, glancing back at me, one ear blown back against his head, giving him an odd rakish appearance. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “I got my legs blown off, in case you forgot.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The roof had been blown away bodily, the mud walls had crumbled. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z My father knew and he taught me some before he was blown to bits in a mine explosion. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z If you’ve ever seen a crab’s mouth, all foamy and gross with whiskers and snapping bits, you can imagine this one didn’t look any better blown up to billboard size. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z All its feathers were weird too—they twisted in every direction, like they’d been blown around in the wind. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “With this wind, it’ll be blown clear over to North Dakota in no time.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z His hands felt slimy, as if he had just blown his nose into his palms, which he probably did just to be a jerk. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Ashes and papers were blown around and some plastic flowers had fallen off the birdbath—but there was no sign of Security anywhere. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z At some time in the past Yellowstone must have blown up with a violence far beyond the scale of anything known to humans. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Half of the patients were amputations—they’d had one or more arms or legs blown off. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The wind had blown the door open, though, and the man—Nhamo guessed it was a man by the clothes—was upset. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "What plans, darling? You don't want the baby turtles to be blown ashore and die, do you? These are babies, Nadia. They need help." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Since its first known eruption 16.5 million years ago, it has blown up about a hundred times, but the most recent three eruptions are the ones that get written about. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They would have blown a hole in their own perfection. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The snow was powder, it was so cold, and if there had been any kind of wind, it would have blown off like dust. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z “We should kill him,” says the Ghost, slouching in the hallway, light brown hair blown across his forehead. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She carried me outside, my feet were bleeding from stepping on broken glass blown from my window. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I was beginning to think that this whole thing was being blown out of proportion. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He tells me that Mom showed him some of my sketchpads, he hoped that was all right, and he was blown away. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z All the clouds have been blown into the Gulf. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z As the rabbits stared down they could discern, here and there, a very fine scour, like smoke—chalk and powdered gravel carried along by the river as dust is blown on the wind. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The chowder had blown both ways and he still felt weak and crampy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z After a while I felt thirsty and very cold; a small, chill wind had blown up, and I thought of the blankets that were still in the cave. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Sheets of charred metal roofing crumpled in the fields where the wind had blown it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z We walked in the dappled shade, enjoying the mist blown off the burbling fountains. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Especially today, since Mike had blown his lead by choosing the standard route down to the basement. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The wind had blown off, leaving a loud bright night with wings beating in the trees and a persistent organ sound as the full bellows of the earth blew the frogs full of life. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z But the windows here were shuttered against the storm, sealed up by crusts of blown snow and frost. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry. You did a nice thing. I shouldn’t have blown up at you like that.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z We awoke before dawn to the sound of horns blown on plantations to call the slaves to toil. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Someone cut off the patient’s muddy, bloody uniform, and Adams saw his legs had been blown off at the thighs. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Volkheimer leaps immediately into a squat, his head coming around as the hounds release toward him, and Werner’s heart feels as if it has been blown to pieces in his chest. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When I ventured outside, I saw that at least one of the unoccupied tents had blown completely off the Col. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z While I’d slept the clouds had blown away, and now the moon lit the surrounding countryside in pale silver light. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When we run off and she thinks we cannot see her she sways in the clearing, gently, like a tree blown by wind. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if my head got blown off they’d have to say, “Here’s that kid’s head, and yup, his eyes are locked tight as a safe!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Animals were sedated, cages were loaded and secured, feed was stored, bunks were assigned, lines were tossed, and whistles were blown. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Now the sheriff would use the dog to find where the tornado had blown Vonetta. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z We had left the front flap of our tent loose, and the wind had blown it against the stove. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Everything I was about to say was swept clean out of my head, blown away by the idea of Momma wanting me back. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The windows have long since been blown in, and shards of glass are scattered across the floor. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I was frightened and said tightly, “Your home hasn’t blown up recently, so I take it you haven’t told your father.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “I never knew a siege to be raised like that before. They raised it overnight They went as if they had been blown away.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The orange sashes of safety patrols and the sound of a whistle blown by the crossing guard. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Huge pines were twisted and snapped off, blown sideways. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The white gauze was black rags now, and Grandma had blown the lid clear of the coffin. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There must have been a storm in the night; snow piles in small drifts on the mattresses, having blown in through the cracks and crevices in the walls and roof. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z And, patting her father on the back once she had loudly blown her nose, she said, “Alright, Papa. I know everybody who’s left will come.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The players were told that a fuse had blown and would take a few minutes to replace. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “And another called Over Jordan! Ha! Well, tote that rocket, boy, lift that rocket, boy, go on, get blown up, see if I care!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z "After the excitement has blown over and not more than six months after the trial, you will be freed with full presidential pardon and complete exoneration of all charges on which you will be tried." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Then he heard a short sharp woof, as if someone had blown in his ear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “We blew them all to hell. We should’ve dropped bombs on all the rest and blown them off the face of the earth.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But that world was blown up in an intersection. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She didn’t tell Maya about all the people she’d talked to on the phone, trying to follow a seventeen-year-old trail of bread crumbs that had mostly blown to the wind and taken Joaquin with them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The road was exposed to the wind from the sea and it was blown free of ash save for patches here and there. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z A few things were blown up, post offices, subway stations. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the apples spill to the ground and I'm blown backward into the air. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z "Soon the plague will have blown through, and you can come back to visit. We have more than enough money for two train tickets." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Without the circle, they said, the whole thing would have blown over, but the residue would have remained. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But I’m much too nice to be blown to bits, thought Spender. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The color photographs of the earth are more amazing than anything outside: we live inside a blue chamber, a bubble of air blown by ourselves. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the atmospheric disturbances that followed Lord Asriel’s escape from his exile on Svalbard, she and her companions were blown far from the island and many miles out over the frozen sea. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z People who’ve never seen a sunset at sea would be blown away. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Had the birds been blown over from the coast of South America and then diverged as they lived and died. generation after generation, on the islands? he wondered. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why? It’s unpatriotic. French hostility toward Americans. Too many people taking time off in April. Our plane will be blown up by terrorists. I could go on.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The air blown up into Garfield's room through tubes was cool and dry, and the noise from the engine was nearly eliminated. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She didn’t know what she would say or do to comfort them if they got blown out. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “All of our futures. When the war is over, there will still be money left in my orchards and my pharmacy—provided they’re not blown up.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z As they got closer, he could see a thin column of smoke rising from one of the many chimneys, before being blown away. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The asphalt parking lot is full of potholes and there’s trash blown up against the building. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I was so close to him that I could have blown his head off without even aiming, but I decided to wait a few seconds for my pulse to quiet down. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a jagged line burned in the plastic on the back and even without opening the case and seeing the inside he knew the radio was blown. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z All twelve bombers have already turned and climbed and realigned high above the Channel before roof slates blown into the air finish falling into the streets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Too much rudder and Moch ran the risk of careening into the lane to his left, too little and he might get blown to his right and off the course entirely. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I had left the door in the front of the store open about six inches, and the wind had blown it shut. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He would blow my face away the way I had blown his away in real life. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I might have just blown my whole life in one shot. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Ron and Harry shouted together; their spells collided and the monster was blown backward, its legs jerking horribly, and vanished into the darkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Finally there came a night when the gale was so violent that the farm buildings rocked on their foundations and several tiles were blown off the roof of the barn. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z In the fearful tempest which struck the Greeks after they left for Greece, Agamemnon came near to losing all his ships; Menelaus was blown to Egypt; and the arch-sinner, sacrilegious Ajax, was drowned. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We have rags to catch the spit blown out the valve at the bottom of the slide, but I miss half the time. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Lady Catherine had been rendered so exceedingly angry by the contents of her nephew’s letter, that Charlotte, really rejoicing in the match, was anxious to get away till the storm was blown over. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z They’d blown up a building at the heart of the Ice Court. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Leaves blown by a cold autumn wind sailed across the sky, baring trees in the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z They were both in white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The strain has been too much for him and he’s blown his wiring. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The proboscis of the death’s-head hawk moth is used as a kind of reed instrument, blown through to make high-pitched, reedy notes. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s pretty weird seeing your head blown up to the size of a truck. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Power stations and various government buildings were blown up. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sure I’d blown my only chance to get to know him.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The door’s padlocked, but it don’t take much to get in, ’cause the top of the building’s open where some of the roof’s blown away. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Days later feathers and down were still floating up from his den and being blown out to sea. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “It wouldn’t do us any good. The hurricane is going to hit Wilford hard. The posters would just get ripped down and blown away.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Look. We weren’t entirely honest with you before, about being blown off course. The truth is, the ratings for Captains Bodacious IV have been down. Really down.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It roared up the street like a tsunami, a boiling swirl of dust and smoke blown out by the falling building. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z How blown away must Fry and Big Foot have been by The Ax and his bionic arm to admit defeat like this to a bunch of hornets. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Out of the corner of my eye, I see Cardan swing down from his saddle, black hair blown by the wind. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z If Navid had heard about this, things had to have blown up. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Operation Gold had been blown before the first shovel of soil had been removed from "Harvey's Hole." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The satellite array that powered the onboard Internet and TV was blown to bits, which had really made Coach Hedge mad. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The wind had blown the ash from the ice and the ice was black and the creek looked like a path of basalt winding through the woods. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z These are some of the accounts they brought back: Early in the morning when everyone was asleep in the tent, it was blown up into the air, together with the occupants. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His cosmological theory described a flat earth suspended in air, with the other celestial objects lofted above, like leaves blown on a universal wind. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The remains of a rug were blown against a wall. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Something had blown through the air and smacked against the house. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z He brought them to the water monster’s mouth, remembering how two nights ago he had blown on the sweetgrass to ignite it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z ‘I think we can reach Spain this time if we’re lucky. Just let me -’ The mob of ghosts vanished, like a mass of birthday candles blown out in a single breath. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There were no flowers in front, nothing but a big, brown tumbleweed, which had been blown to one side of the front door. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z It was supposed to be sealed inside a can, but some might have leaked out and might have been blown into our suits by the oxygen fan. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m wishing I hadn’t blown my chance on the island.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Could it be, I wondered, that these children died every evening only to be resurrected by the loop, like some Sisyphean suicide cult, condemned to be blown up and stitched back together for eternity? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Cora always fell asleep following Martin’s visit, sometimes after an interval of sobbing and sometimes so quickly she was like a candle being blown out. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When I thought about Joe I felt fairly bad that he got his head blown off but mostly furious that because of him being such a fool Major Mac had to die. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, small problems sometimes got blown out of proportion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Agents in the past had sensed that they were being followed, and White gave his men advice in case their cover was blown: “Keep your balance, avoid any rough stuff if possible.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He was too dispirited to tell Billy how the barn door had blown open and let the pony out. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z As it was, she merely stipulated, “If you bring the boy back with his head blown to bits by a musket, don’t look to me to put it together again.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He had peeled and pounded yams and cassava, blown out the husks in rice, picked out the weevils from beans, peeled onions, and ground peppers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Grace could see Maya’s pale face, her eyes blown wide open from shock, the way she had clung to Lauren’s arm even after Grace and her parents had arrived. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z His smile and laughter vanished like he’d blown a fuse, and an impenetrable wall rose between us. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He occasionally glances at me and smiles hesitantly, so I haven’t completely blown it with him. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z His straining faculties manufactured or else picked up a haunted, tongueless fear, by someone retreating from him, someone blown back to the farthest wall of the apartment in an attempt to evade him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z And all I see is barbed wire and an old tomato tin, blown by the wind. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Kino could feel the blown sand against his ankles and he was glad, for he knew there would be no tracks. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The lamp was blown out and a moment later their bedsprings creaked. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The front wall was blown out, but by some freaky coincidence, her carved wooden dresser full of her antique china collection was left perfectly intact. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the sea was quiet and blue as well, but most days it churned dark gray-green, with spumes of white blown and dissolved in the air. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Hall’s new job was to help figure out what happened to a ball of metal when it was surrounded by explosives and blown inward. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They would have blown his brain to pieces before they could reclaim it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It had been blown off the roof—probably, Zeitoun guessed, by a helicopter. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Ma had blown out the lamp because she did not need its light. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z His hand felt so small and fragile, as though it was blown from glass. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But I lay awake that night, recalling the sound when Grandma’s mailbox was blown to smithereens. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The rain catcher looked like an inverted umbrella, an umbrella blown open by the wind. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The leaves are blown into plastic trays and the trays are loaded by hand into refrigerator trucks. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The front of the tank had blown off and a thousand gallons of water had cascaded into Herod Sayle’s office. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z For instance, during the War, after the pipelines were blown up, he and his classmates had ferried water up to the girls’ dorm, each leaving his bucket at the door of a particular resident. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Down here, some of the windows must have blown out as well: she smells more smoke. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I sought the orchard, driven to its shelter by the wind, which all day had blown strong and full from the south, without, however, bringing a speck of rain. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “I’ve got a plan worked out, I —” A whistle had blown somewhere. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The past would not exist for either of us, we were starting afresh, he and I. The past had blown away like the ashes in the waste-paper basket. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The wooden houses, the cool terraces for breezy card-playing afternoons, seemed to have been blown away in an anticipation of the prophetic wind that years later would wipe Macondo off the face of the earth. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z By the time she opens her eyes, ready, a half dozen little substitute puffs have blown out all the candles. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “I thought some wind had blown up the embers in my foolish mind,” Samuel said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Olanna wondered where she got it; the plants and trees around were scorched, blown bare by the dusty winds. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Precious Angel's made of blown glass; she was a gift to my great-grandmother from a one-eyed Hungarian prince, so the story goes, at a ball in Vienna, just before the First World War. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Delicately sensing decay at last, the regiments of mice hummed out as softly as blown gray leaves in an electrical wind. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Dead dogs, cats and rats cluttered the roadside, or floated starkly on the waters with blown distended bellies. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing in the house except Lori’s hair had caught on fire, but the explosion had blown back her coat and skirt, and the flames had scorched her thighs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “The negative image of things blown together and then blown apart,” he said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z A bridge was blown up one day, a school the next. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “He's welcome back,” Hugo assured her, “once his tantrum's blown over. If you don't mind, Jace? Nigel didn't mean what he called you.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Demigods—even Luke’s own men—were blown off the edge of the bridge. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The wind and the story have blown all the warmth from my body. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There was a path of sorts, a meandering footpath of cracked stones overgrown with moss, half-buried beneath blown dirt and fallen leaves and made treacherous by thick brown roots pushing up from underneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was suddenly a good thing he had cut his nail; Ugwu could not bear the thought of that nail being blown up. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I have no idea why only Christ’s face was blown away in the explosion—I have to wonder if perhaps that’s just the way God allowed it to happen. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Hazel’s hair was all blown to one side, as though she’d walked through a cyclone; and Leo had accidentally set himself on fire. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Just tell me what you want blown up and I’m good for it,” he said, and then proceeded to spend his time scouting the city for pleasures and making women uncomfortable with his leering. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But the old standby, the one of my father being blown to bits in the mines, is rare. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Somebody gets hit by a car or gets fired from a job or wins the lottery or their pops gets blown to pieces by a grenade in some stupid war. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z At the wheel sat a young man, his hair blown back by the wind. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “The plant would have blown up if nobody had paid attention.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Wishing Seneca Crane had blown me to bits the way President Snow said he should have when I held out the berries. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Anybody that didn’t know would have thought that things had blown over, it looked so quiet and peaceful around. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “The Taliban have already blown up hundreds of schools, and no one has done anything.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Cave Inimicum...Didn’t I say it was an Erumpent horn, didn’t I tell him? And now his house has been blown apart!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z To Mrs. McCullough, she looked impossibly tiny, impossibly rose colored, impossibly glossy and smooth, like something blown from pink glass. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z ‘To get the photos blown up before anyone notices. Back in an hour.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z She got the hint real quick that we had blown the game and went on about how crowded it was downtown. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z It was like some giant had blown his hot, stinky breath on her. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z It w as a magazine, a women’s magazine it looked like from the picture, a model on glossy paper, hair blown, neck scarfed, mouth lipsticked; the fall fashions. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d chosen a strapless gold lame jumpsuit with a seaweed belt and had blown her long hair straight like a 1970s chanteuse. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Now that the hurricane had blown over, Becca’s dad had ripped the wood off the house and piled it up against the garage. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Horns were blown and trumpets were braying, and the mûmakil were bellowing as they were goaded to war. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Wake up now. It’s gone, blown away. Come back, Ruth.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t just stand there eavesdropping, Frick, move! You want to be blown up by a Russian plane?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I thought about how the children who lived in this house had been burned up and blown apart because a pilot who didn’t care pushed a button. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He looked like he might have been blown in by the wind. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z |
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