| 单词 | boards |
| 例句 | Amazingly, the hippie, whose name was Leo, was quite angry that I didn’t spend more time carving mandolin struts or warping boards or whatever it was I was supposed to be doing up there. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Second, that conglomeration of half-nailed boards could hardly be called a tree house. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Maybe the damp had eaten at the boards. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Doctor Copeland followed a few paces after her and his hands, also, touched boards of the fence to steady himself. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z There was a small sound outside the boards. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z When the wind picks up they come alive, their wooden boards creaking against one another, and under the sound of the sea there are murmurs of movement: someone or something, coming closer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I kicked again and leaned forward to feel the boards. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a foxhole with sandbags around the top, and boards at the bottom to stand on. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We turned to see her pointing at the wrecked icehouse, where broken boards had begun to shift in the collapsed pile. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z His informers updated him about relevant items on the agendas of various city and county boards. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Calvin says, “I think we’ll hit the ceiling boards about five feet down. Maybe six. We have to keep the hole super perfect, Mason. We want the Sonotube to fit tight.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The water was choppier in close, and twice he struck a stone ridge just beneath the surface, the second time so hard he was afraid it might bash in the boards. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I threw myself down to the second floor and then to the bottom, gave a quick glance between the boards on the doorway to see if the coast was clear, and slipped out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I took the lift to the second floor, went through a set of glass fire doors, and walked along the corridor whose polished boards creaked in a familiar way. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Croy came along on another, to take the boards back when they reached the city’s edge. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Just a few dry, weather-worn boards leaning haphazardly against a crooked frame, showing daylight through to the cracked furniture within. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The two pages, Denis and Lionel, carried the food from the table, then took the table boards from the trestles and transferred everything to the hall of the keep. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Near them, half-moon lobster traps bleached under the heat of the sun, the salt dried to white streaks along their boards, their rope netting stiff and a bit ragged. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z You tossed your luck in the air and it rattled down on the gambling boards and you either lived or died. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I crawl across the floor of my bedroom, the wood boards under my rug creaking ever so slightly. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z On the walls above the ironing boards were strips of thick, bright red paper with poems and sayings on them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z We both served on the boards of several nonprofits, and as much as he’d been stung by his defeat in the congressional primary, Barack still had ideas about trying for a higher office. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The Hells Angel grabbed a can of gasoline and walked over to the porch of the house and began to slosh gas onto the boards and railing. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was a mere platform of boards, covered with damp and dirty rushes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z And everyone else won’t have fancy poster boards with foam letters that make my flimsy piece of newsprint that the teacher gave me look like gray toilet paper. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The younger boys had to rig up the saw-horses with boards for the women to use as tables. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “The Plain Dealer is the real paper. The Sun Press is just local stuff: city council meetings and zoning boards and who won the science fair.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At lunchtime, around eleven o’clock in the morning, students showed up outside the fence at Parker High School carrying big poster boards with large black letters that read, “It’s time!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I have an ache to be making a plan and hammering on boards again. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Robin was so tired he felt as if every bone pushed through the straw to find the unyielding boards beneath him. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z There’s an other of Jack and his dad—Jack’s holding one of those black-and-white clapper boards that movie directors use when they shout “Take one!” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z When the crockery was laid out, I carried my mug through the front room, past the polished tables and backgammon boards, past the beautiful new painting of a meadow full of flowers. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Like other boys who don’t live nearby, Vincent boards with a local family. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z First they ripped out the boards that covered the ancient fireplace, coming upon the rusty bricks like prospectors upon the mother lode. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “I’ve already put some of Dad’s boards up in the big oak tree on the other side of the knoll.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Slow green blood was leaking out between her boards. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Sticking her head out above the center of the boards, she could see anyone in the alley. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Her hips were free—now, look out!—here she came, her skirts tearing on the rough edges of the boards, arms flailing—and they were all in a heap on the ground. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He hitched himself along the floor, but the sound of his moving over the boards alarmed the two who were talking below. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Father laughed and pointed out the places on the sides where some scavengers had already taken the boards away. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Other pictures hung from the ceiling or were mounted on boards. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Through a crack between the boards I watched him pick up his book bag and head off in his earnest, square-shouldered Anatole way down the road toward the school. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There are several chessboards with missing pieces, and pieces without boards of their own lined up on windowsills and bookshelves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I tiptoe, barefoot, across the boards, and put a finger to the edge of the rug I’ve nailed over the window. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Well shape the boards like giant triangles to make them look like pyramids. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z That was in the first days when Mack and the boys sat on the floor, played cards hunkered down, and slept on the hard boards. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m asking for a slap in the face, but Dad don’t say anything, just gets out and goes up the boards Judd has laid out in place of a sidewalk. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Chattel slaves had once trod those boards bearing food and drink on silver trays. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Now he needed to seek approval from the Exposition Company’s executive committee at every step, even to buy drafting boards. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z "Oh, we knew how to make boards well enough. It wasn't until your time that we learned how to make an audience bored." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The slight rocking of the raft, the slosh of little waves slapping the boards beneath, and the sun diying my back makes me yawn. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z And I remembered how the splinters in some of the boards were raised from the grain by the wind, the sun and the rain until the clapboards shone with a satiny, silvery, silver-fish sheen. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The bulletin boards were like huge paper time warps—shaggy, colorful collages. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Instead, you get restored or re-created buildings with plaques and interpretation boards, so it doesn’t have much, or indeed any, real life, but it still has a certain beguiling, polished prettiness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Looks like he is standing in old boards and dirt now. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z They are polished and sleek, and instead of boards running perpendicular to their path, there are sheets of textured metal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I stirred it vigorously, then grabbed a rag, wiping each of the boards clean, then made a new sample of each bucket. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused and then kicked the boards aside. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the broken boards I can see the ground below. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then they arrange the boards over the top. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z My limbs grew heavy, and after a time I found myself sitting on the porch, the corners of the boards digging into the backs of my thighs. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Croy stuck the boards together and headed back up the river. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The half-men watched the people and Nailer watched them, putting his hands up against the boards as more waves threatened to shove him into the wood. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He had taken more boards from the top of the raft and had made a large trough that would catch the rain. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There are a dozen of us in the room, with our hopeful, almost-new Bristol drawing boards and our black- tipped fingers; two older women, pight young men, another girl my own age, and me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then I felt my body being thrown, and I was back on the boards of the raft, gasping for air. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The dogloo walls were made from blocks of ice, and the roofs were frozen boards of sealskin with snow piled on top. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He lived, though I still don’t quite know how; his flying body literally knocked the boards from the wall. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was a large, parklike hilltop with a wandering path lined at intervals with information boards describing charges and last-ditch stands and other confused, noisy action. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Stubby tree branches, splintery scrap boards, even pieces of wadded-up paper that look like garbage. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In a cell on the ground floor, the light shifts dark shapes into a small stool, a scrawny table, and a bed made of wooden boards with no mattress or blanket. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z He struggled to get up and, as he did, Sullivan discovered that his wooden leg had gotten stuck between two boards and come off. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Seven seemed to recall the rumors began circulating on the message boards after Thorn had already moved. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z You couldn’t knock down the skyscrapers when the tenants left; so instead boards went over the windows and doors, and the great shells of commerce were put in cold storage. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “One of the boards is loose. Push on it, push-push-push on it, and come on out!” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Out on the water now there were all these white dudes sitting on their boards waiting for waves. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Down on the floor boards, I fixed a nice place for my dogs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Still in a squatting position, Boo Boo put her left hand through the V of her legs, touching the pier boards in order to keep her balance. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Nat twisted his head the inch or so that the boards allowed him and stared at her without the slightest recognition. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z And Father said, “Well, those circuit boards looked like they’d come out of the bloody ark.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The boards are rough and smell of rain and old wood. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Lights flickered out there, casting odd beams through the cracks between the wooden boards. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z There were dirty plates on them, coffee-stained mugs, wooden boards where cheese rinds lay, knives, sausages, empty bread baskets. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Twenty meters? Too high to clear on boards. So what do we do, knock on the gate?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Then he drives Jutta and Max to the station in the Prinz 4 and kisses her on the lips, and she boards the train with Werner’s notebook and the model house in her purse. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Finally she hears the door across the hall tick open and feet brush the boards. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The jarring of their boot heels on the boards of the foyer seems loud enough to shatter the windows. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z My feet clomped over the same worn boards boys did somersaults on before they went off to the First World War to be gassed. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He started down the gangplank, his boots thudding against the boards. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Each nail I drove in the rough pine boards caused the knot in my throat to get bigger and bigger. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, coffee shops always have bulletin boards. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He had a number of women friends who lived in the town of Eldoret, to the southeast of the mountain, where the people are poor and live in shacks made of boards and metal. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Floor coverings spread across the floor: narrow hardwood boards in the living room, asphalt dies in our bedrooms, advancing row by row. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When the master reaches each of the boards, the player makes his move and the master responds before quickly moving to the next board. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I reached up to touch the boards above my head. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I lifted the boards and dug it down another foot. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Ouija boards and black cats are way down the list of neuroses I suffer from. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Gabe closed the crooked, hastily made door of the shed he had built from old boards. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I took Brothers to the baseline and got under the boards. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Then the bricks were placed on top of the boards. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, Bobby seemed unafraid of the cigar-smoking adepts hunched over their boards. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The boards were rickety, but they were better than oozing down into the mud. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no window, but the rough boards let in chinks of daylight as well as drafts of cold November air. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He made walls by nailing boards along the railings, but it leaked pretty badly out there, too, so he still slept under the inflatable raff. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z "When the boards get wet," he said, "they'll expand and come together there." Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Now I wept: Helen Burns was not here; nothing sustained me; left to myself I abandoned myself, and my tears watered the boards. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I looked toward Momma, across that square of stained boards, over the collection table, hoping that a look from her would root me safely to my sanity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the boards are back in place, Mrs. Bessermann slides under that bed, while Siunek crawls beneath the new one I bought off a junk cart five days ago. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z If my father had this space, he’d fill it with tools and boards and a drill press and a lathe and cans and stuff before you could spit twice. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the pier remains busy with people; behind me, the drumming of numerous footsteps upon these boards continues without interruption. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She and David had switched off their crash bracelets—they didn’t want the boards following them over the wire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I grip her arm and catch her so she doesn’t fall into the pit, which is only a couple of feet deep, but lined with nail boards, like something out of an Indiana Jones movie. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z There is no window, just cracks between the rough boards that let me know when the sun has set. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He lays down the two poster boards, and we get to work. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Another of the carpenters came through the door with a stack of freshly sawed pine boards. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The only other entertainment available was Pastor Ted and his throng of religious fanatics, who were wedged into sandwich boards and parked just outside the entrance. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He stood and stared at the house as if wondering how it was holding itself together, layered as it was with patches and odd boards. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He gazed into the room as though it were full of great art rather than pine boards and wood curls. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His status made him exempt from the state-mandated competency tests that were a requirement for a high school diploma, and he had never taken college boards. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked like he was in the clear but when he went up to take his shot their center, who was knocking everything down, pinned his stuff against the boards and then pulled it down. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I scrambled up, heaved by our captain’s hand, and lay panting upon the boards. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And the rest, some on boards and some on broken pieces of the ship. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When she returns, she's trailed by a team of servants holding canvas boards and easels. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The ceiling leaks, the floor boards wobble, the mailboxes won’t shut, the light bulbs are broken, the clock has stopped. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z If Jim was a member of the BCMA, I thought, Dad would have been down there nailing boards with the rest of us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z As the final boards were being put into place, Lockton told Madam that he would first head north, then to Dr. van Buskirk’s house in Bergen County. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He finds a place where the stairs go down into the basement and he pulls away the boards and planks. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Crowds gathered around news bulletin boards to read how Garfield was tolerating the trip. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z We tried to sleep, huddled against Mother on the floor of bare boards. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z On certain fortunate nights there were even places to go afterwards, and I scanned the bulletin boards eagerly for these meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous, these performances of Brigadoon by the local high school. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z We’re in some sort of large shed; sunlight seeps through the cracks between the warped wooden boards, and there’s a jungle of gardening implements leaning against the walls. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He backed up so he could get a flying start and then we whooped across the bridge, our wheels clattering across the loose boards, space gaping below. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Rasheed had filled the cracks between the boards with something, put a large and immovable object at the foot of the door so no light came from under it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Poster boards hung at equal intervals with signs that read, group 1, group 2, and so on all the way to group 25 with the partners’ names listed right below. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Also I can hear the boards creaking overhead but you can't be sure, it might be just the wind. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z To my left, Asher and Ren are both dressed in similar red snow gear, each of them also hovering in midair on boards. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The route there from the Smoke twisted in all directions, taking advantage of veins of iron, rivers, and dry creek beds, but they’d never had to leave their boards. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I dug my nails into the gaps between the boards, terrified that the floor might give out beneath me at any moment. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I was intrigued by her strange, flat-toed shoes, badly frayed, worn down by the boards. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He started to pace the floor, but the boards creaked and I reckon he was scared he’d wake me up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Made-up stories don’t interest her unless they contain a lot of real things: toasters, ironing boards, the wardrobes of movie stars. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In Canada there were black men who were county officials and members of school boards. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But they were laughing like travelers crossing a great river on a tattered rope bridge, finding that the rotted boards beneath their feet were, for the moment, holding. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She stared at the broad boards of the floor. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I stood by the boards in the little driveway the Zamboni took to get out onto the ice, and found myself getting lost in the cuts and grooves the skates had left everywhere. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z They were not made of logs, either; they were made of boards, like the store. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z All kinds of hazardous clutter could be floating in your path—boards, driftwood, coconuts, ropes—and it wouldn’t have taken much to wreck the propeller blades on the old Evinrude. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z But there were other ironing boards at my school. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He sat quiet for a little, nibbling a patch of bran spilled on the boards outside the hutch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Step out on the fresh yellow porch boards. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I got down on the hot boards, blinking my eyes again and again, trying to lift the curtain of blackness. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z James got into his own hammock—and oh, how soft and comfortable it was compared with the hard bare boards that his aunts had always made him sleep upon at home. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He shifted his hips on the hard concrete and looked out through the boards at the gray country. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He was carrying his buckets, his ladders, and his boards so that he had rather a hard time moving along. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z All the girls got checker boards and all the boys got lotto games. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z So the odd towers of crisscrossed boards dotted the landscape, taller than most trees but not near as pretty. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I made it back to the boards I’d dropped, trying not to let my tears spill over. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I choose a bench that, as long as no one else boards, is situated between three or four empty seats all around. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z "I'd no idea they had boards so long ago," Mr. Armin said. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Cane chairs had been arranged in rows, drawing boards on each seat, a crate between every two chairs with a big jar of clear water and several ripped-up pieces of old toweling on top. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z But if they won't listen, go to the school boards yourself. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her shack of plastic tarps and old boards and scavenged palms was the safest place he knew. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He went to the wall, and felt about the wooden boards. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Checkpoints had sprung up everywhere, tires and nail-studded boards placed across the road, men and women in khaki shirts with expressionless, disciplined demeanors standing by. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We spent the next hour sweeping the heavy mat of soiled and soggy rushes onto the ground, spreading a fresh supply from a wagon over the boards, then loading the old ones on the wagon. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I swam slowly, it seemed like a long swim with the high tide, and then pulled up on the raft and sat, dripping, on the boards that were becoming hot in the sun. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z So they postponed the game and went instead to scout around in the alley for boards and boxes to use in making things like thrones and altars. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Ernest was now engaged in an unceasing circuit of meetings with foundation boards and speaking invitations all over the country. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The boards nudged her calves from behind, like dogs ready to play. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The box was much too small, and the boards gapped in places. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He fell to the deck as a dolphin, his tail thumping against the boards. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She shrieked as she crashed into the broken tile and boards, pulling the desk she’d been trying to move with her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z We had also tried to cover up the spaces between the boards with mud and straw, but even so the wind would get through into the barn. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z "Look there, where these two boards don't quite come together," a boy named Stefan said suddenly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Two pairs of knitted wool stockings between her feet and the cold boards, the blue shawl wrapped securely about her ears, and a heavy quilt swaddled around her from head to foot. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The white boards and fluttering silk and canvas remained. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Children slide down the hills on shaped boards, sending their happy cries through drifted stillness. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The popular theory on the message boards was that Halliday had created multiple copies of his hometown so that several avatars could search it at the same time without fighting over a single location. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I held it in both hands, the leather boards pressed between my palms. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Take these boards and lay them on the pile for the cooking fire,” Papi said. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z As nails gave way and boards splintered, I heard several puppy whimpers. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Palmer’s mother had told him about sliding boards, way back when she started bringing him to the playground. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z We carried our hammers and nails and boards up to Auntie Braxton’s and started on her windows. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Others were painted blue or purple or polka-dotted, with big banners out front and colorful menu boards and tables like do-it-yourself sidewalk cafes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I kept studying the floor like maybe my school lessons were chalked on those boards. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We both crawl through the hole into the attic, and he resets the boards. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He had succeeded in removing the outer boards and part of the packing, which was a layer of dry ice, when from the depths of the packing case he suddenly heard a faint “Ork.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The society set about purchasing boards and constructing coffins. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z A raw dirt alley confronted me, heaped with stacks of slates and wooden boards like grave cairns. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “You wait there. It boards in twenty minutes. The colored car is at the back.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They had gone past the tourists and beachgoers, and the water was flat so there weren’t many surfers, just a boy and a girl on their boards way out in the distance. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The Special jumped, amazingly high, the fingers of one outstretched hand just brushing the front edge of the boards. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I paused at one of the few spots where a bright streak of light fell across the boards and, as she approached, said: 'Ah, Miss Kenton.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z A light appeared through the boards of the bin. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The place was a mess of twisted metal and busted boards and pieces of wall or ceiling. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z There are crowds of people, many with poster boards in their hands. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The girls napped on running boards, or dipped to get a tire iron out of the trunk. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I want you to look at your S.A.T. scores and think what it means to people on the admissions boards in these colleges. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z We find adapted computers, talking boards that speak the words, push-button systems, and even devices that work with blinks or head nods. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z And his ankles are stuck under a mess of brambles and boards. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z All bodies of minority rule, advisory boards, councils and authorities shall be replaced by democratic organs of self-government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the late 1800s, when Sparrows Point first opened, Turner Station was mostly swamps, farmland, and a few shanties connected with wooden boards for walkways. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Pictures and photographs were pinned to bulletin boards lining the walls. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Mark faced the gap between the two boards of the window. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He is taken to the airport, boards a flight to Boston. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I studied the wide boards on the floor and listened with care. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandfather kept his money in a strongbox under the boards in the corner of his bedroom. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Close to the river the boards lightened up, and the two of them jumped on gratefully. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Yeah, exactly. But, actually, boards prefer iron. All that glitters is not hovery.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z At one side the boards had separated and there was a wide space he could jump through. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I sorted through the thin stack of boards, trying to remember if I ever knew which one was her favorite, but I couldn’t think of it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He can line up all the children who share many characteristics—all the circuit boards that have their switches flipped the same direction—and then pinpoint the single characteristic they don’t share. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Where the boards had fallen away at the sides of the barn, honeysuckle grew in. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Curzon came around day after day and talked to me through the boards of the fence. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The boards get bumped and bent with every step. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Around the back is a yard, mostly dirt, and a greasy bunch of boards that used to be a garage. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He crouched below Newt against the lowest of the wooden boards, pressing his eye against a crack—it was terrifying being so close to the wall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The well had been covered up by wooden boards, to stop anyone falling in. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Cillian busts in the back door, goes into the prayer room which we never use, and starts pulling boards up from the floor. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Lori was working as a freelance artist specializing in fantasy, illustrating calendars and game boards and book jackets. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s one of the original cabins of the Westward Movement and, like the Iroquois Indians, the pioneers put furs down for floors, not boards. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Long before my naked body appeared in medical textbooks, my face appeared on bulletin boards and in windows across the nation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A heap of stones, planks, rubble, boards, and roof tiles lay there instead, illuminated flickeringly from inside the building. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They rose straight into the air, the boards using the metal skeleton of the building to climb. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He walked over to the bulletin boards, but there was nothing new, just more names on the listings of the missing and the dead. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Lewis and I aren’t...He was talking to his dad for me. You know his dad’s on the boards of a few hospitals?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Most boards gave a little as they adjusted to a rider’s weight, bouncing like a diving board, but this one was absolutely firm. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Victarion did not like this sea, nor these endless cloudless skies, nor the blazing sun that beat down on their heads and baked the decks until the boards were hot enough to scorch bare feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I slowed up to check out Hank’s window display—all tacked-up Ts, glass pipes, bongs and black velvet boards of jewelry—then ground to a halt at the entrance. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She marked the way the tight boards were chafing the hard brown wrists. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Beneath them, spanning the breadth of the stage, were eight demonstration boards, where the moves of the games were to be displayed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “This is fundamental stuff. You should have been trained to do this in middle school. This is basic basketball. The only guy to make a difference on the boards last game was B,” Coach said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z In fact, if the wooden and graffitied boards over the windows and doors are any indication, nobody’s lived here for a long time. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z We were using charcoal, and because someone had commandeered all the easels, we were having to work with our boards propped up on our laps. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the direction of our guard we carried and stacked sawn boards from the mill to a huge shed where lumber was stored through the winter. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I have always lived with overflowing construction Dumpsters and portable toilets sitting on boards. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z From eleven to twelve he planned to stand still and watch flies on the boards, watch bees in the clover, and watch swallows in the air. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Inside its heavy wooden boards were names and dates going back more than a century. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hopefully, they would need the extra boards when they emerged from Special Circumstances, escapees in tow. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z "I remember well my first faltering steps upon the boards," Mr. Pope said. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z They were sturdily attached by metal collars to the splintery boards of the dock. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A few days later I was put in a cell by myself, where I slept on wooden boards suspended from the wall. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Kaztauskis later remembered, “One boy sat down and cried, just next to me, on a pile of boards. Some policemen waved their clubs and we all walked on.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A couple of generations of principals, school superintendents, and school boards have pretty much just left him alone. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z After a while, I felt very tired and fell back on the hot boards. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He produced a number of small rectangular boards and a small brush from his jacket pocket. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z With a final growl, it wolfishly snapped the barn boards like twigs. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z St. Louis air smelled of tar and doughnuts, old boards washed up out of the muddy river, red bricks, and licorice. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Someone was close, separated only by a few wooden boards. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We stayed until they reached the sand, tucked their boards under their arms, turquoise and gold against their wet suits. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Here, standing on the living room’s rift cut pine boards and studying the carved spandrel ornaments on the staircase, she seemed to have come to a place long destined for her. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t have my pads on at first, only the skates, helmet, and gloves, and Freddie came up behind me and leveled me against the boards. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I can start chopping wood into boards tomorrow,” Leo said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Max yanks me by the arm, and we disappear into the folds of people and their poster boards. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Beyond us, pelican-bellied ladies in swim caps followed kick- boards back and forth across the pool. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The cabin was dark and warm, the boards holding on to the heat from the day. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Pry up the floorboards,” orders Volkheimer, but after Neumann Two pries up several and peers down, it’s clear that the only thing under the boards is decades-old horsehair for insulation. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z With the boards on the windows, he can’t see the inferno in the store unless he looks through the front door. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z On that particular occasion, had I not recognized Miss Kenton's footsteps on the boards as she came towards me, I would have been able to identify her only from her outline. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z One of the houses in this village was so small that its wood boards, held together by the roof, made one think of a bunch of matches tied with a piece of twine. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I heard the boards creaking beneath her feet as she crossed the room to her door as Dad crept down the hall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A fake took Brothers into the air and I went up a split second later, leaned into him for the foul and put the ball against the boards. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The boards in the floor were set apart enough that I could see between them. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But they weren’t allowed to handle the saws—only the boards and the sawdust. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The sun shone in straight through the tall windows, making the dust dance, and falling into odd shapes, on the floor boards. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She could barely thrash her way through a few strokes, forget passing the deepwater test necessary to go off the diving boards that towered at the end of the right dock. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z They were busted up, or deformed and strapped onto wooden boards, or just mentally not all there. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Tree and Zheegwon pried off the boards and opened the old doors with much effort and squealing of joints. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They dragged boards and other materials down from the scrap heap by Miss Bessie’s pasture and built their castle stronghold in the place they had found in the woods. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z They’re made of wide, rough boards with cracks in between, gray with plaster dust and scattered with white speckles, like bird droppings. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘Yes! I could buy two large poster boards for us to paint.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The tomb’s exact location appeared on the message boards that evening, along with screenshots showing the force field the Sixers had erected to keep everyone else out. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He paces the long boards of the wooden floor. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He removed the boards, then lifted the heavy box up onto the floor. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A long hike followed, the four uglies sharing the load of boards and supplies. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She dares not pull herself up for fear of the noise her knees will make on the boards. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He realized suddenly that they were wet—not from the damp mud of the riverbank, but from water that was streaming in through cracks between the boards. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Putting the boards on my feet cut fifteen pounds from the awful load on my back and made the going faster besides. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The ball came off the boards and Brothers got past me and tapped it back in. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Struchen went to the bulletin boards and tapped photos and drawings with a pointy aluminum stick as he presented the facts. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The boards began to come apart, and the loose mud under the walkways began to slide toward that giant bathtub drain. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry looked down at the boards planking the porch, then raised his eyes and gazed off into the dark, wet woods over Joe’s shoulder. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z From that tile floor I let myself sink down into it, down and down until my lungs burned, like when I was in the deep wells beneath the diving boards at the lake. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z The end of the war brought an unceasing parade of high-profile visitors to Berkeley—military men, foreign dignitaries, important scientists from abroad—and a stream of invitations to join government commissions and corporate boards. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Wooden boards with lopsided print leaned on broken chairs in front of the sheds. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z We moved out in a tight group, holding on to each other through the field of moving slop and splintered boards. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was made of wide, gray boards, running up and down. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z All these detectives and evidence and pictures pinned to bulletin boards? The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She wore a black military sweater with silver eagles on the shoulder boards—she had recently made full colonel. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If Aunt Letty had fallen on bare boards or even on the carpet, I suppose all her bones would have been broken: but by great good luck she had fallen on the mattress. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The porch boards grew warm in the sunshine. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Victims' advocates were added to parole boards, and in most states they were given a formal role in state and local prosecutors' offices. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Hollow echoes sounded from under the boards as they walked to the screen door. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m going to have to undo the boards and open the house windows. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Just the sheriff, on the ground, his lifeblood seeping into the boards. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Her shoes pounded noisily against the boards, defying the silence. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I backed up, let him make his push, then blocked him out with my left elbow and put up a soft hook off the boards. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I lay flat as I could on the bumpy mound of potatoes and kicked once at the boards of the bin. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z They walked out on the pier, the rough boards dark with tar and fastened down with spikes to the timbers underneath. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The gap in the boards would be wide enough for me to slide down inside, into the space between the floor and the ground. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Six of them took their boards up and out the other side of the valley, down a stream churning with white water, and along a razor- sharp ridge filled with iron ore. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z To minimize the president's pain as the train rocked and bumped along the tracks, this box was raised off the floor by boards supported by more cushions. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Many of them are secondhand, all the classics for example, one volume in blue cloth boards cost one mark twenty pfennig. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Red said he liked the white tiles, which were an improvement over the pine boards that had been there formerly. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z There was an ice rink on it, complete with hockey boards and lights and a warming house, and as Hazel peered out her car window she saw families in matched sets sailing around the rink. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “I’ll get the boards,” Tally said, turning to dash for the edge of the roof. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The boards are arranged in the shape of a square or horseshoe. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Under the upper level of boards a second level had been constructed, and under that, a third. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It was always good to know that there was something under the boards, something to stave off hunger in the night. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I sat on my knees on the floor in front of the coffee table as I gathered the Lotería boards and playing cards to put them back in their basket. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z There was just enough space for him to breathe if he craned his neck back and stuck his nose into the small gap between the water and the bottom of the boards. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z In the living room, Dad holds up the boards of my CharlieCard costume, and I slide in between. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z It was the boom time, and the Wall Street banks and management consultants and insurance conglomerates were crowding the bulletin boards looking for talent. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Skilled at creeping under floorboards and behind skirting boards, they infest houses. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The mob was turning over desks and ripping down bulletin boards. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z In the autumn of his sophomore year, he boards a particularly crowded train at Union Station. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Starting at one end of the platform, we run together along the worn boards, keeping pace with the open door. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Bulletin boards with white trim and gold letters. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Hand Clap backed the wagon into the barn, and we put the tailgate down and propped some boards against the wagon bed so we could use them like a ramp. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z We slept late every day, cruised around on our boards in the afternoons, and, except for some moms with little kids, we had the neighborhood to ourselves. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z There, in the upper corner, scratched into the wooden boards, were words. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z His face scraped and he held his breath as he sank and then bobbed up against the boards again, trying not to make any sound. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z At last, we set the mattress and the children on the dusty pine boards of the front room. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was October, and the pier boards no longer could hit her in the face with reflected heat. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z That evening we learned to fire our guns, aiming at plywood boards mounted in the branches of tiny trees at the edge of the forest. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The water was filled with branches and wooden boards and other wreckage from the storm. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z He stared at the crossed wooden boards of the bed above him, feeling the pull of sleep. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She remembered the book—brown, with a silver title, and the cloth was broken and the boards thick. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His back itched, so he leaned against the fence and rubbed against the boards. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z There are more places where the boards have fallen away. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They allowed the bankers to get rid of their counting boards. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z His move sends us both tumbling off our boards and into the white land below. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The eight tables, with chess sets and boards, were at the ready for the players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Home, for Dicey, was their house in Provincetown, where the wind made the boards creak in a way that was almost music. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z His head trembled and a sudden spasm of nausea made him lie down flat on the rough boards. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He was lying on the boards, ashen, his lips pale and dry, shivering. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon she would be driving in the rain to take the nursing boards on computer No. 12. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z There’s a pile of rotten boards down by the creek. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He’s made a tiny peephole in the boards, to see who’s coming. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z There was one latrine per prison block—really just a row of holes cut in boards that sat over the cesspit. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Down below I could hear Hamilton knocking about, lifting boards and looking for leaks. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Vola had nailed a couple of boards together, and now he could swing over miles of rough country, quick and sure. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Would she have to hear the price of every nail that went into those boards, and every single nail the finest that money could buy? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z On the top four boards, the Soviets managed to win only one game out of a possible sixteen. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The warm fog, the slick deck boards, the chattering of the warriors—none of it helped. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But the drafting boards of America’s engineers remained dishearteningly barren. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z All the way over to where the rest of the kids are clinging to their boards. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When the surly handyman showed up that afternoon to nail up a few boards, he seemed an angel from heaven wielding a hammer. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Other teams weren’t used to the thickness of the water, the feeling of lake weed tickling their legs, their toes slipping off the algae coating on our homemade turn boards, costing them precious seconds. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Favoring his bad leg, he tiptoed toward the lone window in the room, which was covered by three hastily nailed boards. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z We watch as Bruno scurries down the winding road and boards the boat. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I was certain that there were enough boards still on top to sit and sleep on. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The water rushed past the car’s running boards so fast, it looked like we were in a motorboat or something. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She knew they did not like this long rainy day spent inside a fodder house, rain coming through the chinks in the boards. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I went in and found Rufus in bed with his leg sandwiched between the two boards of a wooden splint and held straight by a device of rope and cast iron. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I took two steps and then I fell, landing on top of a pile of boards, sick to my stomach and unable to catch my breath. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If I could even see the undersides of the boards above my head it might help. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was backbreaking work: digging out a level patch of earth, hauling rocks in wheelbarrows, hammering boards in place. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z During the lunch hour, she consulted bulletin boards for announcements of openings. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached down and lifted up an edge of it, looking at the polished boards beneath. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The rocker began to move back and forth, rattling the loose boards in the porch floor. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was buried under two sno-tubes, two boogie boards, and the garden hose. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z There was a great shout from the crowd, and putting my head through between the boards I saw the bulls just coming out of the street into the long running pen. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z There were two windows in the roof, one was blocked with boards, the other was a narrow dormer window on the north side. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He and I were sounding boards for each other professionally and always had been. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He boards the other ship, salutes and shakes hands with a man whose hair grows on his face not on his head in the color of flames. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The boards that he had crafted so carefully were neatly stacked, but his tools were scattered about, and it looked from the graying clouds as if rain was on the way. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Why should I thank you? You drag me up into the ceiling, through a heating vent, crawling through spider webs in the dark, across all these hard boards saying, ‘Don’t put your knee there! The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A main reason she was going there was her failure to take the college boards, a requirement for admission at most four-year schools. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Like, can we get down to Bishell’s Hardware and pick up some boards for the porch? The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I let out a frustrated sigh and offered her the Lotería boards. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z At the ridge, the boards started to stutter, and they stepped off. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Women come with their beauty boards, attendants, and friends. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z If the boards were not fastened down, it would not be a surprise to see them put together a nest of sorts. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Bull had started down the slope now, his boards out, and he was descending, alive, alive, adrenaline reinforcing every platelet, every blood cell, and his mind radiating with its response to danger. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the dirt floor there was a large, fairly deep hole covered over with loose boards. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It has two small low windows on the second floor, and the clapboard is slightly wider than the boards on houses today. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In spots, they had broken or rusted through, so Tally and David had to ride carefully, eyes glued to the boards’ metal detectors. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The pine twigs and straw burst into flames that licked the dry, weathered boards. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She catches my eye and raises her fist next to her shoulder, giving me a small, kind smile before she boards a bus to whatever life awaits her. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The heavy drapes swayed as the wind found its way through the boards covering the windows. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Not only did they use counting boards, they used tally stlcks to record loans: a money value was written along the stick’s side, and it was split in two. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Every evening he must report exactly which trees had been cut, which boards fashioned. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She had heard that there was a steep waterfall someplace, and fallen trees here and there that could easily smash the thin boards he was so carefully tying together with strips of bamboo. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Beneath our feet, the floor was a death trap of broken boards and splinter-lined holes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The scent instantly seeped up through the old floor boards. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “They sometimes put trackers on the long-range boards,” Shay said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Our mother headed for a gap in the wooden boards near the base, with us a few tail-lengths behind. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I stopped short of an old dock, while Abby hopped over missing planks, walked to the end of it, took off her backpack, and settled down on one of the potentially rotted boards. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z A roof of corrugated tin was supported in the front by a few wooden posts, and on the other three sides walls were formed by the tall boards of the fence. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor is planked with rough boards, and in places I can see clear through to the ground below. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z One of the little boards he shaped in a lovely curve, and around its edges he carved leaves and flowers and stars, and through it he cut crescent moons and curlicues. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Her stick thumped on the wooden floor and the foot of her flawed leg brushed the boards with a sweeping sound, as if she dragged a broom. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She began to laugh so hard, Gilly could feel the boards vibrating under her feet. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Then he stuffed one wadded strip of cloth into the space between the boards. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A cold, clammy sweat breaks out on my skin and I can't rid myself of the feeling that the boards above my head are about to collapse, to bury me alive under the rubble. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z With the boards and the boxes like miniature cities? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She could break four boards with a spinning back kick. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He taught her how to tell time and direction from the stars, and she showed him how to open the expert software in the boards to optimize them for night travel. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The little boy was huddled against the wood drying rack where hung row upon row of gutted fish, all as stiff as boards. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think you can help me make me a couple cool signs to put up with sign-up sheets on the bulletin boards?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He took off his helm, wiped blood from his face, and made bis way back to his own ship, treading carefully an boards slimy with men's guts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Its boards were warped beyond hope, and its roof slumped in the middle like a fallen pudding—and there wasn’t a house in Phippsburg where she’d rather live. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z One of them was made of new boards that had not had time to get gray; it was the yellow color of newly-cut wood. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z We all sat in a circle right in the middle of the cross, where the two boards would have met, where the heart of jesus would have been. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “There’s no glass behind one of these boards,” he says, and then he starts jogging away from the build-ing, his sneakers splashing sand as he goes. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I look down between the raft boards and imagine my always-wish, my fingers reaching through the perfect top of David’s head, finding the broken places in his brain, turning knobs or flipping switches. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Their feet were locked in leg irons and they had only the rough boards to lie upon, but Amari noticed that they had more room and that the air was a bit fresher. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the camps, Nikkei were trying to ride the American power like some surfers she saw once at Manhattan Beach, muscular men balancing on long, colored boards atop the rushing waves. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Do you think we’ll ever be friends again?” she asked as they hiked toward the river, lugging their boards for the first time the entire trip. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She looked at the desks and broken ceiling boards that she would have to move in order to get out. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “My friends,” he began, and a hush swept through the hall, so profound that Theon could hear the wind plucking at the boards over the windows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There's no room for thinking, just feeling, feeling like the dread is oozing up through the cracks between the boards on my floor. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Papi nailed new boards under Mami’s treadle sewing machine, and under their bed, but the floor still groaned and sagged to the corners, threatening to collapse and bring the house down with it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It was pretty dark inside the car, with only small patches of light where the boards did not quite fit together. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The daylight air disappears, and there’s the sound of dirt hitting the boards, shovelful after shovelful. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I rarely posted anything to the boards, even though I made sure to check them every day. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Then she boards an airplane back to Honduras. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The boy noticed that his mother had stopped rocking; the loose boards did not rattle as the chair moved on them. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z While they were cleaning more dust and sand blew in to settle on the newly mopped pine boards. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Her maids, leaving their quarters, came with white arms bare to clear the wine cups and the bread, and move the trestle boards where men had lingered drinking. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He swept the boards clean and knelt and hooked his fingers in the ring and lifted the trap door and swung it open. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The three climbed into His Flying Machine, which was composed of wide boards they had long ago nailed across the chinaberry tree’s heaviest branches. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I set them on the weathered wooden boards, trying not to breathe. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It’s about thirty feet long, fifteen wide, with duct tape and plywood boards covering up scattered holes and split seams. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z That didn’t bode well, but Annabeth used her crutch to push away the boards as best she could. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Two diving boards rise to face each other from opposite sides of the room. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Francie, working in the flat above the saloon, heard their raised voices through the thin floor boards. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was just a box? What about the floor, could you pull up the floor boards?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z We picked up bricks, the rocklike broken bits of concrete blocks, the wooden boards. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z And wind creeping through cracks, rattling and banging loose boards and shutters. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The entire ship creaks in painful complaint, and the perspiring boards of the hull stretch and contract, straining against the miserable black tar that holds them together. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Rashid shoved harder, shifting a bunch of boards and debris that were in the way. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The impact knocks us clear off our boards. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I drove the spike into the bottom boards. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “They can travel by fire — only you’ve blocked the fireplace — hang on —” He approached the fireplace and called through the boards. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The night got chilly fast, so Grover and I collected old boards from the ruined house, and Thalia zapped them with an electric shock to start a campfire. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She simply returns to wiping the boards clean and asks, “Will you be sitting with Rosa?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z It was an eccentric, rainy, wind-beaten sea village, downtrodden and mildewed, the boards of its buildings bleached and weathered, their drainpipes rusted a dull orange. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z One day I was hard at work hauling boards for the walls of a barrack when one of our new kapos called me over. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “No one ever boards a boat at sea except in an emergency. He wouldn’t have come aboard just to talk, you see. Fishermen don’t do things that way.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When he went skiing during family vacations in Colorado, he seldom bothered to turn; he’d simply crouch in a gorilla tuck, feet spread wide for stability, and point the boards straight down the hill. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the pasture, hidden in the trees, stood a slave-time log cabin covered in boards with gaps wide enough to see through. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He kicked the blade of the shovel under the edge of the boards and stopped and got his lighter out. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He bounces his foot up and down on our cruddy porch boards. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The coast guard installed sounding boards along island beaches and anchored numbered buoys at intervals in the shipping channel, and these measures seemed sufficient to islanders until the next accident came along. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z To general indignation,a sign went up on all common room notice boards that the next trip into Hogsmeade had been canceled. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Finally, Pong knelt on the slippery wood boards, heaving and shaking. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z In answer, David tightened the straps of his bungee jacket and jumped onto his boards. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I know that because we had to mill some boards for the floor of that general’s open tent. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When it’s deep enough she wants to cover it over with boards, for a roof. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Stepping into the boat light as a cat Ged set straight the warped boards and rotten pegs, working both with tools and incantations, as he had used to do with Pechvarry in Low Torning. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She flings away the boards as Max pushes them up. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was only the sunlight on boards that were scrubbed smooth and white, or perhaps it was the feeling of peace that lay across the room as tangibly as the bar of sunshine. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The scrap lumber he sent me to look at behind his shop proved to be a stack of beautiful tongue-and-groove pine boards. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Dashing out through the rain, Sam entered the mill house and picked up a box he had made with boards Bando had cut for his furniture and discarded. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She nods to me, and I duck out of her makeshift home, the boards creaking beneath my feet. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The feverish activity kept Brian hopping, maintaining the records and then rushing down to the big boards in the assembly to post the results. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to peek through cracks in the wagon boards, but it was dark outside. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He kept hoping they would say something, but if they did, the rumble of the boards and the splash of the waters around him obscured it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Soft colors of rusted tin and old boards, twists of smoke rising from cook fires. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As the swarm of people moves into the grand corridor with its flittering arrival and departure boards, no one notices that I slowly drift away from Mr. Talk-a-lot and the annoyed laptop lady. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The bowl and boards went through all right, but the boxes were just too big. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not very safe,” I said as the boards shifted under my feet. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Wooden boards had been hammered haphazardly across the front, but there were gaps I could peer through. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z On the walls to either side of the stove and within reaching distance were ironing boards that folded down from the wall itself. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He gathered some boards scattered beneath the house, stood them on their sides so no one could see him, and lay in the dirt. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He tied one end of the rope to the boat, threading it through a gap between some boards near the top. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The new term started next morning with a pleasant surprise for the sixth years: a large sign had been pinned to the common room notice boards overnight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They were crowded onto the running boards and hanging from the handrails. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Their mom sighs, too stressed to continue humoring her, so Dalton looks at the boards, and takes up the slack. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z My entire body ached, my muscles in knots and my limbs as stiff as boards. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Scooter was in the cherry tree, hammering nails into boards. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “The place was made for us. There’s dirt just an inch or two under the floor. We can dig a bunker, maybe, beneath the boards, for when someone comes to the door.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Yet their bright colors could not entirely cover the blackened walls behind them, nor the boards that closed the holes where windows once had been. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She comes and sets the bin down on the new deck boards. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Crash bracelets had to have metal inside, because they worked on magnets, the way the boards did. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Finally Bill rented a-sander from Millsburg Plaza, and they took off the black floor paint down to the wide oak boards and refinished them. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The link was near the bottom of the Local News section, the eighth click down, but I was on the boards. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “I ain’t leaving,” I say again, as Ben steps past me into the prayer room to help Cillian lift up boards. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Underneath Desdemona, beating time against the boards and lifting her up: a pair of wings. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As the car moved, the splintering of wood sounded over their heads, a splintering that changed into splitting of boards and scraping of metal. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We covered the gaps between wall boards with paper, painted the inside, and covered the kitchen floor using paint and pieces of linoleum we found at the city dump. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He could use a soldering iron and hammer two boards together so that the wood did not split and the nails did not bend. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Crowds converged around these bulletin boards as people anxiously awaited updates on Garfield's condition. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Later the navigator took three more insurance readings— boards 58, 59, and 60. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z We told the judges and parole boards we were committed to providing the assistance our clients required. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Booth stepped to the front of the barn and peered through a space between two boards, examining the manhunters. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “My neighbor lets us borrow his boards,” she said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the loosely placed boards in the wall floated the bark and jabber of a talk-radio show about the latest soccer perfidy from Argentina, Brazil’s hated rival. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Before her face was widely recognized at City Hall, Ann spent hours walking the halls of that building, ferreting out the confidential meetings of various boards and commissions that controlled Hayti. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The boards blazed with candles, white and yellow. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They leaned on grates and rattled bulletin boards. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Shay giggled and hugged Tally again as the others readied their boards. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z All the walls in Granny’s house were horizontal pine boards, painted to look like plaster. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The windows to the living room, the foyer, and the upstairs guest bathroom were broken, patched haphazardly with sheets of clear plastic or wooden boards nailed across the frames. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The wide boards of the old floor groaned as Joseph entered. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Without employment, we had little to do but listen to the boards rattle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In spite of their ready answers, the sport had been one-sided, as Kit could see by the daubs of mud that stained the rough boards of the stocks. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Walking toward it, I see that it is coming through a crack in the boards of a big door. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They split into teams and had debates, and they put a whole new layer of clippings and cartoons and news photos onto Mr. Larson’s bulletin boards. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “It might be time to learn. Looks like some boards came loose on this blockhouse.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Royal blue shutters stood out sharply against the weathered gray boards that sided the house. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you seen the news? The whole world is freaking out! And the gunter boards are going apeshit! And everyone is talking about you, amigo.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We hear him thunder by on the road and turn up the bridge that heads straight into Carbonel Downs, hooves clattering on boards and then on dirt till they’re swallowed up by the loudspeaker sounds. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Brian handed over the list of names, each name with boxes beside it in which returns were noted as they arrived, corresponding to the master list on the big boards in the assembly hall. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Their wealth is washing over the upper reaches of society as it did a century ago, bringing cultural and political clout as they take up positions on museum boards and organize presidential campaign fund-raising dinners. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Feel my way along the boards until I get to the big iron latch. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I’m standing on it, the boards crack and separate, the bridge sways. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z One morning in late 2001, when Whitiker was alone and the apartment was uncharacteristically quiet, the mail arrived and, in it, an envelope from the state boards. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Their boards barely a hand’s breadth above the housetops, the patterns of shingles passed underneath hypnotically. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Once Fiona came upstairs she wouldn’t be able to overlook the dripping sound of the mess leaking between the boards into the attic, or the smell. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Quite suddenly, it seemed to him, he was at the creek again, but upstream where the crossing—about twelve feet here and so shallow he could see the stony bottom—was laid across with boards. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z On his shoulders he has pinned shoulder boards bearing the three stars of a lieutenant general. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “I found this wheat penny in the boards. They’re good luck, you know.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The hard heels of her buttoned boots made a hollow banging sound against its wet boards, loud in the warm and breathless quiet. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They served not only as shields, but as cutting boards for fish and as bowls for mixing food. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Tally leaped up, teetering for a moment with one foot on each pair of sandwiched boards. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I cut boards from Bando’s barn siding into two heart shapes. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z This makes my chest heavy so I put the book back in the rucksack and lean my head against the boards of the mill. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z A group of kids comes toward us, laughing and dragging boogie boards, reminding me of better times. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z There were rolling pins on the bedspread, dirty cutting boards on the small table, kitchen shears on the floor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z We cross the bridge lightly, avoiding the places where the boards have rotted through, on the lookout for men. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She slid carefully toward the front of the paired boards, the toes of one grippy shoe sticking out past the riding surface. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The wall dividing our side of the house from the bar was made from shiny sheets of fake wood panelling, but the rest of the walls were rough, splintery boards painted pale green. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z But what if Freddie checked people off* the sidewalks with the force he used to smash the Hodges players into the boards? Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It burst apart, its boards breaking like kindling. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The legislature approved his plan shifting responsibility for desegregation from the state to local school boards. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They left their shoes on the warm painted boards and dragged the boat up onto the beach and set out the anchor at the end of its rope. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z If by some magic the Specials hadn’t noticed the escape so far, the riderless boards had tripped the wire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Streamers decorate the walls, and pictures of books are thumbtacked on bulletin boards. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z His footsteps echo on the wooden boards of the walkway as they move away from me, and I test my bonds to see if there’s any way to wriggle free. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It was like the room of a museum, for here was no carpet on the polished oak boards, and the display cases stood in two long rows, from one end to the other. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Early in January, after holidays they don’t celebrate, in the first days of a year that his father does not live to see, Gogol boards a train and goes back to New York. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Brian Cochran consulted a sheet of paper he held in his hand and then went to one of the three big boards. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I slammed with my left hand and then I slammed with my right hand and then I threw the ball against the boards and went up and slammed the bound. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z When she reached the landing, out of breath, Henry was already sprawled out on the boards. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I passed my boards!” she screamed to neighbors fumbling for their house keys. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z After twenty minutes we found it: a one-room shack made of unpainted boards. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “There’s no way a place like Summerland will survive a pack of that magnitude. Your big pretty wall didn’t save your sorry hide, what do you think a few boards on the window will do?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I went to the boards and told Frank to move out. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Quarter-cut oak just means the way the oak tree is cut into boards for Mission furniture like Devon’s Mission chest. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Gabe had tied stacks of boards together in order to drag them into place. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I look up at the old boards and wonder about the whole thing. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Despite this, the room feels small, probably because the ceiling, like the walls and floor, is also covered with wooden boards. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Near the Northern Canal, sprouting up like toadstools, rose the squat shacks of rough boards and turf with only a tiny window and a few holes to let in light. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Physicist Mark Oliphant, arriving at the Cavendish from Australia in the mid-1920s, remarked on its “uncarpeted floor boards, dingy varnished pine doors and stained plaster walls, indifferently lit by a skylight with dirty glass.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “When you and I began to talk on the boards, I thought I should watch a couple of Bollywood movies on Netflix, figure out how to be sensitive to your culture and all that.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Emo pulled down the collapsed frame of the watchman’s shed and threw the boards on the fire. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Had them leveling the dirt floor with boards when we went back to lessons, something I would’ve had to do with my leg trailing me like a tail. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Surratt’s place was hard to spot at night—the plain two-story structure was unpainted, and the dull wood boards reflected no moonlight. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of us used our hands or the ends of boards. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he clomps down the ramp, planting his feet with such force the boards bounce beneath him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Gabe looked around at the piles of boards, the sawdust, the mess on the ground. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The next day after school, Jesse went down and got the lumber he needed, carrying it a couple of boards at a time to the creek bank. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Before dark, a well-dressed man with a prosthetic leg boards the train. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There weren’t no windows but the wind blew in between the boards. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex rests his elbows on the lacquered white fence boards, fighting back the sudden, absurd feeling he’s underdressed for this. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Pressed together like a sandwich, the paired boards could carry twice as much weight, most of it in saddlebags slung on the underside. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I am not a large man, and when William pushes past me, thrusting me into the boards of the barn wall, I worry he's cracked all my ribs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They got distributed in high schools, posted on college bulletin boards. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked and saw that there were many tiny bits of walnut meat scattered about; some of them had been smeared into grease spots on the clean, white pine boards. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Papi had left a few boards down the center of the room and around his and Mami’s bed, to stand on until the ground was swept and flattened. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Maybe if you didn’t insist on blocking all the circuit boards.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the hole he saw rocks, boards, leaves, even a tin cup, but no gold. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The houses are in disrepair, and many have boards over their windows. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z |
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