If she paused, the current rocked the boat in a frightening way. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even farther away, the Woods Hole fire boat chugs toward the fire that we set. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She remembered that the cargo boat was still docked. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Joe had dropped from the number one to the number two boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“The Brooklyn Navy Yard’s right over there and that camouflaged boat anchored there is a transport. The cops are always watching out for spies.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked at the side of the boat. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was no answer in any of it—not in the boats lying on their sides, not in the white fir defeated by the snow or in the downed branches of the cedars. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It took hours, but finally they dragged the wounded boat ashore. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The cushions were floating all around the boat in the moonlight and he fished them out. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The toy was drifting farther and farther from the boat, like a useless twig in the current. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

If he made arrangements for our luggage to be taken to the boat before we went, he said, we could probably avoid trouble. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The killing of a man was not so evil as the killing of a boat. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half the village was in the same boat with us, even though I guess for different reasons. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never once did the thought enter his head, any more than he could have conceived breaking a boat. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat moved slowly away from the dock, aiming for the deep streets of the Orleans. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

New Guineans tended to have much more substantial dwellings, more seaworthy boats, and more numerous and more varied utensils than did Australians. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

One morning, she sat up from the bed of grass in the boat and found the river deserted. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We think there is a boat closing on us from astern.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Gram climbed down into the boat and held it steady against the dock while the little children jumped in. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

We made arrangements to keep the boat there. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Morry lowered his raised hand to signal the starter that his boat was ready to row. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Nhamo had never been in a boat, and she didn’t like the sensation. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat stayed in place, waiting for them. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Secretly I’d been hoping that one day Dad would give me that boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

There may have been boats once but not in my lifetime. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She knew that any kind of boat reminded him of his childhood. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

On March 22 it led all the other boats from start to finish. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At the thought of spirits, Nhamo lay down in the boat and covered herself with as much of the dress-cloth as possible. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What we shall want is a regular service of boats like that of an omnibus line in a city street,” he wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The boat was gone, already at home on the river, I supposed, but my little friend was there. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Magic always leaves traces,” said Dumbledore, as the boat hit the bank with a gentle bump, “sometimes very distinctive traces. I taught Tom Riddle. I know his style.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There, at last, was the river, full of reflected moonlight, and a little landing stage and a few pleasure boats. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

A dozen boats bob on the waters of a small harbor. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you from another fishing boat? Which one? Do not be afraid. Point.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jule could see boats in the harbor, leaving trails through the water. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The prisoners were supposed to be standing in orderly lines, too, but the children had run up to the gate to wait for the Governor's boat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

A lot of people travel around the state by boat, on the many tributaries of the Amazon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And beyond the dead trunks, maybe sixty yards away, was the boat, sitting beached in the marshes under the weak sun. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every boat I saw, every noise I heard, every helicopter that spanked through the air, every searchlight that spun its bright eye toward us made me jump. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And without further discussion, he turned the boat. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. I was sent to find you—there’s a boat heading down Broadway, driving straight toward us. Come have a look.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He figured the boat trip might be educational and he wanted to be on hand to educate the children. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled the boat along with her as she waded farther, until the water was up to her waist, until her tunic pockets filled with air. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Dri was still passed out on the floor of the boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blackjack folded his wings and plummeted toward the boat like a black comet. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The inside of the boat became unpleasantly sticky. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big, fancy boats with thousand-dollar trolling rods and gold-plated reels and radar and radios and fancy fish-finders and gallons of frozen chum. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

This was why all the foreigners had been trying to get on the boats. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then several of them climbed into a small boat that rocked and tossed in the waves of the large water, and they rowed out to the floating house in the distance. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

With every boat which we have over-hauled since then this trick has succeeded; we have had every deference shown to us, and not once any objection to whatever we chose to ask or do. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

By nine thirty the crew of the Docker still hadn’t found a beach, and there was no sight of the other two boats. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Doon went, taking another candle from the box in the boat. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Most Hobbits regarded even rivers and small boats with deep misgivings, and not many of them could swim. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As soon as everyone was safely in, the Oompa-Loompas pushed the boat away from the bank and began to row swiftly down river. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Now we find a boat to Hubbard Glacier.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Clippinger swore at us at first, calling us fools; and, when he saw that this booted him nothing, grew fearful as the boat dipped lower in the current. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The ropes snapped and our boat dropped down into the water. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I want to pay you for the boat,” I said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

You see, it was not simply a matter of paying her passage over on the boat. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jumping back, we let it drop heavily inside the boat. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I am also tired of the way the people on this boat are starting to stink. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The storm blew itself out, the surge waters receded, and there, sticking halfway above the surface, was the lost crab boat. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told me that Dusty Muleman denied flushing polluted water from his gambling boat, which was no big surprise. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Nathaniel asked, still peering at the picture of the lone man cowering in the boat as the waves approached. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“We’re stuck with that thing now, you know? It’s ours. Yes, we have a nasty hammer, but no way it’s just going to swim away from a boat full of meat.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

People started coming toward the boats, coming down the paths, through the meadows, for on each side of the river there were rice fields and slaves working in them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton are being rowed in separate boats across the Hudson River for an appointment on the plains of Weehawken. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

We had to be careful in that boat, though, because sometimes bigger boats with engines carrying tourists would zoom by and almost hit us like a speedboat hitting a manatee. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I learned it from my brother’s book. It’s either that or Brigantine, which is a boat, too, and I could call her Brig. But I’m also thinking about Clipper, like the ship.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

After the sound of the police boats faded entirely, Somkit pressed the throttle forward again. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He realized that his friends were running along the riverbank, following him as he moved, the boat twirling clumsily out of control. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There were police officers stationed on practically every corner, Coast Guard boats patrolling the lake, helicopters overhead. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But, as Garrett said the other day, that boat is the Titanic. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We watched until the boats became a row of tiny white gulls on the horizon. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first thousand meters, the three boats settled in and contended more or less evenly for the lead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When you were done and walked away from the boat, you had to feel that you had left a piece of yourself behind in it forever, a bit of your heart. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The beach, the fort, the small boats—everything had vanished. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shackleton and Worsley were terrified that the Wills would be lost in the night if they didn’t tether it to their boats. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Voldemort would have been reasonably confident that none but a very great wizard would have been able to find the boat,” said Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Every few hours she’d call up the boat company but there was still no news. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please? I don’t know if I can stand being in the same boat with her. She’s .. . she’s starting to worry me.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The trunk end misses the boat, falls forward into the water. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Luckily, my superintendent, Dr. Cohn, and the president of the Board of Education, Karin Po- lacheck, realized that this particular boat needed rocking. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Elaine detained him as he went down to the boat “Lancelot,” she said, “what do you want me to do with Galahad, if you should go away?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d climb into our landing boats before they were lowered into the water. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached up for the hatch and was driven down once more by a wave coming through which must have dumped at least fifteen gallons of new water in the boat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sookie hung over the ocean, yards beyond the boat with the harpoon in hand, waiting for the white shark to swim underneath him, so he could tag the fish. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The concierge gave Jule the phone number of a guy with a boat for rent. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He pointed out that there were older boys in the junior varsity boat with a lot of experience and talent. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

All kinds of boating except the most urgent had ceased for the time being. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Something happened in her brain when she was on the boat, Lucy.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

My circulatory system was getting messed up too, because even though it was a hundred-plus degrees in that boat my feet were cold. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

On moonless nights the men and boys of Jableh, a dusty fishing town on the coast of Syria, would gather their lanterns and set out in their quietest boats. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“He only had his small boat. He promised to come back for us. Adina — help me out. You have to believe me.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s from the boat,” he says to Thatcher. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

For two years, until last Christmas Eve, Lice Peeking had worked as a mate on Dusty Muleman’s casino boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“No. It’s like we talked about. A man is in the plane...he will call you on the boat.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Under the left couch bunk he found a deflated rubber dinghy and a plastic paddle, but there was no other survival gear, no flares or signaling devices, on the boat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed down the beach, to just below the sheep meadow, where a small boat had been run aground ... the other lifeboat from the CSS Birmingham. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

"We have here that you sailed a boat with one ton of hashish into New York City and sold it. We want to know where the money is." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Reaching the ramp that connects the bank with the first boat, the leading horse bounds up it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

So one day I left the boat with the net, a rope and some blankets. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn't certain the boat was completely ready, and he didn't want to be humiliated if anything went wrong. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The trashman shoved the boat away from the dock with his bare foot and they were off, down the river. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Looking down and to his left, he saw Ravenel shimmering across the river, the white yachts gleaming under marina lights, and shrimp boats ghostly below their nets. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do you think we’re not headed for commercial boat traffic?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It will be tougher here. Everyone wants to get on a boat.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You think you’re going to flag down a boat with a weak little phone light?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a few days later, the boat had arrived. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Suppose the boat was sailing south, straight into Kush, where men are barbarians, and the gods are not true gods, and people speak gibberish instead of talking sensibly as Egyptians do? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I rowed up opposite the fisherman’s island where there were boats drawn up and men were mending nets. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

During the day the soldiers walked through the torrents in the streets with their pant legs rolled up, playing with boats with the children. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

A boat would just float there comfortably I supposed, at dead low water. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Pong fumed at the oily man but climbed into the boat without arguing. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The voices grew too distant, as if Mama and Aunty Ifeoma were on a boat moving quickly to sea and the waves had swallowed their voices. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I took another drink of the brandy, then took hold of the two gunwales of the boat and moved forward. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

We made our way through the crowd, like a small boat cutting through a storm, unsure if we’d be sucked in or stay afloat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“A cup on the floor. Doesn’t it suggest this boat got waked? Don’t you—” “There’s no other evidence,” cut in Art Moran. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even when she was standing still, she still kind of swayed, like she was standing on a boat. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

A Circle Line tour boat is rounding the tip of Manhattan, optimistic as a wedding cake. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pima’s mom works a thousand times harder than you and she’s never going to have a life as nice as what you got on this boat.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Out on the dark water, a pale ship was anchored, lights glowing like the day, bright LED spots sweeping the water, catching the shapes of boats rowing toward shore. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I press my butt into the boat to keep it stable. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then the boat gave a whistle and the men paraded single file down the gangplank while the women and children stood behind the steel plates, not even able to wave good-bye. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

All we knew for sure is that he took his fishing boat down to South America on some sort of job, and he never came back. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Gimli was lifted up behind his friend, and he clung to him, not much more at ease than Sam Gamgee in a boat. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Our boat dropped down into the black water. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But there is no longer a Confederacy, no longer a kidnapping plot, no longer a need for a boat, and certainly no longer a need for a smuggler—at least in Atzerodt’s mind. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured them all down there in the bay, and the little dark hull of the boat rising slowly to the surface, sodden, dripping, the grass-green seaweed and the shells clinging to her sides. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“And minds other people’s business ...” Esthappen steadied the little boat on the uneven earth floor with a few blocks of wood that he found in Velutha’s workstation in the backyard. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I had a hunch what was about to happen on the deep- sea boat when the bald crooked-nosed guy grabbed my sister around her neck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

A minute went by, and another; and then Ged, standing there in his rocking chip of a boat, smiled. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He shrugged and took up his lookout post at the back of the boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the other, completely bewildered, had gone off in his boat, the girl returned to her own shape. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the American boat, Don Hume bowed his head as if in prayer. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She didn’t understand why she had been put into a boat, why she had fallen into the water or why the man was making such a fuss over her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally two boats, pretty things, came in, one towing the other. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seconds later there was a hard knock against the boat, followed by another. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We hid aboard one of the charter boats.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Those private boats belong to rich people and tourists.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Climbing the giant swells, the boat clung to the sea anchors like a mountain climber to a rope. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The crew had been rescued by another boat, and just brought back to Salem. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the surfmen returned to their boat without a word and disappeared into the rain, their work done, the sailors saved. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I said, “Please don’t do this. Stay away from that boat.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Washington slid past the middies as if the Navy boat were pinned to the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He gripped the sides of the boat tightly as it floated out onto the Nile. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had left most of the other boats behind, and now passed only an occasional fishing boat, rocking at the end of its anchor line. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I bet he wouldn't have bought no boat. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

We don’t want to destroy the whole boat. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Most of them lit out for the western hills or for Florida; Slant stole a small boat and set out to join Dunmore. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The boys pulled on the bow mooring line until the boat was only two feet off the dock. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Riefenstahl had already captured good footage of the gold medal race, both from boats and from shore, but she wanted close-ups from the points of view of the victorious coxswain and the stroke. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We were running under the marble archway with the huge statues of Zeus and Hera when the entire mountain groaned, rocking sideways like a boat in a storm. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They would have to board another boat and go back to wherever they’d come from no matter how long a journey they had just traveled. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He painted ink and paper for himself, a magnificent boat for his father, and a luxurious silk robe for his mother. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

As Pantalaimon fell, trying to twist away and make for the boat and Lyra’s desperate arms, the black things kept driving into him, droning, buzzing, and murderous. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We rose and stepped out of the boat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Watched the green boat drift for a moment. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Instead, she swims clumsily, steadily toward shore, sunk low like an overladen boat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old woman helped him, trembling, into the boat. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shark stayed near the boat for three more hours, hitting at more and more infrequent intervals, until the moon was straight over the mast and no light reflected from the hull. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

This meant that six days a week, long before dawn he was in his boat. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull found a knife and clambered to the back end of the boat, which turned out to be a humongous mistake. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The Turk in the boat leaps into the water and wades ashore. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Far below, the Argo II looked like a toy boat in the channel. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

This was a time, like many other times, when hungry, desperate people sailed on crowded boats to settle here. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He still hadn’t officially announced his varsity boat assignments, but he was frank: “The sophomore crew has been a deep disappointment to me.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If she missed the boat she could live well until another year. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when the boats turned off their yellow orbs, my mother went for a swim. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we are back on the boat, Henry shakes his head. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He and Herold helped Booth struggle into the craft, laying the weapons and crutches on the hull of the boat. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There were these blokes in black shirts. And they were unloading cargo from Corporation boats.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

P.J. particularly loved the ospreys that lived in a nearby nest, the otters that swam close to the boat, and the alligators he could hear barking under the clear, starry nights. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Dumber than a pigeon fresh off the boat and looking to make a fortune on East Stave. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The boys recruited one of the crew’s student managers as pilot and navigator, and piled into the boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They raided our villages, killed our men, then sent our women and children across the lake in boats. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Enchanted by the boats on Lake Erie and novels about the sea, James decided to become a sailor. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m grateful the boat starts to rock, so Mother hasn’t the composure to scold me, not just yet. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Papa used to tell the story of his first stroll through town, just off the boat and wanting to stretch his legs before looking up his relatives. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nan, Wynn, and I wandered around until boats started to come in from the lake and people began to move toward a covered grandstand. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The boat was smaller, like a black shadow on the water. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

To bypass the locked circuit, start the engine, steer the boat out of dock under the pier-lamps and so off to Orgoreyn, having never run a motorboat, seemed a silly desperate venture. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

They unclenched my hands from the oars, hauled me up out of the boat, and laid me out like a gutted blackfish on the deck of the patrol ship. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘Put him in your boat. Don’t hurt him or bind him. I have a feeling Michael’s heart is in the right place. He just had the bad luck of being sponsored by the wrong person.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She not only had learned a lot about boats, but she was less afraid of water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I thought she was still staring at the boat, but then I saw her gaze was on the vapour trail of a plane in the far distance, climbing slowly into the sky. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Dusty got his gambling boat—and he got rich. a J My dad had waited until three in the morning, when the last of the crew was gone, to sneak aboard. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was concentrating on moving the boat into the water from its muddy resting place. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I hardly notice anything until I get off the boat. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, Grandpa! The Oompa-Loompas in the boat outside are starting to sing!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Adina could hear the waves as they gently rocked the boat. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Every night when he waited for her near the Mud House door, his pulse revved faster, like a boat motor warming up. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He said model boats were his hobby and that he would be delighted to have Stuart take command of his vessel at any time. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“All we need now is a boat,” Calypso said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But since I got back from the boat, I can’t eat anything with eyes, I have no idea why. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day his boat happened into harbor, though, he couldn’t make out the bridge until he was almost under it, what with the fog; and all there was to hear were foghorns. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man driving the boat introduced himself as Jim Freeman, a timber faller from Petersburg. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you’ll have to take a boat. Crocodile Guts’s boat was pulled up on a sandbank when he died. I doubt whether anyone has disturbed it.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped to the floor of the boat with ponderous ease. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tourist season was over, and there were no boats on the river, and the wilderness seemed to withdraw into a great permanent stillness. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

On two or three afternoons, to pass some time, I helped Elroy get the place ready for winter, sweeping down the cabins and hauling in the boats, little chores that kept my body moving. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the table lay a little chain on which hung a dog, a hat, and a boat. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The motor hummed steadily, the wake behind my boat peeling away from both sides of the motor in streaks of white, green, and gray foamy water. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The hulls of the boats were shadowy silhouettes on the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the small boat until it disappeared from view. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He walked slowly up to the boat, stared at me, and then nodded as if he’d already guessed what I was. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reached for her the way a drowning man reaches up at a passing boat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

All the contrabands tried to get in the small boats at once. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently, a couple of Mainers were boating a few miles off Wells Beach and they spotted a large shark not far from the boat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

A giant sea that is actually a lake, filled with boats. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“And these boats, they’re pretty sturdy, too,” she said, passing one to each of them. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the blue water, boats sailed or motored as if they were in an entirely different world, and it wasn’t clear, in the bright August light, where water ended and sky began. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

These flexible sheets of cedar also allowed Pocock to do away with the endless nailing of planks to the boat’s ribs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The boat slipped out into the river and turned east. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

In second place was the boat that had been second best all fall—the boat with big Stub McMillin in the middle and Roger Morris in the bow. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Navy ships massed offshore, and desperate Vietnamese headed for them in small boats. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I pictured the officers heading back for their own boat and crossing paths with us as they came. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun and Todd sat in their boat, the heat of the fire pulsing at them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Do you have any more boats hidden around here?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Here, take the paddle and hold the boat up close to it....” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But Dad remained silent, as he had all the way home in the boat. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Indian birchbark canoes were faster and more maneuverable than any small European boat. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And if he couldn’t escape on a boat, he’d just have to walk. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The boat smacked her in the face and she went down with the ship. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I never thought for a minute that this was Grandma’s boat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

All seven boats lurched off the line together. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

For weeks now, the whole boat had been the subject of relentless second-guessing and humiliation. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Feeling irritated, she resigned herself to another uncomfortable night on the boat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The change in the boat, in the whole boat, was amazing to him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They must’ve had twenty guys working on that boat,” I said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t just paddle away, because this was the only land they’d seen, and it was dark, and out there on the water was the CCD boat, and Lyra needed food and warmth now. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was a long wharf jutting out into the river, with some boats tied to it. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gyptian families, who lived in canal boats, came and went with the spring and autumn fairs, and were always good for a fight. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

In the second mile they pulled even with the leading JV boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“So well that I wish we might always pull in the same boat. Will you, Amy?” very tenderly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would take them bathing from the boat, she would have a picnic supper at her cottage in the cove. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The boat took on cargo and turned right around and went back to Slovenia. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then he’d pulled names out one at a time to determine his initial boatings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The boat assignment seemed tangible and undeniable evidence that what the sophomores had been speculating about was true—something was special about them, and Ulbrickson had unusual confidence in them as a unit. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At this moment the boat bumped gently into the harbor wall. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“We couldn’t pull it more than two or three knots and then it would probably tear the boat apart. Sailboats don’t tow at all.” The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood up, steadied myself as the boat rocked a bit, and offered him my hand. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had anchored with Owen, once in a crowded small bay with other boats, where it was difficult because they had to put out two anchors to keep from swinging around and hitting other boats. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There area few other boats and a bunch of people in the water, so I ask Henry if I can go in, too. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

As we swung around, I saw the boat to our starboard side take a direct hit. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made sense because Dad and the others had radar and searchlights on their boats. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But now on the boat he talked only of death. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My gram once told me that babies love the gentle sway of cars and boats. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded like bells I’d heard in St. Anna Bay and in the Schottegat Small boats and tugs use them to tell the engineer to go slow or fast or put the engines in reverse. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were bitter about the newspaper celebrations of the miracle evacuation and the heroism of the little boats. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“How tall were you when you went out on the boat?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed into the boat almost upsetting it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between communities water traffic continually darts, hopscotch- ing back and forth with the speed of gossip even though many boats are still powered by pushing a long pole against the bottom. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

‘Your boat leaves from London Docks in six days,’ he said. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Jonas to whom Gabriel had come not long ago, looking for books with diagrams and instructions, so that he could learn to build a boat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was doing well and read silently, rapidly, picturing the boy in the boat mastering the tide. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Thor began to pull the fishing line back onto the boat. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The boat is powering up to speed, throwing its wake. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The freshmen immediately leapt out a half boat length ahead of the older boys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The other soldier stationed in the picket, a man unknown to me, asked me when I thought they would put in with their boats and cross over to us for an assault. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“What led you to investigate the defendant in the first place? Why did you think to look around his boat and to notice something like a new mooring line?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the boat starts moving, we lean against the rail, straining to see the city in the hazy morning. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny tied up the boat, told the children to wait in it and went ashore. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw me a rope and I tethered his boat to mine. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were two feet above the floor of the boat—the play Richard Parker had be­fore he would knock his head against the ceiling, so to speak, if he were beneath a bench. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a train ride, we settled into the lovely little boat and set off on the trip to Lolue Island. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled myself up over the side of the boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time the boat drove into a wave, water shot back across her top in a dashing spray that almost knocked him over. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red, yellow, blue, green, they untangled toward the pier, slowly at first, one revolution every ten seconds, then faster and faster as the boat picked up speed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

What if they snuck on the boat when it was tied to a dock somewhere and ducked into the cabin to rifle through drawers looking for money or valuables they could sell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Good, because if you were going to throw up, I’d be sure to remind you that you’d best lean out over the side of the boat.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It barely rippled the water and when they reached Ida’s boat they could still make out the Conte’s sails. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes barely opened, and she didn’t lift her head from where she was, facedown on the boat’s floor. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no boats by the long jetty. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

So, too, a boat capable of sailing into the wind uses natural forces to achieve a result that would not occur in nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He saw him first as a dark shadow that took so long to pass under the boat that he could not believe its length. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But how do you explain being visited by your missing brother in a dream where you took a flying boat to go look at some underwater trains without sounding delusional? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

So the three days passed, with much coming and going between the multitude of boats and the Zaal. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He’s not looking at us, just rowing like an engine to get the boat to the side of the river and the road. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

A rescue boat pulled twenty-seven people from the water. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m on the boat, she realized after a moment. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner didn’t have to answer, since just then the dory scraped up on the beach a little above the point, and he jumped out the stern and began to push the boat in. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Yes...” she croons, riding him like a storm-tossed boat rides the waves. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Nhamo dragged the boat to the reeds and packed it with her stores. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the night two porpoises came around the boat and he could hear them rolling and blowing. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it became dark, the boats turned their yellow orbs on and bounced up and down on the dark shiny water. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, he won't any longer," Mr. Armin said, "for his boat's gone to the bottom." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the tide comes in, the big steel barrels will float up and lift the boat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The boat had a sort of castle at each end. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only when it fairly shimmered, when it seemed in its sleekness to be alive with the potential for speed, did Pocock pronounce the boat ready for use. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Infusion of goldenseal eased the sore throat that sometimes afflicted fishermen after long days in the boats. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They did not retrieve the boat and row across the river. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees lay between her and the boat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the last mile, the Washington boat lengthened its lead a bit more with each stroke. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Just as at Princeton, someone in the middle of the boat washed out on the first or second stroke. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As she unpacked the boat, she saw a furtive movement in the bushes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Africa was two weeks away from England by boat and it took you about five weeks to get to China. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

That she had gifts to give him too, that in return for his boats, his boxes, his small windmills, she would trade her deep dimples when she smiled. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He makes things too: paper boxes, crude biplanes, toy boats with working rudders. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A picture hung on the wall, a childish picture of a boat sailing on blue water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat rested in a cradle on concrete foundations. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each minute action—each subtle turning of wrists—must be mirrored exactly by each oarsman, from one end of the boat to the other. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The lake’s surface was calm, and once the boats had pulled away from the shore, there was not much to see—just water and more water. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think Lester would need the truck, so he could haul the boat to be painted.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“You’ll find her at my house,” he said, and turned back to the boat. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Dad swerved the boat, cut speed, and ducked the craft into a little branch canal and under an ancient, crumbling stone wharf that smelled of crab flesh. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

We drove to a small boat packed with fishing gear that was tied down on the edge of the Nisqually. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

To him I’m not just a boat with no cargo, a chalice with no wine in it, an oven — to be crude — minus the bun. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sends studies for paintings to Émile Bernard: haystacks, fishing boats, a row of cottages, a sower with the setting sun, a harvest scene, and washerwomen at a canal with a bridge. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson told the coxswains of all four boats to go no higher than a beat of twenty-six. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were early down to the boat, early and hungry. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat was as reliable as anything, as sure as the stars. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They were in the boats for hours together, getting slammed around, getting wet. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Two motor patrol boats, tied and locked securely, bobbed in the water as Baba’s nauka bumped into the dock. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

On the dock I saw that our boat had been fitted all around with huge steel plates. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swung my arm and dropped the dorado into the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A soft whir churned the water behind the boat as it swiveled into place at the dock. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

In the stern the net slipped free from the drum and rolled over the fairleads easily toward the sea until at last the whole of it was out of the boat, three hundred fathoms long. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But it was a good boat and there didn’t seem to be any bad weather coming—the evening sky was clear and the wind steady. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting patiently on my father’s boat, moon eyes gazing at me, like she’s always been there, and always will be. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They were already out of sight of the boat. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

A stiff breeze came in from the north, and I remember how the little fourteen-foot boat made sharp rocking motions as we pushed off from the dock. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He guessed that he must have dislocated it when he fell and that the violent action of the boat must have popped it back in. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you do not come home on the P. & O. boat?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether they were native to the boat or had come with one of the animals, the hyena most likely, I can’t say. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The noise could be heard from the boat works to La Ida. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the one-mile mark, the two boats were even and Washington was starting to edge out ahead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She wedged the boat between the fig-tree roots that snaked down into the water, to keep it from battering against the rocks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled the boat away from the foaming water and collapsed on the warm stone. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The island rocked gently as he moved farther and farther away from it, the chuckling of the water underneath the boat and the wooden creaking of the oarlocks an unrhythmic lullaby. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Mo took a seat on the bench in the boat. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Oars rattled in oarlocks and the distant buzz of a pilot boat wafted across the water to them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We always stand against the railing, whatever the season, whatever the weather, making sure to get a good spot on the Manhattan side of the boat so we can watch the skyline both ways. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And the people on that boat will not see you.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It would make pushing my stick off the river bottom harder, but I knew it would be impossible for Otto to sit still on the rocking boat without holding on to me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You weren’t thinking of going in that boat, were you?” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he fell back on the bunk and was immediately dumped in the water on the floor again by the pitching of the boat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both boats plowed along, their wakes spreading out behind them like huge fans on the glassy water. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But five seconds later, when a bright red door came into sight ahead, he suddenly waved his gold-topped cane in the air and shouted, “Stop the boat!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I put my hand down and looked at the painting of a sailboat on the wall, wondering if anyone on that boat had to share quarters with someone they didn’t have much in common with. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

And slowly, it seeps in—like water on a boat. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The other whisks the tarp off the boat’s stern. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The boat thrummed under him, and he saw that they were running alongside three other landing craft immediately off to the left. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Hell of a mistake,” he called back, pulling on his coat as he strode toward his boat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

In Bragg’s view, all that Crick did was to rock the boat. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The brave tin soldier in his little paper boat—she imagined him suddenly appearing beside the fruit basket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Each sneaker was about the size of a small boat. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted reassurance that somebody else was alive on this boat. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Papa’s boat was called The Nereid—long, white, low-slung, with a foredeck wheel cabin. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deen had been the one to spot the small green boat, appearing through mist that wreathed the island, cutting through the whitecapped waves. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But the sperm whale...it crashed boats into toothpicks. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He must have imagined that his own boat had at last come in, as he considered how best to turn the news to his advantage. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

They rode in silence across the narrow Callidian Strait, with only the sounds of the water rocking against the boat to accompany them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The hard bucking lasted forever, and Cole was drunk with pain by the time the boat finally slowed. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Nhamo floated the boat and walked it out of the shallows. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hatsue wanted to move from the dilapidated cottage they rented at the end of Bender’s Spring Road, but Kabuo had convinced her the better move was to purchase a gill-netting boat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I decide from now on if my dad don’t bother asking about the boat, then I won’t bother telling. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

This time he purchased a Liberty launch, a fifty-foot-long empty boat hull with a hole in it. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

We scrambled and pushed each other, struggling to be the first one up the ladder at the back of the boat. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Fishing boats were moving across the bay, their sails rippling in the wind, and he could see the masts of larger ships poking up along the shore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Devils Thumb demarcates the Alaska-British Columbia border east of Petersburg, a fishing village accessible only by boat or plane. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

During a radio interview in Fort Lauderdale, one caller told him, referring to the boats of Haitian refugees fleeing the violence and poverty, “We can’t have Haitians coming into our country.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“The defendant had no spare battery aboard his boat? He’d gone out fishing without one?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then Joe stepped forward: “If you put him in the boat, Coach, we will pull him across the line. Just strap him in. He can just go along for the ride.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Swiss jumped out to an early lead but were soon overtaken by the German boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Some years ago Nelson’s entire family, including both parents, numerous older brothers, and a spanking newborn baby sister, drowned all together on a trip upriver when their boat overturned. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had no doubt that spirit hands had directed the boat when she was too weak to row. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jones has hidden a twelve-foot-long boat at the water’s edge, tied to a large oak tree. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

And when he passed the gravy boat her way, he could have been passing it to anyone but his favorite niece.“Vonetta, Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The two sailors hopped out and dragged the boat up onto the beach. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

If I keep daydreaming like I have been doing, I will walk off the boat to go for a stroll. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She saw wet fingers holding the side of the boat and slapped at them. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

For one slightly lame man alone on a boat, the work was more than doubled. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the final fifty meters, the Washington boat surged forward again, quickly closing in on California. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A total of sixty-four American planes hit four North Vietnamese patrol boat bases. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We’re only still scraping by with what Mrs. Fowles gave us off their boat, plus some eggs, because thank goodness Mama Mwanza brought us over two laying hens after the ants ate up ours. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t possibly attempt a long trip with the boat in its current condition. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, through the window, she stared at the heavy-laden moored boat and found herself wondering about its crew. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I used to look at it from my dad’s little blue boat, same one I plan on stealing to find my mother. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how long I was out when I felt the boat rock and then I heard a splash. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 22 he tested both boats again, rowing two miles at a racing beat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Cole cried out in pain as he was lifted from the boat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We reached the shore and loaded the bags and the shovel into the skiff just moments before the officers came over the bluff and headed for their own boat, tied up at the dock. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Three boys and a girl were splashing across the sunlit harbor in a couple of pedal boats, racing toward the steps. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined there were thirty or more boats out there, all hidden and silent in the dense sea fog, moving to the same tidal rhythm that moved under him, keeping everyone equidistant. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The boat drifted, as if it had lost its sense of direction. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Only a hint of a wind out on the Langer See ruffled the slate-gray water, and what wind there was came from the stern of the boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When we got down there where everybody was she put me over her shoulder and stepped in the boat sideways with somebody’s hands holding me up and the boat was wobbly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or the fog might lift and I can make a deal with one of the tuna boats out on the fishing grounds. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The boat checked on the catches and bounced in the rough water rather than slicing efficiently through it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

They tied their boats together in the fog, underneath the Islander’s spotlight. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

"I saw the boat off to the right. So that means we have to turn a little to the left." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The arrangement lasted five years during which the boat went three times around the continent. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The boat almost rolled over as it slid down the far side of the wave. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made sense to work on the boat—but Tag’s offer of friendship had made a deep impression on Nhamo. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Careful not to touch the water,” said Dumbledore again as Harry climbed out of the boat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

With the raft next to the boat, the dragging effect was gone, and there was nothing to steer the boat head into the wind. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boat moved steadily and when the first edge of the sun rose it was on the old man’s right shoulder. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mud-smeared boat, leaky and useless, was still tied to a tree. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For a hundred yards the river moved straight, then curved hard to the left around a small hill, where Brian quickly found that a log raft is not the same as a boat. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Leaves floated on the creek like tiny boats. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He jammed one of them into a space between the bench and the side of the boat, and he held the other in his hand. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Quit rocking the boat. Now come on and show us those pictures of yourself you got hidden in your bra.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was, he realized, it must have been in the boat when the boat sank. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I returned to my boat and released his. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And with the Oompa-Loompas rowing faster than ever, the boat shot into the pitch-dark tunnel, and all the passengers screamed with excitement. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Robert was out there under the shed, reclining in the shade against the sloping keel of the overturned boat He was reading from a book. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up front, Roger Morris and Chuck Day were having a hard time keeping the boat on an even keel. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The shrimp boat captains watched for the channels and markers, somehow feeling that they were the lords of all this, of all they saw and felt. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat heeled a little now, in the afternoon wind. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he ran up his rigging—halyards, braces—and hauled the boat on rollers to the water. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A salvage boat was supposed to have hauled it up to the Miami River and loaded it on a garbage barge. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was only then that I began to shake all over, but looking out and seeing our little boat riding well and safely was nice. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And,” Sairy continued, “Tiller said that he could see a perfect boat in that piece of wood, a perfect, perfect boat just waiting to be let loose.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

When he saw the two men scowl, he added, “Just be glad I didn’t take the boat while you were gone.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. We used to take the Johnson boat north in summer, but we sold it when we left Minnesota. We’d go ice fishing for winter break, too. Not much of that here, I guess.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A woman from the front of the boat climbed back to George. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a patch of it on the floor of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was getting into the afternoon and the boat still moved slowly and steadily. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Squinting, Kendra could see three boats tied to the narrow pier: two large rowboats, one slightly broader than the other, and a smaller paddleboat. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He had no idea how things stood except that he still hadn’t seen the California boat fall into his field of view. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The vulture wheeling above the slow-moving boats was the guttural sound, “ah.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The boat started to tilt, stirring up the muck on the sea bottom and threatening to topple onto the cow serpent. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The Count in his box, then, was on a river in an open boat—propelled probably either by oars or poles, for the banks are near and it is working against stream. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Amos’d know. She was one of the last boats came out of his shed.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Others, larger, were glave-lit subterranean canals plied by long, narrow boats. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But then Kaede reached down into the boat and lifted out a long oar, dipping it into the azure sea to propel the small craft away from the shore. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sam had long ago made up his mind that, though boats were maybe not as dangerous as he had been brought up to believe, they were far more uncomfortable than even he had imagined. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At the end of it was tied a long open boat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached Hymir’s hall, Thor lowered the boat to the ground. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

A voice from the boat said, “Is that footprints?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Who is this Henry guy? How big is the boat? Does he have experience on the water?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“We should try to make the boating feature of the exposition a gay and lively one,” he wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Holding a candle, she put one foot over the edge of the boat and into the cold water, and she waded ashore. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then at last the current slowed, and the boat stopped thrashing about so wildly. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The British had evidently thought her sufficient to prevent boats crossing the river that night. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys in the JV boat were jubilant. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She lay down again in the boat and fell into a sleep as profound as any she had had surrounded by the breathing of her cousins in the safety of the girls’ hut. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s on a boat in the middle of the ocean! What else does he have to do?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Did the wind come suddenly, I wondered, in a funnel from the beacon on the hill, and did the little boat heel to it, shivering, the white sail flat against a breaking sea. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I tried it out on Call in the boat one day. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would say I’d gotten mad, written a letter to my father filled with crazy stories, then caught a boat to the mainland and run away. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Finally we rowed past the breakwater and into the great blank open, and the glassy surface of the harbor gave way to little waves that chopped at the sides of our boats. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The Square was looking a bit like that time I’d come to the centre with Ruth the day we’d gone to see the boat. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to shout out to the fish, ask it where my boat is, but my throat hurts too much. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

In a righteous tone he described his client as an experienced boat captain, respected businessman, and “pillar of the community.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I caught a boat over to Oakland to spend an afternoon with them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doon had almost forgotten it in the excitement of finding the boats. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I can sleep tomorrow, being no more than luggage in a boat, as you might say.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I wonder why Mr. Patterson broke the news instead of my dad, but when my mom collapsed on the boat, things stopped happening in the usual way. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Robert told me, Robert showed him in. Frith says the story in Kerrith is that the diver who went down about the ship there in the bay found Mrs. de Winter’s boat.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was the walrus mustache, squinting after the departing boat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

And why had Captain Ortega, the captain of the tuna boat Papá worked on, sent his oldest son here to Mamá? Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

They hid the boat in the reeds growing at the base of the wall. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Men on a nearby ferry are laughing; the sound is eerily loud though the boat is far away. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just hours earlier, the Coast Guard had spotted their boat and lifted them all to safety. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

My mother said, “Maybe because ‘we’ have been strutting around on a whaling boat, eyeing up the V.P of Sales.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the boat was moored permanently in an otherwise uninhabited Gulf Coast bayou named Jenkins Creek. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

One guy showed Jule how to work the motor and how the oars fit on the edge of the boat, just in case you needed them. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As the boat rounded the Laurelhurst light and headed north, it hugged the west shore of the lake. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At fourteen dollars a month, his duties included controlling the mules along the canal’s towpath as they pulled the boat, which was loaded with supplies such as lumber, coal, iron, or copper ore. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The boat captain has a big ice chest open and he’s letting folks admire his fish. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of getting into the waiting truck to go up the hill to the cell house, Mrs. Capone gets back on the boat. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed strangely calm, unsurprised, almost like he’d been waiting for the boat. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The men—two truck farmers, a retired crabber, a bookkeeper, a carpenter, a boat builder, a grocer, and a halibut schooner deckhand—were all dressed in coats and neckties. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They saw no immediate reason to join the enormous queue, but they were unwilling to come away from the beach in case a boat should suddenly appear. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The rush of wind made Roy’s eyes water as the flat- bottomed boat whisked across the sawgrass flats and weaved through the narrow winding creeks. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the small boats were filled, Harriet had to sing again and again until they got all 750 contrabands on board. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think the supply boat will still be there after school?” the other boy asked eagerly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I did, raising my eyes to the tall superstructure of the big boat where a U.S. flag was waving. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t have to hide whenever a boat filled with white men passed by because those men never even looked their way. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Churchill was on a torpedo boat that shelled the coast. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I looked over this morning and I don’t think it’s campers up from Newport. I didn’t see a pleasure boat.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Normally it was thronged with boats — in a country with few paved roads, the Congo was the closest thing to an interstate. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She pedaled harder, but the boat kept sliding diagonally backward. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then the boat suddenly tilted precariously to one side. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Soon the god’s shining boat would touch the tops of the western cliffs, and the working day would be done. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Then the bunch of reeds was pulled apart in the middle to form a hollow, and the two sides were tied all along their length to make a basic boat shape. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and smell the boat motors. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

We were in a boat full of trapped fish almost under the bloodshot eye of the sheriff. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

What was it they called it, in that book about boats? Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Both boats had savvy coxswains and powerful, experienced oarsmen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I’m easing in along the shore, about a hundred yards from the Crofts’ big floating dock, when a boat pulls away from the dock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me pay you something for the boat now.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Once we got to the boat, the cap’n give a man a dime for us to get on! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

They walked back to the harbor and looked at boats. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

One frigid winter he worked on a clam boat on Long Island. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Dylan brings the boat down a little too fast, causing a boom that echoes through the trees. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Even after the boats were crowded, they clung to the sides of them, holding them fast to the shore. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a word, Call and I put the sacks into the bottom of the boat and climbed in after them. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inexperienced pilots had trouble steering toward the diff lights, which marked the beaches, and often brought the boats to shore on the rocks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As they stood, patiently unraveling coiled tendrils, Dicey began to sing the song about the wide river and the small boat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They left the boat tied up behind Mark’s restaurant and made for the back entrance to the Mud House. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Go get onto the transport boat next to us and wait for me there. I’ll bring the prisoner with me in a minute.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

His boat had stopped to pick up the Cubans on an island off the Bahamas. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I inched my way along the oar till my feet were against the bow of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But at night a storm rolled in, and while the novelty of a pitching boat at anchor entertained some of the children, Ginny and even the Warden grew nervous. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Though the property was on the lake, there were no docks or boats in sight, only a mansion-like clubhouse, two paddle tennis courts, and a swimming pool. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I was thinking about my mother on another boat or raft not knowing I was all right I was thinking about my father back in Willemstad. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The kind of mercy,” asked Mordred. “which used to set those babies adrift, in boats?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just another sound in the night, a small boat going by, no big deal. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the dock was a tiny boat, like a dinghy, covered in a purple tarp. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Every one of the does ran from the bank to the boat. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat was twenty yards from the pier, then ten. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They point at the water, at the boat, at Greece. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the beginning we were just about in the same boat as Adam and Eve. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys from Berkeley executed a tremendous surge, suddenly blowing past both Navy and Penn, seizing the lead and winning by a quarter of a boat length. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The boys in the Navy and Cornell boats suddenly looked as if they were rowing in glue. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He had nestled deeper into the nets hanging from the boat's hull and waited. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Estha waited until Rahel got in, then took his place, sitting astride the little boat as though it were a seesaw. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your sea is so large and my boat is so small—have mercy.” The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many others—maybe thousands—drowned while fleeing the country in small, crude boats. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Pong could sit at the back of the boat and operate everything all at once. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

By now the motor was completely submerged and the bow was pointed nearly straight up in the air, which meant that the boat was about to capsize. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Okay, let’s go,” the men on the boat said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He settled comfortably against the wood and took his suffering as it came and the fish swam steadily and the boat moved slowly through the dark water. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gyptian owner of the boat he was traveling on told him that in gyptian lore, extreme weather had its own states of mind, just as calm weather did. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I moved a little more till my legs were on the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like the workers loading the crates into the truck, those in the boats seemed earnestly intent upon their work. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Amari and the other prisoners in her boat watched, however, in horrid fascination as the two women—a mother and daughter— tried in vain to swim back to shore. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A gust of wind, hitting a pile of chaff, will scatter all the parched stuff far and wide; just so, when this gigantic billow struck the boat’s big timbers flew apart. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fishers from town ride their bicycles into little boats, parking the bikes while working by hanging them in the off shore trees. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was one of six cops, National Guard soldiers, and soldiers-for-hire on the boat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It was a motor boat chugging out on the lake. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was ready to get pulled over by police boats at any moment, but so far he hadn’t been stopped. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She found herself standing, reaching out both arms, in the direction the boat had gone. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care! I’m not going. You don’t know where the boat goes. You don’t know what’s out there. It could be horrible. Out there.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We could hear the men in the skiffs talking about what had to be done to float the boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Did you go boating with Gat and Johnny?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Then I would shade my eyes from the sun and search far across the water hoping to see my father’s boat coming home. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be from a family with a very good explanation for why they had sent me to sea in an old boat unlikely to float for very long. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The men, about eight or nine of them, were carrying full garbage bags from the stations office and loading them into a boat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Yai stood on the dock with one foot resting on the rim of the boat, holding it still. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

We crossed the river together, mother and daughter, facing each other, low in the boat’s quiet center. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There would be a lot of exciting things on the trip—meeting my cousins and seeing the Hudson River which they said was a mile wide, and watching the boats sail up and down it. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba glanced over his shoulder at Neel, who was watching from the boat. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

They snooped around for a long time, but they couldn’t find anything that connected Dad to the boat arson. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“This is just a port of transit. They go on beyond here by boat.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Looking back, the last thing Bigwig saw was the face of General Woundwort staring out of the gap in the willow herb where the boat had lain. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shall, the dwarf was thinking, when he spied a rippling ahead not six yards from the boat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“By river it’s forty miles or so. Could take more than two days depending on if you’re on a barge or a billow- boat, and what the weather’s like.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Yes, I supposed it was quite a good name for a boat. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We broke into an adrenaline-fueled sprint, flying those boats into the cave like they were on rails, while Miss Peregrine hopped lamely alongside us, her broken wing dragging in the sand. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

My brother and some of his boy cousins had found a long bamboo stick and were poking the water as if they could make the boat go faster. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imperial canals circle the square, holding jeweled boats bright as gemstones and shaped like smiling moons on midnight-blue water. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But soon he sits in the back of the boat, grasping an oar. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Up above them, our little boat rolls and plunges. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

We came upon a river where the soldiers’ aluminum boats, with motors, gently floated. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Even the paper boat began to seem appetizing, glistening in his mind with leftover condiment and grease. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thousands of frantic people were trying to get onto a boat, any boat. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I see this is to be a sailing boat after all, instead of a barge,” said Brother Luke. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She reached out and ran her fingers across a lily pad that lay on the water beside the boat. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water became crowded with fishing boats and tankers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Oasis is an old boat, not built for passengers but for small industry, its hull rusted and its wooden siding peeling off of stripped nails. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

First the boat, then all that hiking, and now he was stuck in a cell until the guards came by to make their evening head count. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Cole watched the boat again until it blinked from sight. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

No unnecessary touching, but they were smiling and talking when they got off the boat. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Roberto had been out on the boat Sunday and seen an American warship on the horizon. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a boat train to catch with a week's mail stories, and only half of them written. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Only Beaudelet remained behind, tinkering at his boat and Mariequita walked away with her basket of shrimps, casting a look of childish ill-humor and reproach at Robert from the comer of her eye. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drew a tank top and a pair of waders like he wore on the boat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Nanko said that he had jumped into the first boat that left the cove. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Since we got into that boat, I have felt as if my heart had been torn out and thrown still beating on the shore,” he said. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Ixtali said, rowing slowly, carefully, as she watched the other boats around us, making sure we were not in their way. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mum and I went back together on a boat, through the Suez Canal, calling at Aden and Barcelona. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were the genuine article, mostly the products of lumber towns, dairy farms, mining camps, fishing boats, and shipyards. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Harry stood beside them, his old binoculars locked on the boat, a grin on his weathered face. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There probably wasn’t much water left in the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever frogmen teams went in ahead of an invasion, one or two Navajos with radios were with them in their rubber boats. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he was inside it struck a sixth time, still on the port—left—side of the boat just above the waterline, and he could feel the hull flex with the blow. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the pack disintegrated too soon, they would be unable to launch the boats and maneuver in the jumble of broken and grinding ice, and unable to find a floe large enough to camp on. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

‘But not alone. I’m coming too, or neither of us isn’t going. I’ll knock holes in all the boats first.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her eye gets better and she works very hard to make enough money to take the boat ride again. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When he returned indoors, the black hen followed him, determined to be wherever the boat wasn’t. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s there on the boat, up on deck when the men running the ship come after her. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The wood of the little boat would look soft and grey, pulpy in places. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was desperate to keep Bonneville looking their way, because the man hadn’t yet noticed that his own boat was gone. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He had sung when he was by himself in the old days and he had sung at night sometimes when he was alone steering on his watch in the smacks or in the turtle boats. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only after Jinny set Loo gently in the boat that she allowed herself to turn around. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“But you were born here. I thought all Venetians love boats.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He could live in the ocean; I needed the boat. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The goods were taken out of the boats and brought to the top of the bank, where there was a level space. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It had been said that his plan to buy a boat was nothing but a trick to make off with his brother's money, when the news spread that a strange craft was approaching the town. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She sat with her hands folded in her lap, watching as our boat drew closer and closer to the dock. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

By placing these book-matched pairs on either side of the keel, he could ensure perfect symmetry in the boat’s appearance and performance. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They both let the ropes slide through their hands, and the boat fell and hit the water with a slap. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The boats are cheap, graceless, clumsy affairs, as much out of place in what people are calling the ‘Court of Honor’ of the Exposition as a cow in a flower garden.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I told him what kind of boat it was, and that the engine had fewer than a hundred hours on it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I said no, but I helped her into the boat anyway. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Ben reached out his arms and lifted the boy from the boat. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then he ducked down the hatch and in a minute the motor started and he shifted the boat into reverse. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He pushed on the tiller, and the small boat threw up a curl of black water as she turned. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The fog was thick and drizzly, and I couldn’t see much past the edge of the boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys in both boats could now hear the roar of the crowd down the lake. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Victor would far rather have gone for a ride in one of those boats than stand around here. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“How does this boat compare to your pirate ship?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He organized boat races in the basin of the Court of Honor that pitted inhabitants of the Midway villages against one another. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The stink of sewage, mixed with boat paint and machine grease, wafted up from the thick water. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The black water lapped against the side of the boat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You can be sure all those fishermen are dragging their boats up to safety now,” she said, with satisfac-tion. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was staring at the wall and the stupid boat picture. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was fond of board games and let me win, fond of boats and taught me to kayak, fond of bicycles, books, and art museums. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

There was not another boat anywhere on the horizon. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Dicey picked up her bag, slung it over her shoulder, took a last look at the boat and walked off fast. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he should feel sleepy after sailing all night, but the daylight seemed to drive away sleep and his body hummed with the boat and wind and sea. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a buoy anchored there, but no boat. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Osh laughed a little as he hauled the trap up and into the boat. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Water was streaming into the boat now and the lieutenant was yelling. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The boys in the California boat weighed a total of 1,557 pounds; the boys in the Washington boat weighed 1,561, just four pounds heavier. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The boat’s rope must be floating deep, loose inside the water. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then I backed the boat up into the slip, turned off the motor, wrapped lines from the dock around my cleats, and threw Ben’s coat and life jacket up on the dock. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She guided the boat along the shore until she was able to drag it up a sandy beach. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I paid extra for a boat without that cursed boy!” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem likely that anyone would venture into the acacia thicket and, fortunately, the village had possessed only a single boat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First time I’d ever seen a captain wreck his own boat,” she said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I mean, sure it was the middle of the night, but we walked half the length of the boat and met no one. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

If those two boats have the exact same power per stroke but one has a higher stroke rate, the one with the higher rate will pull ahead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At the wharf a fish packing plant exuded the odor of salmon bones, and the creosoted pilings of the state ferry terminal lay in among a fleet of mildewed boats. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They wandered through the student union, and dragged a tray together along the cafeteria ledge, and ate french fries heaped in a cardboard boat among students chatting at circular tables. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It took them a few minutes to catch their breath and register the loss of the boat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is beautiful to look at the boat, lit only by the compass light and the moon off the sails as she glides up and over the slow swells. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

A narrow gap appeared between them, and the River swept the boats towards it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She looked over the bow, into the water close to the boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo was sorry to lose the boat, but it had begun to leak badly again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the carcass hit the floor of the boat a clicking sound had started up in my gut. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I had one of the flags coaches used from the shore to send signals to the boats on the water. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t sink their stupid boat. They sunk it themselves.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

With any luck, I’ll bet we could sail that little boat all the way down to Queenstown and back in one afternoon. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Some water started coming into the boat in the spot where she was sleeping. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Brothers Sid and George Lund—one in the all-sophomore boat, one in a JV boat—now barely greeted each other with grunts each afternoon. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Before long we began to spot signs for gas stations and boating supplies, and along the shore there were white mooring buoys. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

After Ulbrickson and his boys left, Ten Eyck shook his head again and said, “Ulbrickson must have two great boats if he can do that.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I didn’t ask permission to use your boat, Vtf-Crocodile Guts. I didn’t know how.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow morning we could get a boat. Go out to French’s Island,” he said in a calm voice, as though it were as simple as going to lunch. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But the Frog was at least a boat again, floating high on the slick calm of the swells, her sails up and drying. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, big waves rolled in, and the small rubber boat was tossed around and around in a circle. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The fish was pulling so hard that the little boat was plowing and lurching through the waves. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Dallas? I had a terrible nightmare. I dreamed I was upside down in a boat, under the water, and I couldn’t get out.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

In under a minute, the boat is chugging toward Serra’s docks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Dinghies, fishing boats, and other nauka passed in the water, and shrimp fishermen trawled blue nets along the shore. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was no longer in a boat out to sea, but in a row of desks and chairs. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I gave the two of them a little space and tried to get some rest in the front of the boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Turk in the boat lowers the motor into the water. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What? Inside this stick thing? There’s already a bird or a boat in here?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Our boat the Mary Rose has sunk at the dock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Every inch of Mark’s skin is sweating, and his muscles ache from carrying the large containers of generator fuel from the emergency supply room on the thirtieth floor down to the boat. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Had it not been the boat after all? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The correspondent was saying excitedly that some German torpedo boats had attacked a Norwegian destroyer and that it looked like it was sinking. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I thought about what Vern’s boat looked like from below, imagining the growing distance between the floor of the bay and the boat’s hull. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“All you’ve been doing the past week is trying to draw one to the boat.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

An exclamation of dismay came from the empty boat. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But about a minute later, I stopped that boat right in the middle of the Corsica River, in the pouring rain, to fold my hands. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Close to freezing to death in the frigid water, he was hauled out by a man in a small boat who happened to notice him. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The man steering the boat fights to keep the engine in the water. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Crocodile Guts’s boat was still jammed into the reeds, and the mooring rope was still attached. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw the boat spinning crazily, upside down, but she didn’t see Tiller. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

David put me and a bunch of the kids in the escape boat with these two hooligans and off we went, real quiet like. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Lucy Elizabeth Everhart. That was important equipment that many scientists—including your mother—worked hard to get. It’s not yours to pitch off the boat! ” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Remember? You used to play with my little brother Billy off the boats in Jericho, afore the Gobblers got him.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder what he thought he’d get to see, as a boat worker,” Rolf commented. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“It seems you insist on me visiting you, Va-njuzu” she said bitterly as she wrestled the heavy boat over the rocks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew Abuela had come to Miami on a boat a long time ago. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But it was like bailing water out of a boat with a hole in the bottom. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

When the starter shouted, “Row!” both boats bolted off the line like nervous racehorses held too long in the starting gate. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The boat careened, and water poured over the gunwales, overturning it and spilling us into the rushing river. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Someday it might sail all the way down the Yangtse to Shanghai, so I told the boat what it would see along the way because I had been there and the boat hadn’t. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surf washed gently against the stern of their beached boat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When he lifted his head he saw the police boat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The people in the boat roared with laughter and turned away. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was certain of it when the boat slid in to the shore and he jumped out, shouting as he did so. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little boat ran sharp over choppy seas, fleeing the strong wind that leaned on her sail, running blind through the night. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sunday afternoons he squatted on the aft deck of his boat, silently and methodically untangling his gill net or knitting its flaws up patiently. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

"And there's trees all around. We could build us all boats." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Nhamo had to find food, build a shelter, dig a garden, cut down a tree, and carve it into the shape of Crocodile Guts’s boat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She attached cameras to saddles for equestrian events and floated them on pontoon boats for swimming events. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But then night came and went and the boat had not left. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He swapped boys in and out of each and every boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

To make money, you had to have a fast boat, and so on and so on. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

That night he took a boat and rowed down the river to the plantation where Old Ben lived. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other boat appeared out of the fog and rammed them head-on. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Would you please turn to page twenty-seven of your report? Your inventory of items aboard the defendant’s boat? And read for the court item twenty-four, please?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, our wiry wherryman, spurred on by the promise of more money, slowly closed the gap between Nick's boat and ours. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Claire was still standing there when the boat’s engine made a sudden low sound. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“And that’s the boat we never put in the water anymore.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Someone else pulled in the boat while Carl and Jimmy kept working on Ben, even as they carried him to the ambulance. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The tide was running so that long streaks of foam tailed away from the reef and for a moment they felt that the boat was moving steadily astern. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Too big to haul into the boat, even if I was strong enough, which I’m not. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We shall take our boat,” said the youth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“The course is extremely tortuous...twisting and turning in every direction. The boatmen have some strenuous times in getting the boat around some of the curves,” Cherrie wrote in his diary. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Then, on the twenty-third, the men harnessed themselves to the boats again and resumed the backbreaking haul across the ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

We started talking, and I invited him aboard my boat for a cup of tea. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mile after mile, he’d travelled, li after li, by boat and by train, only to have to get himself going. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cluster of people crowded next to the boat, staring down at him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

There was a hole that went through the stem of the boat, near the top. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the pitching and rolling of the boat, preparing meals was a tricky business. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

At twelve forty on April 8, Shackleton gave the order: “Launch the boats.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Somewhere out there, beyond the boat, was more. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"How'd you like to take a ride on my new boat this Saturday?" he asked her one evening after class. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

As we hit the ocean, we bumped once, twice, skipping like a stone, then we were whizzing along like a speed boat, salt spray in our faces and nothing but sea ahead. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The two of them traveled by boat along the coast. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Gabe knotted the rope around the slender trunk of a nearby sapling and glanced back at the small, leaky failure of a boat that he had been so proud of a short time before. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At the quarter-mile mark the number seven man in the Cal boat did just that, and all four oars on the starboard side came almost to a halt while they reset. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were past the Really Deep, only yards from the Other Side, when they collided with a floating log and the little boat tipped over. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Backing off on the throttle, Dad carefully maneuvered the boat through the narrow channel along the sandbar. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I tried to check the pulse of those who remained in the boat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Since I have no seniority to speak of, teaching seniors sort of rocked the boat. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Awe and fear fell upon Frodo, and he cowered down, shutting his eyes and not daring to look up as the boat drew near. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Over the next few days, Don Hume and Roger Morris slowly recovered from their seasickness, and the boys began to roam the boat together. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As the California boat fell into the field of view of the Washington boys, their confidence surged. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Talking to the camera while sitting on a boat, her hair blowing around, her face with freckles like mine. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

They scraped hides, mended boots, made boats, and carved walrus tusks. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said to myself, “If this boat goes under, I will commit my last sin on earth and run over those two boys to get that lifejacket.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bow of the American boat had touched the line in 6:25.4, six-tenths of a second ahead of the Italian boat, exactly a second ahead of the German boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Pocock was ghosting over the water as if effortlessly, his boat ethereal looking in a light mist that had settled on the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The boat’s motion was too severe to forge new papers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He jumped on the boat wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a pistol and an M-16. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It's sunny There are rather a lot of people here, and high-powered boats. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I may lose so much line that I will lose him, if he makes his effort and the drag made by the oars is in place and the boat loses all her lightness. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat would rock, dipping and swaying with the waves, and I’d fight the queasiness. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It took time away from her work on the boat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

I rocked like a boat, my toes still sticking out of the water. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t there even a boat?” asked Milo, anxious to get on with his trip. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Amid this confusion, porters darted everywhere, loading boats with tobacco, figs, frankincense, silk, and mohair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But even if the Conte had seen their boat, why would he suspect that they were following him? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll rest and bail out the boats until the fog clears ...” “Fog like this has a mind of its own,” said Enoch. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Ida's boat swayed, tightly moored between two painted wooden posts. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The carriage took him down to the pier early this morning. He ordered a fast boat back to Chattana. I’ll go on a slower barge later this afternoon.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry,” reassured Kid Sampson, still wrapped in the heavy blankets and raincoat in which he had been swaddled on the boat by his rescuers. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The boat in front of her was blurred by tears now, a smudge of green. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The patio was small and cozy, like the cabin of a small boat at sea, I thought. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“So which was it, a boat or a bird? Who won?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them ran down the pier in search of another boat. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ve told other people,” Malcolm went on, “but no one believes me, I don’t think. I wish you had some boats here. If you could float, you’d be all right in a flood, but...” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

By the time the fire engines got there, the gambling boat was a floating torch. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They kept seeing lights appear and disappear in the blackness—green and red navigation lights, just as on Ida's boat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The effect was to throw the boat momentarily out of balance and to abruptly check the crucial momentum that the crew was trying to build up. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I hope it’s a big boat,” I say. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had worn his good ones when he left earlier to see about his own boat and the crab shanty. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The riptide was roaring after them, threatening to engulf the three puny boats with a deluge of ice and slush. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“He’s so fresh off the boat, I’ll bet he still smells like fish.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Boss suddenly leaps out of the water like a crazed dolphin, his arms slamming onto the back of the boat as he begins to frantically scramble on board. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The boat was symmetrically shaped, with rounded ends that were hard to tell apart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

While crossing a lake on a ferry boat, they found an outlet for their rage. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s how the boat comes free, a few inches at a time. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The boat’s draw was greater than I would wish, and with but three of us, the water lapped high on the gunwales, threatening to spill over. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Their boats were coracles woven of reed, and it was a brave sailor who would go as far as Gosk or Kornay in such a craft. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

For fifteen minutes, the three boats fled from the flood of ice, and then just as suddenly as it had appeared, it faded away, and the water grew calm again. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

At the end of ten strokes, the bows of the boats were dead even again. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We traveled for seven days, one day by rail, six days by steamer boat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Cambridge agent said that a small boat would be available for the shipment from Cambridge to Baltimore but he was worried about the trip from there to Philadelphia. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later we three were lying back against the boat walls. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gone to Vespers, and to visit some friends, I believe. I am to take you back in Tonies boat whenever you are ready to go.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was so full of questions about the boat, she didn’t care how her grandmother felt about them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the river is the way out of Ember, why is there just one boat? It’s only big enough for two people.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

“After what you did to the casino boat, you honestly believe the Coast Guard will let you take customers back out on the water?” she said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You know, every day as I head out of Chatham Harbor, I look to the sky and thank Joseph for leaving me the Reel of Fortune. It’s the best boat on the Cape.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He tossed them, still bound and soaking, into the bottom of the boat, where they wriggled uncomfortably, like a couple of bearded lobsters, and he rowed back to shore. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Using a paddle to poke against the walls, Doon guided the boat around the edge of the pool. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The boat Uncle Vernon had hired was still there, with a lot of water in the bottom after the storm. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“We’re right over a shoal. And I think we’re looking at some stripers here on the screen. Let’s get fishing and see if we can get them in the boat.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Plus, I had seen what happened to a lot of those big breakfasts eaten by keyed-up Marines who had to get into boats being rocked back and forth by the waves. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As his father stared off into the Shanghai harbor — at the true ships in the distance, the ragtag boats by the shore — she slid a wristwatch into Yifeng’s hand. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the docks, their pursuers had reached another boat, but they were out of range now. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“The boat was moored in the private harbour belonging to Manderley?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The green boat tried to double back again. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Viola says, still rowing against the current, the boat twisting and turning. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Me and Sneaky don’t say anything for a while; he keeps picking grass and throwing it, and I keep watching the ripples in the water when boats pass by. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Vern wasn’t planning to be on the boat. I think they collaborated on the idea, but your mom was gonna execute it.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe a few days into senior year, after everybody stopped bothering me about the boat, I reached out to Dri on Facebook. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat gained the ketch and we climbed aboard. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

When the daily tourist boats arrived around ten o’clock, she flew back to her island, leaving the sea lions, Darwin finches, marine iguanas—all the original residents—to entertain the people. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Now and then the boat bumped into one of these columns, and they found that they could use a paddle to knock themselves free again. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had not rowed particularly well in the second freshman boat the previous year. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She, ran to the nearest canal, spat into the water, looked at the boats cruising on the Grand Canal, and took a deep breath. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boats which had been tethered one to the other had fouled up by now, the tow line under propeller and rudder and the two hulls bashing and scraping together. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

All through the morning, many more small boats arrive to deliver their passengers and by late afternoon, ninety-eight people are onboard, each having paid for their escape in five or ten ounces of pure gold. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt behind me, found the stone boat, and sat against it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was rocking the boat, Milo said, and Yossarian nodded once more. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He saw Sandy step into a boat with never a quiver. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One boy about my age got off a boat and just sat right down on the dock and stayed there, all huddled up under his coat, too tired to move. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In taking the boat, most of the canoes, and some of the weapons from his famished troops, Orellana had displayed, Gonzalo said, “the greatest cruelty that ever faithless men have shown.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She smiles at you as you watch the white flames in her hand become, with the deft movement of her fingers, a boat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

For some reason, I sort of thought that once the three of us were back in the bed boat, everything would be the same again, but it wasn’t. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The only bullets that hit the boat came at night when everyone was flat in bed anyway. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the somewhat discourteous questions and answers of the boat song, Rahel’s voice floated into the factory. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Ocean Park my teacher had been a kind, grandmotherly woman who used to sail with us in Papa’s boat from time to time and who wept the day we had to leave. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night we were to pull the black curtain that hung at our portholes so that the boat wouldn’t be easily seen. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His little boat of wood and magic, scraps and spells, was ready. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“The freighter wake hit, the boat rolled over, and then he fell and hit his head on something and slid on out of the boat. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But he had made David learn the feel of the boat, learn to ease her backward out of the slip gently, silently, then let the sails fill and move forward effortlessly. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But above all, the British were, in the eyes of many—including Al Ulbrickson and George Pocock—the boat to beat in Berlin. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The paints floated on top, riding the current like a boat, but the papers swirled about, soaking in the muddy water, being sucked down, around, and down. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

We want to get the boat away from the Beechwood dock before the aunts catch us. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Miles away, we could see the blocky shape of a freighter steaming south, and a few deep-sea boats trolling back and forth. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

There are a lot of Protestants on this boat. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I came down to get you to sign a warrant. I want to search Kabuo Miyamoto’s boat, maybe his house, too—I’m not sure yet. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The golden spire shuddered as boat after damaged boat was thrown against its base. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then he adds a little boat, which looks a lot like a banana, on the bank of the river. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

A good swing does not necessarily make crews go faster, except to the extent that if no one’s actions check the run of the boat, rowers get more bang for their buck on each stroke. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At night, after retrieving the intelligence report, Brewster would sail past British guard boats and cross Long Island Sound to Fairfield, Connecticut. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Until then, I guess I’m out of action,” he said dejectedly, “unless I learn how to steer a boat with my feet.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Got to find that boat before too long or the cold water will kill me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Pocock circled the shell slowly in his own boat, talking softly to each boy in turn, leaning ever so slightly toward the long cedar shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

On land, the ground was so steady that her leg muscles took up the motion of the boat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the protection of the shore, the boat heeled only slightly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma nudged the boat into die bank just where the creek began to bend. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the way you feel like when you’re on a boat, rocking back and forth. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He was as close to peaceful as he was going to get, snoring away in the back of the boat, and I wasn’t sleepy anyway. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boats were moved and steered with short-handled paddles that had broad leaf-shaped blades. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I hate her because she is always bumping into my boat,” continued the man, “and because her owner is a lazy boy who doesn’t understand sailing and who hardly knows a squall from a squid.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

She was sitting by the mukwa log, trying to shape the outside of the boat, when it came to her that something had subtly changed about the forest. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he sees the boat, he stands with both hands on top of his head. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She had never rowed a boat and could easily picture herself floundering, especially if nasty naiads were giving her a hard time. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The oars bit into the black water, and the boat shot ahead. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact was that neither of them knew quite what they were facing in the other boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Quiet, gal. There’s enough trouble awake without stirring more. We’ll talk on the boat.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Once Rolfe had made him a hobbyhorse, and once Elfred the Dane had made him a boat, but it had not seemed so fine as this one. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Osh and another surfman lifted a second sailor out of the belly of the boat and laid him on a waiting stretcher. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Our amphibious boats turned around, roared back down onto the beach, and churned their way out into the water fifty yards or so. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were banded together at one end by an iron chain as thick as my leg, or as thick as my leg was before I got onto the boat two weeks earlier. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Scarlet and gray boating suit, good enough for me. I shall row and tramp about, so I don’t want any starch to think of. You’ll come, Betty?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

A boat with both a very high stroke rate and very powerful strokes will beat a boat that can’t match it on both counts. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You think your boat can carry three folk at the same time?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Then, in February 1980, another Vietnamese man joins us on our boat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his powerful arms were no match for Trout Walker's motorized boat. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

"He's turned off the red lantern," Mosca shouted above the din of the engine, "but I can still see the boat." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled back out from under the boat. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Each night he gave memories to Gabriel: memories of boat rides and picnics in the sun; memories of soft rainfall against windowpanes; memories of dancing barefoot on a damp lawn. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Refugees known as "boat people" continued to leave Vietnam for more than a decade after the Communist takeover, particularly during the late '70s. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Setting the cotton has got me worried, because the old man says if it ain’t done right, the boat will still leak, even with new planks. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

With hand and spell Ged turned his boat, and it leaped like a dolphin from the water, rolling, in that quick turn. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had waited years to join the men and teenagers on the night boats, and he’d spent those years asking questions. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

How we could get work there right away, on the local fishing boats, live for mad cheap and meet all kinds of tourist girls from everywhere in the world. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Only for it we should have overtaken the boat long ago; and by now my dear Mina would have been free. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

With his other hand, he turned a handle that was attached to a pipe, running down the side of the boat, into the water. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He surged onto the stern, quantities of water pouring off him, making my end of the boat pitch up. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

From what I understood, mostly from the illustrations, Mom and the researchers wanted to take a harpoon fishing boat into a stretch of Cape Cod where fishermen had spotted white sharks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I guess they were of hobbit-kind; akin to the fathers of the fathers of the Stoors, for they loved the River, and often swam in it, or made little boats of reeds. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They would soon have to get back in the boats and move. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Then I spotted Mama Mwanza being carried on her husband’s back toward the boats. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole point of having boats was to enhance the landscape. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They cut the engine as the boat glides into the reeds. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

People got around by boat or used the crowded gangways and bridges that crossed the canals. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The fishermen in the village would trade stories at the end of the day as they unloaded their catches and set their boats up for the night. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then she pulled Doon’s bundle from under the seat of the boat. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had always thought it happened in a sailing race, that other boats were there, the boats from Kerrith and that people were watching, from the cliffs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been added to the boat last, he’d often struggled to master the technical side of the sport, and he still tended to row erratically. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The cargo boat had come and gone now three times since the day she had met and talked to its crew member. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Was that the boat she was sailing when she was drowned?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Finally they decided just to leave the paddles in the bottom of the boat and figure out what they were for as they went along. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wrapped one arm over it and hung there, the boat rocking, while his other hand fished for the flashlight. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Worsley had little confidence that they could take to the open ocean in only two boats, and he pestered Shackleton every day about returning to Ocean Camp for the Stancomb Wills. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He and Worsley were worried about damaging the boats as they knocked their way across the ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The reckless water, the frenzied wind, the snow, the downed trees, the boats dashed against their sunken docks—it was harsh and beautiful and disorderly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The mother declared we should none of us leave, that she would not stir upon the river with such rogues as we; that none of us should use the boat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He leaned out over the transom of the boat and retched and cleared his throat and vomited again, this time more violently. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Won’t you get bored stuck on a boat for seventeen days?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

As a handicap, Ulbrickson positioned the junior varsity, which had not thus far shown much promise, three boat lengths out in front of the other two boats at the start. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

An explosion detonated from within the boat under the water. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“All done, boss,” the woman on the boat says. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He strode forward, away from the boat, but in no direction. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“A tight boat is a good boat,” my dad used to say, but now he don’t care if the Mary Rose sunk, so it’s up to me to raise her. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Did she plan to buy a boat and dodge the authorities and find her husband on her own? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Kapugen would spear them or grab them in his hand and throw them to the men in the wooden boats. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo dragged the boat out of danger and sat down to catch her breath. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted the lagoons and canals strewn with waterfowl of all kinds and colors and traversed continually by small boats. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The sun, though not especially hot, was nonetheless so brilliant that it made any fairly distant image—a boy, a boat—seem almost as wavering and refractional as a stick in water. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

There were a few old boats moored on the next pier, one that looked like a coal scow, but nothing even vaguely romantic. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The plaza was empty, and he saw no lookouts on the paths, no boats on the water, no one on the distant bridge. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Spray stung the men’s eyes when they went to tighten the ropes holding their boats secure. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When she was ready to go, Taisin offered to help with the boat and began to walk toward the dock, leaving Kaede with Con as he inspected the boot and the dagger one last time. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Crouching in the house of Juan Tomas, they heard the shock go into their neighbors’ minds at the news of the broken boat. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luxa had at some point retrieved the oil lamp from the boat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the boat anchored along the banks where they first met, the daughter asked the fisherman to go ahead to explain. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Every Monday I see Scout and them warming up on my way to the boat. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their catching was the worst of the top three boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Whenever he had visitors, he gave orders that she was to be hitched to a boat loaded with stone and was to drag it behind her as she walked along the edge of the river. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She resolved to exert herself only to keep the boat from tipping. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“We’ll put the gear in the boat and then get some.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a lever to raise the gate for the boats. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Confused, the Hartliebs turned around and looked down at the quay, where a large flock of tourists was crowding onto an excursion boat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Racing for home, Joe and the reconstituted first boat beat the second boat by a decisive margin. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When she passed the place in the cove where the boat sat up on the sand, beside the bell on its hook, Jinny stopped. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The men was all in blue, and Ah heard people say Sherman was cornin’ to meet de boats in Savannah, and all of us slaves was free. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

In the green light from the orbs carried by Kaz and the bronze girl, he spotted a tiny boat moored up ahead. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Almost at the end of the bay, where the tide slammed a sunken boat, we jumped on the main street with our goods tucked under our arms and began the final walk home. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He finally settled down when a pickup truck arrived towing a boat trailer. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jacob writhes in the dirt, trying to get some air into his lungs, squirming like a fish in a boat. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The bigger boat lunged ahead, but then met some obstruction in the water and reared up suddenly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There were so many boats in the city. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Whitecaps roiled among the capsized boats and caused them and the docks to surge and roll, and the tops of the cabins and drum reels and gunnels were loaded down with snow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But Shem, Ham, and Japheth got on the boat so they were A-okay. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would have to walk the whole way, hauling their gear and the two boats. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Both boats were now logging impressive trial times, but neither seemed able to beat the other decisively. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There was still quite a distance between the boat and the island. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the houses had radios with a short-wave band and a high aerial on the roof so that wives could make contact with the fishing boats during these long cruises. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned and walked back toward the Hatchery as behind her the cargo boat moved with increasing speed toward the bridge and beyond. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

To their number the fleet had added nine new prizes taken on the seas, so the sum was fifty-four... but the captured ships were cogs and fishing boats, merchantmen and slavers, not warships. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Of the coconut trees that bent into it and watched, with coconut eyes, the boats slide by. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then you could go to your window and set the boat in the water and watch it flow away, in the channel, past all the other homes and you could shout, “Hey, Ali! Look out!” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Another possibility was taking a boat or a tramp steamer, but that might be too prolonged. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

All told, in fact, six of the boys in the Cal boat were now veterans of last year’s championship crew. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A few seconds later, so close to the boat I could have leaned down and grabbed it, a large sea turtle appeared, a hawks bill, flippers lazily turning, head sticking out of the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That ole man lunatic, he’s so proud of our boat, and he’ll have to go all by himself all the way down a bunch of winding rivers.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once, I reached out, feeling a warm presence, but I near tipped the boat over and had to grab for the oar before it slid away. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is the way my mom finds us when she gets off the boat, her music bag over her shoulder. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be staring at something on the floor of the boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“He’ll bring a curse on your family. Perhaps on everyone in the boat.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“After that, the boat kind of took over and navigated us here all by itself. Sleep okay?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He stood and looked in all directions and could see no land, nor plane, nor other boat, no indication that there was another human on the planet. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A heavy woman had come from the interior of the boat and stood on the deck, watching the crew at work. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“It was brilliant! And something in the water grabbed me and pushed me back in the boat!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And so it was that he found himself once more crossing Shipbreaker Bay in the dark of night, steering a tiny boat with a black sail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He picked the boat up and carried it out. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lone clog, the size of a small boat, lay abandoned in front of them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The idea is, the long pulpit puts the harpooner right over the fish so he can strike down at them before they feel the boat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I watched until it was too dark to see the boat any longer. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

They would then have to lift it high enough to get her over the lip of the boat, and far enough in that she could roll into the hull. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

A harpoon boat has a long catwalk that hangs over the water, so a fisherman can get closer to the big fish. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Al Ulbrickson arrived on the float breathless, crouched down by the boat, and found himself characteristically unable to find words. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The president felt as if “he was himself again” when he saw people swimming and walking at the beach, boats sailing on the ocean, and the soldiers pacing the perimeter of the cottage lawn. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Daddy idled the motor and Mr. Johnson looped a long rope around some branches on the rose of Sharon bushes so the boat would stay put while Daddy reached for Peach. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As Pong motored on, he realized why he hadn't seen any police boats on the way. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When we are all back on the boat, the pirates offer directions to the Thai refugee camp. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mosca wedged an oar against the wooden pier to stop the boat from rocking. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the boat Bobby Moch took a look at the four lengths between his bow and California’s stern, and hollered to his crew, “OK, you lugs! We’re one length behind.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He found out that a boat called Hydro would be used Sunday morning. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The result was that the boat as a whole was under subtle but continual tension caused by the unreleased compression in the skin, something like a drawn bow waiting to be released. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Small boats poled past, carrying food and laborers and shore-leave sailors. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bonneville’s boat was still tied up, but the body of the other man had floated away, and there was no sign of Bonneville himself. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Each time I visited, we’d walk the Baltimore Harbor, ride boats, read science books together, and talk about her mother’s cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“How long do you think it will take before the rest of them find the boats and come? It’s a lot of people to get organized.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Farther south he could hear someone idling, the sound of net unraveling from a drum, a boat under way at a crawl. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Rhonda, see that she does. I’ll lure them off by heading back for the boat. Perhaps I can cut behind them. Number Two, drive like a fiend and never look back!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I understood you to say earlier that no gill-netter would board another’s boat except in the case of an emergency. Is this correct, sir? Did I hear you right?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Secretly, I’m pleased he didn’t pick on me—I’ll definitely be in the boat. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

After all, those boats would just bring us right up to shore. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his dark eyes trained on the boat in the distance, so Jinny did the same. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

On the boat I was to be equipped with underwater diving gear, which I would use to swim into the harbor at Cape Town. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The place was deserted, too; I saw just one small fishing boat rocking like a lazy walrus off the shore. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I thought it was beautiful, until one of the older boys threw rocks at his boat. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

She motioned for me to get into the swaying boat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“She was not rising to the oncoming seas. The weight of the ice was having its effect, and she was becoming more like a log than a boat.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Why else would we close up our shop and take a boat and climb this abominable hill, all on the coldest, wettest day ever known since creation?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Nhamo bailed out the boat, a strange sensation came over her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't you understand? What's the good of wishing for radios and boats?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Heard that old wreck of yours finally went under. Good riddance! Ugly thing stunk up the whole creek. That wasn’t a boat—it was an outhouse!” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The boat smacked against it, once, twice, hard, and the water swirled against the back of the boat, spinning it and then, in one mighty surge, tipping it. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone assumed I was fresh off the boat from a foreign land. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

As the boat slowly picked its way through the moored yachts, I thought of Rik. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But he looked terrible lying there on the damp wooden floor of my boat, his face pale as a sheet, his eyes half shut and his lips as blue as a fresh bruise. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The sea was rough that day, and the boat shuddered at every wave. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat moved out upon the water, turning towards the Armed Cliffs across the great bay. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Why was she spending so much time chipping away at the wretched boat when she could burn a hole into it? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two days later he came down to the boat with me to look it over, and make sure it was seaworthy. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Tiller removed a tarp from the center of the boat. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I don’t want to talk to Sandra, I want to talk to you. I wanna come down in your boat and talk to you.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

How falling out of a boat can kill a man if he stays in cold water for long. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He clicked off his headlights and slid off the boat's seat, lowering himself to his knees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When she and Robert stepped into Tonie’s boat, with the red lateen sail, misty spirit forms were prowling in the shadows and among the reeds, and upon the water were phantom ships, speeding to cover. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

The motor started and Kapugen looked at her until the boat moved, then he turned his back and walked quickly away. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ever-present water swayed beneath the bridges, splashing against boats and wooden posts, and reflecting back the old faces of the houses. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a crude outline of an adult male on the pulpit of a harpoon boat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

A boat broke loose and tobogganed up on the shore, and then another. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we leave the hotel, the teachers take us to have dinner at the Boathouse, which is a restaurant shaped like a boat right on the boardwalk. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Turner hollered, waving his arms and standing up in the boat until it began to rock with the waves the whales made. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Through black smoke and swirling green fire, Davos glimpsed a swarm of small, boats bearing downriver: a confusion of ferries and wherries, barges, skiffs, rowboats, and hulks that looked too rotten to float. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The little aluminum boat rocked softly beneath me. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were interested to discover some activity beneath the bridge—more workers in white uniforms, navigating a boat among the pilings. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose great care was needed to handle the boat?” said the coroner. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The boat is the size of a school bus and looks like someone literally dropped a small log cabin on the back of it. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Kendra kept cranking, relieved that she would be able to paddle a boat directly out of the boathouse onto the pond. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

First, he’d been dumb enough to leave them alone when he had run back to the boat, and Hazel had gotten kidnapped. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We aren’t allowed out in a boat by ourselves because of the currents; anyway we have no boat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A wave two stories high rolled up on us and ripped the boat into its crest, and then the sea dropped. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was late afternoon when the boat’s outline disappeared and the faint moaning of the outboard melted into the quiet. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Scipio steered the boat close to the shore. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He willed the scummy water to flow over the sides and out of the boat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A girl who lost her mother was suddenly a tiny boat on an angry ocean. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

From the moment the shell is launched, the coxswain is the captain of the boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“There’s no big conspiracy about it,” I said, turning back to the boat. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cushions were so soft and the gentle rocking of the boat along the canals always made him so wonderfully sleepy. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Strangely, in all his sailing with Owen, he had never filled the tank and didn’t know where the cap was—Owen always had done the water when David came to the boat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Company took their places in the boats as before. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Normally he would just drop down inside the boat and lower the hatch from inside. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men watched it disappear, and hunched their shoulders and struggled to keep their little boat on course. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Mark hears the boat before he sees it, a coughing, choked sound of engines that have seen better days. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She gagged and gagged over the side of the boat. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But the river was coming up to meet them, and suddenly the little boat came free from the grass and surged forward. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

By way of closing, he reminded them that there were at least four boys vying for each seat in the first varsity boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

With a few steps and a leap he was off the boat. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been on the island since mid-May and has to take a boat, a car, and a plane to get here. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The water is really piling into the boat. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She threw herself down, beating the hull of the boat with her fists and howling insults at the lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the North Atlantic, the waves were dark and opaque, but I still looked over the side of the boat, trying to see deeper. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I clutched frantically at my seat as the boat dipped and swayed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

As if the river agreed with him, it surged over him, dunking him and loosening his grasp on the boat. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The boat rocks as they leap away from the side. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment I really tried to play it out in my head, how it would be if I could somehow row one of our boats back to the island again, and go back home. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was flat on the floor of the boat, limbs splayed and visibly trembling. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the first boats crossed the hundred- meter mark, an announcer aboard the shortwave-radio boat broadcast the standings to the loudspeakers down at the finish line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was like tugging a boat in to dock on a thin line. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then they jumped in and dislodged the oars from the rack, using them to guide the boat into water deep enough that it began to float and they could start the motor. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Two came flying at him rattling their wings, but the big one came circling from behind, very swift, to burn him and his boat with its breath of fire. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Fleeing for his life, Arnold heads for a boat that will take him to a Royal Navy warship. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent our year in Kilanga thinking of civilization as lying downstream from us, since that was the way the boats went to Banningville. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the last of them had returned to the shell house, Coach Bolles told the boys to stick around, that it was time to announce who had made the first and second boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Shingle scraped beneath the bow as the boat ground up onto the shore. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He leaped over the side of the boat, hitting the water at a full gallop. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It began to rain as Scipio steered his father's boat onto the Grand Canal. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She kissed them and took them on boat rides and brought them fudge and told them stories. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“The sheriff indeed searched your boat,” he agreed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I watched from the raft as the beautiful deep began to swallow the massive boat of steel. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They would go to Savannah by train and get a boat there for New York City. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone rushes up on the deck at once, causing the boat to sway and dip heavily to one side. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In order to bring the new Buchis bull to its temple at Flermonthis, a city near Thebes in Upper Egypt, Cleopatra traveled more than four hundred miles on the Nile by boat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The biggest boat in port was the Princess Andromeda. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cold salt water rushed in, filling the boat and soaking the men. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Of a tiny green boat in the distance. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mosca's boat was swaying gently in the water right where they had left it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after, another boat appeared, this time a massive dugout canoe, a pirogue heading downstream filled with racks of drying fish, one of the rows still wet and glistening and breathing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Things went south between him and my mom one day when we were at the boat launch. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

By the mile-and-a-half mark, the freshmen had opened a sliver of water between the rear of their boat and the varsity’s bow, and they were beginning to close on the junior varsity out front. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Up and away with all speed. Break the ropes that hold the boats to the shore.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this time when she reached for the boat, instead of sending it back out to sea, she pulled it up onto the sand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Laughing, one little girl splashes water into the faces of her siblings who bob up and down in the water beside their boat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We marched to the little dock at the south wing of the island, and prepared to get in a bayou boat. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It handicapped the most talented and fastest boats, and gave every advantage to the slower boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I spotted one of them, bent over a plastic tub of supplies, wearing a pair of orange waders like the ones Sookie and Lester wore on the boat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then all at once speaking aloud he called the magewind strong and sudden into his white sail, and his boat leapt across the grey waves straight at the lowering thing that hung upon the wind. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

They were hoping that the hyena would attack me and that somehow I would get rid of it and make the boat safe for them, no matter if it cost me my life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She turned the boat with one oar, and with the smooth movements of one who knew how, she began to row slowly back to the island. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He didn’t make fun of the bonehead who’d been driving the boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

But, from a report Sackett later wrote, we know the most important facts she learned: The British were building many flat-bottomed boats and were planning to invade Philadelphia and “subdue that city.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were, literally and figuratively, in the same boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even Your whales, he thought, even Your whales are bigger than my boat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cal had dropped its rate to thirty-two and then thirty-one after the big ten, but at twenty-nine the Washington boat continued to inch ahead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Pain and aches, boat journeys, marches, hunger and fatigue seemed to belong to the limbo of forgotten things, and there remained only the perfect contentment that comes of work accomplished.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The current swept up the boat like it was a dried leaf. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Atlantis: Named after a boat that sailed more than a half million miles in more than 30 years of ocean research. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I have heard that a lot of these boats have young children on board. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was my imagination, but the boat seemed to respond. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Buttercup did not know how long she was out, but they were still in the boat when she blinked, the blanket shielding her. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“So,” he demanded, “what did the smuggler say? Do we have a boat?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The citizens watched keenly where we wended; for we did not return to our warehouse barracks; but we were mustered upon the docks, where boats and transports were in a readiness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Every morning, Romeo and I would jump off the boat to swim. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They make it to the fifth floor, sprint down the hallway, go through the missing window, board the boat. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He fired a rocket at the spot the enemy boats were reported to have been seen. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The British would now have to row and win in a repechage the next day if they were to be one of the final six boats in the medal race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Two more stood on the next boat dock over, just in case we tried to escape that way. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Bursts of rain and thunder crash into the ocean and create large waves that threaten to swallow our boat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than one captain made up his mind then and there that his “cobble” or his “mule,” as they term the different classes of boats, would remain in the harbour till the storm had passed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The only way out of Washington, D.C., is on a boat or over a bridge. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then a third boat came surging out of the darkness and onto the sand. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He straightened up, pushed the boat from him, leaped...and fell into the water. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He filled his bottle with river water, lit a candle for himself and one for Lina, and thus equipped, they left the boat behind and crept up the rocky shelf to the path. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I was a baby, someone tucked me into an old boat and pushed me out to sea. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The picture was of a tiny boat, with one lone man, huge waves surging around him, shark fins visible in the foam. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"I've never liked court much. I was lucky to be at sea with my father most of the time. He's grooming me for a boring life on a boat." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When it rained the river overflowed and one could row a boat over cotton fields. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

A police boat noticed it two days later, and Dottor Massimo was notified that the boat he had reported stolen had reappeared. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll have to make a run for it. Once we get to the boat, you can hold her while I row us to the reserve.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

They looked as if they spent all summer outdoors in bathing suits, on boats. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were all those train bookings and boat bookings and hotel bookings to be made in advance by letter. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would blow past canal boats with unparalleled speed. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then she disappears back into the boat for a second, emerging with a similar gun held tightly in both hands. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Ahead of them, someone had tied plastic buoys, marking a lane for people without boats. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Philomena said, Our little cousin no sooner gets off the boat than you are at her. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Noah looked to build a boat to float on the rising waters; I was looking for a stone boat to “float” on the rolling prairie land. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Before the gale ended that afternoon, the men had had to crawl onto the deck three times to get rid of the boat’s shell of ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He strode to the dock, leaped into the boat with Neel, untied it, and slowly, easily, began rowing across the river. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Once, when the boys saw Robin’s little boat, they begged to be allowed to sail it, too. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

You can still see your boat and the water around it, can’t you? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She raced upstream and tugged at the boat, flipping it over. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Either way, she was a girl in a boat, moving forward. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The Washington boats were the only ones there. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The boat pitched so wildly that in one breath you could see the ship and in the next breath it had gone. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This line looks like the ones on the defendant’s boat?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some dashed to the boats and began heaving and cracking them out of the night’s ice; others broke down the camp and began stowing tents and gear. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

When they found the cove, they left the manager in charge of the boat, crossed some railroad tracks, walked gingerly across a narrow trestle, and headed uphill through the woods. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

With my own narrow shadow for a boat I navigate the streams of moonlight that run between shadow islands in the date-palm grove. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the only boat in view was an upside-down rowboat abandoned on the rocks beneath the inn, its bottom thoroughly rotted out. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In this position I was further away from the edges of the boat and less ex­posed to wind and spray. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Navy provided the Swift boats, machine guns, and training. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In the British boat, Ran Laurie dug furiously at the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone else in the boat rows at the rate and power at which the stroke rows. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ll stay on the boat no matter how bad the waves are. If anything tries to get me, I’ll untie the rope,” she said. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have enough food for several days, so I can stay by the boat for a while. The work is going quickly now that I’m using hot coals.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good! You’re an observant girl. I’m sure you noticed how Crocodile Guts maneuvered his boat.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sent a boat to fetch Pompey to the shore. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

That night, they bought rats on a stick from a boat seller, and watched the street river traffic. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s going on?” he said to the boatman when he returned the hired boat. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evenings, Dad and I are building us a boat, a little day sailer. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Kicking off her buckled shoes and dropping the woolen cloak, she plunged headlong over the side of the boat. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, it would be better if I could bake the boat like a pot.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

All nine Little Baldy Bear Lakes were visible now, and at the uppermost lake a pair of campers in a bright yellow rubber boat were fishing. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something about the old man’s boat shed always calms me down. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Many a boat has capsized here. But I haven’t been secretly swimming in the channel every night for nothing. I know these rocks well. You’ve nothing to fear.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes followed the wake the little boat left behind. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She used to sail the boat, didn’t she? Were you on the beach when she sailed the boat the last time? One evening, over twelve months ago. When she didn't come back again?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The boat returned with more men in uniform and a load of heavy chains. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lake boats go slowly by in the distance, their smoke trailing behind them, the sun sets to the left, pink and tranquil. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Schlesinger drew his pistol and fired above the boat, and by sheer luck hit the boat hook, knocking it out of the man’s hand. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I expected Richard Parker to burst forth from the boat, sailing through the air, teeth and claws reaching for me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning the slaves were once again shackled and packed into boats. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men aboard the fan boat barely glanced at them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In the first place, he was in love—that was why he had been weeping inthe boat He explained it to Queen Morgause on the fint opportunity —because he was lovesick, not seasick. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just to hang there like a boat, useless, absolutely still. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The right way is to give the boat a shove and then jump in it before it drifts out to sea. Like this.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘What do you think?’ asked Boromir eagerly, leaning from his boat, as if he was trying to catch a glimpse of Frodo’s face. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He shuddered, remembering the teeth raking the side of the boat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

For another, the story about his own discovery in the boat had filled him with excitement and with a sense of relief. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

It was probably the longest period of time he remained idle on his boat in the history of the Clara Belle. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The boat seemed to go in a circle which made the wharf get further away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned to face the waves off the starboard side of the boat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“We’re allowed to take the boat whenever we want. What could we get in trouble for?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it became clearer as the boat floated toward it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Narracott made the boat fast to a ring in the rock. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

After holding in this rank mouthful of words for many days, I spilled them out into our ant-infested boat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fishermen shouted the news from boat to boat, from isle to isle it went: Evil is averted, the dragons will never come from Pendor! A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

A bad feeling had come into the boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There he stripped off his shirt, helped her into a boat, and paddled briskly across the Cut. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“And talkin’ about this morning,” the sheriff said, his face shading purple even in the darkness, “you stole my boat. That’s what we call larceny, Mrs. Dowdel. You could go up for that.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But you are your father’s and your mother’s and you are in a lucky boat.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, in the gyptians the Oakley Street boats had well-informed and greatly experienced guides to all the waterways. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The land was quickly disappearing, the soldiers looking like miniatures of themselves as they dragged another coffle of slaves into another small boat. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, half of the PT boat floated for a while as they hung on to it and made a plan. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And so the boat hung on the waves, swung by their great slow swinging, but going no direction. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

They are moving cities, the glass and steel compacted onto a single boat. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A man said that he was operating a swan boat with a radio pressed to his ear; a woman had been baking rolls for her grandchildren. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

At last, as far as they could judge, they had reached the middle of the stream again and had driven their boats back some distance above the jutting rocks. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m staying!” said Jinny, slapping the side of the boat wetly, sending a splash up into the air. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Hymir bailed the water, and Thor rowed the boat back to shore. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Malcolm turned to look and saw the searchlight on a boat that was either the same CCD vessel that nearly caught them before or a similar one. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They put the boxes of candles and matches into the rear of the boat. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Down the shoreline a fishing boat pulls up to the dock at the seafood restaurant, and a man in a long white apron rushes down the gangplank to meet the boat. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like if because I raised the boat my dad would quit drinking and turn over a new leaf or something. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The boat passengers wave wildly, laughing and yelling the names of friends and family. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had to take the Polish girl in the boat I would. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Nobody had any idea how the boat worked. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

For a moment, the Fire Control boats caused even more chaos. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Now that it was getting colder, the boats were no longer going out regularly, and sometimes there was no whole fish available for weeks at a time. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Nobody’s seat was safe just because he had rowed in the boat that had defeated California so impressively. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It had to be precisely straight, he said, for the whole sixty-two- foot length of the boat, not a centimeter of variance from one end to the other or the boat would never run true. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Gabe raised himself first to his knees; then he stood upright, holding the paddle against the wooden floor of the boat for balance. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was in his home in New Orleans and beside him he could hear his wife Kathy breathing, her exhalations not unlike the shushing of water against the hull of a wooden boat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Maybe. But fair, too. It doesn’t matter how rich or important you are. Everyone’s in the same boat. And medical resources and costs are kept under control.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Was the boat in a fit state to put to sea?” said the coroner. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Silently, the party drifted after it as it was borne aloft into the open field, bobbing across the sea of grass like a little boat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Pinkie spotted them before they disappeared in the fog and shouted, “Don’t you worry, Ben. We’ll find your daddy. Philip and Art are up by Goat Island looking. Even Mr. Loring’s in a boat looking.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since he had first put them together in a boat in March, he had never seen them row so badly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

On the last night of July, South Vietnamese sailors on patrol boats fired missiles at radar stations in North Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The river was beginning to turn black, and the fishing boats were coming into the wharf. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wish I had better news, son. I’m just an old grease monkey, but I’ve been climbing around boat engines for long enough to know the score.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Tied to a metal pipe in the bayou, surrounded by marsh grasses and lanky palm trees, the boat was the Farmers’ new home. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“If we can get a look at Carl’s boat first, we can go to the courthouse with everything. We can put a stop to the whole business. We can end it all,” he said. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I might be able to find someone to help Lester paint the boat,” he said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“He’s got it all changed around. New kind of a boat. I guess he’ll take it apart and change it. Doc—is he nuts?” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

See that little boat, you swim for it with all your might. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

One by one the boats surged up onto the rocky beach, and the crew stumbled through the water, on solid ground for the first time in sixteen months. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

In the dream I was alone in a small wooden boat, hooked up to a humongous tarpon that was dragging me out to sea. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

David felt that now, felt that he had to know things, know all things, but there wasn’t a way to learn on the boat, not a way to study and gain knowledge. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm just too old and worn-out to share their excitement over such innocent pleasures as a boat ride down the Seine or a potluck picnic at the base of the Eiffel Tower. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

We leaned out off the front end of the boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong lowered the boat tail back into the water. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The number of white handkerchiefs on the line indicated which of six coves Brewster and his boat were hiding in. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pulled in the pole and threw out the grapnel hook, watching the attached rope spin from its coil on the boat floor. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He tried to remember what he knew about boats. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

David knew that sometimes dolphins would run ahead of a boat, stay just beneath the bow, and play with the boat as it sailed and he felt the killer whales were playing with him now. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while Abbey came outside and hopped in the boat with me. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

When it was done, the boat was clean. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We were moving the boat instead of letting it be blown around. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

On April 6 Widener sent the proposal by wireless to Whitney, who was on his boat, fishing off the shores of Bermuda. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Pigman got there in time for us to get the eleven forty-five boat to Manhattan. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Captain Orlov and his Aleuts turned and ran to the boat. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sons carried on the outside work; they took on the boats and the fields as their fathers grew old. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go carefully. There might be another boat snooping around....” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then she stepped into the boat, which knew its way. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“There’s plenty,” Daddy went on, “that aren’t so lucky. A lot of the boats not sunk are all tore up. It’ll be a hard year for many.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am scared to think of what would happen if we had to choose among ourselves who would stay on the boat and who should die. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Line is running out of the tub, over the side of the boat, and straight down into the water. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The music got cranked up, subwoofers so loud it made our boat vibrate. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Had he not used that magic he would have been hard put to keep the crank little boat on such a course, on that rough sea. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

They landed the boat at the mouth of a creek in Maryland early in the morning, Friday, April 21. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he looked up as the bottom of the boat scraped against the rocks at the shallow edge, he saw Jonas there as well, looking concerned. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Because,” said Doon, “once they find the boats, the rest of Ember will follow us. It’s not as if we’re leaving them forever.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Launch a boat,” he called, just as Wild gave the same order. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

They were fine, strong creatures, large and broad-backed—like living boats, in fact. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Carefully, without moving his head, he swiveled his eyes to look at the boat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw that they weren’t waving hello, but directing our attention to something in the water, some thirty yards away—the hull of an overturned boat. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Riding the muddy surface were sections of picket fence, giant tree limbs, crab pots, remnants of floats and crab houses, boats, and...“What’s that?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the place Dicey wanted, the big house, the acres of farmland, the barn, the water and the boat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pleasure boats cruised along with hardly any passengers. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Moch resorted to that one, Ulbrickson said, “the boys get so hot they have to wrap asbestos around their oar handles to keep the boat from burning up.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, God, Pan, we’re safe!” she sobbed, but then a thought rushed into her mind: it was the Costas’ boat she’d hijacked that day. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And finally the boat beneath them began to come to life again. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Just then, I looked over the side of the boat and I spilled all the rest of my plums into the water. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

For a happy moment, I thought he’d spied me from his boat and had come on purpose to say hello. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Making a boat is easy, little Disaster, said Crocodile Guts from his bench at the bottom of the lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of us were taken by boat to Cape Town and then to the dentist’s office under heavy guard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat felt easy under them, sleek and lithe. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I looked around the boat for loose items that needed to be secured. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His boat is here, so he is, too. We’ll see him soon enough. Nowhere much to go on this island except round and round.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

In the bottom of the boat, our wherryman was stretched out, unmoving. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The air was still, and the boat drifted gently. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many dived into the water just before the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

There Carl stood in the Islander s spotlight, a big man in bib overalls poised in his boat’s bow, a kerosene lantern clutched in one hand and an air horn dangling from the other. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The doe turned once more and ran blindly across the path and onto the boat. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scene I: Calvin Coolidge—Pushing off in fishing boat with his dog. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suttung picked up each of the dwarfs, took him from the bottom of the boat, and placed him on the rocks. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see myself buying a boat or even traveling anyplace on a boat. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The boat shot along the surface of the river like a rocket from a bottle. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Gradually Anacortes, a town on the mainland, became home to the big boats with crews of four or more, the Amity Harbor fleet home to one-man gill-netters. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She applied another coating of termite mud, turned the boat over, and winced when she saw the damage caused by the spur of rock. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems so odd to us, Madam, that she should have let herself be trapped like that in the cabin. She was so experienced in a boat.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was this one part where the main character, who is this architect, is sitting on a boat with his best friend, who is a newspaper tycoon. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to bricks and wood, we carried barrels of kerosene, flour, and even small fishing boats, all for the NKVD. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“How long will we be on the boat?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve never seen them, but they’re bright—bright as a hundred fires! You must be very careful crossing the border, though. Don’t get out of the boat. The ground is full of land mines.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He or she is a deep thinker, canny like a fox, inspirational, and in many cases the toughest person in the boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Asriel!” he called, and hurried forward along the temporary decking towards the boat. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He spoke to her in Portuguese and pointed toward the back of the boat, where he was headed. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the spaces between the trees filled up with blue-gray shadows as Nhamo halted by Crocodile Guts’s boat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she was putting up the oars and standing in the boat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boat looked like a garbage scow more than anything else. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Returning to the shell house that evening, the first varsity boat fell in alongside Tom Bolles’s first freshman boat, which was also returning. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The students stopped dancing and crowded the near rails, the great boat listing slightly toward the racing lanes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Sooner or later, the water would win, and the boat would sink. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“They were able to raise the boat,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now I lashed a load to the stone boat, clucked to Plug, and we were off. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As the boat drew closer, it slowed down and banked slightly, revealing large orange lettering on the side. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

And the fleet of little boats moved off all at once, gliding across the lake, which was as smooth as glass. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And nobody had ever stolen from him, though other boats in the marina had been hit several times. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

For fifty cents you can escape Manhattan by boat, crossing the waters of the harbor and bay past all the famous islands, Governor’s, Liberty, Ellis. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance I saw a little harbor bobbing with colorful fishing boats, and beyond it a town set into a green bowl of land. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

As the Syracuse coxswain resumed cussing, his boys’ timing began to falter and his boat began to fall back. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

With a sickening swing, he dumps us into the boat. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hit the floor of the boat hard enough to see stars, except they looked more like bits of electric static. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

At midnight the tide had risen enough to move the boats, and they left. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The vessel stopped, and a boat was lowered over the side. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I explained how the toilet scum from the gambling boat flowed down the shoreline to Thunder Beach. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

JoJo jumped and went to the wrong cabinet and rocked the boat hard in the process. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an old boat, a tired boat. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set out alone for a while and before long, at the corner of Canal and Scott, he encountered a small boat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Had the boat ever been known to capsize before?” asked the coroner. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the Mist made it look like a fishing boat, or perhaps the cruisers thought the Argo II was a tourist attraction. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At the gun, they got off slowly, falling behind all three other boats: Navy, Syracuse, and Cornell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He raised his head—a new explosion of pain—and focused on the forward part of the boat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Peeking was supposed to stop over today and look at my dad’s bonefish boat.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We got in a dinghy and rowed out to the boat. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Nearby the boat rocked on the grey waves, empty. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

How was that more courageous than escaping your country in a rickety boat with small children and risking being eaten by sharks or getting caught and sent to prison? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

At one point I dove overboard and swam around the boat as if it were at anchor. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

A steamy mist was rising up now from the great warm chocolate river, and out of the mist there appeared suddenly a most fantastic pink boat. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

During the civil war, Portuguese soldiers came through the village and destroyed all the boats to keep them from being used by Frelimo. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he asked, “So, did you bring the paint for my boat?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Big Ma came out of the kitchen with a full gravy boat. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The smugglers put twenty- four migrants into an Overloaded boat in Mexico, he says. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

They weren’t moving very quickly here, and it wasn’t hard for her to seize the bracket and hold the boat still against the building. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“There’s something wrong out here. Those destroyers are talking about hits, but where are the metal-to-metal sparks? And the boat wakes—where are they? And boat gun flashes?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In the span of a single second, the German, Italian, and American boats all crossed the line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He had seen Maxim take the boat from the moorings, and pull back in the dinghy, alone. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Say rather that the Machine is shaking the boat—very slightly—just enough to shake loose those few which cling to the side for purposes the Machines consider harmful to Humanity. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Would there be room in the boat for me to ride to shore with you?” she begged. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

As the other two boats finally passed them, the freshman boys raised a lusty cheer and pumped their fists in the air. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Hagrid pulled out the pink umbrella again, tapped it twice on the side of the boat, and they sped off toward land. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was the boat, maybe they thought the guy was out in his boat at night too much. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Giaco took Ida's boat up and down all the canals and showed Prosper's picture to the gondoliers. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They arrived by boat and train and automobile. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It takes a little time to get the feel of a boat,” Tiller said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The wind’s come up right smart. I’m going to go down and take off my motor and sink the boat.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many evenings the fathers of the children would come out, take off their shoes, and make and sail the boats themselves. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a boat—or part of a boat anyway. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Tell him I am going to the Chênière. The boat is ready; tell him to hurry.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

As boats arrived in Saint Domingue from France, slaves learned that a revolution was going on in the name of human rights. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

He learned how to make oars, how to improve the boat and to make baskets. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Winged Footers swung their boat around and backed it into its stall first, then Penn did the same. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If he discovered I was Polish, he would throw me off the boat into the Baltic. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, they had won, so on the blackboard in the shell house the next day he finally listed the sophomore boat as the first varsity boat for the first time. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

To Sam in the leading boat was given the task of watchman. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Before I stole this boat we’re in, I made many inquiries as to what was the fastest ship on all of Florin Channel and everyone agreed it was this one.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Like Dad says, he found two things in the fog, me and his old pal Jack, who didn’t think nothing of risking his boat for a true friend. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But like a darn fool I left my life jacket in the bottom of the boat, under the seat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had made his boat fast and boarded up the windows of our house. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this little boat, the Pax, looked so much like that other boat they’d had in Alaska. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I’d like to report a boat dumping sewage in the water.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Disgusted, Dad threw down my hand and kicked the last two baskets up toward the front of the boat. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Step by step, page by page, I get her off the boat. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went by bus and returned by boat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t find anything on the boat, come see me in the morning. We’ll talk about his house at that point.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He floated by them, and slowly his boat departed, waning to a dark spot against the golden light; and then suddenly it vanished. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The boat rocked up and down, and up and down. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Stepping nimbly into the boat, she sat in the center with the pack between her knees. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Off in the distance, through eyes squinted against the bright sun on the water, Jinny could see it, the small green boat appearing through the mist, just as she’d pictured it. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Hercules mastered him, put him in a boat and brought him to Eurystheus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s why I ran the number: Scott Pierce, Gonzaga’s neighbor, reported just now that his Windsurfer was stolen, along with his boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she thought life on a bus was cramped, a boat for eight, including teenage boys who were getting as big as their father, was a test even for a saint. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Were our ranks not swelled every day by men crawling through the reeds, families arrived in boats, and victorious runaways bleeding in their shirts, we had been decimated. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Lefty Lewis pulled up next to a car that was as long as a big boat. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But it was crucial to choose the right kind of boat. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He explained that the civilian defense commission was registering boats that might be available in the event of an evacuation. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The boat was upside down, and Tiller was beneath it, trying to cling to one of the struts as the boat hurtled through the water. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond, half-seen, were other shapes: shattered spires, headless statues, trees with roots bigger than their boat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But she was real, stepping out of her boat and wading up to Barry in tall rubber boots. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

He held his course as if there were nothing easier than to follow a strange boat in the moonlight. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The word of Christ is beloved!” he cries, standing up precariously in his boat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emilia stared at us from above, then quickly pushed the wandering boy into the boat on top of us. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You want us to live on a boat?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They were crammed in together; Harry could not comfortably sit, but crouched, his knees jutting over the edge of the boat, which began to move at once. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But the boat mother set her hands on either side of Lyra’s face, and her daemon, a hawk, bent gently to lick Pantalaimon’s wildcat head. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Another morning, The Island flooded and cars became gasping boats. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The paddle was stuck in the muddy bottom of the river and it was, at the moment, precariously holding the boat still. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When he crawled into the boat, he gave the starter rope a sharp pull and the engine roared to life. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

To his surprise he saw that it was a woman, a white woman, tremendously fat, who turned and watched him as he got out of the boat. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together, the three of them lifted the boat, carried it to the water, and set it adrift. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Where I come from,” the snake girl said, “the punishment for treason is being covered in honey, bound to an open boat, and floated out into a stagnant pond. The flies eat you alive.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I stepped onto the pier and nodded to the driver of the boat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I don't want to live on an island! I want to stay here, in the city. Do you think I want to go on a wobbly boat every day? Yuk!” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

At once Ged took his form and place again on the boat, for it was most perilous to keep that dragon-shape longer than need demanded. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Taunts from another boat seemed to be one of the things that did. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He thought about all those months he’d spent creating the Argo II. Somehow, making a boat to sail from Ogygia seemed like a more daunting task. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“We showed him pictures of the whole family. And that great shot of you holding that flounder on the boat!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He pulled the boat alongside the narrow wharf and held it still for them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

Manit passed the piers where the big fishing boats docked under hazy Amber orbs. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Most of the boats were moored at docks that stretched out into the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman yelled and berated her husband as he bravely jumped from our boat into the other. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“And that’s for your crazy father sinking my father’s boat,” he said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

And the rolling motion of the boat continued to unsettle him. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

If the blade entered the water at any angle other than ninety degrees, the amount of power generated by the subsequent stroke would be compromised and the efficiency of the whole boat reduced. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She never even saw a boat on it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

With scrap lumber from Endurance and a small and precious collection of used nails, he began raising the sides of the boats to make them more seaworthy. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

By March 19, Al Ulbrickson figured he had found his best bet for an Olympic boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The rower was manipulating his oars to keep the boat still on the water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Off to starboard a hand large enough to crush the boat was reaching up from the murky depths. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Thiazi hauled the boat down the strand into the cold waters of the northern ocean and rowed with huge strokes out into the sea. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Then she took him on a walk on the boat deck. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was already on his way to the attic to bring down suitcases and then he was going to the boat to see about our cabin. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the boys had their minds fully in the boat now. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

You’re alone three hundred plus miles at sea in a small boat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I resolved the problem by driving an oar, handle first, deep into the algae and tethering the boat to it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She said she’d married a bearish man in an amusement park and that he’d planned to escape Cuba, to take a fishing boat north and go ice skating. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gunnel is the top edge of a boat, the rim if you want. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She said Al’s mama is scheduled to be on the boat March thirty-one, ten A.M. run.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was frozen, hardly breathing, with my mouth stuck open and my stomach flopping like a fish in the bottom of a boat. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She simply leaned as needed when they tried to tip the boat. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

We dashed back through the rows of boats, crouched behind a giant crate of life vests and buoys, and wedged ourselves between the crate and a giant plastic barge. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The wood feels good and I pull myself into the boat, collapsing onto the planks. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I loved it, and immediately thought it was up to me to record my boat's history, like so many other sea writers had done. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

No breaking ranks, no rushing the boats, no first come first served, no devil take the hindmost. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“See those bamboo logs athwart the boat, fore and aft, sticking out over the water, with the other logs joining their ends?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boats lined up, the starting gun fired, and the regatta—and Washington’s quest to sweep the Hudson—was under way almost before anyone realized it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Prosper felt as if the boat were going to sail on forever. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He found an oar lying along the bottom of the boat and used it to deflect the canoe off the rocks. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Andras s own father, flung years before against rocks when a boat swung around and tipped, still held one arm locked into a curved and crooked shape. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It takes time for us to paddle our boat around. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the boat was getting closer, making quite clearly for the lawn, and now Malcolm had no doubt who he was. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In her yellow frame a dying woman in a boat trailed her fingers in the water. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

JoJo took the lookout post on the right side of the boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Past the edges of the buildings, the gray-green river snaked north to south, dotted with boats zipping up and down the invisible lanes of traffic. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Jormungundr, the serpent, reared up, high above the boat, then tumbled back into the sea. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

We walk off the boat now, just behind Weasel and his guards. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right, Doc? We took him off that boat too late. He wasn’t gonna make it.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The tiled roof swept down like the sides of an immense, upside-down boat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What puzzles me,” said Blackberry, “is why this boat thing doesn’t go along. Everything in this river goes along, and fast, too—see there.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to another, “Kino would never leave the sea. Perhaps he found another boat.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m here with my dad and John. Our neighbors call us the three boat bachelors.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t see any seals, which is good. Just stay between the boat and the land.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

In three paces he was at the middle of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had formed near the Bahamas two days earlier and had scattered boats like toys. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Kendra leaned to prevent the boat from capsizing, and the boat abruptly rocked the other way. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In the heavy twilight he couldn’t see the rowing boat at all. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I am writing these notes while our pilot loads the boat. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re taking the boat to the Dominican Republic in the morning for winter break, and I’m still not packed.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Most, if not all, of our planes and boats were destroyed. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My lord, wouldn’t it be safer to leave the boy here aboard the boat?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On Rass any waterman who owned his own boat was called Captain So and So after he had passed fifty. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"First," Rik continued, "before we get into the particulars, do you think you could help us sail this boat to New York, like, leave this week? And take, say, six weeks to deliver it?" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It was early in the morning, but I didn’t regret getting up to see it, for the bay was full of little boats, the shore so picturesque, and a rosy sky overhead. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stood out proudly against the green of the boat, which itself...Ignoring the wet grass, he knelt to look closely. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

‘Ropes indeed!’ answered an Elf from the boats. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Slowly our boat stops and my heart leaps as heavy footsteps jump aboard. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was starting to reach for the oar when something heavy and bony slammed into him from above, knocking him down into the bottom of the boat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Some boat owner in Florida misspells “Grandma” and look what happens: a myth is bom, a province is renamed, a Communist party newspaper is launched. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahmad taught him how to spear a fish, how to row a boat alone, how to dive from the great Phoenician stones on the islands southern wall. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Do you mind telling me how you propose to beat the other boat?” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

As she looked back at the boat, Gran’s face changed. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

But when Esther asked him apprehensively whether there was anything wrong he just shook his head and claimed that he had never really liked boat trips. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Immie sat at the front end of the boat, her profile dramatic against the sea. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The boat looks no more than fifteen feet in length and perhaps five feet wide. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presently a boat approached them and a British officer came on board. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

All in the same boat Means "all in the same predicament." The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Huge ocean rollers swept toward them, and the three boats began clawing up waves whose faces were a quarter of a mile long. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Once they passed through a town where the police were searching all the boats that came along the waterway, and holding up the traffic in both directions. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We soar over tall spires and blocky buildings, over a wide river jeweled with boats and spanned by bridges. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A little before 4:00 p.m., in a driving rain, Tom Bolles’s freshmen paddled upriver to the stake boats and took their starting position, with Columbia on one side and California on the other. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Cal’s coxswain, Grover Clark, glanced across the river and, for the first time since he’d left it behind at the starting line, he saw the Washington boat, sweeping up on his stern. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Doon nodded and turned back to the boxes, but once again the boat struck something, causing a spray of water to slap into them and put the candle out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As we push off the dock, Lelia reminds me that whenever a boat departs the land a hundred hearts are broken. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moch pounded on the ironwood as hard and as fast as he could, the snap-snap- snap of it firing almost like a machine gun in the stern of the boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They rowed with cold rainwater running down their backs, pooling in the bottom of the boat, and sloshing back and forth under their sliding seats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At dawn he started with a chosen few and for the first time a boat filled with armed men floated on the Tiber. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kurtz and Karl Marx joining palms to greet rich guests as they stepped off the boat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then leaning over the side of the boat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

No strong swimmer, he struggled as best he could to the boat, and pulled himself up into her. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He wished he had the gorgon’s blood vials, but they were back at the boat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He patted the boat as if it was a thoroughbred horse. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

His whole body shook as he got out of the boat. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Was this what Deen had felt, before the green boat arrived for him? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“They just hung the hose off the side of the boat,” Shelly went on, “like it was business as usual.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The days he had spent on the boat, the enforced rest, had built up his strength. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There were no fishing boats out—and no sign of the motorboat. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The deep-laden boats pull in against the coast where the canneries dip their tails into the bay. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the bows of three boats began to materialize out of the gloaming, just beyond the railroad bridge. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

From a window in the hallway, she noticed two members of the boat crew lounging on the deck of the vessel. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Eagerly the two youngsters dropped their bikes and scrambled down the sloping riverbank to watch as the bargelike boat passed, its open deck heavy with wooden containers of various sizes. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In airplanes circling overhead, press photographers struggled to keep both boats in the frame of a single shot. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The masts and spars of the boats stood stiff and dark. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Conte's boat swayed with its furled sails by the jetty. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That boat cost half a million bucks if it cost a penny. And you heard how much he paid for the rod and reel.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The only plausible explanation for his remark in the boat about the pistol still being loaded is that he was semiconscious, in shock, and did not know what he was saying. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In the dream I’m adrift on the current in a leaky boat in the dark of night and can’t find my oars and can’t see the shore and can’t do nothing to save myself. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And they added also coils of rope, three to each boat. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The harbour was a dancing thing, with fluttering paper boats, and the sailors on the quay were jovial, smiling fellows, merry as the wind. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Why did you have to get on the boat?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henri, when his shaking had subsided a little, rushed out of his cabin, leaped over the side of the boat and hurried away down the hill through the pines. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are thirty-six other deserting souls on this little boat with me. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Five compressions, another breath, a quick check to make sure the boat was headed in the right direction. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He looked at the sea beyond the boat and squinted. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We’re still a good distance from shore when the tow boat releases our rope. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

After all, it was 1968, and guys were burning draft cards, and Canada was just a boat ride away. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then fastening the prow to the stern of the other boat, they drew him out into the water. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He went down to the river and stood among the dry-docked boats. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I followed him up the stairs, the waves rocking the boat up and down. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

On December 27, Shackleton turned back from breaking trail to find that the men hauling the boats were standing idle. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Morgan managed to talk directly to Cornwallis and to convince him that Lafayette had enough boats to cross the river in pursuit of the British. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, they built boats and learned how to steer them. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked a little green, though Leo wasn’t sure if that was from the rocking of the boat or from arguing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There were toy automobiles and trucks, windmills and merry-go-rounds, airplanes, boats and a lot of others, mostly run on batteries. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The travellers huddled in their boats felt the changing of the weather. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’ll think about your kindness while I’m watching your boat sink under you.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her weary body and wearier mind, which had seemed, in her exhaustion, to be drifting away from each other like untethered boats, made some peace with the tides. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

If it weren’t for gutting fish on Sookie’s boat, I probably would have been more grossed out. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

A gale blew up with snow squalls and heavy seas, and waves broke incessantly over the boat. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

When the boat reached the middle of the river, the rebels on shore began shooting at the people in the boat, and everyone panicked, causing the boat to capsize. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A week later, Lancelot and Uncle Dap were sitting in a peculiar boat in the middle of the English Channel. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Better not be a squirrel or something stupid like that,” I grumbled as I swung the boat toward the cove. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Here Stuart put the Wasp about and LeRoy turned the Lillian around with his stick, and away the two boats went for the finish line. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“We did. We convinced Bess to take the big boat and all the littles to see a movie on the Vineyard.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

And her son, she cannot take him back on the boat. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When Francie heard that they were going, she was as excited as only a ten-year-old, who had never been on a boat before, could be. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Lots of better men got shot today—Lexington—Concord ... The British are sending boats back and forth tonight, taking off their men from Charlestown. I can sneak along over with them.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a loathsome little creature: he paddled a small boat with his large flat feet, peering with pale luminous eyes and catching blind fish with his long fingers, and eating them raw. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And partly because population growth burned humanity’s boats. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can help things move along by standing at the end of your boat, feet on opposing gunnels, and sway­ing in rhythm to the motion imparted by the sea. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looked over the side of the boat and, pointing to a spot some distance away in the water, yelled to the women, “I see her! I see her. Oh, my baby!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Frith said the story goes that there was a body in the cabin of the little boat,” she said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When he was seated, Garvey shoved the small boat off the slick gray rocks and jumped aboard himself. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

British crewmen had been spotted scurrying about in the boats tethered beneath the HMS Somerset and the HMS Boyne in Boston Harbor. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is there any boats we could sort of hire?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

With each dip and plunge of the boat, Worsley swooped the pot up in the air lest their precious hoosh go slopping into the bilges. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

A hundred minutes and there was still a lot of water in the cabin—the boat didn’t even feel much lighter, still lay heavily in the shallow swells. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swung his arms and jumped from the boat onto the pillar, grabbing the ladder with both hands. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“You were supposed to be on the boat when it blew! We were just supposed to take care of the stragglers.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It’s not as if I have a boat to take her across the water; all I have are Vivi’s ragwort steeds. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

No one else cared to go out on the river, where hippos could chop your boat in half or crocodiles could pull you overboard. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Treadwell held up the book that showed the same figures: a boy at sea on a small boat. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Then she took out her treasures from the boat and went over them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had often talked of a deep-sea-fishing boat, which they would buy, man themselves, and rent to vacationers—this though neither had ever skippered a canoe or hooked a guppy. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Air travel... I have a feeling that would be bad, too. But a boat. Can you at least give us a boat?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He glanced down at the riverbank, where the two youngsters were still watching the boat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My boat is right where I left it, floating upright and waiting for me, ready for the journey. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But when I hop aboard and crawl into the bilge to look, the boat is dry inside. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Florida ran her hand over the edge of the boat. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Money,” one of them said as they clambered out of the boat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

So he kept the men and sleds and boats close together, relaying forward one agonizing quarter mile at a time. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

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

Then the light swung away and the engine noise rose, and the boat steadily moved away. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Across the street, on the stone docks, was a row of overturned fishing boats draped with nets spread out to dry. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

After discovering the room full of boats, Lina had come home to Mrs. Murdo’s with the sound of the river still in her ears. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Excitement and dismay attended the arrival of strangers, in a season when no boat had ever braved the seas round Astowell. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

For a while, she ran here and there, up every set of steps looking for the boat. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Five years ago, a handful of patrol boats would have sufficed, but now they were at war with Everica, the recently united Stone Kingdom, and they’d tightened the restrictions on trade and travel. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She was holding on to the boat straps for dear life, her hair flying straight up like a torch. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

As sociologist Bruce Western has shown, the notion that the 1990s—the Clinton years—were good times for African Americans, and that “a rising tide lifts all boats,” is pure fiction. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He felt that the Company was too naked, afloat in little open boats in the midst of shelterless lands, and on a river that was the frontier of war. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Me and Peewee kidded a guy from the 159th Transportation Battalion who had lost part of his left hand about how he should have taken one of his boats home when he had the chance. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t like the idea of the three of them making their way back to the boat in the middle of the night. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Out in the open bay, though, the chop was even heavier, heavy enough to threaten to swamp the boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Seems like she knows as much about boats as Mark. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t seen any boats for more than a day. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a few people stood in the wind on the top deck of the clanking iron ferry boat. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worst news was that the crime-scene technicians had found something unusual in the charred rubble of the casino boat—a fireproof, waterproof lockbox that was packed with cash. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It is impossible to get round the problem that Papin’s steam-pressure engine could not be made to work to power a boat unless it was implemented on a large scale. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There was a number to call when they were done with the boat. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We did not return to the boat until three in the morning, only to return to the Temple at seven ... Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

How strange a vision was that, thought the Martian, rushing on, thinking of the festival, the canals, the boats, the women with golden eyes, and the songs. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the dark and foggy night of August 27, almost ten thousand American troops snuck off Brooklyn in a fleet of small boats. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The boat didn’t seem to have gone up or down, but the rain was still hammering on the tarpaulin. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Though the wind blew his way now he held the singing magewind in the sail, and flake-foam shot from the boat’s blunt prow, and she slapped the water as she went. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

But then something moves on the boat and I know. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As the bow of the Italian boat sliced across the halfway point at the thousand-meter mark, a bell began to toll, signaling the spectators down at the finish line that the competitors were approaching. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

By pure luck, just before nightfall, he was spotted on the beach and picked up by a PT boat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tongue lolls out the side of his mouth as the boat makes its way across the Puget Sound. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had touched the boat, had looked into the cabin, and all the while I sat on the cliffs and had not known. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The water became shallow—the boat scraped on stone—and she despaired of escaping. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well behind the gangway, and oddly out of sight of the coxswains, the starter stood on a platform constructed atop the superstructure of a flat-bottomed boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It wasn't even noon yet when they reached the boat. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Now he was back on the boat with some papers and documents to show that the police in Haiti were after him. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The Turk raised a great leg and stomped down at the center of the boat, which gave way immediately and began to sink. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

As the boat sped down the Columbia River, Hazel tried to forget. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Could be just a boat anchored on its mooring, farther away than I think. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped the fish over the edge of the boat. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the search boats and the sunset when dusk came. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

With six people now aboard the fishing boat, they arrived at the white-flag house. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Peeking was supposed to stop over today and look at my dad’s bonefish boat.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

There’s sadness, as I remember how I felt the last time we boarded this boat. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A soldier was standing guard over the boat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

From there to Charlestown boats were going back and forth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under a lilac bush, around an old boat, then over two fences. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Thirty long miles in a very small boat, in the dark of night, alone. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There is a crack at the bottom of the boat that looks as though, if it gets any bigger, it will split the boat in two. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Diving at five hundred miles per hour, they saw the docks, and tied up there, as the briefers had told them, were four torpedo boats and one bigger patrol ship. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The U.S. boat crept up to within a half length of the British boat’s stern. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“She’s leaving for Florida next year, and I don’t know if I can handle being so far away from her. And I really don’t like to fly. Maybe I can take a boat?” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The boat slowed and glided to a stop. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The lifeguard immediately launched a boat to search for Eugene. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He liked it better up here than in the boat’s cramped hold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

During the summer of 1848, at the age of sixteen, James went to work on his older cousin's boat on the canal that connected Cleveland and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Alice continually scanned the stream behind, on both sides, and as far back as the horizon; but she saw no other boats, no sign of life at all. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The boom had really smacked him—he was lucky it hadn’t knocked him completely off the boat—but he hadn’t thought it had cut him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could have been just hitting the boat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond them, a catamaran and some parasailing boats bob in the distance, anchored and bright like candies. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“My boat sank,” Tiller said, “with me in it.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She could not help laughing as she passed him, and with a feeling of triumph she beat him to the boat. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

His butchered, dismembered body lay on the floor of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And it’s free and clear, this boat? The bank don’t own a piece?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The head wind was strong, and the engine groaned as the boat struggled to chop through the waves. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the little boat was definitely losing speed. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

And you could get to them only by boat. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You bet they’d line up. And if he—Miyamoto there—had gotten in a hurry to cast off from the deceased’s boat, he could have left a line behind tied off to that second cleat.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I have stowed a boat very often against roll and pitch, but the quick stops and starts of a truck are a different hazard. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The contents of drawers were strewn everywhere about the boat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to calculate just what he needed to get out of the boys to make sure he got there ahead of the boats off to his left. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“The boat is confiscated. What have you in those bags?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“A little tiny elf person could row this boat on down the river.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then he in* spected the fire hoses on the boat deck. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they only had to figure out how to get her into the fishing boat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

When the landing took place, Seaman Stephanides would stand in the front of the boat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

California fans who had been leaning over the railing as the boats passed below insisted that the nose of the Cal boat had gone under the bridge first, by three feet at least. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“If you’d been willing to spend the money, sir, we could have had separate rooms. Weren’t you lucky there were two berths on the boat!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In the bottom of the boat was a wire-and-net contraption that expanded as she filled it with wiggling fish. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

People were crowded on one side of the pavilion, leaning over, pointing, looking into our boat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her body had come back, her boat had been found with its queer prophetic name, Je Reviens, but l was free of her forever. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He peered downriver through the darkness to see if he could see the boat at all. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the barrels have to do is raise the boat clear of the bottom, then I can pull the bow onto shore. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The water had stilled and the boat swayed gently. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

On the boat, he handed me a set of gloves. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He concentrated on keeping the little boat as upright as possible, steering, not paddling. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

On the deck of the thirty-foot boat, seven crewmen are busy pulling people onto the boat and hustling them under the deck. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hardly off the boat and you fall for that lunatic.You shoulda stayed single, put the child up for adoption, and you’d be a free woman today. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

On the water, occasional catcalls flew from boat to boat when the coaches weren’t in earshot. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps ten minutes later a boat floated down the serene surface of the canal, a tall lank man with black hair poling it along with leisurely drives of his arms. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half a kilometer downstream, some fishing boats were puttering along. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then the boy in the water cried to the other, “Enough!” and the boy on the boat shouted to someone high atop the part of the boat I could not see. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see if we can lift the boat,” he said. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson tried Stub McMillin in the number seven seat in the sophomore boat, but then took him out the next day. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

For a boat does not have sons, and a boat cannot protect itself, and a wounded boat does not heal. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those boys in their boats were—length by length and victory by victory—suddenly be-ginning to put Seattle on the map, and they were likely to do more of it in the near future. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Tilly had her front paws up on the edge of my boat. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The boat kept rocking and my mother smiled at the camera. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He was truly alone, sitting on a small boat far out in the Pacific Ocean. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind hummed in her ears, the sun poured over her face and arms and legs, the waves knocked against the keel, and the boat pulled forward. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our tickets secure us seats in the steerage class on the boat. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But that loaded-down little boat of theirs already looked like it was fixing to sink if you looked at it wrong. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are only sixteen boats. That’s not nearly enough for everyone.” I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

They would leave the starting line with just enough of a surge to get some momentum behind the boat but then drop immediately to a low stroke rate of twenty-eight or twenty-nine. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We determined that we should make our way to their dock and steal whatever boat we might find. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“And then the five of us will be in the same boat everyone else is in right now.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

On the night of April 22, after another night’s delay, John Wilkes Booth and David Herold finally climbed aboard the boat and rowed out into the Potomac toward Virginia. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roses produced dabs of red; boats added intricacy and life. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The boat abruptly changed course; instead of heading for the opposite bank, it swung downstream, in the direction of the bridge. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z