| 单词 | boulder |
| 例句 | But what it feels like instead is that the dual boulders that rest on top of my shoulders have lodged themselves in the middle of my throat instead. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He tried retreating to the boulders, but that was denied him too. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Morning spread a haze of golden heat over the trees and boulders. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z A rider had come over the crest of the hill, was loping down through the tall grass among the boulders. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the boy lifting the boulder in my grandfather’s pictures. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z There was an avalanche of boulders inside the slanted tunnel. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I scrambled onto a boulder and looked down at the horizon as far as I could see. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Rock that looked enough like bones to spawn a myth, with a boulder here and there in the rough shape of a skull? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When he stirred it was as if a boulder had come to life. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Grover was sitting at his loom, desperately unraveling his wedding train, when the boulder door rolled aside and the Cyclops bellowed, “Aha!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I go back to the boulder and once again push my face down into the largest pool, sucking in a mouthful of water. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The dale ran like a stony trough between the ridged hills, and a trickling stream flowed among the boulders at the bottom. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He continued to force, and then the boulders were surrounding them. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Now and then she glimpsed a round boulder or a patch of sand. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time her head moved left or right I thought it was about to roll down her sloping shoulders like a boulder down a hill. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Kyril Montana propped his rifle against a tree, eased off his pack, and sat on a small boulder. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She burst clear out of the brush line and stumbled over the little boulders toward the water, and then she heard him coming and she broke into a run. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z They sat on the boulder for a long while, and as the sun started to peep over the trees, George told Papa about Mr. Andrews. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z With her hands on the dirty wet boulders just above her head, Jinny squinted into the cloudy sky. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Cinders, coarse gravel, and granite boulders covered much of the ice, but every now and then the trail would cross a patch of bare glacier—a translucent, frozen medium that glistened like polished onyx. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He had found a camp for them beneath a huge old oak tree and had made himself comfortable nearby, his head resting on a great boulder. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I heard Bronwyn say, and turned to see her lifting a boulder above her head. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “There’s a man on the left about to shoot,” said Hester, and as she spoke, a crack came from his rifle, and chips of stone flew off the boulder a foot from where she crouched. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Leaning back against a huge granite boulder that seemed as if it had been placed there by a decorating giant, she held a thick book in her lap. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Holding the pouch clear of the boulders with one hand, he climbed back to the path. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I felt something tug at my shoulder—no more than a tug—and I dashed onto the slope, and then began staggering upward, zigzagging from boulder to boulder to keep protection at my back. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a giantess in the kitchen, cutting up onions as big as boulders and cabbages the size of boats. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Taran stumbled down the riverbank and leaped to a boulder, feverishly grasping for his weapon. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The pressure waves appeared smaller—even the boulder didn’t seem as large. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Another wave sweeps in, breaking over the boulders with a clap like thunder. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When we reached the top of the highest hill, we found a brick reservoir and a big curved boulder where we sat to rest. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z One of his favorite pastimes was to hike to a high boulder and shout to generate an echo. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And here she was now, over those boulders and parched hills, with a home of her own, a husband of her own, heading toward one final, cherished province: Motherhood. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The monster grumbled, still not happy with his deal, but he left Grover to his weaving and rolled the boulder back into place. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly a fist like a boulder crashed against the side of the boy’s head, sending him sprawling. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I began to slip down the steep hillside from stump to boulder. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As they groped their way past giant boulders, using their stolen pikes as walking sticks, Werfel cranked his spectacles to maximum magnification and looked back down the slope. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z It threaded between boulders and past baobab trees with their roots firmly tapped into pockets of water in the soil. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It flies down the rocky stream bed and forcibly cracks against a boulder. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The firelight was bright and cozy, flashing and flickering on the sand and the boulder and the logs. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Like gray boulders the bulls sat on the pebbly slope. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood and scanned the island—bleach-white dunes, blankets of grass, and boulders encrusted with salt like frosting. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Frodo now led the way, northward as near as he could guess, among the stones and boulders lying thick at the bottom of the great ravine. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He ran forward to a boulder, ducked, looked out: dead men, ten, fifteen, lumps of gray, blood spattering everywhere, dirty white skin, a clawlike hand, black sightless eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He strolled off down the mountain in his baby-blue groom’s outfit, leaving us alone with a pot of boiling water and a six-ton boulder. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. O’Leary looked pretty tired as she limped over to a duster of boulders. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Sneak around to the boulders behind the building? We still have a few minutes before class.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Out of nowhere, boulders loom, and fallen trees barricade the way. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Lee’s boulder was soon scarred and pitted, and he felt the thud of the bullets as they hit it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather remarkably, they persuaded themselves that the animal had enjoyed "the agility and ferocity of the tiger," and portrayed it in illustrations as pouncing with feline grace onto prey from boulders. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Great boulders covered with ferns and moss stood among them. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z A fox barked from a boulder and vanished into a thicket, fearful for his own safety. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Eventually they came to a river that ran sweetly over rounded boulders, and the Huntsman told her it flowed south to meet the Nir. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It might have been all right if I had made it on the other side of the boulder, but I didn’t. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z After swimming, we sat on boulders and collected smooth pebbles to juggle in the air. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Garrett now lies face up and sprawled out on the boulder, looking to the hazy blue sky. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In the end, worn out, they just cast themselves on the ground under the lee of a boulder lying not far from the foot of the precipice. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z With a little work the debris could be shifted, small logs and dry limbs placed between boulders to form a barrier that only flood water could pour through. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The lake quickly became hidden behind trees, only occasionally appearing when she climbed over a boulder. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a crack between two of the largest boulders, something I’d probably passed by a million times, but... The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Every foot of the landscape from here on north would be scored and scarred with reminders of glaciation—scattered boulders called erratics, drumlins, eskers, high tarns, cirques. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Behind that rose an expanse of grassy dunes and weathered boulders. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He picks up my basket and takes my hand, leading me to the shade of the cliffs and setting me down on a small boulder. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He unrolled it between the fire and the boulders and lay down on his stomach, his chin on his hands. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z When the last sheep had waddled out, Polyphemus rolled a boulder in front of the doorway as easily as I would dose a refrigerator door, shutting off the sound of Clarisse and Grover screaming inside. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Polyphemus threw another boulder, and this time I watched helplessly as it sailed over my head and crashed through the hull of the Queen Anne’s Revenge. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I made the cuts Of muscle on His stomach And put a boulder Of strength in each arm. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z With a shout they shoved off and slid all the way down the slopes, down to the foothills and the boulders. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He realized a young woman was standing only ten feet from the base of the boulder. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Under the blanket of winter white, the boulders and trees glimmered with golden threads of light, swirling and shifting with the passage of time. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The bard, who had fallen heavily against the boulders, was struggling to shore. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Then I turned and began racing as fast as I could across the snow for the safety of the boulders on the hillside. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was littered with cracks and broken boulders and tumbled heaps of rock. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Seth tried a flip off the boulder into the pool, but landed on his back. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He was sitting on a boulder, looking as though his joints might be bothering him. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He stared at the boulders as if he’d just noticed how dangerous they were. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Fezzik ran at a boulder and, at the last moment, spun around so that the man in black received the main force of the charge. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It feels like a boulder just dropped into my stomach. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z At the top is a rocky outcrop of boulders and loose stones with shrubs and straggling bushes. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Crouched under a great boulder they sat facing back westward and did not speak for some time. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He moved boulders around his yard on weekends, ate twelve ears of corn in one sitting, and kept barrels full of oysters in his garage so he could shuck and eat them anytime he wanted. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Up on stage, a mannish-looking girl was dragging a boulder the size of a small refrigerator out from behind the curtain. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I nestle myself into the nook of the cool boulders and turn through the pages, impatient to find out what happens next in the story. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Looking around I saw a large boulder by the side of the road. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Behind them, a giant cylindrical boulder was gleaming as brightly as the towers in the valley. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z What I’d assumed was a boulder was really the giant folk hero sitting against a tree trunk. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Right in front of her, out of the fog, the island materialized—-an acre of pine trees, boulders, and snow with a black sand beach: If the island had a name, she didn’t know it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z As the raging water loosened her grip on the boulder, she gulped in air and closed her eyes. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z There were no sewers up there; the only bathrooms among the boulders above the last dwellings. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z A collision with a small boulder could have sent the spacecraft tumbling wildly out of control, its antenna unable to lock on the Earth, its data lost forever. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Bird and lure would drop to the earth, I would run over, grab her jesses, and we would sit on the big boulder in the meadow while she ate. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They staggered over slick glass ledges, around massive boulders, avoiding stalagmites that would’ve impaled them with any slip of the foot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He climbed a great boulder and looked back over the shimmering country, but he could not see his enemies, not even the tall horseman riding through the brush. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she turns, snapping pictures of the evergreen trees at our backs, the boulders we climbed across, the nearby tide pools. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And she’d take her up through the boulders to the cliffs, where the winds rushed. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Powell unlimbered the detonator, and his eyes searched anxiously across the dusky background where the only light was robot light and it was impossible to tell a projecting boulder from a shadow. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The room shook as the boulder was pushed aside. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “No cause for alarm, Brother Alf. Ambrose Spike is made of leather and needles. Tough as a boulder, this old ruffian is. Look, he’s beginning to come around already.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The words dropped from his lips like boulders. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The trail took us past glades of juniper and dwarf birch, blue pine and rhododendron, thundering waterfalls, enchanting boulder gardens, burbling streams. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the chute was a boulder—huge, gray, wet with waves and spray—and the raft aimed directly at the center of it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z At length they stopped, and sat side by side, their backs against a boulder. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He stepped off his board onto a boulder, and deftly climbed to a spot that lay shadowed in the setting sun. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Then she turned and began to lower herself down the boulder she’d just climbed, sliding on her belly. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Tears welled in his eyes as the boulder door rolled shut, sealing him once again in the stinky torch- lit dankness of the Cyclops’s cave. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He stood on the boulder above her, breathing hard. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z When his straight path took us over fallen trees or boulders, he would help me, lifting me by the elbow, and then releasing me instantly when I was clear. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z With a quick nod, Jinny turned and dived—half running, half tumbling down the boulders. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The sun was going down, and the round-faced man was hunched over on a boulder, with his back to the cold wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We got to Zeus’s Fist, a huge pile of boulders in the middle of the west woods. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Suddenly, it occurred to Jinny that in all the commotion, she hadn’t helped Ess down the boulders, that she had run and stranded the girl behind after all that. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z My feet hit the bottom, bumping boulders and scraping rocks, and I realized the river wasn’t deep but it was fast and my feet couldn’t stop me from being swept away. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Fallen boulders and rotten trunks and the roots of gnarled trees left only a tight way to steer. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The sling, Taran saw, was undamaged, but the cauldron was caught firmly between the boulders. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The creatures—maybe half a dozen, Annabeth guessed—had paused just on the other side of the boulder, but still they gave no indication that they’d caught the demigods’ scent. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I’d felt a bit like Noah as I studied the countless boulders scattered across my claim. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The pines threw their roots around the shore’s boulders, grappling with the living rocks and wrestling them into position. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She sent letters to my mother detailing her hardships: no washing machine, no car, no television, a backyard full of boulders and goats. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z With a huge effort, as if she were pushing a boulder up a slope, Lyra forced herself to wake up. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She saw a flash of color upstream, near a boulder. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Trying not to think of the bobbing boulders, he lit his oil lamp from a torch by the dock. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My story tumbles out, gaining momentum like a boulder rolling down a mountain. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Bronwyn yawned and walked off with the boulder tucked under one arm. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He picked up boulders and piled them next to the catapults for firing. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z White water pours between the black wet boulders and cascades into the valley below. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The railroad track seemed to plunge straight into the mountain, disappearing into a pile of boulders. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They rushed down the river but were suddenly turned by the rapids and hurled against some boulders, then became trapped under a tangle of vines and tree branches. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z A couple of large boulders, with names printed underneath them in white pencil. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He was heavy as a boulder, pulling me under. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The back of the boulders couldn’t be seen from anywhere below—not from any window or door in the Institute. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I tip up a boulder and let it fall thundering toward him. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I inch my way up to the boulder Ayesha and I came to earlier; that’s where I was when I spied that burrow, that hole by the fence. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Can’t we just...hunker down under one of these boulders...and wait?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He looked around at the dark trees, the boulders, the men hunched before him in blue mounds, waiting. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In total frustration, I stabbed Riptide against the boulder. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “It’s dangerous out here. The cities are like these boulders. They may seem solid, but if you start messing with them, the whole pile could crumble.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She climbed down the boulder, and Leo followed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A small group of boulders stood not too far ahead on the path. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z And now, as we’re climbing back across the boulders and driftwood logs, I feel the muscles around my knee burn and tighten. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z A forlorn plateau of bulletproof ice and windswept boulders 26,000 feet above sea level, it occupies a broad notch between the upper ramparts of Lhotse and Everest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z In all his dreams he hunted her, sometimes through the new green meadows of spring, but usually through the ice fields, dodging boulders and crevasses with unerring steps. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The men knew it was only a matter of time before the force of the water would dislodge the boats, sending them downriver and smashing them to pieces on the edges of jagged boulders. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The sling creaked against the boulders; the ropes strained. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Instead we find there monumental stone structures of a different kind, called megalithic because they consist of huge blocks or boulders placed upon each other without mortar. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the tree, behind the hibiscus, was a boulder. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And then it hits me like a boulder. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z What must the previous history of the planet have been to create sheared rocks, buried boulders, polygonal gouges in the ground? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But watching him scrape a rock into a boulder, over and over like that, with total concentration, I don’t know, man, for the first time I saw him in a totally different way. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I could see a squirrel up in one of the birch trees, a big crow looking at me from a boulder along the river. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re okay. I promise you don’t have to worry about boulders chasing you or flying off a snowy mountain today.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z On the opposite side of the castle, there are moss-covered boulders. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Nhamo rolled rocks around it for a windbreak and tucked her jars, a half box of matches, and supplies into a crevice between two boulders. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z An eerie yelp behind the boulder announced that the red fox of the meadow was nearing. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it Aru’s imagination, or did the boulder shift a bit? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The ball felt like a boulder to me then. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I gathered what apples I could, cut some in slices, and dried them on the boulder in the sun. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Great jagged boulders screened the view, and I slipped and stumbled on the wet rocks, making my way as best I could in Jasper’s direction. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z For a moment he stared off into the distance over Tree-ear’s shoulder, then walked over to a boulder by the stream and sat down. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It turned out those belonged to none other than Sahil, who came to sit by me on the boulder. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He struck her in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z But if we wait too long, the hurricane winds will come back, and the skinny tree trunks and boulders won’t be enough shelter. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Most holes came to nothing—to pavement, or to boulders so huge they would not move. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She loved the sturdy boulder beneath her dearly. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They camped against a boulder and he made a shelter of poles with the tarp. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z In December 1998, Shin was ordered to wade into the river’s shallows to pick up boulders. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Pima scrambled up on a boulder, peering through the foliage. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The only other option was to sit down on a boulder and wait for the end. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Jutting up squarely from the quiet desert, butted against rust-colored mountains of tumbled boulders, it was something that would have terrified me if I were there alone. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The bear waited calmly as if part of the landscape, like a tree or a boulder, not conceding one inch of space. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She ran from boulder to boulder, ridge to ridge. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Once I'm going up hills and around boulders, it won't be nearly that good. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind-carved rocks and boulders seemed to grow from the ground like trees, confusing her way and disrupting her balance. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Minli and the boy followed from a distance, past sharp rocks and jutting boulders. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Everyone stopped to follow her gaze, and together they all found a black head of hair bobbing above them, above the sea of grass, climbing the boulders, halfway up and moving fast. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A long sloping valley marched inland, dotted with scraggly olive trees and limestone boulders. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She wanted to jump over the boulder and slash the monsters to dust with her knife...except she didn’t have it anymore. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I sketch, adding contours to capture the sloping land, trees, no trees, some rocks and boulders, collapsed logs. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The computer-controlled descent was taking Eagle into an area covered with huge boulders, and Neil had to keep flying until he found a smoother spot to land. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The last thing Aru saw before she touched the second key symbol on her mehndi map were some new words on the boulder. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The brown boulders covered in slippery seaweed looked like hairy trolls, and the medium stones shifted below us. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They passed massive boulders, the stumps of newly sawed trees, splinters of shattered ones. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Some people thought that, except for a few boulders, it would be hard and flat—and they turned out to be right. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But the thing is, Mr. Daniels could hand me a book as heavy as a boulder and I’d try to read it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Game was scarce, forcing Franklin and his men to subsist on lichens scraped from boulders, singed deer hide, scavenged animal bones, their own boot leather, and finally one another's flesh. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z What had seemed like a boulder was actually a giant anthill. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They came to a giant boulder that seemed to block the trail until Matt saw a round hole in the middle. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I take a deep breath as I turn to the window, as if I’m actually expecting to find boulders and headless birds flying my way. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z To the left the Regiment ended, a high boulder there. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And behind one of the boulders stood a man. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He flung his club at it, but the little creature pulled back from his heel and looped, at great speed, away behind one of the white chalk boulders. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Not far away, Ess and Sam sat picking flowers beside a large boulder, while farther off, the others chased after what Jinny assumed to be a lizard or a kitten in the grass. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He was about to follow Qhorin and the others when he glimpsed a flash of white between two boulders. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Percy scanned the cliffs and boulders, alert for more monsters, but nothing else appeared. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He crouched between the boulders and laid his head against the rock to look up at the sky. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Quietly, I shouldered my gear and crossed over to a heap of boulders that overlooked Jorgenson’s position. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z After sprinting a hundred yards, we ran into an enormous boulder that completely blocked our path. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z There was an underwater boulder next to the giant in the middle of the river. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t fret, child,” Milligan said, squinting against the spray as he steered their boat between two boulders. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The raft wheeled slightly to the left and struck the boulder. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Between here and there were dunes and clumps of boulders, but nothing that looked like a reflecting pool. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He heard laughter and when he looked around the corner of the boulder, his heart went numb in his chest, and he wasn’t aware of his own rapid breathing any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She was to leap from the top of a jagged boulder across the gap to a flat granite surface. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The boat veered sharply to the right of the boulder and caught in a swirl of water, plunging them back toward the boulder. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I sit leaning back on one of the boulders in the garden. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Eilonwy had gone no great distance; he could see the glow of the sphere a few paces ahead, where the girl sat on a boulder in a clearing. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z She dreamed that she was perched on a boulder overlooking a twisting path in the heart of the Wood, and below her she saw the huntress walking. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We arrive at the creek and the scattering of boulders that will be our classroom. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He saw other troops behind boulders, molded into depressions in the earth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Dicey watched him scramble to the top of a rounded boulder and stand up. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared at the crack between the boulders— the entrance that was about to swallow us. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Rolling hills stretched to the horizon, dotted with oak trees and cactuses and boulders. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Bedrock becomes boulders, boulders become stones; the ice retreats, a lake forms, and galaxies of freshwater clams flap their million shells at the sun and close and die and the lake seeps away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z For as far as I could see, there was only dust, huge boulders, and thick woods. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There were different trees, too—more conifers at low levels and many more birches—and scattered through the undergrowth were large, rounded black boulders, like sleeping animals, which lent the still recesses a certain eerieness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The work was backbreaking: digging out boulders, chopping down trees, dynamiting tunnels, and hammering in railroad ties. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He sits down on a section of stump at my table, which is a huge sandstone slab laid on three big boulders. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused on the pile of boulders to survey the camp again. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z A marmot whistled, and he searched through gray boulders beyond the lake for the animal, but you could never see them in rocks like that. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing but what you might expect: pink, tumbled boulders with guano layered on them like icing; and a steep slope up to the shattered rocks that crowned the bastion. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It was called Bald Mountain Stream, but in fact it was a river—broad, lively, strewn with boulders. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Here and there it cuts through rocks, leaving no shores to walk on, and we are forced to jump downstream from boulder to boulder. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw, too, a turbulent stream with a great boulder in the midst of it. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z There, one wheel struck a big boulder, bouncing that side of the cart so high that it turned over and skidded to a stop. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z As we made our way down the dirt path later that day, he called to us from a cluster of boulders by the side of the road. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Both rivers were swollen with rainfall and thick with boulders that created dozens of small, swift waterfalls. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He couldn’t guess its depth, but it had enough power to carry large boulders by as if they were empty soda cans. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Sidhean met her that night by the side of the river, where she sat on a rounded boulder holding the medallion in her hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank leaped off just before the giant ' slammed into a boulder. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Crouched on the gray boulder, her ears flat along her back, she looked like a little stone herself, gray-brown and inconspicuous, except for her eyes. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why isn’t she lifting a boulder, if that’s what she does on stage?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She’d shoved, and now the boulder was rolling down the hill. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z After Granny and my mother left, I reclined on top of a huge boulder nearby and gazed eastward at the flickering stars slowly vanishing from a bleak eastern sky. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We were circling the boulders, our swords drawn, when someone right behind us said, “Hi.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Mikey’s in front of me before I can even take another step, a big boulder I nearly run right into. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Sticky pointed several yards off the path toward a lush green bed of ivy—or something like ivy—covering the ground near a cluster of boulders. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Growing ever more curious, he crept forward and found a hiding place behind a clump of boulders. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Then he saw what he was looking for: a narrow gully leading back between jagged walls, and at the entrance, a large, low boulder. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A bullet struck the top of the boulder and ricocheted off. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The mouth of Kitum Cave was mostly invisible from the approach trail, blocked by boulders cloaked in moss. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, they were surrounded by great boulders of blue ice and beneath their feet snow lay thickly frosted upon the ground. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I walked for nearly an hour before I found a wide stretch of water and a sandy beach, with boulders scattered about. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z They cross boulders, dry riverbeds, and canyons with sheer rock walls. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She tried to right herself, hanging on to a boulder for balance. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z With his rifle loaded, Cherrie made sure Julio wasn’t on top of the cliff, ready to throw boulders down on them. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Like my grandfather’s picture of the boy lifting what was certainly a boulder made from plaster. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Though none of them compared to the boulder weighing down her left hand. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They perched on boulders and squealed at her furiously before retreating. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Two sentinel boulders, dripping wet, decorated with flowers, ferns, moss, weeds—everything that loved water—guarded a bathtub-sized spring. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z During the ordeal, Roosevelt had slammed his leg into a boulder, gouging his shin. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z As I rounded one of the large rocks, I came upon a man resting on one of the boulders, the remains of his midday meal scattered about. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “And what is going on with that boulder?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He found small pathways among the boulders, wandering tracks both aimless and purposeful, which led toward the grain store, and also in various other directions which he could not understand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was taller than Lee, head like a boulder, full- bearded, long-haired, always a bit sloppy, gloomy, shocked his staff by going into battle once wearing carpet slippers. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the man who had fallen off the boulder needed to be carried back to Sister Gladys’s hospital, and to be on the safe side a litter was used for Baba Joseph as well. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Below them, in a shadowy chasm, a stream dashes through a jumble of boulders. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Lina sat Poppy down in a kind of nook formed by a roundish boulder and a hollow in the wall. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He meant to squeeze it into the hollow between the two boulders but could not do so silently. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He stopped at a giant boulder beside the trail, where Python lay in the sun. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Distant sources of food are somehow sensed, and long lines, like tentacles, reach out over the ground, up over walls, behind boulders, to fetch it in. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Another year, they tossed everybody into a landscape of nothing but boulders and sand and scruffy bushes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A man was not as heavy as a boulder or a cask of burning pitch, and could be thrown a deal farther. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z People were everywhere; some working in the quarry itself, others scattered about the hillside; the heftier among the men splitting boulders, the women and children chipping fragments off the larger stones. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m as strong as can be,” he roared, lifting an enormous boulder over his head, “and I’m as weak as can be,” he gasped, staggering under the weight of his hat. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I searched the entire western half of the Col for more than an hour, peering behind boulders and poking under shredded, long- abandoned tents, but found no trace of Harris. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Scattered boulders dot the floor of the grove like ripe fruit fallen to the ground. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The boulder slammed into the creature’s head and swept its body off the wall. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He leaned up against the same boulder, crossed his legs in front of him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Hathaway put his hand to his chest and sat down abruptly upon a boulder. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z But the boulders gave her no assistance—they had, under the touch of her hands, become as light as feathers. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I made a fire on a flat boulder in the stream, and cooked the trout. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He had studied maps of this area for weeks, and he knew precisely where to get off the bus—a place marked by a large boulder right near the road. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The river flowed past wildflowers and ponds and boulders and then disappeared into the forest. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They skimmed up the sloping side, dodging a few boulders and hardscrabble trees, until they reached the top. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They rested for a moment on a bit of colorful gingham that protruded from behind a boulder. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Annabeth doubted that hiding behind a boulder would do any good when the monsters caught their scent. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Dane finally arrives and sits on a nearby swooping oak branch rather than join the covey of boulders we sit on. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z On the other side of the stream, not far from the path, two huge boulders stood. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He was building a stone wall out of boulders. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The shark was hung up in a huge field of boulders. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z And worn places on the floor where fires had once burned, and several boulders standing around the entrance-one with a kind of V-shaped crown. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Each was the size of a large boulder. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Ahead of us, cleared and revealed by the same vast sweep of the wind, lay twisted valleys, hundreds of feet below, full of ice and boulders. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “We heard them piling boulders up on the other side. They’ve decided to ignore the outside world for a while.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Waves broke on boulders, sending white spray up into the twilight. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The place where he was seemed like a great field of boulders, with a flattened fortress at one end cf it—between the glass plates. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The boulders diminish to rocks that eventually turn to pebbles, and then, to my relief, we're back on pine needles and the gentle incline of the forest floor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was a sheer drop of ten or twenty meters, with boulders at the bottom. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He staggered to his feet and leaned against a boulder until he could walk. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The base of the cliff was large boulders, some of them slippery with damp moss on their shadowed sides. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They picked their steps away from the skirts of the cliff, among a wilderness of boulders and rough stones, wet and slippery with the heavy rain. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They moved quickly downhill, running over damp sand and scrub brush and narrow swaths of grass, steering clear of boulders, keeping an eye out for drapeweed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I get up from my bed of moss and climb to Throne Rock, two big boulders covered in yellow lichen that grow together in the shape of—you guessed it—a throne. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Yard by yard, puff by puff, the breeze hauled the figure through the blue flowers, over the boulders and red stones, till it lay huddled among the shattered rocks of the mountain-top. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Kate made her way to the back of the Institute Control Building, hustled past the boulders and the drapeweed trap, and started up the hill. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Pa. When he thought of die old man he could see him suddenly in a field in the spring, trying to move a gray boulder. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To make matters worse, Bronwyn’s boulder was the only one in sight. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He pondered rolling a chalk boulder down from the hills above her, dropping it onto her little house; but he could not be certain that he would hit her with it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The bluffs forced the river to a narrower width, deeper, and at the same time aimed it through some boulders that had split off either side and dropped in the middle. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z “But I don’t want Mila to give me any white chocolate. Or boulders.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Garrett stands on a flat boulder, still out of breath, looking west. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Immediately the man in black hurried his retreat, getting his position away from the boulders, getting out into the open of the plateau. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She ducked behind me and started squeezing between the two boulders. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “A little boulder jumped down a hill and broke my father’s leg. They set the leg and gave him cripples’ work, straightening used nails with a hammer on a rock. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “As a matter of fact,” Mrs. Frisby explained, “they didn’t plow the particular spot in the garden where we live. It’s behind a boulder.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Ahead rose a number of high boulders and he warily guided the Crochan past them. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Late in the day, Inka soldiers learned to wait above and roll boulders on their foes, killing some of the animals and frightening others into running away. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Then just before dusk, The Baron came up on his boulder and scratched and cleaned and played with a fern leaf. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Now muddy boulders clogged the river, and the pool was a dull brown ring. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Even the two boulders in the backyard sometimes turned to silver in the early morning sunlight. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z If the dinosaurs had worn these goggles, and the Earth had been bombarded by mile-wide asteroid boulders, the dinosaurs would still have died, but their goggles would be intact. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He still wasn’t moving much, so I slipped the rest of the way down the hill behind some boulders, until I was at the edge of the open space of snow. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z While the hot dogs cooked, I followed the path from the gentlemen sign down a sharp ridge, over a dry streambed, up another ridge, and behind a boulder the size of Camillo Junior High. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Aunty Uju’s condo was in a cluster of stucco buildings, the neighborhood carefully landscaped, boulders placed at corners, and in the evenings, friendly people walked their handsome dogs. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was either go back or climb over a pile of slippery-looking boulders. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The boulder finally gave way with a horrible grinding noise. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z We all found hiding places behind big boulders around the clearing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z An enormous boulder rose up in the center of it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I crouch down in the dirt against one of the big boulders as the light sweeps by again, but the edges of the bright beam fall short of me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Then I stood up and charged out from behind the boulder across the empty space of dear moonlight, my feet going crunch, crunch in the snow. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He is tall and as thick as a boulder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The crack between the boulders couldn’t have led into a cave. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Polyphemus was hesitating, a boulder in his hand, ready to smash his would-be bride. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z But the line of people just divided around him like water around a boulder in the creek, and went on ahead to make their votes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The rabbit zigged one last time around a scruffy boulder, ducked under an ancient century plant and stopped—dead—directly beneath the mare. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Mom and I approach a wide boulder, flat on one side with markings etched into it. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It continued to float, rising above every wave, but there was no freeboard and the surf of every breaking wave rode clear across it, washing around me like a river washing around a boulder. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She pulled him behind the nearest boulder, wedging herself so close against the riverbank that her shoes almost touched the river’s fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I release the boulder and lunge toward them as the current tries to sweep me away. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But now that we’re standing here like boulders against the relentless flow of people entering the evac center, it doesn’t feel like much of a choice at all. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The head was wedged between large boulders and there was another rock between the caudal fins and tail. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “And by the way…” He watched her contemptuously as she made her way, shuffling around a boulder in the path. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Chamberlain hopped forward, slipped on a rock, nearly fell, hopped to another boulder, felt an explosion under his right foot, blow knocked his leg away, twirled, fell, caught by Nicholas. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked like he had been fashioned by setting boulders atop boulders; his hands were iron mallets and his face rough-carved out of granite. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes scan the scenery: never-ending trees, massive boulders, fallen logs. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z At the center of the island, two massive black boulders formed the entrance to a tunnel. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He put down the thin silver book that he had been reading as he sat easily on a flat boulder. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z While he dries in the sun, I wash his filthy shirt and jacket and spread them over boulders. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In the dark she looked like a boulder shaped by five hundred years of storms. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked at the tent, and the ice butterflies in her stomach froze together into a crushing boulder. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z When they collided, the sound was like the crash of two massive falling boulders. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I take off running down the beach, jumping over shells and boulders and strands of kelp. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z On the boulder lay Fflewddur’s harp, which played of itself as the wind stirred the strings. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z When the caravan was blocked by a boulder, it had to go around it; if there was a large rocky area, they had to make a major detour. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Far to the left he could see Tozier standing by the great boulder, with the colors. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Between them stood a tannish boulder that Aru was quite certain hadn’t been there when they were farther away. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Brian tried to steer, using the paddle to swing the stern to the left and right, trying to avoid the boulders, but it was no use. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Sammy went behind the boulder and came out holding a big grocery bag, which he set down before the fireplace. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He took my pants leg in his teeth, tugged it, and then rippled softly back to the boulder. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She would not cry, it was ridiculous to cry after so long, but her eyes were filling with tears and there was a boulder in her chest and a stinging in her throat. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Tyson picked up a boulder and threw it at the monster, smacking it between the eyes, but the snake just recoiled and hissed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Gentoo penguins and elephant seals ogled them as they began clambering over boulders along the shore. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Judy stopped too and made me sit down on a large boulder. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched the water wash into the cracks between the boulders, racing to see how far it could travel before being pulled back into the sea. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Even though the spot my compass pointed to was empty, I shouted for Bronwyn to drop the boulder there. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z At first the way wasn’t difficult, but soon it was blocked by boulders they had to climb. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A tall person, holding her hand so tightly that her finger bones hurt when they climbed the boulders to the cliffs, side by side. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z That wasn’t a boulder that looked like a skull. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He was almost as tall as Ekon, built like a stack of boulders, but his long, narrow face had the twitchy likeness of a meerkat. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Kate kept a hopeful eye out for anything unusual, but unfortunately there was nothing to see except boulders and sand and swaths of green vegetation. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z We maneuver over slick boulders and smooth white driftwood logs. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Within another few paces, the corridor stopped abruptly, sealed by a wall of boulders. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The kids stumbled through the water, over and around boulders, through sand and muck and thick bank grass and willow thickets. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We got up and walked around the Pond, and stopped at an outcropping of boulders that fell out of the woods. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z She slid off the boulder and hastened after him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Huge boulders, far too big to be used as they were, were lying all over the bed of the quarry. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z She couldn’t care about anything else—just the boulders beneath her shaking fingers, the girl stranded on them, and her own tired body. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Once back under the starry sky, Harry heaved Dumbledore onto the top of the nearest boulder and then to his feet. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Inside the walls there was only a series of ramps and a great tumble of boulders and stones of all sizes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z An ugallu leaped to the top of a boulder, panting hard. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z There were rows and rows of boulders as tall as telephone posts. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The feeling in my stomach is replaced by a boulder thinking of the things I’m trading for this. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Just a boulder jutting out into the sea. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The current was swift there, but midway across, three boulders rested against one another to form a secure perch. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Katz, meantime, had discovered a way across using boulders as stepping stones but ended up stranded on the edge of a noisy torrent of what looked like deep water. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Following Boukreev’s directions, the Sherpas quickly found the two bodies on a slope of gray ice freckled with boulders near the lip of the Kangshung Face. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z For a Lawrence of Arabia deli called Tray Sheik, I was the one who thought the place should have a bazaar effect, and I found the replicas of cobras lying on fake Hollywood boulders. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Another boulder whistled through the air off to their starboard side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As we trudge back through the woods, we reach a boulder, and both Gale and I turn our heads in the same direction, like a pair of dogs catching a scent on the wind. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A boulder shifted to their left, and stood, and became a man. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They moved slowly, hauling their heavy load of fruit, picking their way carefully over the boulders and then along the faint sandy path in the rock. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It hit the creature, slamming into its body like an invisible boulder. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He was already dragging himself up the boulders that lined the far side of the gorge. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Annabeth was kneeling under the weight of a dark mass that looked like a pile of boulders. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z We all got on the other side of the boulder and pushed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Just as I was about to give the signal for her to drop the boulder, though, the hollow leapt from one hold to the next, and now she was standing in the wrong place. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Annabeth crept to the edge of the boulder and risked a glimpse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Since treating his wounds seems pointless when he's lying in what's become a mud puddle, I manage to prop him up against a boulder. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I can still make the bunions on your feet grow to the size of boulders,” the Gran said, and the guard’s eyes went wide with fear. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Or would I, like the pieces of Leo’s mandolin, lodge stubbornly in some quiet place behind a boulder and wait, my clothes washing about me, for spring? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z For instance, there are several pictures of what look like large boulders, beside a lake. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Lead-gray water sucked quietly, stubborn and deliberate, at icy gray boulders. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He was on the boulder in front of the hemlock, batting the ferns with his front feet and rearing and staring at me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The boulders show and seem to rise up and the ocean recedes leaving little pools, leaving wet weed and moss and sponge, iridescence and brown and blue and China red. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The boulder was large, plenty wide, but its silhouette was smooth. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He took care with every turn, every rise or fall in elevation, and every boulder in his path. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z From behind the boulder, a monstrous voice yelled, “Honeypie! Are you done yet?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I came up beside the big boulder that had hidden the view, and looked beyond it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z We accomplish the ring plane crossing and suffer no collisions with the particles and boulders of the newly discovered rings of Jupiter. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He ducked suddenly, then stood up, moved forward, crouched behind a boulder, looking. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The little octopi live among the boulders imbedded in sand. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The fireblackened boulders like the shapes of bears on the starkly wooded slopes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z They tramped around, actually sat on The Baron’s boulder, and were apparently going to have lunch, when things began to happen out there and I almost gave myself away with hysterics. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Chamberlain limped to the boulder, to stand at the colors with Tozier. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s this cluster of boulders in the middle of the west woods that, if you look at it just the right way, looks like a huge fist sticking out of the ground. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He darted forward, through the shadows, onto the bare knoll at the top of the ridge, where large boulders stood like sentinels, guarding the mountains. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Crouching stone-still in the shadow of a large boulder the hobbits watched him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “That’s no boulder,” I said, realization smacking me in the face. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The man crept toward one of the last boulders near the edge of the ridge. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Still clinging to the top boulder, she was too short to touch the rock below with her toes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Frequently it took a whole day of exhausting effort to drag a single boulder to the top of the quarry, and sometimes when it was pushed over the edge it failed to break. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Then a great boulder, cast from the outer wall above, crashed down upon the stair, and hurled them back into the Deep. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z When the bus pulled away, he hid behind the boulder. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I watched from the vines and boulders of the giants’ ruin, two miles off. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked down; through thick woods he could begin to see the boulders, great boulders tall as houses, piled one upon another like the wreckage of a vast explosion. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt as if a boulder was resting on his chest. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They could hear boulders being rolled against it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He climbed up the big boulders, feeling his way slowly, remembering ledges and cracks in the cliff wide enough for a person to climb to the top of the mesa. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Tally crawled up the boulders and into the cave, scrambling back into the darkness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Leo got the feeling she wanted to back away from him, but the boulder was too small. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I had underestimated its height—we’re a good forty yards above the boulders of the riverbank and facing a wide area of nothingness. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He yearned to be the first to find Hen Wen and he turned aside, clambered through the weeds—to discover nothing more than a boulder. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I cut off some boughs for a mattress, then I leaned some dead limbs against the boulder and covered them with hemlock limbs. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Constance cried, then scowled at the unmoving boulders as if she hated them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They gathered such small boulders and broken stones as they could find to hand, and under Gimli’s direction the Westfold-men blocked up the inner end of the culvert, until only a narrow outlet remained. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Every now and again they heard a dull rumble, as a great boulder rolled down from hidden heights above. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I wander over to another boulder and kneel in front of it, brushing some loose dirt from its face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “If they wash loose, they will be crushed among the boulders!” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Forms and figures loomed out of the rain: boulders in our path, gruesome as ogres to my susceptible wits, hulking, pocked and eyed with limpets, shaggy with weeds. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The boulder was pitted and chipped with bullet marks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I scraped a flat spot out on the sand next to a giant black boulder and gathered a pile of twigs and sticks and branches, the smallest I could find. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z To the south loomed the Rocky Hill, gray boulders clearly visible along the top, and beyond it the higher eminence of the Round Hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The hills were strewn with boulders and stunted cedars, all shimmering in the hazy air. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Her grandmother—as stable as a boulder all of Luna’s life—was starting to weaken. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She climbed one of the largest boulders to get a better view. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She scrambled higher until she was at the top of a huge boulder that leaned out over the clearing. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Giant stinging nettles grew in clumps among the boulders, and they brushed against our bare skin and caught our legs on fire. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After the first few boulders, she turned to look down and saw the others below, their eyes trained on her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Inside were the photos I knew so well: the invisible boy, the levitating girl, the boulder lifter, the man with a face painted on the back of his head. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z With a thunderous crash, hollow and boulder hit the ground together. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But then they’d begun to land on the boulders and the branches of the giant forest. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Twelve feet tall, its skin was a dull, granite gray, its great lumpy body like a boulder with its small bald head perched on top like a coconut. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He popped up again, bit a fern near by, and ran around the boulder. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z In the lee of a boulder no larger than a dishwasher, the climbers hunkered in a pathetic row on a patch of gale-scoured ice. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Looking across the valley, they watched for elephants, and they saw rock hyraxes—furry animals the size of groundhogs—running up and down the boulders near the mouth of the cave. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His hands look too big to hold anything but a boulder—one in each. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We finally found the cell where we’d come in, but the back wall was completely smooth—no sign of a boulder or anything. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The rough track she was following had petered out, and she was clambering with more and more discomfort among tumbled boulders and smaller stones. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I tried to tell him I would follow this path and make him proud, but no words could find their way past the lump that suddenly lodged in my throat like a huge boulder. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Right now he doesn’t like what’s coming and dives into his den under the boulder. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking a small boulder, he jammed the entrance slab from swinging shut. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z All the nerves and guilt and fear that’d been building and sitting heavy as a boulder fell away. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Here was the place he had described, where suddenly, in this massed section of boulders, was a rift, a deep gap in the rocks, a place where she must jump to the next foothold. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she saw that a long space extended back between the boulders. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She flew past a valley of boulders and stumpy trees and found a stream flowing from the mouth of a cave. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At the top some mottled-red boulders provided shelter from wind, and between the rocks grew more thick brown grass. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was carving something into one of the boulders with a small rock. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The dead hollow lay just feet away, its tentacles splayed like starfish arms from beneath the boulder that had crushed it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Chi the walls of King's Landing, spitfires were belching death, and the great trebuchets behind the Mud Gate were throwing boulders. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I bruised the tendon of my heel, wrenching it like a fool when my foot was caught between two boulders, and limped out the afternoon. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She quickly realized that though the river had appeared to be unobstructed here, the boulders were merely underwater, and the river itself was deeper than it seemed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Below the dune a giant boulder blocked the roadway. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z When Florida surfaced, she was already far downstream of the boulder, spluttering and coughing. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z We crouched behind a boulder, but it was only the Stoll brothers tripping through the woods and cursing. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She climbed over the small boulders at the bottom of the pile before she looked for James. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The last time I opened them I looked up and saw Mong was sitting up by the big boulders—straight down from the blue vacation house he used to stay at with his dad. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He scrambled down the slippery bank to the place where a boulder, large enough to stand on, jutted out. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z They all followed the path as it fell down between the sharp halves of a cracked boulder, came into pine woods again, and finally rounded into a sudden clearing. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z They topple over sharp boulders that protrude from the shallows. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Just a walk through miles of snow and ice and glaciers and boulders and crevasses to the towering top of a sleeping volcano. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Jay tethers the rope to a boulder, then wraps it around his waist. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The light of the fires jumped and danced, and the people sitting around the storytellers were boulders rising from the earth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z We clambered sideways along the boulders, but the scorpions followed us. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The same was true for the boulders behind the Institute Control Building. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A few Earthborn launched a volley of rocks, but from the sides of the hull a dozen Archimedes spheres sprayed out, intercepting the boulders and blasting them to dust. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Instead, I lead him back to the flat boulder. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Barely avoid downed logs, boulders, and tree roots. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z She sat on a boulder in the middle of a grassy field. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We settled into the shade of the boulders and talked, filling each other in on the news of the past three years. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “You need bigger rocks,” I said, and pointed to a small boulder a few feet away. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Reynie took a look, though, and sure enough, from this spot you could just make out the telltale drapeweed and boulders behind the building. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The next charge struck die angle at the boulder, at the colors, lapped around it, ran into the new line, was enfiladed, collapsed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She was like a great boulder shutting me into a cave. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z In my pocket I had three peach pits from the orchards of Mentana, and four Micro Machine cars to jump over them as if they were boulders. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z So thinking, he sat down upon a chalk boulder in the fire's light, and he tugged at his boot. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The spy tucked himself behind a boulder and began counting flags. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Along with the boulders, he had to dodge the jagged black rocks that jutted out of the water. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A chain-link fence held in the boulders that formed the floodwall, and I climbed it, then reached down to help Daisy. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I run back to the boulder, draw in all the rest of the water that’s pooled there, and go back to Kelton again. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She was sitting on a boulder in it, with her tail in the burn, and looking up at the drawbridge with her head on one side. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Tayo looked up at the big orange sandrock where the wild grape vine grew out of the sand and climbed along a fissure in the face of the boulder. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Downriver, Florida was clinging to a boulder in the middle of the river. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Garrett is on his knees licking the boulder, catching tiny rivulets that course down its side—and then I see that there are dips and indentations on the surface of the flat stone. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “They just right there,” Rondell said, pointing at the line of boulders that separated the sand from where the houses started. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Huge boulders lent an air of solidity to the place, but the rolling rubble underfoot corrected the misimpression. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I just have to somehow keep us from hitting trees and boulders. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z One hot pool, surrounded by large boulders, was about thirty yards from the river’s edge, a shallow puddle twenty feet wide. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Panicked, everyone tried to paddle and push the canoes away from the boulders. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z When Rondell was finally done he stood up and handed back the smaller rock and we both turned to what the three of us had carved into the big boulder. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Hearing his voice makes me feel like a boulder has been lifted from my chest, letting me breathe again. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She saw trees, boulders, the millpond, and, high above them, a bright glimpse of blue sky. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The soil was littered with boulders, the spaces between with deep sand, where the harvester wallowed and complained before struggling on. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Coach put his hand onto Luke’s shoulder, and it felt like a boulder. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He opened his eyes, moved without hesitation toward a group of large boulders until he found the blood drops. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z After the explosion blew a hole in time and space, the air rushed into it, taking with it boulders and dirt and trees shot like arrows into the void. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I ignore her and move to another rock so Soheil can take a seat on the boulder next to her. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The hillsides were a patchwork of sand, green vegetation, and clusters of boulders stitched together by crisscrossing gravel paths. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I could just make out a tiny hill, with the ant-size figure of Sisyphus struggling to move his boulder to the top. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A portrait of another world: strewn boulders and gently rolling sand dunes at the Viking 1 landing site in Chryse. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the bed of the river there were pebbles and boulders, dry and white in the sun, and the water was clear and swiftly moving and blue in the channels. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Taran sat down wearily on a boulder, his sword across his knees. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The boulder, roughly the size of a pickup truck, tumbled off into the fog like it had important business elsewhere. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “A section of wall. A boulder. A doorway. A sewer entrance. But it would have the mark of Daedalus on it. A Greek A, glowing in blue.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She placed her hand on the rock, and the entire boulder crumbled to dust. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As she followed, Tally thought of what David had said about the boulders. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She had no time to reply, however, for at that moment a white furry head peered cautiously round a boulder. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z There, just shy of the city, the Uzumark broadened into a delta and was sliced into ribbons by boulders and small islands before simply vanishing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Behind us, a ten-ton pig tank was knocking down pine trees and crushing boulders under its hooves as it chased us. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The cowboy got up from the boulder stiffly and spat out the last of the tobacco wad. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I flinched as the boulder bounced near us with a floor-rattling crash. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Then Al rushes at me like a rolling boulder and throws me over his shoulder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He grabbed a fallen branch, climbed a boulder under the utility pole, and tried to knock her off the wires. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z We walked past the hill, crossed the stream, and headed toward the trees in the back, where a large boulder sat between several trunks. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z At the end of the spur was a massive boulder. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wonder why both traps are right next to a group of boulders.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z His footsteps were all over the boulder, also slides where he had played. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z From where we stood, we could see most of the island except where it dipped into swales or hid behind low hills and boulders. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The captain came up and sat down on a warm boulder, not looking at Spender for a moment. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Some stretches of road resembled a dry riverbed; other places were strewn with boulders or eroded down to rough bedrock. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The man by the boulder was certainly in need of healing, so she removed the containers from Baba Joseph’s pack and gave the injured prophet as much as he could swallow. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There they found a shelving shore, and they drew the boat out, high above the water, and hid it as well as they could behind a great boulder. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z And then he led George over to the boulder, where they sat together under the stars. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z How he stayed glossy and clean was a mystery to me, until he came to the boulder beside our bath pool one day, wet with the dew from the ferns. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He pointed, and they saw that what they had at first taken to be boulders lying at the foot of the slope were huddled bodies. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Between the edge of the burned forest and the mountains, a rocky slope of heavy boulders and scree was littered with scorched and twisted metal: girders and struts that had belonged to some complex machine. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And the boulders peeking out from the lapping waves remind me of polished onyx. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He knows when the trail dips, when it rises, how to avoid branches, rocks, leap over boulders. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z She rounded the boulders, kicked the door open, and burst through the foyer into the secret passage. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Three of the Death Eaters swerved and avoided it, but the fourth was not so lucky: He vanished from view and then dropped like a boulder from behind it, his broomstick broken into pieces. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We bounce over a boulder so big, I hear it scrape on our underbelly. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A second ago, my chest hurt like I was being crushed by a boulder. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps we should just cross here. There are fewer boulders in the river, and who knows how far we'd have to go to find a calmer spot.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z At the bottom of a boulder she found the first victim. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I keep thinking,” David said, “the whole thing might tumble open if we could just move the exact right boulder ” “And not the exact wrong one, the one that makes the whole thing crush us?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z As I helped her across the stream on big boulders, I heard a cry in the sky. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I climb, grabbing handholds and scrambling over boulders as I follow the two brothers, who clamber ahead of me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, even as it did so, two Executives emerged from behind the boulders on the hill to stare curiously toward the mainland. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She tilted her head and peered down the boulders at the boy. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He climbed up boulders big as boxcars and squeezed himself into a hollow space between them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Where Kampe had stood a moment before was a mountain of boulders, almost as tall as Zeus’s Fist. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Sirius led them to the very foot of the mountain, where the ground was covered with boulders and rocks. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Fezzik charged the boulder again, again spun, and again he knew the power of the blow the man in black had taken. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Black blood followed, fanning around the boulder in a great, viscous puddle. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She handed me a couple, filled with what I guessed was food wrapped in aluminum foil like big silver boulders. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It must have been thoroughly pummeled throughout its history by falling boulders. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s been dragged down all day, as if her pack is full of boulders. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He moved back behind the boulder from which he had just been knocked. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he gave up and pounded the nearest boulder to pieces with his fist. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Lissa sat down on a boulder at the edge of the field and began to cry. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It felt like a boulder had been lifted off my chest. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The men speculated that when he went over the waterfall, his body must have been pulled underwater and beaten against the boulders, drowning him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z "I will base your character upon the attributes of the boulders on the lake- shore: silent, apathetic, and—considering how little they exercise—surprisingly chiseled." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z There’s a wide beach, and to one end of it a colony of boulders. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Arroyos might be dry for years, but when heavy rains did come, the run-off carried boulders and logs down the arroyo, where they snagged weeds and sticks and other debris. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We were high up in the foothills, at least five hundred feet, and down below a valley spread out, filled with a tumbled collection of red mesas and boulders and spires of stone. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z There are many large, tumbling boulders here, the shoals and reefs of space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry turns right, and we follow the rocky path, avoiding the boulders and ditches along the way. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Around the bend they flew, and there, directly in front of them, was a huge boulder. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z It was really only a large, round boulder, but it allowed her to see in all directions from the top. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After landing, Mars 3 may have made a few bounces, hit a boulder or other example of Martian relief, tipped over, lost the radio link with its carrier “bus” and failed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Easier to work through. I’m just worried about these boulders collapsing if we start prying rails up.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He jerked his head as if the sound were a boulder I’d thrown at him, but then he merely stood considering, and, after a minute, he pawed the ground again. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Dumbledore beckoned Harry to the very edge of the rock where a series of jagged niches made footholds leading down to boulders that lay half-submerged in water and closer to the cliff. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z |
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