| 单词 | broad |
| 例句 | Until we have some convincing, detailed, agreed-upon explanation for the broad pattern of history, most people will continue to suspect that the racist biological explanation is correct after all. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He was broad and brown-skinned, and the sweat was dripping off his forehead. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z If you put The Lexus and the Olive Tree and this book together, the broad historical argument you end up with is that there have been three great eras of globalization. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z In each archway a windowsill at waist height was broad enough to lean on, and below them the pantiled roof ran down in a gentle slope all around to the gutter. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Even seated, he was tall, with long legs, broad shoulders, a flat stomach. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I have no long-oared ships, no company to pull him on the broad back of the sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z With some digging, we could get a broad geological history. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And the surprisingly familiar eyes, black eyes that seemed at the same time both too young and too ancient for the broad face they were set in. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z A well-built man with a broad suntanned face, he pushed his straw hat back, scratched his head, and laughed ruefully. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The crowded tent was hot, and sweat plastered limp yellow hair to her broad, homely face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But even through the iron bars Meggie could see nothing promising except for tall rhododendron bushes and a broad gravel drive that soon disappeared between them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Soon I had traced on the paper a broad and prominent forehead and a square lower outline of visage: that contour gave me pleasure; my fingers proceeded actively to fill it with features. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The 25,790-foot ramparts of Nuptse defined the right wall of the Cwm, Everest’s massive Southwest Face formed the left wall, and the broad frozen thrust of the Lhotse Face loomed above its head. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Starting November 1, he became national sales manager for a broader range of the bank’s money management services than he had been selling. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z With his brown robe and white hair, Medwyn looked as broad and solid as a snow-capped mountain. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He was powerful, chest fully twice as deep as a normal man’s, shoulders twice as broad. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Plain-faced, with a broad forehead and deep-set brown eyes, she greeted them with a smile as if they were old friends. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a broad- chested guy of twenty with long, black, wavy hair, devilish sideburns, and a wicked smile that had charmed its way through many a port. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z His sinewy, broad back was more like a dragon’s than a horse’s, and he had enough strength to carry a legion of men. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z For now, it falls into a broader category, “Impulse Control Disorders Not Otherwise Classified.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He banged a nail hard into the wall then turned to me, and, with a broad smile on his face said, “Only if you like it better than our Puerto Rican food.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I sit straight and tall and as broad as I can and say, "Let's go, Ty. We've got some business, don't we?" How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Spreading broad wings and reaching talons out, he met the two head on, withering them with fire, and then turned to the third, who was larger than he and armed also with fire. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z But when they did, their grimaces of pain turned suddenly to broad white smiles, smiles that decades later would flicker across old newsreels, illuminating the greatest moment of their lives. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z His broad shoulders were stiff with tension as he added, “The Wood itself.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Miguel was on the shorter side, but his shoulders were broad as barn beams, and his arms long and muscular. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Like Johnny White, he was a number two man, pure muscle, broad in the shoulders, but a bit lighter than the boys who sat in the middle 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 With her broad bill the goose pushed the unhatched egg out of the nest, and the entire company watched in disgust while the rat rolled it away. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z These genes, in turn, activate “mapmaker” genes that make segments and split the body into its broad domains. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A broad ribbon of wet seaweed was hanging down from the ceiling. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z At the center of the road, he flung his arms open, ready to embrace a broad destiny. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Another plane was crabbing in as low as it could safely fly, two broad searchlight beams stretching and leaping toward the ground before and behind it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Norris was a squat man but he was powerful and broad across the shoulders. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But in those first steps along the way, it seemed a broad, bright road. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z All around me, sunflowers swayed in the gentle breeze, nodding their broad brown heads. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The trees were broad and widely spaced; sheep and pigs grazed on the swards among them, and on my rare free afternoon, I had walked there without fear. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z And once, turning onto a broad street, he had the feeling, more sense than sight, that something had just flashed around a corner two blocks away. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z At one moment he felt certain that it was broad daylight outside, and at the next equally certain that it was pitch darkness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z We sat on the broad steps in front of the entrance. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She was so worn out she was sure she could sleep in broad daylight, but Con was too wound up, and he began to pace. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The front part was much broader than the tail end and its color was like fire in the day-time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z During the next few months, she developed a much broader purpose. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He put a hand on Sam's broad shoulder. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The job was broad and people oriented enough to be energizing and almost always interesting. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He had broad shoulders and dark golden brown skin that was much like mine, as well as wavy black hair. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A broad national consensus now exists that, whenever it is socially and politically advantageous to do so, class considerations should trump racial identity. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “In a broad sense, lee means the sheltered side. A bird, flying over Mrs. Fitzgibbon’s garden, would notice something most of us would miss.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z In his person, Beowulf was below average size; he looked taller sitting down than standing up, because his broad chest and shoulders were out of proportion to his legs, which were short. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him about Trent and Chip, but only in the broadest strokes. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The little girl turned her head to Sister Fenella and gave a broad happy smile, and her dæmon became a squirrel like Geraint and chattered with glee. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z His nose was straight and his shoulders broad and square. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time Elizebeth and William first saw the letters, British and American officials already knew the broad outline of the plot, and many Indians who had worked with the Germans had been arrested. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Her hands were small, and she Jcept them folded over the handle of her basket Her feet were broad and coarse. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He could see the glare of a broad avenue at the top of the long cobblestone incline. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A fairly tall, heavyset, dark-skinned man with a great broad smile, he combined an air of humility with deep-seated confidence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They couldn’t dig their fingers into his fur—they had to grip the armor between their knees, and his back was so broad that both of them kept slipping. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The man came out of nowhere, walked up to Father in broad daylight, big as life, and on television. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z A stone- lined path ran along the base of a broad mound of dirt about five feet high. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Ramona inserted a finger into her small, broad nose. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z His shoulders seemed broader, and I wondered if it was possible for a teenagers shoulders to broaden in a week. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z These studies have called attention to parts of the puzzle, but they provide only pieces of the needed broad synthesis that has been missing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Sergeant Hicks walked over to the car, a broad smile on his face. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In front of him was a broad green field at least half a mile wide, spreading eastward. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were both older, bigger, and broader of shoulder than Joost, and they were house guards, private servants of Councilman Hoede. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The inner box was too small to admit the broad panes now appearing in storefronts throughout the city. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In the long, strange drought we were having in place of last year’s rainy season, soft dust had spread across our yard in broad white patches. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z However, I shall now argue that the diversity of independent factors behind technological innovation actually makes it easier, not harder, to understand history’s broad pattern. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Sir Ector sat in the solar, while the wintering sunlight threw broad orange beams across his bald head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Baba had always described my mother to me in broad strokes, like, “She was a great woman.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Those disparate rates constitute history’s broadest pattern and my book’s subject. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z On the far side of the brook they came upon a broad road and the rear of the army. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had sprouted up over my head and grown broad in the chest. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She swung her legs over the horse’s broad back. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The Stoors were broader, heavier in build; their feet and hands were larger, and they preferred flat lands and riversides. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z With eyes and ears and mind bewildered he followed the Harbormaster to the broad dock where Shadow was tied up, and the Harbormaster brought him to the master of the ship. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I kept to the main roads, knowing they wouldn’t dare attack me in broad daylight when people were around. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The Allies together were an eclectic, spirited group, loaded with idealism and aspirations and representing a broad swath of backgrounds. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The outside looks like an enormous circus tent, painted with broad black-and-gold stripes that glitter under the strings of lights. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His skin was pink and blotchy, his nose broad, his mouth small, his hair long and dark and dry. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My attention was on High John as he laid Ayanna down on the broadest part of the giant crow’s back and secured her with rope. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He's as tall as the Tribesman but twice as broad, with a paunch that strains the buttons of his gold brocade shirt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Geneticists were able to collect enough intact Neanderthal DNA from fossils to make a broad comparison between it and the DNA of contemporary humans. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have never really seen your entire body in broad daylight.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He was squarely built, with narrow eyes under heavy eyebrows, a broad nose, and full lips fuzzed with a pencil mustache. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Doing so is sometimes termed the “broad base” fallacy, and we’ve already cited a couple of instances of it. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Marlena asks obligingly, lifting her other leg and wrapping the broad satin ribbon around her ankle. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z C.P. slowly realized the implications of his transformation, seeing in broad but terrifying strokes the price he was going to have to pay. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The round little man looked splendid in his new robes, with their broad bands of dun and butternut and narrow stripes of red. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Up he got, groped his way to the piano, laid a kind hand on either of the broad shoulders, and said, as gently as a woman, “I know, my boy, I know.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside the building, the linoleum-floored hall, unlike the halls of the Mountain View Inn, was a broad smooth highway with no rough carpets to wear down the already thin tires of a little motorcycle. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Easily visible in broad daylight, you could read by it at night. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But Griffith, an unassuming, painfully shy scientist—“this tiny man who...barely spoke above a whisper”—could hardly be expected to broadcast the broader relevance or appeal of his results. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Mother asked, a broad smile breaking across her face. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z For an instant I saw the broad back of the big cat. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Donal MacGregor stood just inside the doorway, arms folded across his broad chest, waiting for the image conjured by his words to sink in. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Sherman wanted to be prepared in case the shooting was part of a broader conspiracy the way the Lincoln assassination had been. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The next week, when Lefty took me to the diner, I was more aware than ever of the broad backs of policemen at the counter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was not a broad road, and it had no wall or parapet along the edge, and as it ran on the sheer drop from its brink became deeper and deeper. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z On the further edge of this broad hill-back they stayed their march and crawled for hiding underneath a tangled knot of thorns. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “I was afraid of that,” Colonel Korn remarked -with an elaborate sigh, locking his fingers together comfortably on top of his smooth, bald, broad, shiny brown head. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z By 1543 the broad outline of Copernicus’s argument for the Earth as a single globe was conventional. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “You’re getting so broad and lovely,” she said, aloud, and reached out to touch the small of his back. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z A set of broad steps led up to the main entrance. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z His broad shoulders round forward ever so slightly when he walks. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z What had been a broad avenue was fast becoming a ragged sinkhole with black water boiling up to fill it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I dug out my keys, and with his back braced against the tree he lifted me up along the broad smooth trunk. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He was a small, very black boy with hooded eyes, a long, broad nose and an oddly shaped head. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At long last, the United States had formally divorced a test ban from the broader question of disarmament. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He cuts through the water with broad strokes, like an Olympic swimmer, and I sit on the bank watching him. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Soon they reached a place where the river curved round in a bend from the east, and here they came upon the broad, shallow fall. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z To the north the Rhoyne was a broad black ribbon bright with stars, five times as wide as the Blackwater Rush at King’s Landing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As I hesitated, unsure whether I would look more like a fool by picking it up or by letting it lie, Julian suddenly stepped between us, his stick at broad ward. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z They crossed the broad stone plaza, then a modest rock garden, then waited as Constance shook the gravel from her shoes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He was a powerfully built man, deep-chested, broad- shouldered, massive, and yet quick in his movements, springly and agile. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was broad down by Cambridge, but narrower up above, and would be easy to cross, she guessed, remembering the little river they’d camped by. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The town ahead, squashed, became all broad, bright horizon; and when the clouds went gold, it seemed to Ralph that the buildings kindled violently. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought I might as well give the stupid broad another boff just for old times’ sake as long as I was in Rome anyway. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “More cruel than ever. Don’t you see how I’m pining away?” and Laurie gave his broad chest a sounding slap and heaved a melodramatic sigh. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It stopped there, right in the middle of the path, grinning with all its teeth shining white, licking its lips, its eyes glowing, its broad tail swishing back and forth slowly, back and forth—” “Enough!” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Below them to the east was the broad valley on either side of the White River. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z They were broader than the rest of us, with wide shoulders and heavy hands that hung from ropey arms. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The poise of the head strikes one at once as indicative of thought and power; the head is noble, well-sized, broad, and large behind the ears. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He was tall, broad, and brown-skinned, chest heaving as he fought for breath. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The Klan was so entrenched and broad- based that Kennedy felt as if he were tossing pebbles at a giant. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Lina ran up the steps and through the door into a broad hallway. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I could only stare into the broad face with its hate-burning eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He had small feet and hands, rather broad hips, and a deep chest, the breasts scarcely more developed than in a male of my race. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I suck in breath: a photograph of a papaya tree swaying broad, fan like leaves in the full sun, showing off a bundle of fat orange piglets. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He sailed out from between the dark cliffs, and on the sea was broad, bright morning, with a fair wind blowing from the north. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z This correspondence concerned the following broad question: what is the best way to organize human groups, organizations, and businesses so as to maximize productivity, creativity, innovation, and wealth? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A broad welt ran the entire length of it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Every cornfield under its wide-open sky seems fresh and broad and exciting. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “Scat!” so he darted right to my knee, put his broad furry paws on my pants, and looked me in the face. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They entered the shopping district, where the crowd swelled between the trees lining the broad avenues of white stone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He was broad of shoulder, and in his age he developed a portliness which only gave him more authority. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The great square jaws and head, his muscular neck and broad chest showed his bulldog blood. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked like something from the future, slender silver ropes flung over the broad water, beautiful and strong. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The ranger sat astride his broad back, grim and silent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There were many broad meadows on either side, good places that could hold a lot of lodges. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z It was broad daylight when he awakened again. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The combination of government and religion has thus functioned, together with germs, writing, and technology, as one of the four main sets of proximate agents leading to history’s broadest pattern. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The broad bottom of each pyramid spread the load and reduced settlement; the narrow top supported load-bearing columns. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And so they come to Howard to be normal—and even more, to see how broad the black normal really is. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The boy spoke like his father and moved like his father, but he had a broad brow, small ears, there was a set to his eyes, some of her in him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The deep ridge of his forehead was finished with two branched dragon horns, one on each side of his head, and the broad nostrils of his nose flared. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Round squash hid underneath large broad green leaves. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Behind it, there’s an elaborate iron choir screen standing broad and gorgeous on the landing above. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There, in an untidy pile on M. Yoshoto’s broad desk, lay some dozen or more unopened, enormous, bulging, Manilla envelopes. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The largest of these holes were rimmed with ridges of broken rock, and broad fissures ran out from them in all directions. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Slowly, it materialized into broad shoulders, a face shadowed by a tugged-down cap. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z There was no way to get into the center of the Smoke, where her hoverboard lay on the broad roof of the trading post, charging in the sun. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Her shoulders, broader than mine, the capable clever hands. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The farmers, who lived in quaint stone cottages surrounded by broad fields, grew yellow squash and long green beans and bushels of wheat. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Two miles farther on he stopped again to pick up a hitchhiker, a hefty young woman with a broad and sensual face—such blue eyes—and dirty blond hair in pigtails. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It would not exist as a work in the form that we know today were it not for the engagement and approval of a broader public in Handel’s lifetime. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z No sooner had they begun scrubbing again than the door to the hospital opened and Commandant Breuer emerged, still smiling, but broader this time. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a sleek animal, with tall, broad antlers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z In broad daylight, the junkyard didn’t look so spooky; just cluttered. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He tiptoed to the door and, cautiously opening it, found himself looking on to a broad landing. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Castle Stair was a street with steps, a broad white stone way that led up from the Wolf’s Den by the water to the New Castle on its hill. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He's big and broad and unable to slip through the small gaps in the crowd like I can. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z For the rest, his ears were pale, and at the tops extremely pointed; the chin was broad and strong, and the cheeks firm though thin. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The other end fanned out into a broad triangle. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I inventoried my missing duffel, mentally taking the clothes out and placing them on the broad soft rug of my dad’s living room. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, in the broad, shadowless light of noon, the water looked amiable and welcoming. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The mat is broad and rubbery, runs the full width of the street, and makes a chirping sound as it recognizes each runner’s timing chip. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Winnie remembered then that he worked sometimes as a blacksmith, and indeed his shoulders, under his threadbare shirt, were broad and muscled. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The previous victim was a man who had been attacked in broad daylight in his field. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The white cloak of the Kingsguard was draped over his broad shoulders and fastened with a jeweled brooch, the snowy cloth looking somehow unnatural against his brown roughspun tunic and studded leather jerkin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In each chapter questions of language are intertwined with direct engagements with nature on the one hand, and with broader conceptual and philosophical questions on the other. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z 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 Where a bomb had pierced the roof, sunlight fell down in broad beams. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The broad, rain-blotched boulevard was illuminated every half-block by short, curling lampposts with eerie, shimmering glares surrounded by smoky brown mist. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Durham transformed itself into a bustling, modern city: Electric trolley cars clattered down broad, tree-lined avenues. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Wes was intensely attracted to this short woman with a broad smile who mixed a steel backbone with Caribbean charm. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Renly was handsome as Robot had been handsome; long of limb and broad of shoulder, with the same coal-black hair, fine and straight, the same deep blue eyes, the same easy smile. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Kaede had the impression that additional wings had been added at random, creating a maze of connecting rooms that opened here and there into sky wells and broader courtyards. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The people of Bone Gap said Sean looked so much like his father—tall and broad and so strong he could throw a car across a yard—that Didi couldn’t bear it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Out of armor, her body seemed ungainly, broad of hip and thick of limb, with hunched muscular shoulders but no bosom to speak of. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The huts were shaded from the hot sun by the broad leaves of the trees, and at night there was a soft breeze from the hills, which kept them cool. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z There’s the hotel, three suites booked for them on the very top floor, riding through the lobby on Cash’s impossibly broad back. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z His face was squarish, with a high forehead, heavy jaw, and broad nose. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The broad overinvestment in fiber cable is a gift that keeps on giving, thanks to the unique nature of fiber optics. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Now that I was in the security of a nest, the sounds of raindrops against the broad leaves and the good-night cries of the other bonobos became soothing instead of alarming. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Some days, after siesta, we combed out her hair, remembering now and then to change the part in her scalp so that it would not grow too broad. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z "The maid said she was not at home," the short one with a broad face says in a testy voice. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The streets grew broader, the buildings more imposing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Haukelid had dark wavy hair and a broad, muscular body toughened by years of hiking and skiing. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Baker Stream was really a river—broad, clear, and shallow—and very beautiful in the glow of a summery evening, with a backdrop of overhanging trees and the last rays of sunlight sparkling its surface. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z My shabby hat, too broad about the brim, and my low-heeled shoes, fastened with a single strap. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She extended her hands past him and found that they were close to the broad, flat stone where the twins often fished. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I explained that I was learning to see the world through a broader lens. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I did not want to suffer the embarrassment of blanking out in broad daylight, nearly naked as I was, on the grass of my front yard. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z There was a wide arch leading to a courtyard between the two wings, and on the left under the arch there was a large doorway reached by a few broad steps. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I watch as Mr. Redfern introduces Katherine and the Misses Duncan and Anderson to a group of women clustered together like a group of chattering hens, their broad chests puffed out in self-importance. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Ash went toward the broad wooden table where Beatrice had set the pot down. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z These I bound together with sinew and covered with female kelp, which has broad leaves. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing a bright orange party hat, a revolving bow tie, and a broad grin on his wide, wicked face. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The horse lifted one tired hoof after another and dragged the cart, and the cart dragged me up the broad street where people smiled and laughed and pointed. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel was high and broad enough to allow them to walk side by side without stooping. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He has a broad, ruddy face, thin lips, piercing eyes behind eyeglasses, and broad cheekbones. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Before them a little cataract of water poured into a broad pool: and both the Horses were already in the pool with their heads down, drinking, drinking, drinking. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The shell barges were much like the racing shells the boys aspired to sit in, but they were a few inches broader in the beam, with flatter bottoms and keels. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Wispy strands of white hair fringed the broad bald dome of his forehead above a kindly face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She was large, especially broad across her hips, and with a double chin. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The road dipped now into a broad green valley and stretched toward the horizon. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Her strokes are broad and gentle, the colors muted; Lelia says anatomically correct pictures give the kids nightmares. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He was taller than Grandpa and much broader, with curly brown hair. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Before him to the north the cliff fell away sharply to the Kum River, a broad stroke of silver ribboning its way through the hills and plains. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The court had “knowledge of the world” now: it had the fruits of achievement, civilization, savoir-vivre, gossip, fashion, malice, and the broad mind of scandal. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z On either hand the land dropped more sharply; a broad flat dotted with small cabins whose weathered roofs were on a level with the crown of the road. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But by now I was so disoriented that I kept on that street, which was at least broad and well traveled. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Gram was painting it in the same broad, swooping strokes and bright, contrasting colors that she always used. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The boy’s tall and muscularly broad frame made him look older than he probably was and he had a few people around him, all of them laughing and joking. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z In the blink of an eye he was off, racing across the broad, weed-choked field to vanish in the trees. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was daylight, broad daylight, and he wondered why it was that he would be lying on his back on the dirt, looking at the ceiling in the middle of the day. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z It was broad as a boulevard, and it almost seemed, crossing it, as though one went from dusk to day and back again in a matter of paces. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As I made my way toward the tennis courts, however, I saw a man being robbed and murdered, in broad daylight, by a gang of tsotsis. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Only later was I moved by the broad sweep of African history, and the deeds of all African heroes regardless of tribe. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In a broad reach of savanna, the Beni’s original inhabitants built raised fields—artificial platforms of soil that lift crops above the floodwaters. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The boots she’d found were a little large, the pants a little short, but the shirt was broad enough for his shoulders, and at least the garments were clean and whole. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He felt as if he were marching down the middle of a broad boulevard with crowds of people cheering from the sidewalks. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The floor was covered in soft carpets, and at the far end of the room tall glass doors opened onto a broad balcony. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Ice floats because it has a broad, flat base, which cannot push downwards through the water. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z After all, Mudd and Booth had met on several occasions, in broad daylight, and Booth had slept at Mudd’s farm in the past. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was broad and pink, his white mustache shaped like the horns of a longhorn steer. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They decided to make for the top at once, while the daylight was broad. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Within these broad period styles we in turn distinguish the styles of particular phases, such as the Old Kingdom. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She planned a full skirt with two layers and a broad waistband. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Those were Sons of the Six in broad daylight, perhaps some of the very same ones who’d come into the zoo. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He was thicker about the chest and broader at the shoulders, and though his face was comely enough, he lacked Ser Loras's startling beauty. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His face was lost in the shadow of a broad hat, the brim wreathed in leafy vines. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She turned away and they went out through the doors and passages till in the torchlight of the broad stairs of the tower she blew out her candle. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z On the second day the crowd going up the broad staircase to see the little Angel was even greater. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a broad river to reflect those lights, which would have made their nighttime winkings very pretty indeed. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The road ran straight and broad until it came to the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z A1 is half a foot taller than Will, and twice as broad. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Sam and Strider came behind, one on each side of Frodo’s pony, for the path was now broad enough for four or five hobbits to walk abreast. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z His nose was flat and his face was broad; his head was a mass of wiry gray hair. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z "Nonsense, I like their singing," the broad man said doggedly. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His oars entered and left the water noiselessly, broad, smooth puddles blooming in the dark water alongside his boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Now he reveled in broad harvest fields, orange pumpkins, shocked corn, frost-touched grapes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A broad staircase led up to a heavily columned front porch. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “Anyway,” I say, “it’s a much broader genealogy than your Viking friend here.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z There are old, broad fir trunks with knobby twists in their bark. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z On its broad limbs sat the wigwam Sam had made for Alice. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z They waited on the broad back porch while Dicey called her grandmother from the stove. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He glanced up at Dympna as she approached and gave a laugh, and exclaimed in a broad American accent, “Well, look what we have here—three gorgeous English gals to fly with!” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Papa had a broad face and cheekbones you could rest coins on. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He was tall and broad, and he filled up the doorway for a heartbeat when he entered, his face splitting into a smile to see them. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z In my dream I was back on the peach farm, sitting out behind the tractor shed, and even though it was broad daylight, I could see a huge, round moon in the sky. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I turned a corner and, right in the middle of that barren land, I saw a cluster of mud houses, beyond them nothing but broad sky and mountains like jagged teeth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I remember her large brown eyes, her broad mouth and cool voice. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He rose and hurried down the narrow path to where it joined the broader track leading around the hill. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The building’s broad design and its function had come to him all at once, like a blueprint pulled from a drawer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The colonel was more than a head taller than the chaplain and over twice as broad, and his swollen, overbearing authority made the chaplain feel frail and sickly by contrast. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They stopped and watched a small woman, almost as broad as she was high, do her best to put up her stall. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She takes his small hand in hers, a chubby star against her broad palm. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He summoned his reserves of persuasion, his broad and repressed tenderness, ready to give up for Amaranta a glory that had cost him the sacrifice of his best years. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A short broad man saw me and waved the others to a halt. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The meadow grasses, which just a moment ago had brushed his shoulders, now seemed flattened to a broad green bowl. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He was older, and big for his age, with a broad chest and strong-looking arms. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The thickets of ironwood and sentinel and oak that had once grown there had been harvested centuries ago, to create a broad swath of open ground through which no enemy could hope to pass unseen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But then I saw a tall fellow loping toward me, wearing broad blue suspenders and a floppy straw hat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Great Lord Ra burst over the eastern horizon just as Ranofer turned into the broad road that edged the fields of the flower growers. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z None that came before that broad blade lived to see another day. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He pushed his lips into a broad, fake smile. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The latter was an unprecedented institution in the Greek world—a place devoted not only to the religious cult of the Muses, but to advancing human knowledge in the broadest sense. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The gap-toothed smile faded from the giant's broad brown face, replaced by a confused scowl. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His dark half-dome forehead and gravely receding hairline emphasized a broad face, broad chest and shoulders, and enormously muscular arms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The apartment was blue with smoke, through which the broad expanse of white linoleum was arctic, surreal. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Someone secured a necklace of large red oyster shells around my neck, and a broad bracelet of silver was pushed onto my wrist. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Two hundred steps they counted, broad and shallow; and at the top they found an arched passage with a level floor leading on into the dark. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She set her phone on the counter, stepped back, and folded her arms with a broad grin. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Then he lay down before her feet and seemed to show her his broad back, and she cried to the others to come with her and mount him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z No way in hell, he’d say, was he letting a fine broad like that get away from him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “A grim mood has gripped the country,” the opponent had concluded, barely concealing his own broad grin. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z At the end of the second week in September a cart came in through Bywater from the direction of the Brandywine Bridge in broad daylight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z For him it was bits and broad outlines, never the perfect whole. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There are lots of books that tackle broad themes, that analyze the world from great remove. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The man is looking into the camera with a broad, happy grin. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It wasn’t terribly broad, but it was much too broad to swim. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z While the broader concerns about attention span are widespread among scholars, the evidence can be indirect, some of it anecdotal. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He was a funny-looking man, with broad puffy shoulders, thick wrists, and kind eyes beneath gray brows. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He broke into a broad smile and brought his other hand up from underneath the table, it had two fingers upright. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She had the same broad nose with a mole on one side, the same sour mouth and hard eyes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Dr. Gazzaley explained that people tend to be good at focusing and doing so narrowly—in a relatively small physical space, but when they seek to attend to a broader space, they lose detail. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Worse, he was wearing the red-and-gold garb of a member of the royal guard—the wyvern emblazoned across his broad chest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The Appalachian Trail runs for 230 miles in a northeasterly arc across the state, like the broad end of a slice of pie. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z They speak with the broadest accent of the district. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Here Route 1 joined the Thruway to cross over the broad river. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We paused a moment to marvel at how the rising rim of gold sun silently announced itself by illuminating the sky with brilliant, broad streaks of pink, purple, and orange. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He took his stand then on the broad door sill to attempt the bow. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The tents stood in rows, with broad avenues between them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Underneath his thin guayabera, I could see the muscles of his broad shoulders shifting as he reached down and gave me a wad of bills to put in the poor box as his donation. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z About ten hours after fertilization of the egg, the embryo divides into three broad segments, head, thorax, and abdomen, and each segment divides into further subcompartments. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He is very imposing, my father, with broad shoulders and unusually large hands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The castle dominated the broad fertile valley that maps and men alike called Blackwood Vale. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Up the green terrace went a stair of stone, high and broad, and on either side of the topmost step were stone-hewn seats. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z With my heart thumping like a blacksmith at Joe’s broad shoulder, I looked all about for any sign of the convicts. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z At the far end, against the wall, was a middle-aged woman dressed in black with a broad expressionless face. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I set my fingers on the keyboard, looking at the way they rest there, the nails broad and round. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A broad, slow-moving river wound through rich grassland in the middle distance, and at the foot of the long slope, among copses of small trees and rows of vegetables, stood a village of thatched houses. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z My hand flows over the paper in broad strokes, a familiar feeling in my stomach as inspiration takes hold. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He was handsome, his beard clipped and short, his brow broad and clear, and his nose straight and sturdy. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There was a cluster of sloppy salutes, broad wet grins under dripping hats. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But there is broad consensus about what an optimal range of mobility is. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He wore grey plate, a fur- trimmed cloak of cloth-of-gold flowing from his broad shoulders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then, in the soft light of the moon, he began to paint on a broken wall with broad strokes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z First they made a broad survey of the building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z On the broad landing between Miss Havisham’s own room and that other room in which the long table was laid out, I saw a garden-chair,—a light chair on wheels, that you pushed from behind. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Our present lack of such ultimate explanations leaves a big intellectual gap, since the broadest pattern of history thus remains unexplained. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They started again before the day was broad. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Underneath she wore an austelle dress with a broad embroidered collar. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He didn’t see the owls swooping past in broad daylight, though people down in the street did; they pointed and gazed open-mouthed as owl after owl sped overhead. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He was tall and broad, and there were crow’s feet around his eyes, laugh lines around his mouth. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The booming voice belonged to a powerful man with dark hair and broad shoulders who sat upon an elegant brown horse. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She was a little lighter in complexion, a little broader in the jaw and shoulders, but from a distance, Sefia might have mistaken her for her mother. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z In America, the injury is not in being born with darker skin, with fuller lips, with a broader nose, but in everything that happens after. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z This was, she told herself, the broad strokes of what she had planned out all those years ago. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He’s dressed in a slim-fitting black suit that accentuates his broad shoulders, a black shirt, and no tie. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Fang was small on that broad face of rock. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He showed Anna the drugstore, restaurant, and barbershop and took her up to the roof to give her a broader view of Englewood and the pretty, tree-shaded neighborhood that surrounded his corner. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z All the while she’d been chopping fruit, and she made a broad gesture with her knife. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z My father came up to me and put his broad, calloused hands on my shoulders. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A solar panel gleamed like shadowy obsidian atop a tall metal pipe that reached beyond the canopy of broad leaves. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Well, then,” said Stuart, “I’ll catch the sloop broad on, and rake her with fire from my forward gun.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z He’s carrying an enormous rectangular box, wrapped in gold foil paper and a broad blue ribbon. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Nor could dispensers of government patronage merely weigh scientific projects against one another: the cost of high-energy physics had become so great that broader priorities were implicated. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The other young man, Joe Rantz, also a freshman, was nearly as tall, at six foot two and a half, but more tautly built, with broad shoulders and solid, powerful legs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They camped that night in the woods on a ridge overlooking the broad piedmont plain where it stretched away to the south. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z His shoulders were very broad, like he could lift up a horse with one hand and regularly did. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Recognizing faces sounds like a very specific process, but Schooler has shown that the implications of verbal overshadowing carry over to the way we solve much broader problems. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z "No more school!" said Bruno, grinning a broad and asinine mouse-grin. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “Don’t stop,” Amah shouted with a broad smile, “go home!” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Now it was he who had first to confront the bow, standing up on the broad door sill. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He was booked, fingerprinted, photographed, and released on bond, wearing a broad smile as he stepped out of the courthouse. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Watching the bread, the neat gray hands, a broad gold band on the left forefinger, knuckled there by a blue knuckle. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel hoped that they might somehow drop out of the current and reach that side, but the punt moved quietly on, down the very center of the broad pool. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It came out of the great chest cavity and broad jaws as though it had bounced off the walls of a cave. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Here, the stream was very broad, and it had diverted itself, in between the trees, to form a pool at one end of the clearing. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z All ten of us climbed under the ropes and allowed ourselves to be blindfolded with broad bands of white cloth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The audience was mixed, their claims broader than race. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days later, reporters and dockers were startled to see him leading Seabiscuit out in broad daylight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a large man, with broad shoulders and a red, badly pockmarked face. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The broad blade was mottled with dried blood and rust. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was broad daylight I remember, there was no longer any pretense that the drawn curtains hid the sun. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The big Greek’s smile grew very broad and he stuck out his fat, pink tongue. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It was here that policy was announced in broadest rhetoric. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But I tried to take a broader view: The people who shot the bullets were part of a cycle of hate that they had been taught since they were born. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Immediately opposite the door, on a broad wooden shelf—a kind of platform—stood a wire-fronted hutch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Escalia was a formidable woman, broad as a man across the shoulders and chest, with an upright bearing that made every room seem to shrink as soon as she entered. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z His view of the law was broad rather than narrow, for he believed that it was a tool that could be used to change society. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not so brave in broad daylight,” Edward says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z His carrot orange face had a broad bridge and a pink nose, and it was made up with brazen flair. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Even more curious, how did they dare to pull it across the yard in broad daylight when the cat was right there? Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Richard is younger than I am by a year, and a bit shorter and broader, with dark, serious eyes. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The broad spray of fire was advancing up the road at two hundred miles an hour, a rattling hailstorm din of cannon rounds hitting metal and glass. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The broad wooden span of the bridge had rotted through, but some of the lamps that lined the way were still aglow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There were broad perpendicular lines at gates, where inmates were supposed to stop and wait for permission to proceed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, normally I am not the biggest fan of being hugged by my mother in broad daylight at this point in my adolescent years, but I must say, it felt pretty nice right then. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We stood awhile longer watching Mama Mwanza argue good-naturedly with her lazy son and take several broad swipes at him with her big cooking spoon. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She emerged to a new, different pain, no longer the throbbing agony but now a broad, deep ache. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His firm, broad face showed weight-loss in deep shadows under the cheekbones, his eyes were sunken and his mouth sorely chapped and cracked. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z A few broad, worn steps led down to the water. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 That locality was always vaguely disquieting, even in the broad glare of afternoon, and now I turned my head as though I had been warned of something behind. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Because the city was crisscrossed by water, clumps of buildings were interspersed with overgrown jungle, all muddled together with occasional sprints of broad avenues. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Capricorn’s features in the picture were rounder and softer than in real life, and his curiously feminine mouth lay like a strange fruit below the nose, which was a little too short and broad. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z From here, Jon Connington had ruled broad lands extending many leagues to the west, north, and south, just as his father and his father’s father had before him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The man observing him from behind a broad desk had the prosperous look of a mercher. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He trudged through the streets, hat and gloves on, studiously ignoring the broad blue sky, the winking sun. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But the woman returned with a jar of ointment and a broad roll of gauze bandaging. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They emerged atop the broad curving steps that fronted on the Street of the Sisters, near the foot of Visenya's Hill. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His comically arched brows and broad gestures made me smile, and the injured look he then assumed caused me to laugh until I was weak. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Instead of a chest plate, he wore a vest of tawny fur, and a broad and battered sword belt from which hung two long blades. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Mormont stood before the altar, the rainbow shining on his broad bald head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Galileo refuted that argument by pointing out that if ice is held down under water and then released, its broad, flat shape doesn’t stop it pushing upwards through the water. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I looked at my mother, and she seemed greatly relieved as she watched the principal register me; a broad smile broke across her face. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh hello,” April said and went on looking at a tiny statue with broad shoulders, short legs and a hole in the top of its head. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z You don’t try to scare people in broad daylight. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He explained how to use the round oil lamps; how to strap the broad snowshoes onto their feet; how to command the dogs. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She remembered hurling a handful of clay in the broad face of a brickburner boy bearing down on her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “No, no. Not enough. It’s too broad. It doesn’t cut the possibilities much.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I went to the place where Harris had slid down the ice just above the Col, and then methodically retraced the route he’d followed toward camp, which followed a broad, almost flat, ice gully. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Outside the window I see three sets of tracks paralleling the one we are on, brown and silver, and beyond them broad flat fields of furrowed soil. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z In the early years, yes, the converts from society’s lowest levels were a sizable part of the Nation’s broad base of membership. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The weather lifted and the cold and they came at last into the broad lowland river valley, the pieced farmland still visible, everything dead to the root along the barren bottomlands. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Its broad leaves made a green canopy against the sunlight. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Dilsey reached the book across her and laid it on the broad side of the bed. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the beds was a broad damp stain on the carpet in the center of which lay a bar of soap and damp wads of lavatory paper. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She had been commander of the six seraphim, according to legend—and holy book—and her temple stood just across a broad boulevard from the guildhall. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It had a patrician bump on its nose, magnificent curly hair that rested atop a pronounced collarbone, and a broad forehead that reflected in miniature the walls and doors and lampshades around them. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z What happened in Harlan wouldn’t become clear until you looked at the violence from a much broader perspective. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z On their way home, the two men stopped to rest under a broad tree. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z It was as broad as my hand and had a yellow 8 on each clear wing, as plain as if some careful schoolchild or God had painted it there. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Their leather shoes splash through the shining puddles on the road, the sacks of books bang against William's broad back, and Jeanne shouts to the heavens. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Yet line is capable of creating a broad range of effects. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z His nose was flat and broad, and he always seemed in need of a shave. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We’re on a broader street now, it runs straight into the distance, and you can see a few of the lights of Manhattan. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The broad sweep of the harbors remains, but the quays where Eratosthenes landed are now underwater. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The cordate leaves were large and broad, and ended in a single point. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The letters not only provided irrefutable proof that the children had been with Holmes but contained geographic references that allowed Geyer to plot the broad contours of the route Holmes and the children had followed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He stood between me and every thought of religion, as an eclipse intervenes between man and the broad sun. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Still, when Aunt Eva lit the holiday candles, broad hands encircling the light, her plain face with its deep- set coffee-colored eyes took on a kind of beauty. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The ripples in the brass stretched the strangers qucerly, making one man seem long and gaunt, the other immensely squat and broad. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She’s broad with a worn dress and flyaway hair and lines at the corners of her eyes and her voice is quick, like a mouse. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It was wrapped in a broad bandage, the white stained with fresh blood. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Park wished that he was taller and broader; he hoped she wouldn't stop. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z All at once he was bigger than before, broader in the chest and shoulders, long-legged and lean, his face clean-shaved and windbumt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As nearly as we could tell, its site was now covered by a broad field of com. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Now she followed a broad path from the village to the stream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I stroked his head and kissed it, but held him at arm’s length as I took some broad leaves and cleaned his bottom as best I could. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z This, he wrote, made it more important than ever to provide a counterbalance of “dense, broad, luxuriant green bodies of foliage.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “As I am home now too,” Sifen said, and if it was at all possible, his grin grew broader, as if trying to include the entire garden and sky. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He stirred and looked up, then gave me a broad smile. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He turned it in his hands to look at Nipper’s name in broad marker strokes. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z They range over a broad band of frequencies, down to well below the lowest sound the human ear can detect. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is one feisty broad,” Pop says to me. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The broad flat of the river was half its usual breadth. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was not the titan’s broad powerful shoulders supporting the bronze globe of the world and heavens that seemed so different. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Two had spears in their hands with broad bright heads. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was always cold in the tower, for all the carpets and the tapestried hangings and the rich furred clothing and the broad marble fireplaces they had. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Through the gate there now appeared a broad thick-set hobbit with a round red face. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She stared at the broad boards of the floor. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The whole house was surrounded by a broad porch. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Their faces were broad, and shining dark hair fell over their eyes. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked the last incline holding the jiggeh awkwardly in front of him and set it down once he reached the broad plateau at the top. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z But there was a broad smile on his face. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Her hair, undone, hung down over her broad back. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He took off his broad hat and ran his big hand through his rusty hair. he said. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He had a round face, with broad cheeks and a weak chin that made his thick lips seem to protrude even more. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z We stood watching them while the sunset painted the river with broad streaks of pink and orange. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Right now we have to get out of sight. None of this matters if they bag us while we’re gabbing in broad daylight. I’ll go out again tonight, check things out.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Most of us don’t have particularly broad and diverse groups of friends. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A tree with broad brown leaves grew from the middle of what looked like a well, circled with the same stones that lined the ground. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z To the student of broad historical patterns, though, it makes no difference what the specific reasons were in each of those cases. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z However, if we do discover a complete theory, it should in time be understandable in broad principle by everyone, not just a few scientists. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z With the development of chemicals of broad lethal powers, there came a sudden change in the official attitude toward the fire ant. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Soldiers had been stationed on each step of the broad stone staircase; they seemed to have lost their senses. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Sun and wind had leathered his broad face, burnt it dark and grained it with fine lines. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Bittersweet, his youthful face and broad smile caressed my heart. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He advocated teaching poor as well as rich children, breaking down a subject to its elements, and a broad, liberal education along with teacher training. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z His smile was broader and he was quicker to laugh—a sort of silent breathy laughter that showed in his eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Through the lens I take in his broad shoulders and lean, muscular arms. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I’d inherited these face spots from my dad, not the pinpoint kind common to the Congolese, but broad leafy freckles. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z There, Margaret, the sun is for ever visible, its broad disk just skirting the horizon and diffusing a perpetual splendour. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Those with broader ambitions had to somehow find their way into a private school, and from there to a university in the United States or England. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Then, wearing a doublet and hose in high fashion, he would hasten down the broad way to join the throng of men seeking positions in King Hamlet’s court. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Likewise, insurance policies with broad coverage which compensates for any mishap are apt to be cheaper in the long run than insurance for a particular disease or a particular trip. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat there looking at the back of his head, his short, tousled hair, the broad muscles in his back and shoulders. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In the front half, the half where I was now, there was a circular stove, with a broad rack on top, that stood in the middle of the floor. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Art Bullard walked into the locker room, his long arms swinging back and forth, and a broad smile on his face. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A vague gesture of his fingers indicated he spoke in broad terms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They are small and sleek, with broad faces, and fur dark brown or brindle, and great bright eyes. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t ashamed of my thick lips and broad nose and coarse hair. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z At last the wind dropped a little, and the light grew broad before them. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “They appear to be seven ordinary broad stone steps; nothing special; quite the same as any other set of stairs in the Abbey, wouldn’t you say?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Neutrons from the Rad Lab could be detected even in Gilman Hall, the headquarters of Gilbert Lewis’s chemistry department, which was separated from the lab by a broad alley. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But over here there had grown up a broader interpretation of the word ‘liberty’: no man to be ruled or taxed except by men of his own choice. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But today it’s even broader, and it really comes down to interactions between individuals. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It took more than an hour, and when they’d finished they stood back, revealing what looked like an enormous military-green telescope, with its long barrel set firmly atop a short, broad tripod. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He had a broad armband which was red, with a blue swastika in a circle of white. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “When the division was made twenty-two years ago, it was because our platform was too broad, because Mrs. Stanton was too radical,” Anthony said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The big man had his warhammer slung across his broad back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Their shadows, and the shadow of the tower on which they stood, and all the spectres of the burning trees, stretched over the parkland in broad strips of indigo. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But the operating chieftain, with deference of course to the patriarch, was a fine-looking man of about thirty-five, broad- shouldered and lithe, with the cream-and-berries complexion of a girl and crisp black curling hair. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A shock of startling pain—and he was broad awake, awake and fiercely angry. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Ron’s hair was now long and wavy; he had a thick brown beard and mustache, no freckles, a short, broad nose, and heavy eyebrows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Orr leaped on top of the table after hurling his paddle and came sailing off die other end in a running broad jump with both feet planted squarely in Appleby’s face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I knew my traveller with his broad and jetty eyebrows; his square forehead, made squarer by the horizontal sweep of his black hair. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She was entering the house in the broad light of the siesta hour when he came walking toward her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was broad, with small, strong features, the cheekbones pronounced. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Darkness ahead, drowned sunflowers circling in, and far in the distance, something broad and white, swaying upon the flooded field. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I saw the figure out of a collar ad: ruddy face with blond hair faultlessly in place, a tropical weave suit draped handsomely from his broad shoulders, his eyes gray and nervous behind clear-framed glasses. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Silent Sam gave a broad wink and tapped a well-sucked paw against his nose. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He pulls his mouth into broad, exact shapes around his teeth as if he’s forever worried about being misunderstood. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She caught a glimpse of his heavy gold watch chain, of his broad- brimmed Panama hat. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She is even taller than von Linden, and her French has all the same broad twangy American vowels as her English. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Her strong arms seemed made to gather them in warm embraces, her broad shoulders to carry them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I sat down to rest on a broad, sloping ledge, but after a few minutes a deafening boom! frightened me back to my feet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Once again she felt the surge of power as the crow’s broad wings beat down against the air; this time it lasted longer for they were going higher than before. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He has a heavy, broad forehead and the shoulders of an aging linebacker. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Yet the bottom of the valley is level and broad and nearly a mile long; steep cliffs wall it in all around. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “And will there be awful meals, with food made from recipes, with garlic and tarragon and broad beans in?” asked Coraline. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The big, horsey girl in jodhpurs sitting by the window glanced up with a broad smile. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The town was receding fast, and the broad sweep of the river’s mouth was glittering in the sunlight below them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “How can woman’s position be changed from that of a subordinate to an equal,” she wrote, “without opposition, without the broadest discussion of all the questions involved in her present degradation?” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Chamber- lain took a deep breath, smelled wet grass, hay, felt his heart beating, looked up into God’s broad sky, shivered as a thrill passed through him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The appalling broad orange-and-green check of the jacket and trousers almost blinded the onlooker. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z There was a broad gash in its foundation on one side, like an open, surprised mouth. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z When his voice had started deepening and his shoulders grew broader, his throat ridged, Jam had been fascinated—it was what would have happened to her in another time, another life. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He had known Kaede since they were children; he could remember her in pigtails, chasing him and her brother across the broad palace courtyards. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Ninety minutes above the river, I crested a broad ridge, passed a matrix of rock-walled yak corrals, and abrupdy found myself in downtown Namche Bazaar, the social and commercial hub of Sherpa society. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes later I was standing on a broad ledge. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was broad from shoulder to belly and then narrow from the hip—where his holster sat—down to his boots. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z As Johnny stood among the graves of lonely Copp’s Hill looking across the broad mouth of the Charles, he could see lights in the houses of Charlestown. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In two day’s time they came to a broad tidal river where the bridge lay collapsed in the slow moving water. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Brienne paused to listen for a moment, broad shoulders hunched and thick arms crossed against her chest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Meggie saw the dogs' broad skulls pushing through the grass and heard them snuffling. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The woman’s hands were firm and smooth, long and slender, with broad gold bangles on her wrists. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they stepped into a broad foyer floored in a domino of black and white marble tiles. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She who had worn the coat then was tall, slim, broader than I about the shoulders, for I had found it big and over-long, and the sleeves had come below my wrists. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “When I was brought before your honor for trial,” she said, “I hoped for a broad and liberal interpretation of the Constitution.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He smothered men in broad smiles, fast talk, and wild stories. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He cut a dark glance toward the broad jowly deputy, who was leaning against the door. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I try to imagine these men and their game, for it helps place my own regrettable acts on a broader field, where they seem smaller. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We might begin with a broad question as to whether opera is important and how it fits in with our culture. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Rorge had donned a black halfhelm with a broad iron nasal that made it hard to see that he did not have a nose. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Soon Sam came to a long flight of broad shallow steps. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The first sun broke through, yellow and warm through steaming tree leaves, broad bright light blazed across the map table. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother, bleeding from a shotgun pellet, made her way along the hedges in broad daylight, with Woundwort limping beside her. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But he had actually come up into my loft, on his own in broad daylight, without any of the family knowing he was here, which is dead alarming of itself. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It was way too broad, of course, and pulled up a million sources, all of which Grace immediately knew were not her Melissa Taylor. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The “impossible” is now happening on two broad fronts. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Still, in broad terms, the safety advocates hoped the successes with seat belts and drunk driving would provide a blueprint for addressing cell phone distraction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z A broad entryway flanked by rosebushes led to the sprawling house of marble floors and wide windows. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Yet geography obviously has some effect on history; the open question concerns how much effect, and whether geography can account for history’s broad pattern. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Cast it all, if you will, in a broad yellow light. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But the question for our purposes is whether the broad pattern of world history would have been altered significantly if some genius inventor had not been born at a particular place and time. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But one table near at hand stood broad and bare. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Behind it, at its broad stern, foam burst; then the river closed around the interruption and resumed its own form again, as if the boat had never been there. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I said, and drew my shirt up over my head, turning so he could see the broad expanse of bandages covering my back. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Three broad classes were created, with fifty-one subgroups. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The rooftops shone like mirrors, the walls glistened with thousands of precious stones, and the broad avenues were paved in silver. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z They come from the bunk next to mine—they belong to a Candor boy, Al, the largest and broadest of all the initiates. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She could feel the broad undecorated expanse waiting, across the shoulders of the robe. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nine of every ten were moving westward, down the broad brick thoroughfare to Daznak’s Pit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z So they built a broad, straight highway, six lanes wide in places, with concrete dividers down the middle and outsized sodium street lamps that light the night sky for miles around. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It was Tom Smith, on a broad yellow horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At a picnic table on the lawn outside, four old women, all wearing broad, straw hats, were playing a card game. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z A woman in her seventies, with a broad face and short graying hair, she had a gentle, scholarly manner that masked an inner intensity. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Even in broad daylight his hand passed through solid objects. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He told me how to pick out a good calf: one with a broad straight back and thick shoulders. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Bananas were so abundant around the village people stole them off each other’s trees in broad daylight. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside it a broad white ladder stood, and at its foot three Elves were seated. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Your comments about the lecture showed a very petty jealousy I didn't expect from someone who claims to be so broad and noncommitted. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Natalie said absently, switching to a broader view of the neighborhood. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Nevertheless by sunset Taran realized they had covered only a little distance and had barely reached the broad moorlands. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z His opponent was shorter and thicker, built like an ox, with a low jutting brow and broad cheeks, and he hacked and battered at his door, making it shudder and jump under his sword. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z As I told my staff, I’d rather go deep than broad when it came to taking on issues. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In the picture, a ruddyfaced farmer stood at the edge of a broad field, and riding across it was a ghostly host of hunters outlined in silver paint, their horses’ eyes glinting gold. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Cissy gave us a broad, friendly grin and didn’t seem the least bit self-conscious about being out in her robe. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Looking west they could see, below them in a haze of light, lowlands and broad meads, and glinting far off in the westering sun the wide waters of the Anduin. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Lee put his arm around the broad shoulders to comfort him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A scowl formed on his broad, fleshy face, and his nostrils flared and quivered. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Having sent Frightful on her way, the three males came after her, but Frightful’s tapered falcon wings were faster than their broad hawk wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The broad shoulders make me look wider and tougher. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Lying there beneath him, his shirt opened to reveal the broad expanse of his chest, the ripples of muscle across his stomach, she wanted him. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z They’re so broad yet deeply personal, and it’s a private thing I want to share with everyone, and I think this is that feeling we all chase. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Now shrugging off his rags the wiliest fighter of the islands I leapt and stood on the broad door sill, his own bow in his hand. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When Jamie proposed a toast to the “broads of God,” I raised the bottle to the painting and drank a swig, same as the guys. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Growing up, they had wielded axes and fishing gaffs and pitchforks expertly, and they had built up strong arms and broad shoulders doing so. 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 graced with broad avenues thirty meters wide, elegant architecture and statuary, Alexander’s monumental tomb, and an enormous lighthouse, the Pharos, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As the car rushed along, the trees grew thicker and taller and leafier until, just as they’d hidden the sky completely, the forest abruptly ended and the road bent itself around a broad promontory. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z A broad swath of psychological and economic research has shown that people will pay different amounts for the same item depending on who is providing it. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He was enormous, with a huge, broad head and a large mouth full of curving fangs, needle sharp. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She’s got on a poll volunteer shirt and a broad smile. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z His face was broad and red, his hair curly and gray about his ears. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z These examples illustrate the broad range of questions concerning cultural idiosyncrasies, unrelated to environment and initially of little significance, that might evolve into influential and long-lasting cultural features. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Geographical knowledge in the classical period of fifth to fourth centuries bce—the times of Socrates, Plato, Pericles, Sophocles, and Aristotle—was not much broader than in Homer’s day, four hundred years earlier. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z And he followed that fear as a hunter follows the signs, the broad, blunt, clawed tracks of the bear, that may at any moment turn on him from the thickets. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z At the foot of the dais, upon the lowest step which was broad and deep, there was a stone chair, black and unadorned, and on it sat an old man gazing at his lap. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Nailer jackknifed forward and slammed into Vine’s broad back. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z So I walked closer yet, until I could see the face of the Moon Lady: shrunken cheeks, a broad oily nose, large glaring teeth, and red-stained eyes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man stood, or almost stood, leaning heavily on the broad shoulders of his children, staring into the leaden sky. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Are you a friend?” she asked, which struck me as one of those unintentionally broad and unanswerable questions. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z But as sick and blind as she was, I think I could have stood out in the broad open without her ever seeing me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z It was made of blackened oak, immense and broad, with steps as worn as the flagstones: far too solid to creak underfoot. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only a broad pile of soft earth, half filling the run. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Naked, shorn, barefoot, Cersei made a slow descent down the broad marble steps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One of them, a very short older man with the squarest, broadest face of orange-brown I’d ever seen, said something to them and they all began leaving. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As he mounted the steps to the Monk Building’s broad front plaza, Reynie saw two girls well ahead of him, walking together toward the front doors. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The broad face was a pool of still water, giving no hint of what might live in the depths below. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was so much a part of my life I remember every detail of him: the clear-rimmed glasses and spotted tie, the broad smile, the grandfatherly bald head like a warm, bright light bulb. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of this broad background of understanding came a fascinating and lucid explanation of the way a normal cell can become malignant. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A thousand lights twinkled on the water—the lights of the restaurants along the canal, the lights of the gondolas, of the vaporetti weaving their way along the broad waterway. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Their shoulders were broad and bare, their hips narrow and wrapped in cotton shentis of purest white. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The gloves that covered them were leather, lined with fur to match the cloak that hung matted and stiff from his broad shoulders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We played them in the evenings as the sun set over the steeples of Boston, casting broad, brazen rectangles of light across the fraying rugs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The path emerged from the woods onto the broad grassy banks of the river. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The children were playing on a broad green lawn. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Some hours having passed, we were cautioned again to remain silent; and we found ourselves filing into a stockade in a broad marsh. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The sun was pouring into the broad courtyard of the goldsmith’s shop, flooding ovens, benches, crucibles, with a radiance that made even the washing vats seem things of beauty. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was so broad it seemed to cover all the very worst things I sometimes thought about my disability and myself. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The broad streets and sidewalks that had impressed me so on the first day we had arrived had become as familiar as the dirt road from Macún to the highway. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z There were tufts of sparse grass, a few bushes and rocks, and nearby he could see an area of thicker vegetation: broad, low trees outlined against the sky. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Her feet seemed to have grown broader, he noticed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She stalked down the aisle and went through the broad door. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She caught his sword on the broad side with the staff, avoiding the sharp edges, and leapt back as she heard the wood groan. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She sat down near the front of the courtroom and turned to me with a broad smile and announced, “Attorney Stevenson, I’m here!” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was no more than a sore in the earth, broad and chaotic, gouged out by human fingernails, ounce to pound to ton. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The queen had a wide face, perfect for broad smiles. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The third kind were large wooden houses with broad porches that ran around the buildings; they had odd shapes, round towers, octagonal bays, balconies. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z And Coyotito was dressed in a jacket, and he had on a white collar and a broad silken tie. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z A halt was called at lunchtime on the banks of a slow, broad river. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The sun was bright overhead; the ice field was broad and unbroken; the air stung their skin with its briskness. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I looked up, saw a hawk circling in the broad seamless sky. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He was colored too and just a bit shorter than Pap but a whole lot broader. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Galen and I raked this into a broad rectangular mound about the size of a double bed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He was tall and stout of build, and he had a hole so broad upon his chest that the bone of his skeleton was shown. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He placed a hand on Papa’s broad shoulder, but then he added, “You know, Jonah, sometimes it’s best to wait till times get better.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Henry is broad and fleshy and always enjoys an opportunity to smack one of us boys. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Arch was six-and-a-half-feet tall, broad of shoulder, huge of belly, with legs like tree trunks, hands the size of hams, and no neck to speak of. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Henry’s hands are huge on his back, his jaw sharp and rough with a long day’s stubble, his shoulders broad enough to eclipse Alex when he rolls them over and pins Alex to the mattress. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Half his face is dipped in moonlight, tracing along the sharp cut of his jaw, the easy bend in his broad shoulders. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Wooed by both men, Cristiana favored Rosencrantz, I think, but each was greeted with the same coy laugh and the same broad view of her bosom straining beneath its artfully loosened bodice. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Her dirk was gone as well, and all her throwing axes; instead she had a sword in hand, a short sword with a broad thick blade, almost like a butcher’s cleaver. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Here I was right out in broad daylight refreshing my taste with a Lucky Strike. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He left her room with a broad, hypocritical smile, and once he was out of his mother’s field of vision he had to lean against a wall, because his legs were giving out. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If they were ordinary foes, it might have been possible to defend against them with great broad slashes that gutted two or three at a time. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z With the dragon’s broad horselike face and flattened body, it resembled the sort of zmeu that might adorn a medieval icon or tapestry. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “With all his education, mind you. Selling weenies out on the street in the broad daylight.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “This Astor broad has one helluva past,” he told me one time. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The broad thick tires would stand up to the rough surface of carpets and make a wide splash through puddles. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z They were crossing the broad coastal plain where the secular winds drove them in howling clouds of ash to find shelter where they could. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Sometimes the man with the silver hair and broad shoulders and lantern jaw is a lightweight. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z His broad sword was extended and moved from side to side. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Thus, questions of the animal origins of human disease lie behind the broadest pattern of human history, and behind some of the most important issues in human health today. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Templeton, not wishing to come out in broad daylight, stayed quietly under the straw at the bottom of the crate. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Behind the shoulders, in the broad muscular back, the heavy blade sank with a sickening sound. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And, in some broad sense, my writing is political because it concerns my movement away from the company of family and into the city. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He moonlights as a smuggler, ferrying mail, contraband, and people across the broad Potomac into Virginia. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Then he grew up into a man with shoulders so broad, and a brain so fast, that he could only ever be a king. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z His father was waiting, seated behind the broad walnut desk. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, sir, I didn’t,” he said with a broad smile. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Three days earlier, in broad daylight, two masked men had run into J. Browns Jewelers waving guns at the customers, ordering them to the ground. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z His broad flat face was swart, his eyes were like coals, and his tongue was red; he wielded a great spear. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The black-mustached man was fingering something in his belt; Harry looked and saw that he was running one broad thumb along the blade of a shining axe. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z But interhemispheric diffusion made no contribution to Native America’s complex societies, isolated from Eurasia at low latitudes by broad oceans, and at high latitudes by geography and by a climate suitable just for hunting-gathering. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It occurred to him that till now she had probably never seen him in broad daylight in the open. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The epicenter of activity was a monstrously ugly concrete building, the Summit Information Center, with big windows, broad viewing platforms, and an exceedingly lively cafeteria. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He had brown hair and a square face with a strong, broad jaw. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Then Shawn rubbed the smooth leather across his broad chest, moving steadily but without hurry. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Whatever perils lay ahead, it seemed better to float down the broad tide of Anduin to meet them than to plod forward with bent backs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Harry and the others were shoved and kicked up broad stone steps into a hallway lined with portraits. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z And there is broad consensus that the greatest of these threats is climate change, or, more specifically, global warming. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z She did not hear her feet scraping down the broad stairs, or the courthouse clock laboriously strike two-thirty; she did not feel the dank air of the first floor. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Her boyfriend is handsome, with broad shoulders, graying temples, and a mustache. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z His features—the broad face, the flattened nose, the narrow, pleated eyes—looked so elegant. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z This was a large red-gold Labrador retriever, a young dog with all the heritage of his sturdy working forebears in his powerful build, broad noble head and deep, blunt, gentle mouth. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked up at a broad Asiatic face, under a wolverine hood, lit by flickering lamplight. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Our friend Brenda stands listening, books clutched against her broad, broad chest, hair shining pink and red. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Then she said, “I think I’ve been assuming things about your life that I shouldn’t assume. And I didn’t ask you to tell me. I don’t have very broad experience, I guess.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Lying beside his sleeping brother, he’d listen to the broad, low sound: faint, then rising, faint again, then a high, beckoning whistle, then gone. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “He is gentle enough to bear the mightiest of you away on his broad back, and strong enough for the smallest of you as well.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He was a broad, bandy-legged little man with a walrus mustache, with square hands, puffed and muscled on the palms. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The monster seemed to grow before Conor’s eyes, getting taller and broader. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He had never before travelled in broad daylight either. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "I've known broads like that all my life. She wants to be artsy and has settled on being cheap. I can tell I won’t be getting a tip out of her." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I crept forward, and then I saw him—a big white man, even taller than my father, broad and huge, like a wrestler. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That makes it the leading cause of history’s broadest pattern. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Sean turned, his broad shoulders a wall in the blue uniform, the gold name tag glinting. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z There was one broad clump of bushes the little kids could hide in, if it came to that. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Something glittered in the lantern light, and when Anya inspected further, she saw a broad red scale stuck to a piece of wood. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Unless, that is, “the economy” is construed in a broader sense— as a means to build and maintain hundreds of prisons. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z When they reached the broad boulevard with the palm trees, he told her to look for a little café on a corner, with green-painted metal tables on the pavement outside. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The men turned her around like a doll, and then the strange procession moved up the broad walk toward the school, and the child was even more a mite because the men were so big. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She was tall and stately, with broad shoulders and an elegant waist. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The banks of the stream sank, as it reached the levels and became broader and shallower, wandering off towards the Marish and the River. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The smile that came over his face was so broad that I knew I’d made a friend. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look at her. She’s excited about it already,” Tata said, and they all stared at me with broad smiles, willing me to give in to their enthusiasm. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Van Ness Avenue, half a block from Howard’s dealership, was the broadest street in the city. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Settle a little deeper into those broad shoulders. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as he spoke, he started forward, gripping the knife and aiming the spear at the Spirit Bear’s broad white chest. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Twenty years earlier, at the request of Chicago’s South Park commissioners, Olmsted had studied both Jackson Park and, to its west, Washington Park, and the broad boulevard that connected them, called Midway. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He took off his broad Quaker hat and held it over his stomach, squinting a little to see her through the darkness. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z And next to it is a floor lamp, a long black pole with three oval spotlights attached like the broad leaves of a rubber plant. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z This might mean working with broad categories of Chinese, Indian or West African music, or narrow sub-cultures such as hip-hop music, Motown sound from the 1960s, or even the sound of an individual singer. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z But this brief discussion may at least indicate the relevance of environmental factors to smaller-scale and shorter-term patterns of history, as well as to history’s broadest pattern. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He was at least six feet in height, with broad shoulders and slender hips. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He had broad shoulders and bulging arms, hands like hammers, and the leathery skin of a man who’d been sunburned so many times his naturally creamy complexion had grown tough and brown as rawhide. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Mounting to it by two broad steps, and looking through, I thought I caught a glimpse of a fairy place, so bright to my novice-eyes appeared the view beyond. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z For Fred and George had just scrambled over the backs of their seats and were standing in front of Ludo Bagman with broad grins on their faces, their hands outstretched. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The auction block had been thrown up where the broad brown Skahazadhan flowed into Slaver’s Bay. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was tall and broad shouldered, where Pa was just tall. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We eat fresh broad beans, venison with scattered pomegranate seeds, grilled brown trout with butter, a salad of bitter herbs, and, for after, raisin cakes smothered in apple syrup. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z To this he had a simple answer: “That, in fact, is exactly what it was . . . The only way in which a broad program could be launched rapidly and on an adequate scale.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The forum’s broad plaza was pitted with craters. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As the carriage travels the seven blocks to the theater, Major Rathbone, with his muttonchops and broad mustache, sits facing Lincoln, talking about his experiences in the war. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z "You see," Brother Jack said with a grin, "we've always avoided these leaders, but the moment we start to advance on a broad front, sectarianism becomes a burden to be cast off. Any other suggestions?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But those broad gains mask the fact that poor and working-class students have nevertheless been falling behind; for them, not having a degree remains the norm. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Two books published since then have increased our understanding of that chaotic period of New Zealand history, placed it in a broader historical context, and made its relevance to GGS even clearer. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Didn’t he know he could only get so far with his face so different and broad? Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I pick up the pad and look at the drawing I did of him, his broad shoulders, his narrow waist, long legs, the trail of hair on his navel going down, down, down. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He moved it in every direction, his careful wince turning into a broad smile. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z In the firelight, the handsome features of the second operation were obvious: broad shoulders and a firm jaw, a sharp nose and high cheekbones. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Wearing his Marine fatigues, Uncle Jet proudly held a black rifle across his broad chest. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Sound and memory and broader social understanding are sacrificed in favor of heightened awareness of the threat directly in front of us. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z When they woke they found that the light of day was broad upon the lawn before the pavilion, and the fountain rose and fell glittering in the sun. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A much broader group was stirred up over the shooting than I had imagined. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And as she gazed, the image of a city seemed to form itself behind the veils and streams of translucent color: towers and domes, honey-colored temples and colonnades, broad boulevards and sunlit parkland. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I saw the flag flapping, and the sun slanting on the broad grass. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The cheekbones were like the wings of a hawk soaring away from his broad nose; he wore a drooping thick mustache; the hairs were steel gray. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She is tall and dark-skinned, beautiful and broad shouldered. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z His broad shoulders tapered to a narrow waist, and he walked with the swagger of someone who wore a six shooter on each hip. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z There was something heavy and dark and tight about the day, riding stiffly in the broad barren field, in harsh sunlight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She had short, thick forearms, fingers like cocktail sausages, and a broad fleshy nose with flared nostrils. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was lean and pleasant, his forehead broad, firm, and sensitive, and his lips curled in a perpetual smile. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z One was small and blonde, with a broad smile on his face; the other was older, dark-haired and more serious looking. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z This incident sounds bizarrely one-of-a-kind and of no possible broader significance. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The shaded lamp catching the lenses of his glasses left half of his broad face in shadow as his clenched fists stretched full forth in the light before him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Jules’s surprise flitted across her broad face like a bat at dusk. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They found a broad path, paved with hewn stones, now winding upward, now climbing in short flights of well-laid steps. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Inside the office, the old broad’s face was pressed in close to Frank’s. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Then from many points little rivers of red flame came hurrying on, winding through the gloom, converging towards the line of the broad road that led from the City-gate to Osgiliath. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I looked back up at the broad cinnamon roads that met in the shadow of her dress. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z His broad view of what constituted landscape architecture included anything that grew, flew, floated, or otherwise entered the scenery he created. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He flapped the lines on Queenie’s broad back and the surrey lurched into motion. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They have faces that make one think—honest peasant faces, broad foreheads, broad noses, broad mouths, broad hands, and thick hair. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside the house, shading it in summer, stood three mulberry trees, the fledged leaves that would later be broad and placid as the palms of hands streaming flatly undulant upon the driving air. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Rolling aside, I yanked my stage sword awkwardly from its hanger and brought it to broad ward. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Black cradled his forehead in a broad palm for a moment, then tore it away and said defiantly, “I said, ‘Go lose yourself.’” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The hosts met on the broad plains of the Reach, amidst golden fields of wheat ripe for harvest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A slender stream twisted back and forth in its broad bed of gray sand, and the water was not milky with silt but clear and pleasant. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z With his stubby legs and broad waist supporting a big barrel chest, Mafoday appeared more like a fixture in goal than a potentially mobile obstacle. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She was big-boned and had an Indian face, with broad features, dark skin, and a sweet, peaceful expression. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea that she does this regularly, in broad daylight…. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The tobacco plants grew tall, and the leaves were broad and green. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The ANC was a broad coalition encompassing many different tribes, but its leaders at the time were primarily Xhosa. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Later she realized that he had not been wearing his broad black Quaker hat. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It was an intricate stew of truths and mirages that convulsed the ghost of José Arcadio Buendía under the chestnut tree with impatience and made him wander all through the house even in broad daylight. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z All this was forward motion, I reminded myself, steps taken along the broader path. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There was what looked like a broad stone buttress there, running the full height of the wall, and at the top it continued into a stack of chimneys, with the moon shining brightly on them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z There are broad teeth marks on it which are not squirrel. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a square, honest face, a short, broad nose with large black nostrils, and her mouth was wide as a gash in her face. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She had the sort of broad and guileful smile in which you couldn't help but believe—you just wanted to make her happy so you could keep seeing it. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Once complete, this grillage of steel would be filled and covered with Portland cement to produce a broad, rigid raft that Root called a floating foundation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He was broad- shouldered, grave, and he wore a gray business suit. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Cautiously I approached the terrace and climbed its broad steps. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Children lay on the broad plush seats and slept, while men and women doubled up with their pillows and rested as best they could. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “But what is going on today is a much broader, much more profound phenomenon.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z No means of faring home are left him now; no ship with oars, and no ship’s company to pull him on the broad back of the sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In broad daylight I parked my car and got into his. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That radio silence was full of imagined monsters, like a broad empty space on a map. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He sat gazing at the fire, whose flames winked, reflected, from his tankard and from the broad bright silver chain of office over his shoulders. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She had a predilection for broad shoulders and big hands, as did Old Randall, although the master and his slave had different sorts of labor in mind. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She has broad shoulders, bronze skin, and a bulbous nose. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He slapped a broad hand on the table so hard the glasses rang, and his massive shoulders shook, and he had to wipe away the tears from his eyes. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z There are the polka dots, rolling across a broad expanse. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The hunter’s rifle is angled just so rests on the dead animal’s broad flank. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She looked north, away from the Wood, and the land was a broad expanse of white stretching toward a faraway horizon. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It screamed and struck the air with broad barred wings, and rose up on the wind. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z It was a much broader one this time, a smile of pure pleasure. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Reverend Hunt is a tall, quiet man with broad shoulders and more patience than anyone I have ever known. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z It was the ghost’s beloved face, matronly and broad, with her round red “happiness cheeks,” but there was nothing happy to be found in her affect, as flat as all the ghosts in Minya’s army. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The broad, rubble-strewn terminus of the glacier was visible a mile away. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As I had no address to give them, I ignored their questions and padded my replies with broad references to snow, and beauty, and solitude. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The ones by the trees were on the far sides; you couldn’t see them from the house even in broad daylight. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z For a short stretch the path became broad and flat, and just ahead, leaning comfortably against a dead tree, stood a very elegant-looking gentleman. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The picture is clear only in its broadest strokes. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The faster and broader this transition to a new era, the greater the potential for disruption, as opposed to an orderly transfer of power from the old winners to the new winners. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Its proportions are too chunky, too broad of beam, too crudely hewn. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He was getting so tall and broad, more like his brother every day. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Poillon, concerned that Berkeley’s broad patent claims might provoke a messy interinstitutional fight, pleaded with Lawrence to narrow his claims to avoid controversy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Atticus was a head taller than his brother, his face was broad and open with a straight nose and wide thin mouth, but something about the three marked them as kin. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Jeanne’s speech was broad and flat like the fields her people tilled. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He turned, and she gave him another broad smile. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z While they were still grousing, the door opened and the smith’s prentice came in, boyish and broad- shouldered with the smell of coalsmoke in his hair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Its broad silver buckle gleamed in the lantern light. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The eyes in his broad face grew round, and his mouth opened wide, and he gasped. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Naomi was sitting on a broad, flat rock at the edge of the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Her frame is more like mine, with her broad chest and thin legs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Never lose sight of the fact that our special responsibility as landscape artists applies primarily to the broad, comprehensive scenery of the Exposition,” Olmsted wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She thought it must be ten times as large as Pentos, a vastness without walls or limits, its broad windswept streets paved in grass and mud and carpeted with Wildfiowers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Nathan leaned forward and wrapped as much of his arms as he could around the water monster’s broad neck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z We shortly followed, rowing the broad avenues through the fleet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She wore the large kind of broad- brimmed hat that women wore in those days, which she tied down with a scarf that she had knotted underneath her chin. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Big enough to drown a dwarf, I grant you. The Mander is as broad, though. So is the Trident, near its mouth. The Blackwater rims deeper.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The industry has kept prices down in part by buying bigger ships, the better to accommodate a broader clientele. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z She had a broad, flat face with saggy earlobes that hung almost to her hefty shoulders. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z For a break, we all play at war in a green field with a broad arc of trees. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Gradually the path grew broader and more flat as it reached the bottom of the mountain and turned toward Wisdom. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Not Weep nor the Cusp nor the citadel were visible, but a great deal of pale-rose sky, and, beneath it, this broad path of smooth green water plied by birds with long, curved necks. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The streets were leading downward, and before very long they opened out onto a broad avenue where more palm trees reached high into the air, the underside of their leaves glowing in the streetlights. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her smile is so broad that I have to touch her face. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “Does he have to do that right out in the open in broad daylight?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He reined up grandly, waved the hat in one long slow swop, bowed halfway down off the horse—a broad sweeping cavalier’s gesture. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Study the slope of his nose, the way his eyes crinkle in the corners from his broad grin like the eyes of sleepy cats in the sun. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The bear said, “Ride on me,” and crouched to offer his broad back, and half-clinging, half-falling, she managed to stay on while he took her to a steep hollow, where many bears were assembled. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Get off your bottom and find a better way to say it. broad daylight. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He bounces on his heels a little, visibly tamping down a broad smile. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He sat bolt upright, sword in hand, a broad axe at his side. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, that day tranquil cattle with broad brows were grazing near, and soon the men drew up around their chosen beasts in ceremony. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "We'll take the horse too," said another of them, a woman shorter than Robb, with a broad flat face and lank yellow hair. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We went along a broad, carpeted passage, and then turned left, through an oak door, and down a narrow flight of stairs and up a corresponding flight, and so to another door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Half Time’s head came up, and he dropped out of the pocket an instant before Exhibit’s broad rump bulled into it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At about four o’clock, tired and overheated and streaked about the face with rivulets of gritty sweat, I stepped from the woods onto the broad shoulder of U.S. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It had a broad blue strap with a pad for putting around your neck, the flat top facing up, for it was a drumroller's drum. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z At one end of town, I spotted what I had come to find—a steep, broad eminence, perhaps 1,500 feet high and several miles long, which was almost entirely naked of vegetation. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She lifts a broad foot and scratches her head with a curved claw on the end of a long, narrow toe. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He settled one of the broad cushions behind his head, and lit a cigarette. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There was no one else in here that he could see, and he noted that the broad shovels and pitchforks typically used for mucking were still propped against a wall to his right, untouched. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Looking down the broad valley, he saw a moving dust cloud. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The first voice had many arms and a long tail and a great, broad head. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Just as his mother feared, Havens, a broad- shouldered former wrestler with tousled brown hair and a guileless smile, wavered some his freshman year and dated several classmates. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A short broad man saw me and waved the others to a halt. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In the taxi on the way home, I couldn’t stop talking, telling Delsa about the broad streets, the big schools, the subway train. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z We argued for the broadest possible def-inition and said that any person who was convicted of an offense that was politically motivated should qualify for an indemnity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z From the Balcony I descended a few hundred feet down a broad, gentle snow gully without incident, but then things began to get sketchy. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “I can sleep in broad daylight,” Shae said, getting up and gathering her bedroll. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He looked to be in his middle thirties, and he had broad shoulders and a lean face with a square jaw and a dark stubble. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z My aunt stepped towards us; her broad shoulders gave her an official appearance, as if she were wearing epaulettes, and representing all our parents. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She ran her free hand through her greasy black hair, and a flurry of dandruff settled on her broad shoulders. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She raised her hands wide overhead and with a broad, swooping motion, pushed the air in front of her body. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They came to the path and found that it was broad, paved with broken rubble and beaten ash. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The threat of snow lifted; the clouds began to break and the light grew broader. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Every time I return to The Children’s Home, Mr. Irvin greets me with a broad smile. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The elected leaders of the African American community have a much broader mandate than civil rights groups, but they, too, frequently overlook criminal justice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z His son Willy, Jr., often played touch football with us, coming down with the other boys from Mudhole to scrimmage with us on the broad concrete between the church and the Club House. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A thousand miles up from the Atlantic, the river is still so broad that at high water the other side is only a faint dark line on the horizon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The broad sheet of water glimmered pink in the light of the morning. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z A tall bearded man with broad shoulders stood up to greet us. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My father's family, meanwhile, sprawled across Chicago’s broader South Side and included an array of great-aunts and third cousins, plus a few stray outliers whose blood connection remained cloudy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It now has big wheels, a padded seat, and a broader footrest, plus a serious seat belt and a hand brake for safety. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z One of the branches was dearly larger, the other more like a broad stream. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z As he turned to mount the few stairs to the stage, Kira could see the broad blank expanse across the Singer’s back and shoulders, the blank that she had been picked to fill. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a broad face and small eyes that were very black. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z "Nonsense, I like their singing," the broad man said doggedly. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a big male with a broad face and a golden mane. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z That can be remedied; the clubs can be made healthy and broad, I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The broad concrete walkways curved in and around the massive yellow buildings that rose taller than anything else in the neighborhood. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Remember the broader consciousness that comes with that. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He and Gary were similar in looks, with broad faces, big ears, and light-brown hair. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z This book paints with a broad brush, and as a result, many important issues have not received the attention they deserve. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The shark looked like a ghost with its white belly and broad fins stretched to the sky, reflecting the sunlight. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I realize that we are often wary of making these kinds of broad generalizations about different cultural groups — and with good reason. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Muller also realized that his experiment had broad implications for human eugenics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I want to smell his neck, bury my face in that broad, muscular gap between his shoulder blades. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Did the factors acting in the encounter of Atahuallpa and Pizarro also play a broader role in encounters between Old World and New World peoples and between other peoples? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She was hoisted out of the water and onto a broad shoulder. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Now it was broad day «o but these three men Athena hid in darkness, going before them swiftly from the town. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt went up the broad steps leading to the salon. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His skin shone dark as bronze in the ruddy light from the brazier, the faint lines of old scars visible on his broad chest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It coincided with an even broader American crime wave that had been building for two decades. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Samuel lifted down his saddle from the big nail where it hung by one wooden stirrup and swung it over the broad back. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My jaw looked squarer, broader, my neck thicker, with a bulge of Adam’s apple in the center. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Right. Let’s go,” he growled, slinging his sister over a broad shoulder. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “But what if it’s a huge river,” I asked him once—“like the Congo, which is much broader than the reach of any vine?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was tall, muscular, broad shouldered, and distinctly Nordic in his features, with high cheekbones, a chiseled jawline, and cold slate-gray eyes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And only one photo showed his father, dressed in a suit and tie, shoulders broad and powerful, with a neatly trimmed mustache. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I began to sense that they had their own kind of Bigger Thomas behavioristic pattern which grew out of a more subtle and broader frustration. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They were arranged in a rough U shape around the broad stone plaza and were connected by stone walkways and stone steps. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He had a broad, good-natured face, which was weatherbeaten and so freckly that he looked almost tanned; his arms were muscular, and one of them had a large, shiny burn on it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We did fourteen miles, an exceedingly worthy distance in the circumstances, and might have gone farther, but at half past six we came to a broad ford called Wilber Brook and stopped. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Nearby was another hedgerow and beyond, moving gently in the breeze, stood a field of broad beans in full flower. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Perrington finished with a broad smile that made her instincts tell her to run and run and never look back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Here she stopped and, closing her eyes, took a deep breath of the flower-scented air of the broad expanse around her. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her nose was broad and her forehead stately. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The first four were wrong, and she slashed through my answers with a broad swathe of bright red ink. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z There really are broad patterns to history, and the search for their explanation is as productive as it is fascinating. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He wiped a broad arc in the air. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z A master shipwright, building a cargo vessel, lays down a broad and shallow hull; just so Odysseus shaped the bottom of his craft. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Its long, steep inclines lay broad and desolate; its high-curbed gutters swarmed, most winter nights, with traveling rain. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He stands, towering over us with broad shoulders and muscles that strain the seams of his uniform. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The lawn ran out into a narrow tongue between bright margins: on the right and west the Silverlode flowed glittering; on the left and east the Great River rolled its broad waters, deep and dark. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There is also the broader issue of ability. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The Basongye of Zaire have a broad conception of what music is, but no corresponding term. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The stump is broad and gnarled and cracked. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In the moonlight, he saw she had a small, broad nose, round cheeks, and a slightly pointed chin. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z His brows were dark and heavy, too, his features strong and broad. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Of all the cities Bobby had been to, Buenos Aires was his favorite: He liked the food, the people’s enthusiasm for chess, and the broad boulevards. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Reducing the black-white test score gap,” wrote the authors of one study, “would do more to promote racial equality than any other strategy that commands broad political support.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Maybe if I go in broad daylight and tell him while he is awake where I am going, he will be all right. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The smith was squat and broad, plainly dressed in wool and leather, but his arms were as thick as a bull's neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z With a broad sweep of robes, the Grand Elder rose to his feet. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He was big and broad and growing every day, with his mother's coloring, the fair skin, red-brown hair, and blue eyes of the Hillys of Riverrun. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They had broad triangular heads, like the prairie rattlers back in Montana, but their bodies were muck-colored and ominously plump. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And with one broad swipe of his staff he knocks loose the remaining stars from the sky. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z A Thoroughbred’s neck, while broad from top to bottom, is surprisingly narrow in width, like the body of a fish. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The words surged up through the big body, flowed out of the broad mouth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We shook hands, his broad, fleshy palm seeming to swallow mine. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A broad, hunched woman with pointed teeth cackled. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There I’d used some of the brown gingham to capture this broad prairie. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He moved his blade to the expanse of yellow rind above the gouged eyes, and she could see him make three deep rippled cuts across the broad forehead. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She rubbed her head on her broad shoulder, fluffed her breast feathers, and rested. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z "Father, see who I've brought. Cat has come to see you . . ." Hoster Tully had always been a big man,- tall and broad in his youth, portly as he grew older. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Their broad, short wings were designed to speed them in and around trees and branches. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He was a broad man, a man of parts who got around. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Thereafter when I come home again, I am to slay full hekatombs to the gods who own broad heaven, one by one. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Settled back in the slow, smoothly rolling fiacre we moved up the Avenue de l'Opéra, passed the locked doors of the shops, their windows lighted, the Avenue broad and shiny and almost deserted. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He greeted him with a broad show of affection, afraid that he had known him at another time and that he did not remember him now. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z As broad as a Sherman tank and yellow as a daisy, Pumpkin—or “Punkins,” as the hands called him—had once been a Montana cow pony. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “He can’t form in broad daylight. It’s hard for him. But he's around somewhere.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z As the sun set he came down to the wharves again, and even there in the broad red light and wind of the day’s end, sea and land alike to him seemed dim and silent. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z His broad face was impassive, but his voice was leaden. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I recognize the broad band on the tip of his tail.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He had broad shoulders and a narrow waist and short-cropped hair like most of the Negro boys wore, but it was his face I couldn’t help staring at. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She was gaunt, with these haunted, saggy cheeks, but her shoulders were still broad. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then recognition filled the woman’s face, her broad smile illuminating the darkness, and Tally felt herself smiling in return. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Don't be cross, darling. It was awfully funny. You looked about twenty feet broad and very affectionate holding the umbrella by the edges—” she choked. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “What would you have me call you?” the lord asked, as they trotted down the broad straight streets of Barrowton. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When he came close enough to speak, he raised the lantern and held it to show his face: an old man with a broad, lined face, and eyes nearly lost in a thousand wrinkles. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z And he was broad enough in the shoulders, but not all that much broader than the Count. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I looked at Luke’s broad face, wondering whether it would do any harm to ask about them. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z But the broader problem, which we shall look at now, is the fact that our chemical attack is weakening the defenses inherent in the environment itself, defenses designed to keep the various species in check. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t have interest; Bobby Gene couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn, as they say. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Even so, streets would have to be crossed, in broad daylight. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He had fixed his eyes on Giaco's broad back, as if that could reassure him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z One of his broad palms flattens over Alex’s hip, and Alex inhales sharply, either at the touch or at hearing Henry finally say it out loud. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “You must be calm as you walk in. Oh, this is most dramatic—in broad daylight and in the middle of the city. We’ll sit here for a while and look at his building.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he simply wanted what any newcomer like him wanted and would will for himself, a broader foreground from which he might naturally emerge. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the buildings were broad roads lined with trees, wandering crookback streets, and alleys so narrow that two men could not walk abreast. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The teacher gave no instruction the entire period, except to applaud the actions of a man who, in broad daylight at an airport, killed a manacled criminal suspect accused of molesting the man’s son. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I crossed a muddy area covered with animal tracks and continued along a broad platform covered with spongy dried dung. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearly due west the broad swath of the marching Orcs tramped its ugly slot; the sweet grass of Rohan had been bruised and blackened as they passed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Soon, they came to a broad road and saw an inn. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He let the pages slip past his fingers to the fly leaf where was written with a broad carpenter’s pencil, “Sam’l Hamilton.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, in the dark grove, for no reason at all, Armistead looked at the dark face, the broad back, felt a bolt of almost stunning affection. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Their faces were as a rule good-natured rather than beautiful, broad, bright-eyed, red-cheeked, with mouths apt to laughter, and to eating and drinking. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z While growing up in Cardston and later on the similarly broad scapes of Babb, Montana, Woolf couldn’t remember a time when his view of the world wasn’t framed by a set of horse’s ears. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahead lay a broad boulevard that skirted on the left the lagoon and the Wooded Island, on the right the tall façades of the Mines and Electricity buildings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Broadway: the way that led to death was broad, and many could be found thereon; but narrow was the way that led to life eternal, and few there were who found it. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z At first they were no more than pale gossamer-threads, so fine that they only twinkled fitfully where the Moon caught them, but steadily they grew broader and clearer, until their design could be guessed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Hence Toynbee did not pose Yali’s question, nor did he come to grips with what I see as history’s broadest pattern. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes Dorian forgot how little he looked like his father—it was his younger brother, Hollin, who took after the king, with his broad frame and his round, sharp-eyed face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Root’s death had crushed Burnham, but it also freed him to become a broader, better architect. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He was, you could tell, a highly skilled diplomat, with a broad range of mind. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a broad grin, almost as if he had just told them a secret joke. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He had broad shoulders, strong pipes, no gut at all. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z In almost every temple at least one single sister had let out some broad hint that she thought I needed a wife. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They are tall, sturdy men, with broad, flat noses and wide lips. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Tasmania and those three smaller islands thus illustrate in extreme form a conclusion of broad potential significance for world history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This early in the season—it was still early April—there were hardly any cars in the park, so we treated Skyline Drive as a kind of broad, paved, alternative footpath. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The point of this language of “intention” and “personal responsibility” is broad exoneration. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “My ambitions extend far beyond hijacking a single preserve. I am part of a movement with much broader objectives.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z His face was broader and flatter, with sunken eyes and tusks the size of bananas protruding from his mouth. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Then the broad fields gave way to softly rolling hills covered with orchards, and through the carriage windows Ash watched the fruit being plucked from the trees, red and round. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The mage was gesturing, urging the flames higher and higher with broad sweeps of his arms. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was tall, with broad shoulders, and hair cropped so close to his head it made his giant ears stick out even more. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “There must be someone home, at all times. Thieves come, even in broad daylight these days.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a valley through which a broad, swift river wound its way, flowing eastward toward the sun. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Daddy was a tall man, over six feet four, with broad shoulders and big muscles in his arms. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had forgotten how tall he was—how broad his shoulders. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnson leaned forward, resting his broad chest on the table. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The Klan would ride right up Main Street in broad daylight and no one did a thing about it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Their grandmother was out in one field, wearing a broad straw hat, picking tomatoes into another of the bushel baskets. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z While it was not unusual for a scientist with an advanced degree to have read widely outside his or her chosen specialty, Oppenheimer’s range of interests was unusually broad. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Its wings were like the sails of a small ship, each feather as broad as a cutlass. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He drove his Bronco in pitch darkness across the Potomac and through Antietam National Battlefield, a broad ridge of cornfields and farmland scattered with stone monuments to the dead. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the other students had been asked anything so broad as this. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Gandalf was shorter in stature than the other two; but his long white hair, his sweeping silver beard, and his broad shoulders, made him look like some wise king of ancient legend. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Brushing the stray wisps of white hair from her broad forehead, Eva rose. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A league of grass, washed by a slow broad stream, New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z And then soon after that, Or I guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic, And it means, Sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones, Growing among black folks as among white. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He was a strange-looking figure, broad and muscular, with the vigor of an ancient but sturdy tree. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Other clouds cast broad shadows across the valley. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A man sitting in a chair tilted in the broad low door, where a dark cool breeze smelling of ammonia blew among the ranked stalls, said to look at the postoffice. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting behind a broad, semicircular desk sat a young guy with a struggling goatee wearing a Regents Security uniform. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I had had in the meantime more opportunity to observe the house; it was taller than it was broad, comprising four floors, with ivy covering much of the front right up to the gables. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He would make a broad, fine bowl with a pattern of reed flowers inlaid in silver wire, and he would make a little eye-paint pot with a hinged lid, and a bracelet. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Asra liked best to tell long meandering tales about his young days on a Commensal farm in the Kunderer Valley, that broad splendid plain I had driven through coming from the border to Mishnory. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The broad wings went through a final incensed salvo and then quit whipping Bernabe’s aching body, and somehow the hole in the neck, bubbling blood, released a last defiant scrawk. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Lying round Bree-hill and the villages was a small country of fields and tamed woodland only a few miles broad. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z His smile was as white as his turban and almost as broad. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The rain and mist moved across the field in broad, sweeping sheets of gray. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He then climbed the broad, shallow, carpeted steps up to Main Deck, one flight up. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Outside there’s sunshine so I know it’s broad day, but everybody is gone and I’m sweating too much and can’t talk about it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a broad wooden deck on the edge of the lawn, right where the grass gave way to a slope of black lava rocks that lined the shore. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Claudius led me to the stage, the broad foyer where Hamlet often passed and the very place where I had watched him instruct the players. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He wore a pair of stained olive-green overalls without a shirt underneath, and he had a broad utility belt holding pruning shears, twine, a hand rake, and a trowel. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A sheen of sweat covered the broad dome of the old man's brow, and wisps of white hair clung to his wrinkled skin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I kneel before the prioress of St Emilion so that I see only the broad swath of her simple habit edged in green velvet Crossing my arms over my chest I avoid her gaze. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They had children undertake tests of physical ability, like chin-ups or broad jumps, and secretly observed them to see whether they cheated in reporting how well they did. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked shocked to see the broad grin on Harry’s face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But maybe, I suggested, technology was also keeping him from a broader life, preventing his getting out and doing the sometimes hard work that goes into building friendships and relationships. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, I am now speaking in broad generalizations and I would readily admit there were all too many persons of our generation who had no patience for such finer considerations. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He certainly wouldn't be wandering around in broad daylight unless someone else had a hand in it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Yet despite these great dissimilarities the stories of the encounter run in broad parallel. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But it came out sounding broad, perfunctory, like the token consolation of a kind stranger. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. Capone keeps rocking, her smile broad and sweet. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As he ambled down his row toward the front of the room, smiling faces lifted and tilted toward him like the broad front faces of sunflowers as they follow the sun across heaven. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z They came upon many hidden pools, and broad acres of sedge waving above wet and treacherous bogs; but Shadowfax found the way, and the other horses followed in his swath. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z In a single broad movement, he overturned its contents into his larger pail. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “The whole world would disapprove of our courtship, Ophelia!” he exclaimed, waving the flask in a broad arc. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There was a white crust around the broad crescent of its mouth, and when it opened its jaws to roar again, something wet, white, and foaming dripped from its pointed teeth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z So outright murdering the sheriff in broad daylight is off the table, more’s the pity. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Her legs dangled in the air until she pounded a foot and a stump against the hunter’s broad chest, leaned back, and pulled on the rifle with all her strength. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I knew John Eye’s legend—how the timber had given way in his section and how he held up the roof with his broad back until the other miners got out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z His forehead was too high, his jaw too square, his nose too broad. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The coarse mop of black hair was long and swung down, almost concealing a low, broad forehead. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She turned to him, shrugged the broad flare of her fox wings back from her shoulders, and wrapped her arms around his waist. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Day followed day; the river rose steadily toward its banks, growing broader, fuller, swifter. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The beavers floated beside their lodge and stared at the bizarre sight with open mouths until Mr. Beaver slapped his broad tail on the water, which meant “Stop right there!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Flatnose was so tall and broad that beside him Dustfinger looked almost like a child and, indeed, the man took hold of him as if he were a badly behaved little boy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z In the room there was another deputy—a broad, jowly bear standing next to the door that led to the jail cells. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She looked to be his own age, with dull red hair and a broad face dotted by freckles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The moon was bright, and the rolling hills and dry lake flats reflected a silvery light illusion that everything was as visible as if seen in broad daylight. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I guess there’s pansexual, but that feels too broad at this point. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z They opened into a long, broad hall; windows along one wall overlooked a garden sculpted into a perfect wilderness. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A broad river divided itself into two streams and on the island between them stood the city of Tashbaan, one of the wonders of the world. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Smaller and smaller the circle ungrew, with all the former life of a broad grassy plain trapped inside. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In a moment Lee came to the bedroom, followed by the nurse—a strong, broad woman with heavy black eyebrows. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My face is curled into a broad smile. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Matthias stared in horrified fascination at the broad slimy path that had been left in the mud by the snake. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Sherm shoved the door open with his hip, revealing a carpeted hallway and a broad wooden staircase. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z With their broad, muscled bodies and determined expressions, it’s clear that they are men, and everyone treats them that way. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It has a broad green, an old-fashioned Main Street, a handsome campus with a settled and venerable air, and leafy residential streets. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “But that’s no reason to lose our heads. People are being downright careless, out on the streets in broad daylight, not even dressed in Muggle clothes, swapping rumors.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z With his upper body bare, his shoulders were a broad square. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She blinked and Bitter’s face came into focus, a piece at a time, the hard cheekbones, the bare eyebrows, the broad mouth pressed with a matte red. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I meet my sisters in front of Madoc’s stables, where silver-shod faerie horses are penned up beside enormous toads ready to be saddled and bridled and reindeer with broad antlers hung with bells. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She was a fat woman whose broad shoulders filled her chair with an easy self-confidence. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The broad, circular table was laid with a cloth of pale gold silk printed with twining crimson and green flowers, and there were eight courses. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I took a soft black pencil, gave it a broad point, and worked away. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She walked along the broad horizontal girder, feeling in sync with her world. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She didn’t look at all like us, nothing like my mother, whose broad, serene face was the smoothest mask. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined people jumping out the windows, raining down onto the broad sidewalks and cement basketball courts. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He always seemed invincible, with firm, broad shoulders and lots of teeth. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He stared down at the rocks, a smile hovering around the edges of his broad lips. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He’s a little on the short side, with broad shoulders and a nose like a boxer’s. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Grace stared at Hoo's smooth, broad face, at the devilish tufts of eyebrow so high above those flashing eyes, then she turned her back and walked out. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The morning was unnaturally warm; beads of sweat dotted the Lord Commander's broad forehead like dew on a melon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z You point it toward some fairly broad region of the sky, and it records how much energy, in a particular radio frequency, is coming down to Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Having a bigger staff with very talented people made meeting the new challenges created by our much broader docket seem possible. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Clay Derby mirrored his father in looks: dark, thick eyebrows that left his eyes in shadow, long fingers, and broad shoulders. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned his head back with a feral smile and clamped one broad hand around Redemption’s neck. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It was a green meadow, kept short, with a broad grassy bank raised round it on which pavilions could be erected. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was broad, not entirely with muscle, and seemed tightly restrained within a crimson and black tunic. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Joseph worked them in the field stuff—high jump and broad jump and even pole vault—and he was so good that no one minded that a kid was coaching them. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z He smoothed his beard down over his broad chest. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z His body was long and his chest broad and thick. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The broad sky above and the whole earth laughed to see it, and the salt wave of the sea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She was true Congolese, tough and warm, with an amazing broad face from which her soft brown eyes shone. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “And now, Dr. Seward, tell me all about it. Too well I know the broad fact; tell me all that has been.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The two of them looked similar—shoulder-length black twists, broad nose and full mouth framed by a heart-shaped face—but there was something else about Mama tonight. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Because the wording of the act was so broad, even activities such as trespassing or illegal possession of weapons could constitute sabotage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The door squealed open and it was broad day, sunlight like a knife in the eyes, bright and frightening. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Slender and sinuous, olive green, mahogany red, scarlet, and ash, they were weighted with broad, gleaming leaves and velvet berries and shaded the beach stones and mud flats. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z His broad face was flushed behind his great black heard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When we came across a broad flat stone in the muddy earth, remarkably free of termites and ants, I decided to stop us early for the day. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z As the first hint of daybreak brightened the eastern horizon, the rocky, terraced terrain we’d been ascending gave way to a broad gully of unconsolidated snow. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The father and daughter had a strong resemblance to each other—both of them had the same broad, flat noses, the same mouths and foreheads. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Uncle explained that they would come to the river at one of its broadest stretches. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look at you. Bloody look at you. You’re stunning. And this is how you dress when you’re all alone in the middle of the night? And in potato sacks when you’re out in broad daylight?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The moonlight, astonishingly bright, showed up everything almost as if it were broad day. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Aside from his impressive height, Hugo was broad, with thick limbs and disproportionately large hands and feet. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z There were fewer people here and less traffic, and the street was broader than the one she had come up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He was a large man with a broad face and no hair on his head, and he blinked often behind his spectacles. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Here we go,” they shouted, hopping from the wagon and bounding up the broad marble stairway. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z So they came to a wide green land, and beyond it was a broad river in a silver haze, out of which rose a long wooded isle, and many ships lay by its shores. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The Canadians take a broader view, and some of the Europeans have gone farthest of all to develop the science of “forest hygiene” to an amazing extent. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Two broad dormer windows looked out toward the Gulf, and as far across it as a man’s eye might reach. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Petrocelli, representing the State, has presented this case in very broad and grandiose terms. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Even so, we find it hard to avoid the conclusion that Atahuallpa “should” have been more suspicious, if only his society had experienced a broader range of human behavior. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He wore a new suit, blue, with broad, blue stripes, and carried, crooked under his arm, a brown-paper bundle tied with string. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She watched him pedal away, saw his broad, thick-shouldered figure disappear around the turn at the end of the street. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The river which they had been following here joined a broader river, wide and turbulent, which flowed from their left to their right, towards the east. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Carefully, he raised the little girl and placed her on his broad, flat shoulders. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I was of a height with him, though he was broader. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A broad rounded tail slapped the surface so hard, it sounded like a rifle. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “I can’t,” she croaked, looking at his moonlit profile, his thick shoulders and broad chest, the tufts of gray hair protruding from his open collar. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Doli, short and stumpy, almost as broad as he was tall, wore a rust-colored leather jacket and stout, knee-high boots. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z A broad, brightly colored map of the coastline was spread on the master’s desk, weighted at each end by a heavy book. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I pass under the broad trees that cast shades like umbrellas. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They wore broad smiles, and Masvita hurried off to the stream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We are high of cheekbone, broad of shoulder. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Her eyes traveled upward and saw a black beard, a broad white smile, a pair of amber eyes, a white turban. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He fondled the broad white-striped face, pulled gently at the ears—little furry ears, lost in mane like a pony’s. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was broad, much blunted and worn down by time, like a rock in a torrent: a calm face, terribly calm. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z From the daughter’s bright and pleasant manner, Cora decided she took after her father, and filled in her broad face using Martin as a template. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I walked a broad circle around Mami, who looked up from her vegetable chopping whenever I went by. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I hesitated, then turned left, coming upon a broad landing and another staircase. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As she reached the broad landing that dominated the hallway, Leon was showing Paul Marshall through the wide-open front entrance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When the wagon stopped they were in the yard of a stable, and it was broad daylight. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I poured the last of the dirt, and the three lines of powder—Jay’s, Doc’s, and mine—came together in a broad oval around the house. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “I was telling the boy that according to Plato, man is delined,” he said, smiling affably and gesturing to the cart, “as a featherless biped with broad nails, receptive of political philosophy.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He was big and broad and he walked with a swagger. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a goofy kid with a broad nose and big wide-set eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z People gazed at the broad ember-bed and saw themselves and their children in there, and hearts rose up and pumped against throats. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The ragged scar that marked her chin and continued down her neck to her broad shoulder was said to be a remnant of a long-ago battle with one of the forest creatures. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Up to the threshold of the door there mounted a flight of twenty-seven broad stairs, hewn by some unknown art of the same black stone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The heart was a broad intersection where ravaged avenues had converged in enterprise, now gone. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He’s playing very unselfishly, which is nice to see, but it also makes me feel as if he’s hiding in broad daylight—like he’s afraid to show the world what he can really do. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Esteban unfastened his broad leather belt and she stepped back, but he grabbed her with a single stroke of his hand. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Rich raiment clothed the body; polished stones glowed in his broad belt. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The thing to do, I thought with a smile, was to give them hints that whatever you did or said was weighted with broad and mysterious meanings that lay just beneath the surface. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And the mountains loom so much closer, their shadows broad and angular against the night sky. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In the year and a half since it all began, Richard had grown taller than Du Bois, his shoulders broader. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It was a giant sea turtle with a broad shell that rose a thousand feet out of the water, its enormous flippers churning the waves in great up-down motions like slow wing beats. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The ship went through the bridge, moving under bare poles like a ghost in broad day, with three gulls hovering above the stern like toys on invisible wires. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They wandered down narrow streets lined with narrow houses and up broader streets where the houses were grander, where the street-level windows rose from floor to ceiling of the rooms within. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z There was Maurice, next in size among the choir boys to Jack, but broad and grinning all the time. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Around the hall were broad grassy horse yards fenced with high hedges, firepits, and hundreds of round earthen houses that bulged from the ground like miniature hills, covered with grass. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She was bringing in outside writers for the first time and taking on broader issues of interest to young women. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z His shoulders stretch broad and muscular beneath his shirt. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Y’all hungry?” she asked with a broad grin that showed she had almost no teeth. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a big man, dressed as a smith, and behind him trudged a horse—a stallion, huge and gray, with a broad back. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z |
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