| 单词 | bull |
| 例句 | Yet, even so, when they reached the field where the King and the Colchians were waiting, and the bulls rushed out from their lair breathing forth flames of fire, terror overcame them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t trust them with her thoughts, not when they acted like two bulls in a china shop. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The seconds would tick by until finally the bull would sink to its knees in exhaustion. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I ran up to the bulls and went to work on them with the whip. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “It means serpent, bull in Greek,” Thalia said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z "The next helm you make, put mule’s ears on it in place of bull's horns!" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He made it plain that he wanted to fight just as bad as the first bull. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a train on it and we crouched behind it to check for any bulls. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It came closer, moving in an odd shuffle, not like a bull or a horse. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Honeysuckle and bull briar were slowly taking over the big fields. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There was an anchor, an hourglass surmounted by a skull, a chameleon, a bull, a beehive...Thirty-six altogether, and she couldn’t even guess what they meant. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The cows had scattered by now, but the other bulls still sat quietly on the slope. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z That was when the two longhorn range bulls met at the house and pulled off their big fight. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The steer came up to him and made as though to nose at him and the bull hooked perfunctorily. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Butler had seen that pose before—on the snouts of starved pit bulls, just before their Russian handlers set them loose on a bear hunt. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Somebody did that once in history and they got away from a bull. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I soon saw that he was on his way toward the cows that belonged to the old bull sitting nearby. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z A smith could make a shield which showed on its surface a lion hunt, two lions devouring a bull while herdsmen urged their dogs on to attack them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought she was supposed to be the best bull. Al said she was the best bull.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 The others twisted themselves like corkscrews, their elbows raised, and leaned against the flanks of the bull after his horns had passed, to give a faked look of danger. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Why are you asking all these questions? He’s the Kamba’s bull. That’s all you need to know. However, we call him Head Buster.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s see your identification,” the harness bull said to Rick, his hand extended. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Our men usually hunted them with a strong net made of bull kelp, which they threw over an animal while it slept. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty years later, James Ross became the first to bull all the way through the pack to reach land. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Then the rocket went up that meant the steers had gotten the bulls out of the ring and into the corrals. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z 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 “But I couldn’t get an accurate reading. And she called in a harness bull, which ended it.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z My sons have promised me a bull as soon as they can afford it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And I said, I can’t help it, Lolo, they come out girls, and all he said was, Good bulls sire cows, like it was a credit to him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And while I stood there at the door, the first bull entered the clearing, right where Papa had one time shot a Comanche off his horse. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The bull wanted it again, and Romero's cape filled again, this time on the other side. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Their children spied on the pasture and saw the boy come out of the black bull’s belly every day. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The bull, striking into the wood from side to side with his horns, made a great noise. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z She taunted one of the bulls into chasing her, then turned invisible, completely confusing the monster. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Casting around for a company symbol, Green chose the profile of a bull. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z When I woke it was the sound of the rocket exploding that announced the release of the bulls from the corrals at the edge of town. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z They stood together at the far end, their heads toward the gate where the bull would enter. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Fuming, I went at my opponent like a maddened bull seeing red, punching the best I could given the immense weight of the gloves. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The Spanish word corrida means in English the running of bulls—the French translation is Course de taureaux. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z A carved stone bull’s head sat high above the center arch, gazing down at the stream of humanity that passed below it. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As soon as the job of burning the bull was over, Mama told us we had to do the same for the Spot heifer. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He said he worked on the animal in the loading chute, but the bull stood still and never fought while Romero worked on him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He profiled directly in front of the bull, drew the sword out of the folds of the muleta and sighted along the blade. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z No one’s ever called me a pit bull. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Despite this, the distraught listeners could still make out the hollow thud of bull hook hitting flesh, again and again and again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z They ate on TV trays, the television now turned to bull riding. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The result was the Stone Gate, three arches of Lemont limestone roofed in copper and displaying over the central arch the carved bust—Root’s touch, no doubt—of John Sherman’s favorite bull, Sherman. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And not just regular bulls—bronze ones the size of elephants. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He wrote in his “N” notebook, “A child crying. Frowning, pouting, smiling, just as much instinctive as a bull.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of the cows were in the bull’s path as he waddled toward his rival, but he went over them as if they were small stones. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Officer Crams calling in,” the harness bull said into the phone receiver. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I got mad, then—mad at my mother, at Grover the goat, at the thing with horns that was lumbering toward us slowly and deliberately like, like a bull. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z "Watch the charge and see the picador try and keep the bull off, but then don't look again until the horse is dead if it's been hit." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Instead, she trudges alongside him, and he walks with the bull hook snagged firmly in the flesh behind her front leg. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As we came up the ladder, walking across the grass under the trees, we passed the big, gray painted cages with the bulls in them. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Just the way the bull did, the boy thought, and blood would ooze out of his mouth and nose. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I doubled the rope and tied it in a loop around the bull’s horns. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Now this came to the ears of prudent Medon under the chair where he had gone to earth, pulling a new-flayed bull’s hide over him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They were like wild bulls running down the goat path towards town. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The cows are much smaller, but they make more noise than the bulls, screaming and barking through the whole day and sometimes at night. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He lifts the bull hook high and then freezes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Some distance separated the bulls from each other, for they are bad-tempered, very jealous by nature and quick to fight over anything that displeases them. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean I could shoot the old bull to old Spencer and think about those ducks at the same time. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z My Baba Haji killed a bull for me, so maybe love is always measured by what you’re willing to kill. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The second lodge would have to be bigger than the first if it was going to fit Broadfoot the bull moose. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Him. This is my bull man. So what are we in for?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z One of them raised the hollowed horn of a kudu bull to his lips and blew, to give courage to the hunters. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But the Latins said the Cornucopia was the horn of Achelous which Hercules broke off when he conquered that river-god, who had taken the form of a bull to fight him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Eight or nine seconds was an eternity on top of an angry bull, but Roy imagined himself hanging on so tightly that the animal couldn’t shake him no matter how furiously it tried. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A gust of wind bowled into me like a charging bull. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He was a leggy, mustard-colored bull with black freckles speckling his jaws and the underside of his belly. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, some thirty feet away, there was a bull. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z When his mouth finally closes, August’s opens, and he also gesticulates toward Rosie, waving the bull hook and thumping her on the shoulder for good measure. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The steer ran awkwardly and the bull caught him, hooked him lightly in the flank, and then turned away and looked up at the crowd on the walls, his crest of muscle rising. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Drawings, usually in color and very large, showing a matador with his cape, a bull trying to gore him.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z When the chain was snapped around the bull’s neck, the farm hands pulled it over the crossbar of the chute posts and hooked it. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If the breed is pit bull, I add 7 to the 12 days; a shepherd gets plus 4 days, and a Chihuahua gets 2 extra days. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Clement was dressed in a dashiki—an African shirt that was to the Klan leader what a red flag is to a bull. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z That same evening a bull separated itself from the herd and came up to my mother’s hut. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t hope to bull through it the way I had learning my runes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Me: unless there’s a new dog over 8 years, black fur, weighing more than 60 pounds, and is mostly pit bull or shepherd. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z When the bull smelled the cow he jumped his pasture fence and came towards the truck. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z On the ground, on two good feet, I would have been more than a match for the bull, or if not, I could have outrun him. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The horse—he hoped it was a horse and not, say, a bull—was kicking hard enough to take the doors down. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Beneath the hoods of their patchwork cloaks, one was a rat, the other a bull. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was a great shout from the crowd, and putting my head through between the boards I saw the bulls just coming out of the street into the long running pen. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z If they cut Mr. Sheep Sheep, like the bull, there would be no river of blood except for the one pouring from a small exploded heart in my chest. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z My very first memory is blood, slopping from the throat of a terrified bull, and my grandfather—red-handed—reaching for my face. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He was saying that he was the he bull of the range, that he was the biggest and meanest and toughest. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z They were still applauding him when Romero's last bull came in. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Taking the bull by the horns, I reached over and ran my finger through the cup’s handle. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The one who remained was in his seventies, but tall and bull necked and powerful. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He bulled his face in close to us, his chin prickly with whiskers. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In a single motion he leaned over, picked up the knife, and pushed aside the man grappling with the bull’s horns. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He was up to his old pranks, sending a group of frostbitten horsemen on a wild-goose chase all over Boston in search of nonexistent “bull’s wool” socks. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept baying the bulls till I jumped down and picked up a rock. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z When I came to a car with an open door, I took a quick look for the bull and pulled myself in. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then here came three cows with young calves and a roan bull. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z We first heard the bulls while we were eating our dinner of cornbread, roasted venison, and green watercress gathered from below the spring. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The old bull had many deep scars on his head and shoulders from battles he had fought before. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to bring the new Buchis bull to its temple at Flermonthis, a city near Thebes in Upper Egypt, Cleopatra traveled more than four hundred miles on the Nile by boat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It’s just like if I put a pit bull in this cabinet and kept him locked away from what he wants. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The bull picked another man running in front, but the man disappeared into the crowd, and the crowd was through the gate and into the ring with the bulls behind them. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z "It's a saying my husband used to tell me after I had one of the girls. Good bulls sire cows. I remember the night Fifi was born." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The bull let out a sound I can only say was like opening your mouth and trying to push all the food out of your stomach. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The roan bull spilled right into the spring. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z What worried me was that the bulls were ranging all over the hill, even around the back side of the pine tree. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He must have wandered up somehow from the stockyards, but many of the Tang people were convinced he was the bull who was one of the four animals who supported the world. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z All in all, they say that the bulls aren’t too bad there. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "Have you seen the bulls for to-morrow?" the critic asked me. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z If his job was the dead-end tip of a bull’s horn, the city was the bull. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Like gray boulders the bulls sat on the pebbly slope. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Seventeen nights and days in the open water he sailed, before a dark shoreline appeared; Skheria then came slowly into view like a rough shield of bull’s hide on the sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Let the two cows and the calf, the young bull calf, out through the pasture gate. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Much harder to lay one’s hands on a wild bull, a basilisk or a wolf. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Up to now he had merely been an interested spectator, taking a keen interest from a professional point of view, for a good fight is meat and drink to a bull terrier. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Using his tusklike teeth, he ripped a long gash in the young bull’s side. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The superintendent took us down a corridor as narrow as the wooden run that bulls were sent through to their slaughter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Broadfoot, the giant bull moose, came by to chew on tree shoots. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z When an old man carrying a canvas bag appeared, talking quietly to himself, the bull terrier stepped out and awaited him. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z All the concentration of the awkwardly delicate working with the bull that could not see well brought it out. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I had failed to notice that the old bull was moving down the slope until I heard stones grating against each other. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Jon threw himself forward, bulling into the other man, and they went down together, legs entangled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Arch,” he called, and the big man appeared, the torchlight shining off his bull’s mask. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Booth limps off the stage “with a motion,” observes one spectator, “like the hopping of a bull frog.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He drops the bull hook to his side. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Their masks gleamed in the sun: boars and bulls, hawks and herons, lions and tigers and bears, fork-tongued serpents and hideous basilisks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Immediately the massive weight of the bull was on her, humping her down, my father and Serrano were laughing and slapping their knees. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Second is that one must tangle with these crazy bulls. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You the bull man?” says a man approaching from the right. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “We’ll have to build a bigger pen. Then we can give this one to the bull.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I heard the rocket and I knew I could not get into the ring in time to see the bulls come in, so I shoved through the crowd to the fence. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He was capable of killing a fly on the wheeler’s butt with a bull whip without touching the mule. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Here and there he even saw the bull moose of the Homwoods. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I said, “L.D., get yourself back from the door; that bull has a gun. Don’t be making fun of him.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lord Cheldthorpe burst into the clearing and declared, “Mr. Gitney! Mark this, sir — mark this: I will down a bull moose for you and your academy before we strike camp.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z If he dies before he sees me, he will be the bull. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The Old Man stared back at Alaska like a bull at a matador, then raised a hand to his sagging face and slowly rubbed the white stubble on his cheek. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The short guy with a pit bull’s bulging shoulders and flat-faced grin, and his taller friend, the shaggy-haired pretty boy, the one called Hackett. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I bring a bowl of dog food and leftover bacon outside to our pit bull, Brickz. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I hobbled down to where I couldn’t miss and shot the roan bull between the eyes. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the bulls, the one in the yard that didn’t have no mean streak, told someone that a bridge was down out that way. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Hercules didn’t exactly brighten when he saw Piper carrying the bull’s horn, but his scowl lines lessened. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I crawled behind a big rock near the young bull. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Useless went to the black bull and sprinkled mealie meal on his head. ‘ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Dunsen wore those bull's horns now, and she hated him for it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He charged through the rails, bristled up and roaring almost as loud as the bulls. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the bulls came near him, and he did not attempt to join the herd. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I would hear them every morning when I passed the railroad car and paused over the chickweed and bull thistle growing where Tyler had buried the rifle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She looks like a rabid pit bull as she comes at me, barking and gnashing her teeth. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He wished he was as brave as a champion bull rider, but he wasn’t. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Quentin frowned, disturbed at my attempt to cut through his bull. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Almost shyly, the boy led them to his bench, and a steel helm shaped like a bull's head, with two great curving homs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The legs of the bull folded under him and the chain buried itself in the fat of his neck. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “A baby, by the looks of him. Probably why he couldn’t get past the boundary line as easily as the bulls. Tyson’s one of the homeless orphans.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “He pounded those bronze bulls. Otherwise they would’ve burned down this whole place.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Tyson hit it again, and the bronze crumpled under his hands like aluminum foil The bull’s face now looked like a sock puppet pulled inside out. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z But only in the way the stupid, bloody slaughter of a bull in a bullfight can be called beautiful. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I had seen the stud bulls on my grandfather's ranch during breeding season and witnessed their spectacles among the cows. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The men talked casually of grass and water, of So-and-So who had bought a new champion bull in England and flown it home. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I have brief visions of the bull hook flying at my head and then even briefer visions of getting up right now, this minute, and walking back to the hobo camp. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There was no moving the dead bull now. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z When it happened, I was down the creek a ways, splitting rails to fix up the yard fence where the bulls had torn it down. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He took him out softly and smoothly, and then stopped and, standing squarely in front of the bull, offered him the cape. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He showed a kind of fixated resolve, as if the only way to deal with this problem was to bull through it and get it over with. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z His top was all bull—hair and hide and muscle leading to a head so large he should’ve toppled over just from the weight of his horns. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Romero told them he would haul the bull away for free. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He showed slides of a bullfight in Spain and his voice would choke up when the bull was felled. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A man with a horse’s body where his legs should be, tiny little ladies that had wings big enough to carry them in the air, and a guy with a bull’s head. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The truth is the bull is virtually maimed and tortured, hacked and cut and stabbed until it is near death and then ceremoniously stabbed with a sword. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Out on the range, the horse had experienced everything, including a bull goring that had left a gouge in his rump. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z With the other hand, my grandfather stabbed the knife into the bull, below its ear, then pulled down and around to the other ear. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Esteban gave her the fifty pesos because that morning he had sold five bulls and his pockets were full of bills, and also because the exhaustion of pleasure made him rather sentimental. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When Europa was carried away by the bull, her father sent her brothers to search for her, bidding them not to return until they had found her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Certain types of dogs take longer to get adopted. Pit bulls take 19 days to be adopted, while terriers take only 8.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He paced in front of me, breathing like a bull. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We sat there and watched the bulls get ready to fight and talked and laughed and had ourselves a real good time. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z But the bulls went right on and did not notice him. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z When the next bull came out, all three, the two bulls and the steer, stood together, their heads side by side, their horns against the newcomer. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z "But you haven't seen it yet. To-morrow, if I get a good bull, I will try and show it to you." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Enough to know that I don’t have to take any bull from you,” Monaco said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z "These people are like pit bulls. See that?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The bull neck of the man reminded the boy of the bull he had seen die in the cattle chute at the big house where his father worked. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Why is she talking to me about her pet bull? Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “Move!” he screams, waving the bull hook around her face. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Papa had left me to look after things while he was gone, and I wasn’t about to let two mad bulls tear up everything we had. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z "Don't look at the horses, after the bull hits them," I said to Brett. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z It is a Hereford bull on a field of green. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “What? What strange stuff is happening in this town? I haven’t seen any white bulls lately.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He always had two heavies sitting in front of the place and two pit bulls to keep the Man off his case. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Pasiphaë had been cursed to fall in love with her husband’s prize bull. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “That wasn’t for a feast for you. The bull had gone mad,” she said. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I was still astride the top rail when the struggling bulls crashed through the fence, splintering the posts and rails, and toppling me to the ground almost under them. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z And on the reef the whistling buoy bellows like a sad and patient bull. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Lefty told us about how a bull had appeared suddenly in the streets of the Tang people. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z August is approaching, looking up from a downturned face like a charging bull. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The bull lay heavy and black on the sand, his tongue out. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I know pit bulls can be aggressive, but Brickz is a baby most of the time. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z All the bull’s weight did was tilt it so that the wheels started rolling. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He drove the knife in again, and the bull went over, twitching and rigid. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z "One of the bulls got into the crowd in the ring and tossed six or eight people." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z It was his business to stick the leaden seals on papal bulls, and, so as to preserve the Secrecy of the Pope, they used to make sure that he could not read a won! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘All I have is a single black bull and the friendship of the njuzu who lives in the river.’ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Turner and the corporals crossed the bridge and passed the whitewashed rocks, a reminder of training camp and all the bull. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He swung away from Mordred, a baited bull, and shouted at them both. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z One bull came from off a high rocky ridge to the south of the cabin. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “My lawyer is up there too. He’s a good guy. A real pit bull. He’ll make sure that no one messes with you, OK? ” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “But not half as sorry as that poor bull’s gonna be.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Once more the young bull caught the other’s throat, and together they disappeared beneath a wave. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The young bull stood as high as a tall man and was twice that length, yet from the force of the blow he rolled into the water and lay there stunned. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z In case the bull came by, I moved down out of sight of the door and waited. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She groaned, then suggested I buy a Rottweiler or a pit bull or some huge dog that looked like the wolf that ate the Grandma in Little Red Riding-Hood. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The fellows in the hall were pushing against the door: ‘You drunk bull! You’ll be a sight dumber when we get through with you.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The bull must’ve been as surprised as I was, because before it could unleash a second blast, Tyson balled his fists and slammed them into the bull’s face. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “There was this rescue dog I knew about; she was a real scrapper. And I know a guy who sets up fights sometimes. He has a couple pit bulls. It wasn’t, like, an organized thing.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Rather than pause, I just bulled ahead, faking it as best I could as I eyed his hooves to see if they were chipped or cracked. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As long as Lyddie could remember, long before their father had left, they had made use of the Stevenses’ bull. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe like Yeller, Jumper could scent the dead bull’s sickness. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like looking at a raging bull. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Dozer? From the alley? Forget anything he told you. That guy puts the bull in bulldog. You and me? We got nothin’ to worry about, pal. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Taking the receiver from the harness bull, Rick said, “Mr. Bryant?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He killed the black bull, took out its intestines, and moved himself and his belongings into its belly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I heard this moaning sound and turned to watch a bull come out of the brush. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z That had been Madison’s favorite constellation because it was so easy to find and had such a cool story behind it—the hunter and his sword, his dogs, all of them fighting a demonic bull. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z "Watch how he handles a bull that can't see the color." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Experiments show that the motility of bull sperm is decreased by dinitrophenol, which interferes with the energy- coupling mechanism with inevitable loss of energy. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Likely she would run through the fields dressed in sackcloth, hunting hyssop amongst the wild bulls, if not obligated to the higher plane of Motherhood. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Faris comes hurtling out of the crowd, his giant body thudding into Julius and knocking him down, a bull ramming through a fence. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Again the young bull’s flank was ripped deep, and again the force of the blow threw him backward into the water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z In Colton, California, he was discovered by another bull and thrown in jail. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not only do we have a veterinarian—and a Cornell-educated one at that—we have a bull. A bull!” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “All I know is, I kill some bull guy—” “Don’t talk like that!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z My dad called her a pit bull in diapers. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “You stay clear of that bull, Nathaniel. That beast could tear you limb from limb.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z "I say," Mike said, "they were fine bulls, weren't they? Did you see their horns?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z His fists made a crater where the bronze bull’s snout used to be. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z In an explosion of dust and rock, the largest iron monster I’d ever seen bulled its way through the collapsed doorway, trampling the injured bossling in the process. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z To keep order among the big undisciplined boys without pistol and bull whip was a difficult and dangerous business. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I know all the bounty hunters,” the harness bull said as he examined Rick’s wallet. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I take the bull hook and watch as he storms from the tent. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “No, truly. We was the ones asked Quaker Stevens to lend us use of his bull. Mama didn’t have nothing to do with it.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Belmonte, in his best days, worked always in the terrain of the bull. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He was the bull and the boulevard of jasmine. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z There I must plant my oar, on the very spot, with burnt offerings to Poseidon of the Waters: a ram, a bull, a great buck boar. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He made a noise like a bull being slaughtered and I cried, too. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z George started to introduce Aunt Daisy, but before he could get three words out, Enzo was dragging him down the hall, elbowing his way through the crowd like a pint-sized bull. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z He slammed his sharp horns up to the hilt in the shoulder of the mustard-colored bull. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z How the child of that union, Asterius, came out with a bull’s head attached to a human body. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “The king sent his soldiers to take the bull away, but it tossed them on its horns. ‘You turned me away when I asked,’ it bellowed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Day after stifling day, the coaches and crews sat in small, almost sullen groups, playing cards, reading pulp magazines, shooting the bull, choosing whom they went to the dining car with and whom they didn’t. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “He’s bragging that he’s the biggest and toughest and meanest. He’s telling all the other bulls that if they’ve got a lick of sense, they’ll take to cover when he’s around.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z No bull could this be, thought Europa, but most certainly a god; and she spoke pleadingly to him, begging him to pity her and not leave her in some strange place all alone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We lived there with Nanny, whom I adored, and a bull terrier called Peggy. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z August lets loose a long string of curses and runs up beside her, swinging the bull hook and driving the pick end into her shoulder. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Her voice was the bellow of a bull, a deep and powerful shout with flat edges like a circus barker’s voice. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Every night before turning off the lights, Roy would lie on his pillow and stare at the poster, imagining that he was the sinewy young bull rider in the picture. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He grins as he lowers the bull hook, and removes his top hat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Travis isn’t going to hurt your dog. He just doesn’t want him to scare off the bulls.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a total guess, but the altar showed Mithras killing a bull, so Annabeth figured it must be important. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Arthur keeps at it until his basketball bounces out of the booth, and he chases it like a bull wrangler. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Befote I could tell him no, he dove between me and the bull just as it unleashed a nuclear firestorm. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Hosteen was a bull, slow to anger but implacable once roused, and by repute the fiercest fighter of Lord Walder’s get. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I had to talk mean and threaten him with a club before we could get him close enough for Mama to hook the singletree over the loop of rope I’d tied around the bull’s horns. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The orders came, bawled by a bull sergeant. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “What a load of bull. You saw the whole thing go down. You all confirmed my alert!” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The bull is very large and often weighs as much as thirty men. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he won the big prize at the rifle booth for three bull’s eyes in a row. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Where’s your bull man?” says the man, squirting a wad of tobacco juice from the corner of his mouth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He taps the back of her leg with the bull hook. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It lay in a bed of bull kelp and I would have paddled by if Rontu had not barked. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z August takes a deep breath and grips the bull hook so hard his knuckles whiten. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The next day I was on the playground wearing my new jacket and waiting for the first bell to ring when I saw Curtis coming at me like an angry bull. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z How Minos, King of Crete, failed to sacrifice a white bull to Poseidon. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Please. About the last thing in the world I’d do is hurt this bull.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Romero's brother, holding the bull's horn in one hand, the knife in the other, looked up at the President's box. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He was a stocky man with big shoulders, the neck of a bull, thick lips, and curly hair. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Romero waved his picadors to their places, then stood, his cape against his chest, looking across the ring to where the bull would come out. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Between them I wove many strands of bull kelp, which shrinks as it dries and pulls very tight. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, I knew that Spot wouldn’t get well, and this bull wouldn’t, either. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked like a perfect bull terrier, only skinnier because of the Maltese mixed in. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “I know the bull that charges and the serpent that stings” could only mean that she distrusted Americans, and that this mistrust had come from experience. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The elephant hesitates, in response to which August strikes her with the bull hook. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Bronze bulls, girl! Don’t sneak up on me like that!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then, from the other side of the clearing came the second bull. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z "You'll be all right. There's nothing but that horse part that will bother you, and they're only in for a few minutes with each bull. Just don't watch when it's bad." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z It was the creature she’d seen in her knife blade, the bull with the human face. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We climbed down from the wall with the crowd, and had a last look at the bulls through the loopholes in the wall of the corral. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z It had buried itself deep in the bull’s side, and the bull, with a low groan, had staggered on until a policeman had shot it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The Tang people had surrounded the bull, slapping and shouting and even cutting at him with knives, trying to drive him back to join his brother animals. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d made up my mind that if the bulls met and started a fight, I was going to see it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyson had faced down fire-breathing bulls and sea monsters and cannibal giants. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z A load of bull, but I want Ty and I want Franklin. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z If a gust of wind swept the waste, I looked up, fearing it was the rush of a bull; if a plover whistled, I imagined it a man. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Behind them was a little bare space, and then the bulls galloping, tossing their heads up and down. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z This is what happened: My dad approached the suitcase like his dad approached the bull. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z How did Noah know that the cobra wouldn't bite, the bull wouldn't charge, the bee wouldn't sting? Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “That thing is the size of a bull, with tusks as long as swords. Ghost would go after him if he were loose, and one or both of them would not survive the meeting.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I have to go check out the old building with the broken-down bull. One of the workers told me they peeked in the window and saw a bunch of mice running around.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He had some connection with bulls as well as with horses, but the bull was connected with many other gods too. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s a big bull of a man, dominating the second row, wearing the red-and-white-striped ascot of the Survivalist Party. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z At the far end of the room, the altar was elaborately carved with a frieze showing the man with the ice-cream-scoop hat holding a knife to the neck of a bull. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I’d seen bulls ride cows, horses hump mares, pigs rolling in mud, their bodies connected under the female’s tail. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z There was enough power on tap now to vaporize a bull elephant with a single blast. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The bull gathered himself, then his head went forward and he went over slowly, then all over, suddenly, four feet in the air. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “I watched him snort and stamp around the room like an angry bull for a full two minutes before I remembered: I had borrowed the almanac myself!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z A bull is like a silverback, noble, contained, calm like a cobra is calm. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “That’s bull—” I don’t give props to the kid because he’s laughing at me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “This is my bull. That makes it my business.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Everything was hodgepodge: grandmotherly lamps stood next to El Greco reproductions; bull’s horns hung from the neck of an Aphrodite statuette. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Minotaur appeared, an actor wearing a papier-mache bull’s head. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Henry throws the car in reverse and begins to back up, like a bull before charging a matador. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The Chancellor gave me the same look Hemme had earned before for speaking out of turn, but I bulled ahead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z With the bull who could not see the colors of the capes, or the scarlet flannel of the muleta, Romero had to make the bull consent with his body. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z But next to me, the Colonel breathed slowly and deeply through his nose like a bull about to charge. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Kennel 4 holds a dog named Rufus, a brown pit bull estimated to be 4 or 5 years old and weighing 60 pounds. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The seventh labor was to go to Crete and fetch from there the beautiful savage bull that Poseidon had given Minos. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The bull was squared on all four feet to be killed, and Romero killed directly below us. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Then finally the pop of the rocket that meant the bulls had gotten through the people in the ring and into the corrals. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Wun Wun was very little like the giants in Old Nan’s tales, those huge savage creatures who mixed blood into their morning porridge and devoured whole bulls, hair and hide and horns. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I see my bull served thee well,” he said, smiling. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z But Robert had to admit that the calves were stocky through the shoulder and hip, showing at least some trace of the fine registered Hereford bull that Ulibarri had insisted and sworn was their sire. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z What is far from simple is the leap of the imagination by which Picasso recognized a bull’s head in these unlikely objects. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth shouted orders to the other heroes, telling them to spread out and keep the bulls distracted. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z All he could think of, as he headed back in, was what his father used to say about people lost in narrow, deadend specialties — that they had crawled into the tip of a bull’s horn. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t recognize her own call, so loud and urgent, like a bellowing bull. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z This woman’s Maltese poodle had been impregnated by the bull terrier from next door, a strange mix. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z So he went the direction the bull wanted to go. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z They were starting to dance around the bull. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He in turn described the parade ground, the rifle range, the drills, the “bull,” the barracks. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He came to his feet and took out in the opposite direction from the roan bull. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z A little later, I heard Spot beller like a fighting bull, then Mama’s voice rising high and sharp. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked like she was born to wear Greek batde armor, but I didn’t see how even she could stand against that bull’s charge. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Turu was trying to intimidate the stranger into a trade, pushing his nose close to the man’s face, snorting like the turu, the bull for which he was named. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z But as Darwin, or any bull breeder, could tell you, the breeds had not arisen by accident. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Then you in your agony, when you saw the bull gaining on me, would say: ‘Oh! Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But the best he could do was slide the bull carcass along the ground for about a foot before he gave up. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought we were going to kick back, shoot the bull and watch a movie, but JonPaul couldn’t relax until he’d disinfected his gym clothes. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “She knew she was pregnant when she wrote that bull about how her husband wanted a baby, didn’t she?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z A man with a bull hook steps forward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Sometime in the middle of the afternoon I opened my eyes and discovered that the bull was gone. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no Brahma bulls, only a couple of bucking Herefords. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And there were still two banged-up bronze bulls to dispose of, which I didn’t figure would fit in our normal recycling bins. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Each shout meant a charge by some bull into the crowd. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z What if one of the bulls turned on me? Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine the more they bleed me, the more I become like jerked meat—a dried bull, a hard leather. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He wrote the last few words with a smile, for the bull terrier had Mrs. Oakes completely in thrall and worked his advantage to the full. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A pit bull lying in the backyard suddenly perks his head up and barks at us. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z "There were these bulls coming in," Mike said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The giant’s army was arrayed to Percy’s left and right— centaurs with bull’s horns, the six-armed Earthborn, and evil Cyclopes in scrap-metal armor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z "Look," he said, "do you see any bulls in my hand?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Serapis was an amalgam of Apis, the native bull god, and Osiris, the anthropomorphic lord of the dead—an instant “designer god” fashioned by the Ptolemies to give Greeks and Egyptians a deity in common. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The yellow bull grazed in open view, but the speckled cows stayed in the juniper, listening like deer to Tayo’s approach, their spotted hides blending into the sandy talus of the big mesa. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “You know,” Darma says, putting her hand on my door, “I never showed your brother our prize toro. He’s really a magnificent bull.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Except for my brother Dom, fortified with the constitution of a bull, we were ill for much of the voyage. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It was hot work, and the corn shucks made my skin itch and sting till sometimes I’d wake up at night scratching like I’d stumbled into a patch of bull nettles. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Angrily, furiously trying not to, but standing there, big as a bull, machete in hand, crying. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z His face is red and he’s snorting like a bull. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z My eyes must have looked like the big black eyes of the bull, begging my dad to save me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He hasn’t touched her with the bull hook since we discovered the language barrier. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The cliffs were steep here and very high, but we wove a stout rope of bull kelp and fastened it to rocks at the top of the cliff so that it hung to the water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to do something about those bulls. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I always liked to see a fight between bulls or bears or wild boars or almost any wild animals. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z At that very moment, something hit his side of the car with the force of a charging bull, sending him lurching sideways into Ron, just as an equally heavy blow hit the roof. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z If she were persuaded to help, she could make Jason able to conquer the bulls and the dragon-teeth men. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered I had promised to take Bill's friend Edna to see the bulls go through the street and into the ring. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The train rolled smoothly to the east, clattering over the rails, booming warnings at automobile crossings like some great bull. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z In the old days, when he had been a harness bull himself, he had brought many suspects to a table like this. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Nor could I remember that a bull elephant had ever been killed with an arrow or with a spear. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The harness bull gave him a glance of dislike. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “That was a bull shark. It was trapped in a salt pond on the Cape.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z By poking the bull hook in and around her underarms and legs, he persuades her to make a tour of sorts around the hippodrome. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “The thing the bull uses on the cow.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The entire ride took live seconds, ending with the cowboy running for the fence as the bull bucked itself around the arena. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Clearly I’m not going to be able to overpower them—especially with their psychotic red-haired pit bull around. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z That was the second innocent thing I killed, if you count the bull. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He was telling the first bull that his fight talk was all bluff. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I note them, too, be-cause they differed completely from the “bull sessions” men customarily have among themselves. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as though he were rocking the bull to sleep. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “That’s a load of bull. I deserve to know my own history.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Soon as the first radio goes on in the morning, Salty, the pit bull Akbar keeps in his shop, wakes up and starts howling. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z All of a sudden, though, he interrupted me while I was shooting the bull. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Each time he enters into the terrain of the bull he is in great danger. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “It’s true. She’s his. He’s an elephant tramp. He’s been traveling with us, but the bull’s his.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Thinking that after all this, I’d had to shoot him the same as I’d done the roan bull and the Spot heifer. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The monster shook himself around and bucked like a rodeo bull. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It had just come to me that I could get my gun and shoot the bulls when Chongo crowded Roany up against the cart. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Just the same, she is bound to go dry within a year, and then we will have a milkless, creamless, butterless period for a while, until the bull calf grows up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Sometimes when the wind is blowering hard and bellowing like a bull, I slip through the trip door and into the bed with the feather duvet. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Far up on the slope lay the body of the old bull. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the weight of the bull was too much for him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The big red-faced man with the bull neck opened the corridor door and yelled, “Visitin’ over.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z "No. Don't do that. The bulls are my best friends." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Ruling Alone In the inscription that describes Cleopatra’s participation in the ceremony of the Buchis bull, no mention is made of Ptolemy XIII. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The bull staggered and fell on its back. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The Mellower compared Father to a victorious bull in a green Field, to the lion that represented Father’s totem. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Cantos barrels forward like a bull, kicking up sand in his wake. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z I gripped the arms and jerked myself around and hung way out over the arms like some rodeo rider on a wild bull. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I was taking the bull by the horns. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I was chased out of a chinkapin woods by a bull. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The horse reverted to his rebellious habits in the starting gate, bulling forward and raising a fuss. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not change his direction and the men shouted: "Hah! Hah! Toro!" and waved their arms; the two steers turned sideways to take the shock, and the bull drove into one of the steers. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The bull must have known I was the right person to beg. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z "My learned counsel was blind, too. I say this is a gloomy subject. Are we going down and see these bulls unloaded or not?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The three matadors take the bull in turn after each charge he makes at a picador. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z In the cold hour before dawn, the bull terrier woke, then staggered painfully to his feet. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z By this time, Old Yeller was there, baying the bull, keeping out of his reach, but ready to eat him alive if he ever came to his feet again. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Not wanting to get to the central yard and meet one of the bulls, I joined them. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Old Yeller had scented that sickness in this bull and somehow sensed how fearfully dangerous it was. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “August’s on his way. The bull’s performing tonight.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The grass was cropped short by all the unicorns, bulls, and homeless fauns that grazed here. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z My gaze shifts from that eye to the bull hook in my hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The old bull bore down upon him, swinging his head and bellowing so loud it echoed against the cliffs. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Belligerent as a bull terrier, she marched up to him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A bull hit my dad and he sued the farmer and my dad wasn’t even dead. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Looks like a bull went after this one.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But he didn’t walk like any bull I’d ever seen before. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the blurry plastic lenses, I watched Victor take the ball through the Palmetto defenders like a wild bull. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Armpit ducked under the swinging fist, then charged like a bull headfirst into him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I would have liked a sacrificial bull, but times have been hard recently. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The bull leaped up and at full speed rushed to the seashore and then not into, but over, the wide water. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He proposes that a declaration of war should be a kind of popular festival with entrance-tickets and bands, like a bull fight. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A man walks a blindfolded bull across the street. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It took two days and nights to burn up that bull. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Once Stella saw a trainer hit a bull elephant with a claw-stick. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “Others are just frigid and a man simply has to take the bull by the horns and almost be rough. That’s why I developed my own personal technique. It’s called the Bohemian Mountain Approach.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t for the life of him figure out what he’d done with the roan bull. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z When the claw-stick caught in the bull’s flesh, he tossed the trainer into the air with his tusk. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He looks like a bull about to charge, and his gray eyes blaze with pride. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Her fellow warriors were scattering, running in panic as the bulls charged. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z By this time the old bull had whirled around and turned upon his pursuer so fast that the young bull was taken by surprise. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The bull did not insist under the iron. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The bull man pushes her trunk away and turns to his boss. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The flanks of a great cat, the neck and heavy hump of a bull, wings as sharp and vicious as the wings of the great seraph, though on a smaller scale. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I heard him talking about the game, how Latimer had to put out a hundred and ten percent, that old-time movie bull. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The brother cut the notched black ear from the dead bull and trotted over with it to Romero. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The tourists got to see what they wanted; from the grandstand at the Ceremonial grounds they watched the dancers perform, and they watched Indian cowboys ride bucking horses and Brahma bulls. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Is she comparing me to her pet bull? Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z In fearful awe they led the bulls to sacrifice and stood about the altar stone, those captains, peers of Phaiakia, led by their king in prayer to Lord Poseidon. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Broadfoot the bull moose emerged from the trees and stood directly in the path of the blinded robot. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Then, almost the same instant, the guard screamed and I roared like a bull gone mad to drive him off. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It was black, with a massive body like a bull’s. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Men would come in from distant towns and before they left Pamplona stop and talk for a few minutes with Montoya about bulls. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “The important thing. Don’t crawl up in the end of the bull’s horn.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He hit with all his strength and charged with his head like a bull. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z His legs had been mauled as if a pit bull had caught him from behind. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I couldn’t fight both bulls at the same time. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I think my bull got the best of it.’” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, honey. I knew you’d get the bends. Think I’d tangled with a bull. But I was having such a run of luck it seemed like I ought to let it ride.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z From the bull’s side, just forward of the flank, protruded a feathered arrow-end, which accounted for his savageness. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z He killed not as he had been forced to by the last bull, but as he wanted to. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Stanton wrote to one of her sons and asked him to imagine that they were walking in a field and a bull began chasing them. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She charged me like a bull, knocking the wind out of me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Sprouting from the left side of his head was a single bull’s horn—a curved black-and-white one like warriors might turn into drinking cups. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He had a neck and shoulders like a bull, and coarse black hair covered his arms and chest so thickly that there was none left for his head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “From what Al told me, you all had quite a little lethal bull session late one night—the same night you made that tape, I believe.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Achelous took the form of a bull and attacked him fiercely, but Hercules was used to subduing bulls. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Only a short time after becoming queen, Cleopatra took part in the installation of the Buchis bull—one of the divine animals worshipped by the Egyptians. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z August stands beside her with his bull hook, beaming like a proud father. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z After what seemed to Miyax an eternity, the bull lay still. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. I guess Brandy would be a bull shark. They can go back and forth between salt water and fresh water.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z They stare at each other like bulls in the ring. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z The towering structure rose a good live stories tall, topped by a weather vane in the shape of a bull. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It was enough to make you laugh your head off, the way both of those bad bulls had gotten the wits scared clear out of them, each one thinking he’d lost the fight. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Such a pair were once sent with bulls to excommunicate Barnabas Visconti, but Barnabas only made them eat their bulls—parchment, ribbons, leaden seals and all. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The little man grew big like those bulls on the ranch as he worked on the Virgin's feet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I’ve broken the backs of bulls no weaker than he is. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z When Dad opened the door, Martí, his pit bull, ran out to greet us. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z First, she had already told me about cycles, and second, we do live on a farm, and it’s not like the bulls are exactly private about what they do. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This time there were no riddles but much lighthearted banter about bulls. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He could check it, he supposed, with the new super, a tough-talking veteran with a pit bull. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well, how did you like the bulls?" he asked. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z They bred dogs for foxhunting, for duck hunting, for bringing down bulls, and for squeezing into tight places to catch rats and other vermin. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They had tried to have a kid for years; then Tariq ended up putting his energy into adopting a blue-nose pit bull from the local shelter. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z His feet seemed to move of their own accord, pivoting him left as Shomari barreled forward and missed him like a charging bull. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They ride the bucking robots as if they are mechanical bulls. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z There’s even a mounted bull’s head, massive horns menacingly outstretched. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z In my Harlem community, career was defined as having a “good” job versus what my dad called “bull” work. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I had her watch how Romero took the bull away from a fallen horse with his cape, and how he held him with the cape and turned him, smoothly and suavely, never wasting the bull. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I charged him like a bull, knocked him to the ground. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z "And the bulls all came in right over them," Bill said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He stood waiting; meanwhile, off to one side, the harness bull was getting a statement from Luba Luft; neither paid any attention to him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “You got a bull man here? Try to make her do something. She’s useless, stupid.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Twice it happened that when my brother took his cows out in the morning that bull got in front of the rest of the cows and refused to move. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z "She still hasn't gotten over that bull thing." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The chase got pretty fierce; hordes of kite runners swarmed the streets, shoved past each other like those people from Spain I’d read about once, the ones who ran from the bulls. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She saw the nightmarish images she had seen before: the human-headed bull rising from the water, then the dark well-shaped room filling with black water as Jason, Percy, and she struggled to stay afloat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The bull charged past her, but not before blasting the other heroes with its fiery breath. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Both the man's arms were by his sides, his head went back as the horn went in, and the bull lifted him and then dropped him. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He could not eat a whole bull anymore. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a good bull, a big bull, and with horns, and it turned and recharged easily and surely. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Roosevelt would grow up to be “as fit as a bull moose,” but when he was a child, he was very sickly, frail, and nervous. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z That kind of bull is a great blessing. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Rhaegal, still chained, was gnawing on the carcass of a bull. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Nothing very fine could happen with a bull that could not see the lures, but the President would not order him replaced. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Its handle is bent, like a bull hook. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z "The bull's still strong. He wouldn't wear himself out." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z It was as if Frank had turned into a bull and then back to human, but he’d kept some of the bullishness. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then came a rasping sound as those bright doors the key had sprung gave way— a bellow like a bull’s vaunt in a meadow— followed by her light footfall entering over the plank floor. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His hand still up, he spoke to the bull. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Where ramblers and visitors are concerned, they are more inventive, only using physical force as a last resort if tales of new-planted grass, or a dangerous bull on the loose, are not sufficient. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z But I couldn’t stop those bulls from fighting. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought there was fire enough there to burn three bulls. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Romero flicked his cape so the color caught the bull's eye. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z She saw how close Romero always worked to the bull, and I pointed out to her the tricks the other bull-fighters used to make it look as though they were working closely. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I shot around Carl’s shop and then I went down and shot the two pit bulls outside the bicycle shop. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She began to beg him to transform himself into anything he wished—a hawk, a bull, a fire, a tree. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He’s mad at me, thought Milkman, because I laughed at his mother and that white bull story. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t need to get run over by a one-horned bull with a scroll obsession. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I called after her, telling her to wait, to give me a chance to shoot the bull. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The funny thing is, though, I was sort of thinking of something else while I shot the bull. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I myself had trouble making a dog or a bull or a lion out of the distant pinpoints of light. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Each thing that he did with this bull wiped that out a little cleaner. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z When my dad grabbed her by the shoulders, she looked at him like a scared bull, like he was a Committee man. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Even if my “Geronimo!” wasn’t loud enough, Abbey surely must have heard Dusty Muleman’s goons bellowing like bull elephants. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Among zookeepers, Goliath’s death is famous; he was a bull elephant seal, a great big venerable beast of two tons, star of his European zoo, loved by all visitors. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In the courtyard, by the well, was a bull. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The young bull raised himself and as he turned, his small eyes shone fiercely red. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z But the young dog was the leader: however longingly the bull terrier looked towards a distant curl of smoke from a chimney he must turn away. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Nancy thought, An angry monkey is like a flying pit bull terrier with five prehensile limbs—these critters can do a job on you. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I dropped her in a heap next to the pine tree and turned to face the bulls. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z This treatment being administered, no other opposition followed, and we made off with two cows and a bull, ten swine, a quantity of flour, and a multitude of fowl. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “That old bull’s talking fight,” I told Mama and Little Arliss. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Romero spoke to the bull and tapped one of his feet. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Gradually they appeared, cautiously joining the yellow bull. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z On one wall of Roy’s bedroom was a poster from the Livingston rodeo that showed a cowboy riding a ferocious humpbacked bull. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sitting in a hotshot in L.A. when a bull found me with his flashlight about 10 P.M. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept wishing I could go home and shoot the bull for a while with old Phoebe. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The sphere was constructed from five concentric rings, each inscribed with zodiac symbols—the bull, the scorpion, et cetera—and seemingly random numbers and letters. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z What if he had run off when he ought to have helped with the fighting bulls? Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like waving red underwear at a bull. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Within minutes, the three of them were standing before a muscular man with the head of a bull. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Then he told about one time ten or fifteen years ago when the southbound train ran over a bull yearling on a curve. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The left front leg was hanging at a broken angle, and none of the white people at Prewitt wanted to bother with the bull because the meat would be tough. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The white-paper announcements of the unloading of the bulls and the big schedules of special trains were still up on the pillars of the arcade. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I helped them pile the logs on top of the bull. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Poseidon had given this bull to Minos in order that he should sacrifice it to him, but Minos could not bear to slay it and had kept it for himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was far in the west, but luckily my shadow fell away from the young bull. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z When the old bull slashed at him again, he struck first and sunk his teeth into the other’s neck. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He had eyes like a pit bull, and shaggy black hair, and he always dressed in expensive but sloppy clothes, like he wanted everybody to see how litde he cared about his family’s money. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z King Aegeus had done what no host should do, he had sent his guest on an expedition full of peril—to kill a dangerous bull. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Most men thought the Labrador could have been lost from a hunting trip, but nobody could account for an unlikely bull terrier as his companion. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The cars around me are driven by fat cows and bellowing bulls. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Except for a few moments of terror when she found herself crossing the deep sea on the back of a bull she did not suffer at all. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept careful track of her the same way as I used to mind the neighbor’s bull when I took the milk cows out to pasture. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z As he looked around for the corporals, there was a roar from close by, like the bellowing of a speared bull. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “That’s bull. I know he never did a thing to you.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The dampened, mud-weighted cape swung open and full as a sail fills, and Romero pivoted with it just ahead of the bull. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He had the weight of a dry twig yet heaved with the ferocity of a bull. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “No, he ain’t, but he’s sure a hell of a good worker. Strong as a bull.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He came quickly up the slope, his great mouth open, the young bull close behind him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “I bought the most marvelous pit bull,” said one of the ladies. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z One time I said, “What do you think my bullfighter name would be, assuming I ever fought with a bull?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z In a few minutes the steer picked the new bull up, quieted him down, and made him one of the herd. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Brett saw how something that was beautiful done close to the bull was ridiculous if it were done a little way off. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He was the roan bull, the one that the droopy-horned chongo had dumped into the Mexican cart the day of the fight. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z "To quiet down the bulls and keep them from breaking horns against the stone walls, or goring each other." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I understood that by “bull” work he meant jobs that took little more than brute strength to perform. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z It was a bull from a cattle family we still have today. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Since then he has killed more than a thousand bulls. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Apparently he does, ’cause he comes charging at you like a red bull. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly the bull left off and made for the other steer which had been standing at the far end, his head swinging, watching it all. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Right,” I howled, “because there’s nothing more dangerous than a wounded bull pepperoni!” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The Minotaur was a monster, half bull, half human, the offspring of Minos’ wife Pasiphaë and a wonderfully beautiful bull. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Pickup guy had a few extra inches in height, but the cabbie was built like a bull and already pumping his thick, hairy arms. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z In hindsight, it was as foolish as taunting an angry bull. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The drive would have happened before I saw Baba Haji slaughter the bull, but I’m not certain. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z A guy who moved like he did would never lose to a bull, I thought. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Then, I guess the wind must have shifted and brought him the bull’s scent; and evidently that scent told him for certain what I was only beginning to suspect. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z This time what I saw up there was even worse: two bulls. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The roaring of the bulls was right in my ears. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z "Tell him that bulls have no balls," Mike shouted. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Colonel Cathcart blurted out, lumbering back and forth gracelessly like a winded bull, puffing and pouting angrily. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Then I looked at Brother Jack and grinned: That was it; in some ways, he was like a toy bull terrier. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z "Now, that's nice to hear," I.said, aware now of another bullfight scene further down the bar in which the matador was being swept skyward on the black bull's horns. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And each time August approaches, red-faced and waving his bull hook, they explode with glee. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The cow has a smooth body and a face that looks much like that of a mouse, with a sharp-pointed nose and whiskers, but the bull is different. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The officer next to her was the size and shape of Edward, the shaggy bull who lived down the road from us in Rhode Island. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Dead, tormented bulls produced a very popular meat. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The only amusement then was castrating pigs and bulls, cockfights, hopscotch, and the incredible tales of old Pedro Garcia, may he rest in peace. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Next a bull was set against a bear in a bloody battle that left both animals tom and dying. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z You could put five rounds in the skull of a bull ape and he’d still have time to eat you before his brain realized he was dead. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Just then, a bull stepped out from around a train. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a good chance to send an arrow into the young bull, who lay on his back with his teeth still grasping the other’s neck. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to get so close that the bull saw his body, and would start for it, and then shift the bull's charge to the flannel and finish out the pass in the classic manner. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z This was to yoke two bulls he had, whose feet were of bronze and whose breath was flaming fire, and with them to plow a field. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, at that' moment, the other bull lost interest in finding Annabeth. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She had one arm in a sling and a nasty-looking gash on her cheek, but otherwise her encounter with the bronze bulls didn’t seem to have fazed her. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The shorthorn bulls of Hereford bore little resemblance to the longhorns of Craven. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “What do you mean, it’s because of the bull?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z In the dark he thought of the bull-necked man crumpled on the floor in the cake crumbs, like the strangled bull in the cattle chute, and he walked faster. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “His mother and I have devoted our fives to him, but he—” “That’s bull!” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z "And I was sure of it! Why, a week before you were born, I had the strangest dream. We were all living on a farm, and a bull..." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z "What's he afraid of the bull for? The bull's so dumb he only goes after the cloth." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “The bull, at the end, was always killed.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “As I say, I know all the bounty hunters,” the harness bull said, “and I’ve never heard of you.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Her head hung like a bull’s, and her eyes peeked at you out of her hair. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The bulls had fought away from the house. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The harness bull ceased questioning Miss Luft and came over to take it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see the other bull yet, but I could tell by the sound of him that he was close and coming in a trot. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He always kept things low key before a race, and the boys spent the morning dozing, playing cards, and shooting the bull. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z With the butt of his trident he tapped the image of a merman larger than the rest, with the horns of a bull. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z My dad called her a pit bull in diapers. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He was about half as large as the others, a young bull. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z For a split second, Uncle Vernon stood framed in the doorway; then he let out a bellow like an angry bull and dived at Harry, grabbing him by the ankle. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He ran with his tail clamped just as tight as the roan bull’s. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “Surround him!” the king yelled, “Save the horses!”— and suddenly I knew I was dealing with no dull mechanical bull but with thinking creatures, pattern makers, the most dangerous things I’d ever met. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Romero said he didn’t know how dangerous the bull might be after being a rodeo bull. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z "I won't lie to you, it's grievous news. I never thought to see another king, not at my age, with Robert half my years and strong as a bull." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On the floor, his scarred, bony head resting on one of the man’s feet, lay an old white English bull terrier. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A veil had descended over my eyes, but I felt twenty years old and had the strength of a bull. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Daisy is a good one,” I bulled ahead, not letting her distract me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A guy named Cobby was on the stoop showing off his new puppy and another guy was pretending like he wanted to buy it to feed to his pit bull. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z For an hour, I moved bolts of fabric, slammed them into place, huffed through my nostrils like a charging bull, and kept my mouth shut. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The bull moved deadly fast for something so big. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The bull's tail went up and he charged, and Romero moved his arms ahead of the bull, wheeling, his feet firmed. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I don’t doubt a minute but he let thet bull out and sicked him on me.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Even though Hera was away, he thought it well to be cautious, and before appearing to Europa he changed himself into a bull. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the bull that had sprinted out and killed the man in the morning running. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, during which Luba carefully kept the laser tube on him, a large harness bull arrived in his archaic blue uniform with gun and star. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z They had a sweet ride made of bronze and iron—eyen the horses, which were magical automatons like the Colchis bulls. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z When the bull came, he was worse, and a lot more dangerous. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z They did not want the bull killed yet, they did not want it to be over. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Jumper had smelled deer blood plenty of times, so I guess it was the size of the bull that scared him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z In a few minutes he waves me in, a short, thick man built like a bull. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z His mother was right behind him, following him much like their neighbors’ pit bull did whenever Moss walked by their yard. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z How Poseidon, enraged, caused Minos’s wife Pasiphae to be smitten with love for a bull. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "There's a dreadful moment for me just when the bull starts for the horse." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z When the last two bulls had been unloaded the herd were all together. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Now it’s so large it can kill and devour a bull in an afternoon. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Dude zipped up and down the wing on fast breaks like a cheetah, finished at the rim like a bull. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Are they supposed to have bull’s horns?” she asked. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Make sure anyone that came into her yard knew they were dealing with a beast who could only be held by a big bull chain wrapped around a fat-trunked tree. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “Was there always a bull in a field? Did someone always say, ‘But we can’t go through that field; that’s where the bull is’?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z When the farm hands finally got the chain unhooked from the crossbar, the bull’s head fell in the dirt, and blood oozed out of its mouth and nostrils.... Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z For a bull to be chosen as the Buchis bull, it had to be a specific color and have special markings on it, and when a Buchis bull died, priests gave it a sacred burial. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z But when it began to die down a couple of hours later, the bull carcass wasn’t half burnt up. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “I say shoot ’em,” growled the man who looked like Edward the bull. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The two steers backed away against the wall, their heads sunken, their eyes watching the bull. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Right now, one of our cows—it is my brother’s cow, a bull—is blessed. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z They said Robert Baratheon was strong as a bull and fearless in battle, a man who loved nothing better than war. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A man, standing by Johnny with clenched hands and head thrust down and out like a bull’s, said thickly, ‘They go out by “Yankee Doodle,” but they’ll dance to it before night.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Out in the centre of the ring Romero profiled in front of the bull, drew the sword out from the folds of the muleta, rose on his toes, and sighted along the blade. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z It was a bull’s- eye that guided a parent to the mouth. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Then, with one hand, he grabbed the bull’s horn and pulled it sideways. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She saw how Romero avoided every brusque movement and saved his bulls for the last when he wanted them, not winded and discomposed but smoothly worn down. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Like the first bull, he came blaring out into the clearing, then stopped, to snort and sling his wicked horns and paw up clouds of dust. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he dropped to the ground as the bull bellowed. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He met the old bull with his shoulder. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside was a black-and-white bull’s horn, the base jagged from being broken off, the tip splattered with dried blood. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Each time he let the bull pass so close that the man and the bull and the cape that filled and pivoted ahead of the bull were all one sharply etched mass. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I could no longer see the bull’s eye, only its exposed neck. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “We don’t have use for bulls but once every other year for mating.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Then he reaches for his top hat and bull hook. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When I checked the window, T. Ray was coming out of the orchard toward the house, fists balled, head plowed forward like a bull wanting to gore something. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I lean over and lay the bull hook on the ground. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He put out his hands to stop Matthew from bulling into the apartment. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z So I shot the bull for a while. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He rips the bull hook from my hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z And what about Romero’s yellow bull, he could hear Josiah say, winking when he said that; but the speckled cows had not seen the yellow bull that way, at least not in the beginning. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a matter of the stronger bull winning. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Pumpkin bulled in with a stable hand on his back. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The next time he nosed at the steer and then the two of them trotted over to the other bull. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z |
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