| 单词 | canvas |
| 例句 | She’d just started sketching the first line for a treehouse on her paper when June pulled strange objects out of her canvas tote bag for the next photo. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I felt myself blush at the compliment and asked, “Where’s your cotton canvas?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Last time, the canvas collapsed and made a mess of everything. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered aloud, my fingertip hovering a centimeter from the figures on the canvas. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Rivera was standing in the middle of the ring, his feet flat on the lumpy canvas, planted like a tree. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z A fierce display of vivid colors in odd proportions, she seemed to have stepped right out of a canvas for the sole purpose of throwing a fit. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Just looking at it made her feel dizzy, like the canvas was the only steady point in the world and everything else was slipping. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z We watched her sit down in class and pull from her canvas bag a blue and yellow ruffled curtain that she draped over three sides of her desk. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z She lay on the hard, hot metal with Salvador and looked up at the queer canvas. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The axes went through the wood easily enough—the canvas made endless trouble. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Her entire baggage consisted of a small trunk, a little rocking chair with small hand-painted flowers, and a canvas sack which kept making a cloc-cloc-cloc sound, where she carried her parents' bones. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He was flying as high as twenty feet now, and the sun, gleaming through the painted canvas, made the wings seem like living flesh. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I swung around, seeing him step to where a large carton sat beside the building and sling its canvas straps to his shoulder as once more he looked toward the policeman, ignoring me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But if Pet stood next to it, the colors would match, right down to the splatters of paint on the floor around the canvas. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He took it stickily and touched the point of the little nail to a corner of the canvas. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Next to the barn was Papa's mound of hay for bedding, nearly as tall as the barn, covered with canvas to keep the rain from rotting it. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z Big three-by-nine-foot painted canvas banners hung on the buses’ sides, to be read by the highway traffic and thousands of people at home and on the sidewalks of the towns the buses passed through. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z On Saturdays they shop together for food at the farmers’ market in Union Square, with canvas bags over their shoulders. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The lights hanging slack overhead, the soft ground underneath and the canvas wall that faintly blew in and out, like cheeks puffed with air, made for the feeling of a country fair. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They are a moment of process, trapped on the canvas. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Too bad for the soldier that when the war broke out, curators removed The Night Watch from Het Rijksmuseum, rolling up the canvas and trucking it to a castle in the country somewhere. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z R.C. was waiting for me on his rickety front porch, and the first thing he noticed was the canvas lunch bag I had slung over my shoulder. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Gray hair kinked below the rim of a sea-captain cap of black canvas. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the musical equivalent of filling a painted canvas with thousands of colours instead of just a few. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It sat down carefully in front of her, avoiding its own torn canvas in the middle of the floor, folding its great muscular legs and draping its arms in loose lines. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The sky hung low, a cloudy canvas with swirls of dark purple and stormy greys. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I untied the cord of the canvas bag and got up, discovering sore muscles as I moved. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z We packed blankets, food, canteens, fishing line, the lavender blanket Maureen took everywhere, Lori’s paper and pencils, Mom’s easel and canvases and brushes and paints. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The roustabouts, having spent much of the day sleeping in whatever corner they could find, are dismantling the great canvas city as efficiently as they put it up. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There is an art show in Brussels, and a Belgian newspaper reported that the canvases people are most excited and curious about are by Paul Cezanne, Alfred Sisley, Auguste Renoir—and Vincent Van Gogh! Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Outside again, Dicey waited until they were out of sight of the store; then she transferred everything from the suitcase to the canvas bag. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The flesh-colored fabric of the dummy’s skin makes a good, absorbent canvas. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Two military lorries with canvas sides, with half a dozen armed guards in each. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I greeted them through the piece of canvas that served as their front door. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z One year, probably in September, for the canvas tents were down and the campground almost empty, Kapugen came into the house with a sealskin. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z So while Kevin got ready to go to the library, I sat on the bed, fully dressed, stuffing a comb, a brush, and a bar of soap into my canvas bag. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Then he reached over me into the canvas bag and brought out the switchblade. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Instead I saw a cat slide through the connection leading to the big top—it was a panther, and as its lithe black body disappeared into the canvas tunnel I braced myself. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Two men hauled the cumbersome canvas hose as close to the flames as possible and aimed a stream of water at the burning building. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “Why you gilded little—” Hedge’s insult was cut short when the dolphin put a greasy wad of canvas in his mouth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "Our best guess is he took it into the Hab. The lander's signal wouldn't be able to reach Sojourner through Hab canvas." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But the only purse I own is a ratty canvas thing I bought three years ago from Old Navy. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z As strips of canvas fell away, they could finally see what was underneath. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Suddenly one of these gypsies in trembling opal, seizes a cocktail out of the air, dumps it down for courage and moving her hands like Frisco dances out alone on the canvas platform. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I sweep a small brush into a blob of cerulean gray and pin my gaze to the corner of the canvas until his footsteps leave the room. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Marston continued painting, using his remaining paint and the lids of packing crates for canvases. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z That night, after the sun had gone down, they used the canvas flag as a blanket. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Then I noticed that two of the heads were ripping apart a piece of yellow canvas—one of our duffel bags. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Brown and black splotches are scattered across the canvas in a haphazard design. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I saw Geneva Eggers in front of her house, wearing canvas trousers and a plaid shirt and sitting on a fence post. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Though he was wearing a soldier’s quilted canvas jacket, red leggings, and high leather boots, somehow he seemed familiar. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She handed over her canvas bag like this was an everyday occurrence. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Later, after he sets up Noah with canvases and paint—Noah couldn’t resist when Guillermo offered—Guillermo finds me in the yard, where I’ve started on the clay model for Mom’s sculpture. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I had no handkerchief, but feeling with my fingers I washed away where the dried blood had been, with rainwater that dripped from the canvas, and wiped it clean with the sleeve of my coat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z His attention was briefly drawn to the fluttering canvas ahead of him. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Leon unfolded the canvas chairs and they sat with their glasses in a shallow circle facing the pool. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He mostly sits on his stool and stares at a new canvas. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Also, the bedroom has several valve apertures in its canvas. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I freeze, staring at the blank expanse of canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Come in,” came the huntress’s voice, and the man nodded to Ash before leaving her alone, standing before the heavy canvas flap that served as a door. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z After mangling the Hab, I pulled the remaining canvas down to the flooring and resealed it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew how thin you needed to make paint so that it would flow and how thick you could make it so that it would clump on the canvas like clay, something to be sculpted. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then with a slight rasp of his canvas skin, he turns his head to me, and his blue button eyes rotate slightly, like binoculars seeking focus. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z This is because someone put a canvas tarp over the skylight in the living room. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He reached beside him and flicked back the wet canvas shower curtain. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He now produced a belt of canvas webbing and held it up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The Hema’s canvas was too thick for Koffi to discern anything from outside, but she heard what sounded like two sets of hands offering polite applause as the musicians exited the tent. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z But the pole was padded with batting and canvas, and it stopped Azareen’s skull from being staved in. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Our journey to magical places alone was a spot of color on the town’s drab canvas, and our return made us even more the most enviable of people. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She spat on the spectacular pile of coins, put them in three canvas sacks, and buried them in a secret place, hoping that sooner or later the three unknown men would come to reclaim them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He settles on a blank spot above his fireplace, and he hangs it there, making the tiniest adjustments until the canvas is perfectly set against the wall. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They surround a bundle of canvas and heave it toward the entrance, grunting with effort. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I lay and listened to the rain on the canvas and the clicking of the car over the rails. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Mom asked as she shoved books into a large canvas bag. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z In the center of the room was a boxing ring, its white canvas floor stained and lumpy. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z We cannibalized Dragonwings to make a stretcher for Father out of the wooden poles and canvas. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They sorted through the wreckage strewn along the road and in the end he came up with a canvas bag that he could tote over his shoulder and a small suitcase for the boy. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Grandpa’s face is still surprisingly intact, although the canvas has creased around him. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He unfastened the bronze buckle at the dead man’s throat and swung the canvas pack over his shoulder before wrapping the cloak around himself. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I let go of the hand-rails and ducked under the canvas. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z We were all sure that her canvas tent would be drier. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The puzzled menagerie men and a handful of others stood outside, their ears pressed to the seams of the great canvas tent as a torrent of angry screaming began. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Her eyes were vacant, like the eyes of those mad people who wandered around the roadside garbage dumps in town, pulling grimy, tom canvas bags with their life fragments inside. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He slathered a blue sky on the top of the canvas, leaving gobs of paint as he worked. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I stuffed my few belongings that had survived the Hydra into a sailors canvas knapsack and slung it over my shoulder. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I twist my head around and discover that I’m up against one of a great many bundles of canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The sloping walls of her prison were a canvas for her morbid inquiries, particularly between sundown and Martin’s late-night visit. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Brandon was right—there was a small bulge in the canvas underneath the green of the tennis courts. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Throughout the war, ground personnel lived in underground dugouts they built themselves, no more than trenches covered with logs and soil—or even just with canvas. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z After six months on the job, Cullen knew it was inevitable that the sand would creep into his socks despite the canvas gaiters covering his pant legs and shoes. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z She gripped a canvas lunch bag and moved along the wall, as if trying hard not to be noticed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z After some thought, she chose a red canvas bookbag and went to the front of the store. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled out the field guide with its blue canvas cover and leafed through the pages. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Her father lifts her into its bed, where a dozen people nestle beneath a waxed canvas tarp. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I was confused by this sudden glare of attention; it was as if the characters in a favorite painting, absorbed in their own concerns, had looked up out of the canvas and spoken to me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Its roof and high sides were covered in black canvas, and it was drawn by four stout horses. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I can see her now, in the spare room upstairs, music blaring, window open, a brush in her hand, an enormous canvas leaning against the wall. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I unzipped the bag and pulled out the blue canvas journal, placing it on the kitchen table. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It was Lyra’s little canvas rucksack, and from the weight of it he knew without looking that the alethiometer was still inside it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We crawl into the tent and take our clothes off inside our sleeping bags, the flashlight making a circle on the canvas, a light ring enclosing a darker one, like a target. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I could see a sliver of late-afternoon sky through a crack in the roof, like a jagged canvas painted a bright blue. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Ben’s book I secreted away under the rafters, wrapped in canvas. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Another soldier gave me a pair of wooden shoes and a blue-and-gray-striped prisoner uniform made out of a thick canvas material. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The canvas of the wings bellied upward, taut and swollen and eager. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Susan tilted her head to delve the mystery, could not, and turned back to the job of packing canvas carriers with food, hoods, and jesses for the eagle, hawks, owls, and falcons. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z We barely had time to string up some canvas over the mules before the storm hit. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In a new galley made by wrapping canvas around four oars stuck upright in the snow, Green kept the hot potato can stoked. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He saw how pitilessly the layers of rubber and canvas held together the poor body that should be rotting away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z When it gets to the end of the day we stop again and put up our tent, heavy canvas with wooden poles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She squeezes my hand with both of hers, which are rough from cutting calico and canvas all day. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z We sat some more, watching the rain drip off the back canvas. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then I turned around and fastened down the canvas. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It was about then that the crew started hauling down the canvas. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The horsewoman, who wore rough canvas breeches and rode like a man, said nothing to the witches. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor evidently did he transfer the design onto the canvas but worked directly on the surface, making subtle adjustments as he went along. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Rimas slung the canvas over her shoulder and we dragged along, our hands cramped, still locked on to the shovel blades we had gripped for nearly twelve hours. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He watched the sail makers cutting heavy canvas into strips and sewing it back together again. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I just need to cut canvas pieces to the right shapes, seal them together, then seal them to the existing canvas and flooring. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In Zora’s rice-paper house, with misty light coming in at the windows, I was like a blank canvas waiting to be filled with what she told me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the strong sunlight the badger watched the silhouette of the big rat moving about behind the canvas. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Reason said No. The tarpaulin was sturdy canvas, not a Japanese paper wall. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Its canvas top ruffled in the wind as it paused and shut off its lights. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z A lorry loaded with sofas and shelves and tables was parked by the side, and a man stood beside it talking to a young female civil defender wearing khaki jeans and canvas shoes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I cut the bottom out of one and the remaining canvas was the right size and shape. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The sails themselves were not canvas at all, but solar sheets, designed to feed electricity into the system and add to the power available already from roof skin solar cells. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It was manywhite and thick and textured, paint climbing on itself as if it wanted to get away from the canvas, away from the floor underneath the canvas, even. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I secure Bobo’s door and slip into the connection, the roofless canvas tunnel that joins the menagerie to the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A minute later the breeze grew stronger, filling the sails with the huge rippling sounds of stretching canvas. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I half expect the boys to unpack a picnic—they have a canvas bag with them—but instead Gat and Johnny begin climbing the rocks. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Then one afternoon Hughie came in with an army cot which had a torn canvas. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Lou stops to watch artists at work, and I join him, observing his reactions as he studies each canvas. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The canvas stuck to itself and crackled as the students unfolded it. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z There were canvas sacks of com—some to be ground for home use, some sold outright to pay for the coffee and sugar, nails, axe-handle, and tobacco that Jenny had written on a list. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Ivy stepped closer and saw words spread out all over the canvas. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z On the towels lay people in bathing suits, surrounded by picnic baskets, paper bags, canvas totes, blaring radios and coolers full of ice and drinks. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore the same canvas apron around his waist that he’d had on the night before and keys jangled at his side. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Not meeting my eye, she kept stabbing at her canvas. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was a placid explosion of orange and red, a great chromatic symphony, a colour canvas of supernatural proportions, truly a splendid Pacific sunset, quite wasted on me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She held up the dress so that it blocked the blood stains on the canvas, which were stark on the fabric from the streetlamps outside. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A globe-shaped lantern hung from a hook on the central pole, and the floor of the tent was covered with a simple canvas cloth on which a red-and-brown rug had been laid. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Hiroshi smiles, pats the table, and walks back to his own canvas. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Banners and flags and gonfalons suddenly bellied from every cornice, a huge red banner unscrolled along the full length of the Machinery Building, and the canvas slipped from Big Mary’s gold-leaf shoulders. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Once I weighed down the excess canvas with rocks, I had a water-tight bathtub! The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled out the pad I usually carried in my canvas bag. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It was tough and roomy like the canvas bag, and faded enough to look properly shabby. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Kelly found a pair of yellow canvas sneakers to match her own skirt. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I was cutting canvas and my hand slipped. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The curving tail of the prow was chipped and dull, the hull was battered and knobby with barnacles, the canvas dark and weathered, yet how beautiful she was! The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Great smears of orange, blue, red, and green covered the black canvas above, as though a divine painter had attacked it with wild fury. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Tubes, brushes, cans, rags, and parts of frames and canvas were strewn everywhere. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The Hab canvas rippled under the brutal assault as the internal supports bent and shivered with each gust. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As Lancelot rode by, he could see them sprawling on the ground together, with the knight’s broken lance between the horse’s legs and one flashing horse-shoe tearing the canvas from the fallen shield. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The paw prints lead right off the top of the canvas and, I imagine, straight up to heaven. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z If I didn't, my bedroom would become a big hamster ball because Hab canvas is flexible. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A hundred yards ahead, tied to the end of the longest dock, was a makeshift raft with a simple mast and a square canvas sail. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He bit into the bread that tasted of army canvas, and tore and sucked at the sausage. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A canvas is to an artist what a canvass is to a pollster. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I add the freckles one by one, like I'm painting delicate flowers on a canvas. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Finally, by the middle of December, he finds some models, and he paints a head of a “splendid old man” in profile, filling up most of the canvas, a different style for him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z An idiotic Englishman, who had lost all his teeth somewhere, had his souvenir in a canvas bag. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Several days before the grand hunt, Ash began to see wagons full of crates and rugs and rolled-up canvases driving down the road from West Riding into the Wood. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She started frantically stuffing papers into her canvas bags as I tried to explain myself and talk her down. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Over their shoulder they had slung a canvas purse decorated with pins. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Soldiers marched up and down the rows of white canvas tents. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The stallholder hauled a boxful of books further under the canvas, to ensure that it did not get wet. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He started the whole world over: blank canvas and endless tubes of paint. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z They had left behind many of the things they had salvaged from Endurance, including the scrap lumber that had made dry floors for their flimsy, canvas tents. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The truck bed is roofed with a canvas tent. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s just finished some canvases of roses in a vase and is happy with them. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “It’s that naughty boy. I told him to go to sleep alone, and here he is, downstairs, getting his death a-cold pattering over that canvas,” said Meg, answering the call. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She had seen a tiny brown face pop up from Stargirl’s sunflower canvas bag. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Two scraps of canvas, and one would kill you. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “He worked by dripping and splashing paint on his canvases.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z They wrapped the body in a canvas cloth that had been discarded in the corner, and Kaede tucked the bloodied rag inside. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They both liked to go horseback riding in the middle of the morning, with a picnic basket and an array of canvas and leather bags containing Jean’s belongings. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I like to make bigger ones, on canvas. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The tea inside the chests was wrapped in heavy canvas. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She took out paper, pencils, crayons, and a coloring book from a canvas bag. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She had run out of canvases and had begun painting on plywood, so she picked up a piece of wood, got out her palette, squeezed some paints onto it, and selected a brush. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But before any of them could respond to this, a sharp voice spoke from high on the wall: A sallow-faced wizard with a short black fringe had just walked back into his empty canvas. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z As I rise to return to the stateroom, there’s a shout of surprise from the men unrolling the canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Strollers caught her face through the openings in the canvas and looked away. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I had the small canvas bag of money under my loose shirt. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Now and then a little wave would come up higher than the others and wet our canvas shoes. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z I can smell dinner cooking and realize we’ve been out canvassing all day and I’m getting hungry. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And overhead the cog’s canvas sail rippled slowly, like the fur of some great beast stirring from a long sleep, then filled with a sudden crack that turned every head on the ship. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Morris sent two canvas bags containing “410 Spanish dollars, two English crowns, 10 shillings sixpence, and a French half crown.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Why hack off most of the canvas only to replace it with more canvas? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a roaring furnace under all his layers of wool and straps and canvas. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Longing and elation, anguish and joy—they were all there, sometimes commingling in the same canvas. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z His hair was smoothed to perfection, his canvas shoes a chaste white, and he looked sporty in his linen knickers, his belted coat with a boutonniere of Queen Anne’s Lace, and his ribbed, knee-length hose. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a battery-powered drill, a canvas cot, a bucket of sea water for rinsing, a metal suitcase full of the various instruments. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The woven canvas straps are molded in my shape. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He had passed out against the side of the tent, had slid sideways down the canvas, and was sprawled on the ground. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But he now needed a pass before he could begin canvassing for a job in the white world. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Broadway Boogie Woogie is as flat as the canvas it is painted on. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The striped canvas sides of the tent stiffen, the soft surface hardening as the fabric changes to paper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The wind drummed at the canvas over the wings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But Petey swiped at her cheeks, reached into the shadows beyond the blanket, and pulled a worn canvas bag onto her lap. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She was sitting at her ease in the little canvas chair, with a book on her lap, watching him calmly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It consists of an inflatable transparent cone set upon a round lifebuoy-like buoyancy chamber that has a surface of black rubberized canvas stretched across its centre. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Additional blank canvases leaned against the wall nearby, beside shelves stocked with jars of paint. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He pauses to let a lion’s den cross in front of him and then continues past a group of men struggling with a rolled canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He scooped up Hester and tucked her securely into his breast, buttoning the canvas coat up close to keep her in. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She recycles everything, including canvases, sometimes painting over one piece to create a new one. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The canvas walls of the front of the pavilion were rolled up, and inside dozens of workers were laying down carpets over the grassy field. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw him still looking uncomfortable, watching the other cars pass and I stooped to see how the canvas was fastened. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Papa asked me to stretch out the middle of his sack while he sewed an extra piece of canvas onto the bottom to reinforce it. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z In the dark I could not see where it came from the canvas overhead. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z What he sees and what is inside him burst onto the canvas. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But he is mostly worried he won't find everything he needs—canvases and paints, especially. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z On one side of me was a canvas tote bag containing a pair of pants, a blouse, underclothing, a sweater, shoes, and the biggest switchblade knife I had ever seen. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z We had moved beyond Magic Markers and watercolors and were using oil paints on real canvas. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She wore canvas pants and a plaid work shirt. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He pressed the little piece of canvas into the resin and let it soak up as much as it could. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I might as well be a white canvas because none of us seem to agree. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z As she watched, it started lifting off the canvas, entering the air right above. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Uncle Holt’s old work boots on my feet, a pair of Karl’s patched overalls, rolled up, those heavy canvas gloves on my hands, topped off with my straw hat. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He’d crouch a few feet away from the edge of her canvas and just wait, breathing as he always did, steady and calm. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Then I draped spare Hab canvas over the frame, making a pit inside the cot, with extra canvas around the edges. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “That there’s the big top,” he says, lifting the kerosene lamp and waving a crooked finger at the great rolls of canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There were the three canvas sacks closed with copper wire, and inside of them the seven thousand two hundred fourteen pieces of eight, which continued glowing like embers in the darkness. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z On the earth beside the steps of one sat three canvas chairs. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They move around a lot, and it’s difficult when you’re not doing VR, but on a canvas, to show what motion might be like when nothing can move. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Were the Angel children their sculptures, their canvases, their creations to be put on display for all the world to see and admire? Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z People were lined up with their towels, socks, underwear, and any canvas bag that was supple enough to be twisted and tied. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “The fishing populace will be in possession of canvas.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was one of those prissy retirees one sees frequently in New England, the sort who subscribe to antique magazines and carry those canvas tote bags they give as gift premiums on public TV. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z More precisely: a former mosque, with minaret torn down and Koranic inscriptions plastered over to provide a fresh canvas for the Christian saints that are, even now, being painted on the interior. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She usually wore the same kinds of aprons and canvas farm coats worn by the rest of the women on Little Hobart Street. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Wood creaked, canvas cracked, and water splashed, so loudly a man might swear the castle was sure to hear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z After she felt that she had painted enough of them, Catherine would pack up her canvases and bring them to either Paris or to Guadeloupe for safekeeping. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She asked the salesman to put everything into the canvas bag, except the jackknife. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We step through the automatic doors, and the first thing I see is a bag display: giant canvas zipper totes and faux-leather purses and, already, a summery display of woven beach bags. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Jon is no longer painting on canvas, or on anything flat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z On the second day of May, as she came out on Wethersfield landing, a trim little ketch was already tied up, fresh-painted, with clean white canvas and not a barnacle on its hull. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The tattered canvas beckoned as the only handhold on the otherwise smooth ship. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The canvas is painted entirely in gradations of cool, neutral tones, except for a bit of the red dress visible beneath her jacket. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled out a brood frame, a canvas of whirling blacks and grays, with rubbings of silver. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The survival pack had been a zippered nylon bag, or perhaps canvas of some kind, and he thought it had been red, or was it gray? Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Over tea he told us about some crazy demon, Baldwin, who put air into a big canvas bag and then floated up into the sky, where he was under the control of the winds. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The canvas cover gives everyone a yellowish tint. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The Rembrandt canvas was No. 1 in a Gallup canvass of museumgoers. capital/capitol. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The lightning was so bright and near that it seemed to flash through the heavy canvas of the sail, the roaring and cracking enough to wake the dead sleeping in the depths of the water. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His family lived in two canvas tents while they cleared their newly purchased property. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Reading this literature, these books, led me to the canvas of my own humanity. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He stays inside, working in his asylum studio painting self-portraits and touching up older canvases. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There were several plunks on the canvas over their heads. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I have the picture picked out and tacked up to my canvas when Dad yells upstairs that it’s time to go. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Above us, rain drummed on the canvas awning. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I spent today figuring out the exact sizes and shapes of canvas I'll need. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A big painting on a canvas, actually, but clearly a glass girl was at the center. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Harry backed into a shadowy corner, slipped off Ron’s rucksack, and attempted to blend in with the canvas. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It was as heavy as a piece of canvas. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Jam went to the studio and looked at the canvas that was still lying on the floor, ripped and empty. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z When we were little, we practiced our second arcana by manipulating paint on a canvas, shaping clay on a pottery wheel, and molding fresh-dipped candlesticks, until we were able to transform them into treasures. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I went back to bed and stuffed the pen, the map, and the scratch pad into my canvas bag. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z They wanted to see things, even if all they could see was dim lights carried past the canvas tent, glowing with a faint yellow warmth. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z In the afternoons she sat beneath a canvas umbrella with a pencil between her fingers, her accounts laid out on a cedar crate before her, one palm laid against her forehead. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then she says to Isabella, “You look like you walked right off of Mia’s canvas,” and Isabella grins real big. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Flashes of colored light gleam through gaps in the canvas to slide across our faces: young and old, dark and pale. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Rather than the blank canvas I feared during my conversation with Josh, I saw myself volunteering with the MSA, shining in my classes, and having time for myself. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Thanks, Mr. Archie!” they said together, gathering all their goods into a couple of canvas bags they could hang from their handlebars. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Fernanda made her a canvas belt to keep her money in, and she would not have to take it off even to sleep. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I stretch a twelve-by-eight-foot canvas and wash it with an iridescent blue gouache—like the Virgin Mary’s robes in gaudy church paintings. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He lives color, offers it to the canvas, to the world. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A pair of shoe tips peeks under the edge of the canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Pet reached into its chest and picked out the razor blades that Bitter had embedded in the canvas, dropping them to the floor in tiny clatters. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Then I saw a low open car of the sort they call gondolas coming, covered with canvas. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He could see him in the canvas of his eye, in the brilliant kingdom of his eye. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But then his eyes fell on a lumpy canvas bag in the shadows behind them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Following, I said, my wife’s untimely and tragic death, of an ulceration cancereuse, I had earnestly thought I would never again set brush to canvas. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He wore a plain canvas jacket and a checked shirt, like many gyptian men; there was nothing to mark him out but the air of strength and authority he had. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The paintings showed a girl of different ages, from newborn to teenager, sometimes alone on the canvas and other times with a woman that looked their mom’s age. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Just in front of the shoes, I swing the pipe and smack the canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The young blond guard handed Mother a belted piece of canvas and marched our group away. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The guard grabbed the canvas from Mother and threw it on the ground. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the suit was pinned under a table, which was held down by the collapsed canvas. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I was issued the standard prison uniform for Africans: a pair of short trousers, a rough khaki shirt, a canvas jacket, socks, sandals, and a cloth cap. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing a red rain slicker and a canvas fishing hat pinned with wet flies and nymphs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Each one was only a sheet of canvas, maybe two feet above the one below. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A fire danced into life on the other side of the canvas; large shadows passed between tent and flames. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z "The canvas didn't hold. I think it ripped early in the ascent." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z His mind filled with confused pictures of the canvas billowing and blanketing down, and of the bodies of all the people, piled up together, crushing him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z At midnight, I awake and paint a large canvas ignited with reds and whites, each color betraying the other. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They tore up scraps of canvas, placed them in a hat, and drew, one for each sailor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Pet started walking around and looking through the rest of Bitter’s work—piles of drawings stacked on every flat surface, canvases layered and leaning against the walls, shelves full of small sculptures. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It wasn’t rising with grace so much as jerkily trying to extricate itself from the work, and its head was still buried in the canvas. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She places the food in a canvas tote bag. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He wore the typical junior engineer’s uniform: a canvas shirt with baggy khaki pants tucked into brown leather miner’s boots. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Burger, who, like the others, was wearing a bathing suit, shoved his uniform into the canvas bag along with Quirin's and Heinck's discarded navy fatigues. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z My face was still a changing canvas, painted on, and over, by everyone except me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I unwrapped the scrap of treated canvas I used to protect it and was relieved to find it dry and well. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Looking down, he saw that his new gym sneakers had been slashed, the canvas now limp shreds, rag-like. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The first chance she had, she plunged her arm down into the stiffly frosted canvas of the kit bag and brought up the little tin. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The wind was shifting, Davos could feel it, see it in the way the black canvas rippled. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The canvas or sacking screens of their perches moved heavily in a breath of wind, like banners in a chapel, and the rapt nobility of the air kept their knight's vigil in knightly patience. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I was worried about my sketch pad getting wet through the canvas backpack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z A canvas soldier’s bag, mouse gray, with two padded straps. 14-6963. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Most of these people traveled in big trucks covered with dark canvas tarpaulins, but there were some trailers and a few camper tops like Rocinante. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he pulled a tiny canvas bag out of a drawer and handed it to me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She was waiting for just the right moment to add Princesse to the canvas. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z But while he paints, capturing the beauty of nature on the canvas, trying to give to the world what he once wanted to give through preaching, he worries about Theo's money. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They remind me of the paintings Gram left in her studio, the bits of blank canvas peeking out between all the colors. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The shoes in the corner were all old-fashioned black or brown leather, except for one pair made from canvas and covered in dried mud. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There were huge stacks of wood, and some machines covered with green canvas to protect them from the dust. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the front door slams shut, I grab the canvas, pull on my sneakers, and run out the back. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z A wind began to come up, flapping and gusting at the canvas of the tents and the flags, and a cold rain spat down on them. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She shrugged and then scowled in the direction of a canvas bag near her feet. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Becker fell to one knee, his gloves on the canvas floor. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few moments of silence we heard the sound of ripping canvas, more shouting, and more banging. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The six square meters of spare canvas was a convenient one by six meters. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at the canvas in front of him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A piece of canvas sailcloth that I weighted down with bricks and used as a windbreak on cold nights. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But it was just the water dripping out of her belongings, it was just a shadow falling across the canvas. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We moved slowly but steadily in the rain, the radiator cap of our car almost against the tailboard of a truck that was loaded high, the load covered with wet canvas. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “He’s going to get redlighted otherwise. His friends had to hide him behind a roll of canvas last night.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Rolling her eyes, Marmalade pulled a pile of canvas scraps from a pocket of her loose patchwork jacket and slapped them onto the table. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z When he was done painting for the day, Vincent would stack his canvases under the bed or put them in the cupboard. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They began to issue military surplus from the First World War—olive-drab knit caps, earmuffs, peacoats, canvas leggings. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z And why should she care — a rude, freckle faced sailor who took more notice of a strip of canvas than of a brocaded gown? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z "I'm drifting toward it. I think I can get my hand on some of the torn canvas. . . ." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I paint and paint until I fill up almost every available space on the canvas. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z In the evenings we prayed for him in front of a faded picture of the Virgen de Guadalupe, which was tied with string to the canvas wall above the mattress. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t make sense, what Pet had come across worlds and through a broken canvas to say. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “I’m fine,” Nico muttered, kicking folds of canvas off his legs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Nat remained aloof, absorbed in a totally male world of rigging and canvas. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z As we make our way to the next block that we’ll be canvassing, people wave, or nod and say hello. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I rip the canvases into shreds, breaking them into parts—cotton, linen, glue, and aged hemp. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The look on his canvas face is pensive. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Whoa there, big fella,” says August as I head for the canvas divider. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Rufino let down the canvas flaps and told the soldier how to do his side. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The white boards and fluttering silk and canvas remained. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He peered out along the side of the canvas curtain, pulled it back, and then vaulted over the tailgate. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Welcome back, everybody!” said Mr. Lemoncello, addressing the contestants and the crowd from the second-floor balcony, where he was seated in a canvas director’s chair. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I faced the gaudy sunflower on her canvas bag—it looked hand-painted—and at last my eyes fell into hers. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z It was a soldier's tent of heavy canvas, dyed the dark yellow that sometimes passed for gold. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The director climbed out of her tall canvas chair and came over to see what the holdup was. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He heard it in the kitchen, trying to sleep, trying not to see the rag doll flop endlessly to the canvas. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z In the afternoons, before orchestra practice, I bring a sweater and a small square of old canvas tarp, in case I want to sit on the ground. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He had a special, sausage-shaped canvas bag built for him, maybe about thirty feet long. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In April two men came with a stretcher and she didn’t even have time to comb her hair before they strapped her to a piece of canvas. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z At least once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet of canvas and enough colored lights to make a Christmas tree of Gatsby's enormous garden. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Many are printed with a crescent moon on their canvas roofs. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z A wonderful old feather tick was rolled up and wrapped in canvas and put away in a huge trunk. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z With elaborate sweeps of his brush and huge sighs of satisfaction, he begins to blend the bird's contribution across his canvas. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I use the Aura arcana to extract the paint and coat the new body-shaped canvas, coloring it the same shade as the sand that lines the royal beach. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He knelt next to me and began to fill the canvas bags. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Jam went toward the painting, trying to keep her feet light, aware that she was basically trying to creep up on a canvas. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He wore a long wool coat and carried a canvas sack. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I've robbed it of all critical components and a big chunk of its canvas. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There are too many canvases and art supplies and books. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Now I ran across the boys’ yard clear to the Cyclone fence and thought about the hair that I had seen sticking out of the canvas. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He put the DS down, and being careful not to make a sound, lifted the canvas off the wall. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She put the books and the medallion into a canvas bag, then went out into the front hall and took down one of Clara’s spare cloaks. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Theo sends more canvases, paints, brushes, and tobacco to keep him going. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I slash at the canvas with my fingers spludged in gray. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I tell myself I need to thank him, when I’m not busy drooling into the windows and hyperventilating over the oil paintings and watercolors and canvases as big as my garage door. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The Dolphin rounded to, her top sails were furled, and with a great creaking of lines and shudder of canvas, she came to rest alongside the Wethersfield dock. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I heard her laugh through the canvas; to each command, she whispered, “Yes, sir.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The canvas is not especially large, but the beetle takes up the entire space. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The suspended party seems farther away than just beyond the canvas stripes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He reaches down for Werner, his canvas duffel, and the rifle, and pulls them all up. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The walk to the porch coated my new white canvas slip-ons in a thin layer of orange dirt. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z When a mission took them to the mountains, they carried mosquito netting, machetes, canvas tarps, and extra bug juice. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain poured down his thick glasses and he took them off and wiped them to see the protecting canvas unrolled from Gatsby's grave. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Malcolm X followers had been canvassing with growing anxiety for a Harlem church that would accept the Saturday funeral. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In the vision I had experienced after Mr. Katz had chloroformed me, the object I had seen swaying atop the flooded sunflower field had been a canvas tent. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Its stiff walls of heavy yellow canvas were badly faded, stained by mud and water, with spots of mildew showing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Catherine already had her canvas and paint set up on the veranda of her house. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Broken wooden poles ripped through the canvas as it flapped upward. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It sprays the arm of my duffel coat, soaking the canvas. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The canvas is exploding with color, the paint thick and textured as if still wet. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The fire danced outside, showing the holes and long tears in the canvas. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He sat on a bench, drinking coffee and smoking, reading poetry and listening to rain pound the canvas roof. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He has stopped working on his canvas, the painting we all thought was going to be this awesome, earth-shattering piece of art that would be auctioned for a million dollars. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Then a shoulder bag made of canvas printed with gray flowers. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Her friend the able seaman was nearby, and he paused as he adjusted the canvas cover of the forward hatch to look out at the little girl’s daemon skimming and leaping with the dolphins. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Twice a week, when the resupply choppers came in, they carried hot chow in green mermite cans and large canvas bags filled with iced beer and soda pop. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The treated canvas burned fitfully, and the acrid grey smoke hung close to the ground in the quiet evening air. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Gray smoke formed a giant cloud that hung over the buildings and expanded outward like paint slowly being spilled onto an empty canvas. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Meeks dropped a square of canvas in front of her, and Theo placed a brush and a small jar of black paint on the table. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Catherine’s brush attacked the canvas as she spoke, quickly mixing burnished colors to catch the harsh afternoon light. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Then I put a big patch of canvas on each end. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z If I take canvas from near the floor, I can pull the remaining canvas down and reseal it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z This started a discussion about art theft, and about how thieves sometimes cut canvases out of frames. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I sighed and dropped my canvas bag to the ground, then held out a hand to her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The Frenchmen gave courteous thanks, complimented Turner on his French, then bent over the table to pack the empty bottles and glasses into the canvas bag. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She looked at the paintings in Auntie Seema's apartment, canvases of all sizes leaning against the walls. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My instinct is to cover the almost-finished canvas with my body. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A trailer was parked in one corner of the lot, and nearby was a flying-jinny partly covered with canvas. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He made himself a lean-to with sticks and canvas. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It wraps me in its curving sides and smells of canvas and outdoors and heat. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z So I packed a small dull knife, half a ball of string, and Ben’s book into a tattered canvas sack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There were flashing lights and men in black rubber coats holding canvas hoses with big jets of water coming out of them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Boys also passed a courage test by jumping down one or two stories onto a canvas or into water. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He walked over to a workbench and lifted up a piece of canvas. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Amidships, a dozen sailors and two of the fiery fingers were struggling with tangled lines and sodden canvas, but whether they were trying to raise the sail again or pull it down he never knew. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z For Joey, our house may as well be covered with canvas and bound by ropes, because it’s filled with poison. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She listened to the low voice through the canvas and then moved carefully to the open flap that overlooked the lake. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come on, brother. Get off the canvas. We all know you’re faking.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I cross the lot, making a wide arc around scattered piles of canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 He put on canvas loafers that had once been white but had yellowed with the dirt of the road. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A gaping hole yawned where the nose should have been, and the bulging eyes gazed heavenward and to the left at something or someone off the edge of the canvas. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The rest of the canvas had to go. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Quickly canvassing the room, they come up with the first solid leads about Lincoln’s murder. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Black skin gives so much to the canvas,” Catherine continued. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z And through many ups and downs and storms, for the past seven years, Theo has been giving Vincent money for paint, pencils and pens, ink, canvases, paper, clothing, food, and, until he moved in, rent. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Three men climbed on top of the truck, hanging on to the cables that fastened the canvas roof to the metal sides. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Whilst others struggled through the snows atop weary horses, she rode upon a bed of furs inside a wayn, with a stiff canvas roof to keep the snow off, comfortable in her chains. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It kept ripping tools, screws, and canvas out of his hands, but finally he constructed a makeshift frame. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When the soldier ran up to him, the first thing Ugwu saw was the pair of canvas shoes, before he looked up at the wiry body and scowling face. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It's nothing more than a large canvas bag attached to the roof. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When she saw the ten-foot white canvas trailing on the floor behind her, she burst out laughing. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Over the bed of the truck was a protective canvas cover that was closed by grip fasteners. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z With the exception of the poor soul still working on Lucinda’s banner, all the black men slip through the canvas and out of sight. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I’m wedged a good deal farther between the rolls of canvas than I was when I fell asleep, and I’m disoriented. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Once he had the uniform, Jack was issued shoes with wooden bottoms and ankle-high canvas tops. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The next day, Catherine had her sit fully clothed on a rock on the beach as she painted her on canvas. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She hoisted herself up onto the side and checked under the bow to be sure the sails in a canvas bag were there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I only knew the memory lived in me, a perfectly encapsulated morsel of a good past, a brushstroke of color on the gray, barren canvas that our lives had become. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As he twisted and turned the car through Tijuana, Lupita could hear noise and she could even see the dim colors of the traffic lights overhead through the canvas. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z And then I’m in the dream again, just outside the ropes of a boxing ring, and on the canvas, in the haze and lights, my grandfather faces off against a hollowgast. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I have no idea where our suitcases and canvas bags had gone to. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, he has not got a canvas hide with spots on it, to shelter under.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She stumbled backward, her eyes wide, as the figure started coming out of the canvas. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z An ornate letter S, inlaid with many small green stones, glinted dully in the diffused light shining through the tent’s canvas roof. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The automobile had a black canvas roof, slotted rubber tires, and a brass horn, and was shimmying and shaking and backfiring to beat the band. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Lower away,” Flip yelled when he had the little falcons in a canvas pack. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Behind them were two canvas tents shut tight against the cold air and the new bugs that had found the blood around my mouth interesting. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z After canvassing the street, he’d stand on the curb’s edge and look up at the house windows. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the pressure is gone, I pull the canvas in and fold it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The canvas hood had been folded back because of the mild weather, converting the car into a magnificent open tourer. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z As he gulped the meat, ash-gritted but still warm, the rustle of canvas startled him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Christina and Uriah stand where I stood, peering around the edge of the canvas wall. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z My mom’s got a couple of unopened blank canvases leaning against their doorframe. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z They cleaned the flesh from Alice’s skull and carefully polished her teeth, then covered her body with canvas. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Sun on the white tombstones, on the fading flowers and the canvas tent covering the newly dug grave. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He slices the canvas with my chisel, ruining it with a long, ripping sound that makes the entire class gasp. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He tugged the canvas away from the resin with trembling fingers. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Then I sealed the new canvas pieces into place. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He admired their blue canvas awning, taped together on one side though it was; also he thought the soda machine a good idea, and the ceiling fan for summer. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I fall onto a roll of canvas, and before my head even hits I’m yanked forward again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The morning was clear and bright, with a few thin, high clouds barely clinging to existence, accidental brush strokes on a blue canvas. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A few people walked out carrying canvas hags and fancy folders. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She approached him, nervously wiping the backs of her hands on her canvas apron. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Some tore strips from their canvas jackets and wrapped them around their bare feet, but once the canvas got wet it was worse. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The canvas tore even further, the tattered material flapping wildly. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s as if the swarm of stick figures have come alive in their background, threatening to fly off the canvas and nest in our hair. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was mosdy a skeleton of wooden poles, with canvas stretched only over the wings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The vast canvas awning kept the worst of the sun off the highest-paying citizens; the rest sat or stood in its full blaze. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z From the back, everything seemed to be built out of plywood and canvas. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The sail had come to life again, billowing, emptying, then billowing again, the red stripes on the canvas wriggling like snakes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Three lightning-fast blows followed by a thunk as Bruiser Bulk hit the canvas. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried to make her mind a blank white canvas, but as hard as she tried, she couldn’t keep the canvas blank. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z We sit in silence, watching team after team haul equipment, animals, and canvas back to the train. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim's warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Lena had been creating paint-by-numbers canvases for him, sketching them with expert speed, customizing each image to his specifications. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It was a long canvas nose bag with straps to go over a horse’s ears. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry sat up quickly and the top of his head hit canvas. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Celia knows that Pilar wears overalls like a farmhand and paints canvases with knots and whorls of red that resemble nothing at all. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z All along, Byrd had secrets locked away beneath her blue shirt, under her canvas hat and gloves, tucked into her cold, stone bones. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Just a project I started in my after-school drawing club, which turned into a small canvas painting. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I could hear his reedy snore through the canvas. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Deborah threw her black canvas tote bag onto the floor, tore the wrapping paper from the photo, then held the frame at arm’s length in front of her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I’m a swirl of sand art against a black canvas. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He murmured a word and the canvas ceiling of the wagon rustled around us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It did not rattle in the soft breeze, like canvas lodges did. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Beyond those canvas walls, each man got a heel of bread and a chunk of black sausage no longer than a finger, washed down with the last of Galbart Glover’s ale. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But now that he’s rich, he can afford to smear real paint on canvases. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Getting the tubing through the balloon canvas wasn't too hard. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The bedroom came unfolded, and it's all over the place, but it's just canvas, so it can't have gotten too hurt. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Somebody saw him staring at it and gave an order, and the arm was scooped up inside a towel and dumped into a canvas bin. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Everybody had begun to look alike, dressed in surplus War Department clothing—pea coats, knit caps, canvas leggings, army earmuffs, and wool khaki pants. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Parked a few feet away is an old truck, the back covered in shredded, threadbare canvas. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It bounces off the canvas and lands in the grass. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Then he climbed onto his own bed and stared up at the dark canvas roof, listening to the pounding of the rain. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He’s been gradually moving in his things, beginning with the paints and canvas. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was much smaller, and made of canvas cloth. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z All of us, except Kathy, received short trousers, an insubstantial jersey, and a canvas jacket. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared into the dark and tried to paint images with my mind on the black canvas. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The tent emerged in a lumpy mass of canvas, rope, and poles. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The moment the bell rang, I saw a fist, then the canvas coming up, and ten seconds later the referee was saying “Ten!’’over me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of them picked up Grandfather’s body and laid it on a large canvas cloth that reminded me of a sail. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He held up a long pole wrapped in canvas. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I can’t just stop hanging out with her,” she said, stabbing her brush on the canvas, her charm bracelets clinking angrily together. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Gingerly, he presents a faded canvas duffel bag. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Under the pew, I tapped his metal crutches with the tip of my blue canvas shoe. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She came to Ifemelu’s flat with her baby in one hand, her BlackBerry in the other, and a house help trailing behind, holding a canvas bag full of bottles and bibs. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Hooper had pulled the canvas bag off his shoulders, and flung it to one side. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The soil was in the room, too: The elegant table was covered with dozens of little canvas sacks filled with seedlings, and Sarai wondered how plants figured into the Godslayer’s plans to conquer the citadel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Our mess tent, a cavernous canvas structure, was furnished with an enormous stone table, a stereo system, a library, and solar- powered electric lights; an adjacent communications tent housed a satellite phone and fax. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He wore canvas pants, homemade sandals, and a raw wool poncho in the winter. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I needed a replacement for my lost canvas bag. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z They were crisscrossed by canvas straps, were shod with hinged wooden clogs. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My pants were made out of canvas and too big by several degrees. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her big toes stuck out through the canvas. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He wears a strange outfit, some kind of canvas pants that I’ve never seen before with a checkered shirt. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Strengthening his grip, he pulled his body forward and lashed out with his other hand to grab more canvas. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It hits me as soon as I walk in—that smell of paint and canvas so strong that, for a second, I’m sure I’ll look up to see Gram sitting at her easel. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Naked bulbs washed the canvas with harsh yellow light. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z They used tent canvas to make huts against the standing chimneys and half-crumbled brick walls. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He had on a Frankenstein T-shirt, seersucker shorts, white canvas Top-Siders without socks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The dome of the Hab is mostly supported by air pressure, but there are flexible reinforcing poles across the inside to hold up the canvas. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The canvas is taut and nearly translucent—sunlight filters through the material and seams, illuminating the largest candy stand of all. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Davos could make out Fury well to the southeast, her sails shimmering golden as they came flown, the crowned stag of Baratheon blazoned on the canvas. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I hit the canvas so hard I rattled my toenails. That was some clop.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It galloped past so close I leapt backward on tiptoe, flush with the canvas to avoid being impaled on one of its crooked horns. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She finished the S at the end of his name with a flourish and set the piece of canvas aside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He sat motionless on a black charger, and his shield was still in its canvas case. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A gray, canvas bag, as large as a loaded army duffel bag, hung from the ceiling on a long chain. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to surrender my dirt canvas on the floor and instead used my fingernail to carve drawings on the wall. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The sky was a black canvas, not a star in it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The only time during school hours I had crossed the boys’ yard was when a flatbed truck with a giant thing covered with canvas and tied down with ropes had parked across the street. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When she returns, she's trailed by a team of servants holding canvas boards and easels. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The heavy rain hit the canvas top with the sound of slaps. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Vincent had six canvases in the show, one of which sold for four hundred francs. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Alex looked at the figures, writhing in agony on the canvas. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The old man has brought a canvas tool bag that holds caulking irons and a big wooden mallet, and a coil of fluffy white cotton. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z His very best friend was a Negro abstractionist, he said, who made magnificent smears of protest and defiance across the canvas, sometimes slashing the canvas to shreds with a knife. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Some men looked up, puzzled by the fast irregular knocking sounds that came from up and down the line as arrows hurtled into wood or frozen canvas. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The great grey sailcloth pavilion that the Tattered Prince liked to call his canvas castle was crowded when the Domish- men arrived. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There were five canvas tents to hold the twenty-eight members of the crew. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Between my straw mattress and the bed planks, I had actually found an old scrap of newspaper, yellow and transparent, half-stuck to the canvas. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Then my father shouted, “Look!” and I raised my head to see a towering mountain of rock emerge from the blank canvas before us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Under the direction of an older bear, the human prisoners were building a shelter out of driftwood and scraps of canvas. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The Fat Lady’s ripped canvas had been taken off the wall and replaced with the portrait of Sir Cadogan and his fat gray pony. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “No, no, no,” Anya muttered as she searched for an opening in the canvas. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He opened his canvas pack and dropped in the dented cans Mrs. Turner had given him as payment, then called her name again. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The only human form with dry feet was that of Daniel Chester French’s Statue of the Republic—Big Mary—which stood hidden under a silo of canvas. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And then when you are alone and remembering, the canvases sort themselves out; some are eliminated by your taste or your limitations, but others stand up clear and clean. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z To the Psi number that had been written on their canvas toes in permanent marker. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They put up canvas walls, so it was like a tent without a roof. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Wrapped in her bedroll that night, the chilly air seeping through the thin canvas walls of the tent, Kaede longed for the dry heat that used to hake the streets of Cathair in the summer. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Some of the lodges were made of canvas. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z I was in under the canvas with guns. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Her father shoves things into what might be his canvas rucksack. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Other canvases were hung here and there, and the spacious walls seemed to flash alive with warm, pure color. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Juanita put her arm out the window and waved my old canvas bag at me, taunting me from inside the car, daring me to stay behind. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I picture the bars like a body or a canvas or a candle. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She was hoping they weren’t upset with her for what had happened in the night, for cutting herself on the canvas and not telling them, for having a creature shock them out of sleep. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z There was a closet here, full of odds and ends, old chairs with broken backs, paint-spattered canvas sheeting. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Doing all that Chandresh asked of him and more, to the point where he was given free rein with everything from approving the design of the gates to ordering the canvas for the tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We put each bundle into a canvas sack, then into a second one for good measure, and tied up the neck with more fishing line. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The sailors sewed their bodies up in canvas, weighed down with ballast stones so they might sink more quickly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Annabeth looked at me like I was nuts, but in the next second, the air was filled with whistling sounds of ropes being snapped taut, canvases unfurling, and wooden pulleys creaking. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z In the old days they fished from schooners, big wooden ships with white canvas sails that took the fishermen far offshore to the Grand Banks fishing grounds. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z As they drew closer to the city walls, the tents appeared more and more like permanent fixtures, the canvas walls dirtied with grime from fires burning in hastily dug pits. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Blushing, she crumpled the piece of canvas in her hand and reached for another. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I will capture that beauty on canvas, someday, when I am good enough. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Working as best they could in their bulky EVA suits, they removed the various portions of Hab canvas and laid them on the ground. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Although according to the Christian faith this ceremony gave him a clean slate, he did not have a blank canvas on which to paint his life. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When I felt the weight of the apple in the canvas catcher, I lowered it to deposit yet another Macintosh into the basket. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The biggest canvas is wider than my arm span. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I pulled off the sweater, under which I was wearing a rain slicker I used to go sailing in, a kind of canvas sack. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They were those canvas camping chairs with a cup holder in the arm. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The canvas overflowed with bright figures in swirling robes, writhing around long pillars and off marbled balconies. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The chaplain thanked him with a curt nod and proceeded alone down the aisle between the desks and typewriters to the canvas partition in the rear. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Apparently you are afraid of someone who has some contact with reality, who can truthfully describe to you the offenses which you have committed to canvas.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And I lay there, hazily watching a dark red spot of my own blood shaping itself into a butterfly, glistening and soaking into the soiled gray world of the canvas. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they rigged a sea anchor, a canvas cone dragged through the water to keep the boat turned into the storm. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I also don’t want to carry a canvas bag to prom. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Lying on the floor of the flat-car with the guns beside me under the canvas I was wet, cold and very hungry. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z But it’s a large canvas, and I’d like to get a better view. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The hovel fell silent, then the canvas was pushed aside and the father stepped out, a musket in his hand. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He was carrying a large canvas tote bag. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She doesn’t take her eyes away from the canvas. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They broke down one of the tent poles and ripped apart the canvas, using it to bind the pole to Con’s leg. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Captain Reed reexamined the scrap of canvas and tapped each of the letters with his fingers: REED. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Ron’s still-pale face was poking out from the lower bunk; Harry climbed into the one above him, lay down, and looked up at the dark canvas ceiling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Even as they watched, one of the clippers was unfurling its sails, long rippling canvas streams swishing down into place on fast pulley systems. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Ana turned back to her canvas and sighed. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The leader of the workers brought out a big sign made of blue canvas. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore a white coat open over a green shirt and those blue canvas trousers so many people wore in this world. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As she lay there staring up at the stained canvas, she could have sworn she saw movement out of the corner of her eye: Nin stirring beneath the mound of clothing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The Fat Lady had vanished from her portrait, which had been slashed so viciously that strips of canvas littered the floor; great chunks of it had been torn away completely. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z As if the depth of his exhaustion had created the perfect canvas for them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z His hands were jammed deep in the pockets of his loose canvas pants, and his dented hat sat on the back of his head. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And I get less total seam length by not trying to use the existing pop-tent canvas. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think they go canvassing and also help set up for the teas and fund-raising banquets that the League puts on,” Suesetta says. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Quang-ha then bends over and, with his free hand, pulls on the dirty piece of canvas. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He wore leather gloves and some kind of heavy canvas apron beneath an open fur coat that stretched down to his ankles. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The rain was nothing but a heavy mist by the time we set sail, armed with a shovel and canvas bags to carry back whatever we might find, even if it was only woadwaxen. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He goes back to his canvas on the other side of the room. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I walk over to the canvas, or maybe it’s the other way around. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He had a small, old-fashioned day pack of tawny canvas and moved with extraordinary swiftness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z As she was sweeping the paintbrush across a corner of canvas to dry out the brush, she heard Jeff and Rick chatting. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Jam looked at the creature, now free and sitting on the floor beside the empty canvas, surrounded by smoke and rubbing its horn. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z That is, except for these last few years out in the bush where we ran and home was a campfire and a canvas tent, not that it was bad. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Ellsberg was given a canvas cot next to the colonel’s in one of the plaster buildings. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I never thought canvas was so tough,” he said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Robin squeezed Ivy’s shoulder and then started digging in her bag, a huge black canvas thing with tiny red strawberries all over it. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When she came back, she’d found some clothes for him, just a shirt and canvas trousers and a belt. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He could tell that it was almost dawn by the stillness and the quality of the cold, flat light beyond the canvas ceiling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Tangled in each other, they couldn’t escape from the tarp’s canvas hold fast enough, and Sigurd wrapped them back up in it like a picnic lunch, forming a bag around them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Once we found the breach, we'd seal it with the spare canvas and resin. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z For a few days a series of canvas tote bags accumulate in the hallway, cardboard boxes full of liquor, shopping bags full of food, cases of wine. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Blackie dangles me a little further out the door, then pivots and tosses me across the rolls of canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He wore dark laced shoes made from a kind of canvas, with thick, textured soles that Claire assumed prevented him from slipping on the wet deck of the vessel. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She tells us they are made from thick pieces of canvas tied onto poles, and they are large and airy inside. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z They were really big pieces of blue canvas, tied together with ropes to hold in the poison fumes. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At the Meetings Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Maybe it was the sweeping sound made by the Po-2s’ canvas wings as they dived low over the German troops in the dark. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She runs into the church to see if Stephen Carey, the sacristan, would spare her a rag and he gives her some kind of canvas cloth that makes my nose sore. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Gogol is dressed in powder blue pants, red and white canvas sneakers, a striped turtleneck top. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It fed upon Picassos and Matisses in the upper halls, like delicacies, baking off the oily flesh, tenderly crisping the canvases into black shavings. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike the Hab canvas resealing, I got this one right on the first try. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z This zero-dimensional object, the vanishing point, is an infinitesimal dot on the canvas that represents a spot infinitely far away from the viewer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “The painting is small, remember? The canvas is only about a foot by a foot and a half.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z He winked and patted his pocket, where he kept the scrap of canvas Sefia had given him a week before. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They were round, like bubbles made of canvas, stretched tight over ingeniously bent poles. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Then I can move the Big Three in and use Hab canvas to loosely cover the hole. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And at what was in the other hand, a canvas bag. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “I hope that the canvases of the last few days will compensate us for the expenses of travel,” he writes to Theo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He had a thicket of dark hair and wore a worn flannel shirt, rough brown canvas pants, and heavy black boots. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He found a rubberized canvas seabag and he prowled the rest of the ship in his boots, pushing himself off the bulkheads against the tilt, the yellow slicker pants rattling in the cold. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Black satin, the remnants of my dress, now made waves at the bottom of the canvas. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z On the second day, Jamie wanders around the shopping center while I paint shards of broken cerulean glass onto the stretched canvas. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z After a while the stream from the stretcher above lessened and started to drip again and I heard and felt the canvas above move as the man on the stretcher settled more comfortably. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Passengers spilled out, carrying their folded newspapers and canvas weekend bags and brightly colored coats. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The tents we'd seen previously had been torn apart, and their ragged canvas flapped limply in the fetid breeze. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He goes out into the fields day after day, and under the blazing summer sun, devotes himself to his canvases. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Today is Saturday and the Housewives’ League is passing out coupons and canvassing to sign up new members in Paradise Valley and Black Bottom. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Before going to sleep, we had put the treasure back in the canvas bags and slipped it under my bed, out of sight. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The tubes were tucked into individual slots inside small canvas pouches hand-sewn by a local Baltimore woman. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I also saw an easel in the corner, with a blank canvas on it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Kazi brought a piece of one of your paintings, just a folded square of canvas ripped from its frame, the paint chipped. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z His canvas is better than TV because you never know what is going to happen next. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “You need some people in there,” I told him, pointing at the canvas. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z So as I moved around under the canvas, I had to use my one good arm to hold the canvas up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The canvas blades spun, but much too slowly. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z First, I patched it up, then I cut strips of spare canvas to place over the seam. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She can spend weeks arranging spots of color on a canvas or re-creating a desert scene. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Billy’s mouthpiece had fallen to the canvas and the referee kicked it toward his corner. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And, along with a warm embrace, Charlie's mother gave me a sturdy pair of canvas gloves. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Sitting with my feet on the soiled canvas I felt as though I had wandered into the percussion section of a symphony orchestra. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Now we hovered half in the sky and half in the midway—level with the bright canvas tops of the game booths. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z “In what order you keep these rooms, Mrs. Fairfax!” said I. “No dust, no canvas coverings: except that the air feels chilly, one would think they were inhabited daily.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Soon, though, he stops and begins scrutinizing the canvas again. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Though they could breathe, they soon found themselves panting from the heat of the afternoon sun beating down on the canvas above them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He pulled on his gloves, removed the shroud of blankets from Carl Heine, and then, methodically, using angled scissors, cut away the rubber bib overalls, dropping pieces of them in a canvas bin. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I don’t remember much about my early life, but I do remember this: Whenever I got the chance, I would dip my fingers into cool mud and use my mother’s back for a canvas. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He mixes colors and applies them to my cast as if I were a canvas. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Byrd rests a pot on her hip, wipes a canvas glove over her forehead. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He also bought a starter set of oil paints and some canvases. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The flaring of light made big shadows dance on the wet gray canvas of the hearse. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z There was also a case of canvas with a tough wooden frame, lined with kapok, containing various instruments; and there was a pistol in a holster. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They lashed together the remaining canvas from the tent they had torn up to create a sling, and tied it to the dogs’ harness. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Malcolm cut through the last strands of the canvas and set off. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The sail heals like a membrane, until all that remains is a faint scar where the tear had been, a slightly deeper beige than the rest of the canvas sail. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I came to recognize all the crack patterns and each type of canvas and stretcher used by every school of art. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I saved a piece for later, tucking it into my canvas sack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The woven canvas straps are molded in my shape. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Unlike my father, who blindly churned out one canvas after another, I had real ideas about the artistic life. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Here,” said Mr. Boatwright, handing him a bundle of blankets and canvas bags roughly filled with hay. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They settled into poverty- ridden routine as they watched ship after ship arrive and then depart, making way for a new disappointment to come gliding in on white canvas wings. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z If you stop now I'll just go down, melt down like butter and leak right off the canvas. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Demigods” Rachel muttered as she threw another dart at the canvas. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z This new motor-car was an enormous long black French automobile called a De Dion-Bouton which had a canvas roof that folded back. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I listened through the canvas as she whispered long hours with His Lordship, though words I could not divine, merely the hissing sibilants of collusion and intimacy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Someone sat in it, hands and legs bound, with a canvas hood covering his or her head. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Across from them stood two canvas bins, both loaded with books. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Brassiere cups pointed up at the canvas roof. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They hurtled past huge trucks full of NVA soldiers, coming so close that one scraped Yen’s arm where it stuck out beneath the canvas siding. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The Punch and Judy stall was made of striped canvas, red and white, with a frill round the little square stage. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He seems to splat paint all over the canvas and somehow it becomes exactly what he wants. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z As I got nearer I noticed that below his long tan canvas coat with sagging pockets, below the red and black plaid woolen knickers and green puttees, he was wearing skis. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaves a smudge of snot on the canvas. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The still operates on the principle of distillation: sea water lying beneath the sealed cone on the black canvas is heated by the sun and evaporates, gathering on the inside surface of the cone. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The Wonder Dome was just a blank canvas. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He knew where they were going: the big tent on the far side of the fire pit, its painted canvas walls cracked and faded by years of sun and rain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then I see in his face that my stomach’s about as interesting to him as stretched canvas. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The tarpaulin was made of tough, treated canvas, rough on the skin after a while. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She was carrying a tool bag of coarse brown canvas, such as he had sometimes seen her carrying to and fro at the Ministry. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It was a battered old thing of green canvas, with leather patches on the corners and edges. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z When I look back at my first party at Manderley, my first and my last, I can remember little isolated things standing alone out of the vast blank canvas of the evening. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She did carry a large canvas bag with a life-size sunflower painted on it. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Outside the tent there was still the endless drip-drip of wet leaves on the canvas, but the storm was over. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A spare parlour and bedroom I refurnished entirely, with old mahogany and crimson upholstery: I laid canvas on the passage, and carpets on the stairs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z There were hard bulges under the canvas that tightened in the rain. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Another plank, best of all. Or some canvas and glue. But we haven’t got any of them either.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z When the cots were made up—they were sturdy wooden ones with metal hinges and canvas coverings—Rita was allowed to lie down. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It was perfect: an empty, white, waiting canvas. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z "Don't rush off, lad," said Captain Nips, hauling out a canvas load of firewood from under the seat. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z As he ran, a three-quarters-full moon was slowly descending against a vast canvas of multicolored stars. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Donatelli screamed, "Break loose, push away," but Alfred's arms were heavy, his legs glued to the canvas. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Used to be that my whole body was my canvas—hot cuts licking my ribs, ladder rungs climbing my arms, thick milkweed stalks shooting up my thighs. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Directly in his field of view, the Hab canvas patch flapped violently as the ship exponentially gained speed. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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